I frown, glimpsing you through the café window. Easily ten years older than your profile picture, what does that make you? Vain? Sentimental? Insecure?
Smiling wide, you wave me over.
Snippets of our countless conversations swirl around my head, reminding me of what’s important, and I push open the door.
Laura Besley writes short fiction and squeezes her writing into the bookends of her day. She has lived in Holland, Germany, and Hong Kong, but now lives in land-locked central England and misses the sea. Her flash fiction collection, The Almost Mothers, was published in March 2020. She tweets at @laurabesley.
Yet another great story Laura! I love this.
Thank you, Karalyn! Really appreciate that.
Great job Laura! At first I thought this was going to be a story about some creep, but I think this way is better. I’m excited to see what you write next!
Thank you very much, Lizzie! I’m glad you like how it turned out :)
Reminds me of dating after my separation. Hope and then desperation often followed. Love your stories.
Thank you, Judith! The dating world can be very treacherous, can’t it?
Another super titbit of life. x
Thank you, Christine! x
Totally gratifying slice of a slice. Memorable.
Thank you very much. Really appreciate that.