Five Urban Stories by Thomas Dalcolle

Author:Thomas Dalcolle [Dalcolle, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: F. C. & Partners Publishing
Published: 2020-06-13T18:30:00+00:00

3. Deuce or the Merciful Mantis

I had nothing more to do in that lovely city.

In the afternoon, I attended the irksome task of removing my remaining few things from the furnished apartment that I’d rented there.

It was a comfortable, sunny apartment on the third floor of a brand new building in a modern area of the city. But I’d terminated the contract, and that was the last day to accomplish the unpleasant chore before the next tenant took my place.

The whole thing of having to leave that city and that apartment which I had loved was making me feel depressed, and I had set a date with Fulvia in the evening, to forget about it and cheer me up.

I rushed back to my hometown, where I’d retreated for now, and on the road, I called Fulvia to confirm I would come to pick her up in an hour.

It was a bad surprise when Fulvia told me that we had to cancel our date. She’d learned just a few minutes before that she had to go to the capital for an urgent matter.

This really annoyed me. I felt in a gloomy mood and I needed some hugs, but I just said, “Okay, I’ll call you another time. Take care.”

When she asked me to go and pick her up all the same, to take her to the train station, I accepted without further discussion. If things went wrong, there was no reason to completely spoil them, telling your girlfriend that you were sorry that she canceled your date because you felt so down and you needed her, and, at the same time, that you didn’t feel like doing her any favors at the moment.

Fulvia lived in a new but quite secluded suburb of the city, and to reach the bus stop she had to trek down a narrow winding street surrounded by bushes, very dark and lonely in the evening.

I knew that she feared walking alone in that place and tried to avoid it whenever she could.

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