Erotic Refugees by Paddy Kelly

Author:Paddy Kelly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: love, internet, dating, sex, ireland, irish, sweden, html, stockholm

On their slow and cautious way back to the house they passed through Dundalk to pick up some shopping. Eoin took the opportunity to visit an Internet café. He was due a reply from Maria/Middle Mum and maybe something else had turned up in his mail, from Rob or Alice, or maybe even—oh the guilt—from Anja.

He noticed the red information text on the start page as soon as he opened Diamond Date but didn't think to read it. There were always red texts appearing on the start page with words like “new” and “exciting” on them and Eoin just filtered them out. He logged in and immediately saw the pert little number 1 indicating a new message. He cracked his fingers gleefully, wondering who it was from, and moved the pointer to open it.

Then his hand stopped and he stared at his profile. The smile leeched from his face. No, it couldn't be. He leaned closer, feeling everything become fuzzy and surreal. Shaking his head, he looked again and found it really was there.

On his profile, directly beneath the “single status” option where Eoin had chosen “have own children” was a new drop-down box. It was circled in red to indicate its newness and it bore the words “ledig barnvecka”, or “child-free week”.

Eoin gaped at it. He looked around to confirm that nobody was playing a trick on him, but there was only one other customer in the place and he was busy with something of his own. When he looked down again he saw it was still there.

He edged the mouse towards the drop-down and clicked it, revealing the options “doesn't apply”, “odd week”, “even week” and “other”. He closed it and opened it a few times and then sat back in his seat, feeling deflated.

They had, quite simply, been scooped. Somebody else had taken their idea and ran with it to Diamond Date, who had done it more simply and, more importantly, done it first. Which meant everything they'd created and planned was already swirling on its merry way down the toilet. All over before it had even begun.

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