A Week Ago Tonight

Posted on February 17, 2006 in Encounters

We were eating at an all-you-can-eat Asia Buffet. Temperature outside: 80 degrees but dark. Barometer did not show the least bit of interest in falling. She came in with her boyfriend who reminded me of a sociopath I knew. Wore a pale beige raincoat, buttoned up tightly around her body as if she were afraid of exposing her nudity. A multi-colored scarf hid her neck, a baseball cap covered her hair. No rain, no cold. Was this a shield against a later groping?