a woman walks down the street
she smells of cigarettes and perfume from yesterdays events
she doesn’t know why she’s walking in this part of town
she hasn’t walked far
before she understands that the road she follows
is a crossroad and she needs to decide where to turn
right at this moment a man appears next to her
they look at eachother briefly in silence
she tilts her head towards his face to ask
for direction to a shop she thinks is around the corner
the man answers saying he knows where that shop is
they walk together for a while
he says: “do you fancy a coffee?”
she doesn’t drink coffee, but doesn’t mind the walk
she looks at him for exactly one minute
before she says: “that will be nice, I didn’t make any plans for this afternoon”
they walk together for a while
until they get to a nearby café where the man orders tea and cake
this is where they meet for the first time
this is not the full story
