What A Smile Can Say to Him {An Uncommon Love: Chapt. 4}
*This is an excerpt from Chapter 4 of An Uncommon Love – our true-life love story. You can also catch up by reading Chapter One: If He was the Last Man on Earth, Chapter Two: Where Is She? {Searching For My Forever Girl}, and Chapter 3: What Happens When Mr Right Walks Into the Room.
The years of wondering, of expectation, of hope . . .
were somehow compressed into those moments after Linda left that small piece of paper next to my office phone.
I picked it up, looking at the name and number like a diamond cutter might examine a large, raw stone for the first time. If someone had seen me, they might have wondered, “Why is he staring at that little piece of paper?”
Of course, I wasn’t. I was examining the future, trying to coerce it to reveal what couldn’t be known. When it comes to “the way of a man with a maid” you can’t hedge your bets. It takes commitment.
Commit? Oh, come on . . . it’s only a dinner party. You’re not committing to anything.
Like the diamond cutter, instinctively, I felt there were facets here to discover yet still perceived a sense of warning from some undefined, unsafe place somewhere deep within my soul: Are you sure you want to make this phone call?
But, I was sure and, besides, I had made it clear that I wanted to meet her. One more “Mr. Potato Head” moment like eight months previous and Lisa might put on her angry eyes, followed by a lynching!
Of course, I want to make this call.
“Hello?”
“Hello, is this Lisa?”
“Yes…..”
You can read the rest of this chapter over at Matthew L Jacobson!
*Chapter One: If He Was the Last Man On Earth
*Chapter Two: Where Is She? Searching for My Forever Girl
*Chapter Three: What Happens When Mr. Right Walks Into the Room
*Chapter Four: What A Smile Can Say to Him
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