With the menu still in front of my face, “did you find who you are looking for yet?”
“I just found her.â€?
“Tai what are you doing here? Not that I’m not glad to see you it’s just that you live and work in Philly and well this isn’t Philly.â€?
“I wanted to see you and talk to you about something.â€?
“Well you could have just picked up the phone to ask your question.â€?
“No it had to be done in person. Well we have been talking for some time now and… Well I just want to know if there could be more to us then just talking?â€?
All I could do was sit there in shock and smile. I looked at him thinking to myself that I have wanted this for some time but I didn’t know if or how this would work. With him reading my facial expressions, he took my hand.
“We can make this work trust me; I’m not going to hurt you. Let’s go somewhere and talk about this before you make up your mind.”
We paid the check, got up, and left. He directed me to the Brunswick Hotel. His room was set up with flowers and strawberries waiting in the room.