Alone with You in the Ether

by Olivie Blake

He wondered what she believed in. Probably most things, or nothing. “Astrology?” “Ooh, yes, okay,” she said quickly, settling in. “Tell me about the Babylonians and the stars.”

“I don’t always make a good first impression, Aldo. Especially not with fathers.” “Why not with fathers?” “I don’t know, I only know how to flirt. Older men make me uncomfortable.” Men, he thought. Men make you uncomfortable.

Sheesh