Elsewhere

When they met, mid-afternoon, they should both really have been elsewhere.

He was embarrassed by the thought that he’d snuck out from the office for a break. She, on the other hand, had taken time out before delivering the papers she’d been asked to hand in at the solicitor’s office. He felt they should have some kind of cover story that would avoid awkward questions. In fact, he said he had worked out what he would say.

“Go on,” she said, with a concerned smile.

“I’ll explain that I’d been in town shopping for extra-large lengths of balsa wood,” he began, “I would say that it was material that I needed for the full-size model of the cockpit of a combat-ready fifth-generation, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor fighter jet, that I am building in the spare room of my flat. Which is going really well, by the way. Yes, I would say that when I saw you about to enter the solicitor’s office across the street, I felt compelled to run over and ask you if you’d like to take time out from your busy day.”

She nodded, slowly.

“What would you say?” he asked.

Slowly putting her empty cup down on the saucer, and knowing that this would absolutely never happen again, she said, “I’d say that we met in a coffee shop.”

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