If I Could Be With You by Hardesty Mary Mamie

Author:Hardesty, Mary Mamie [Hardesty, Mary Mamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-29T07:00:00+00:00

PART TWO

CHAPTER Twelve

“So Hannah, Tell me more about teaching. How did you end up doing what you do?”

The forty year-old business analyst sat across from her at one of her favorite Vietnamese restaurants. His conversational skills had kept the conversation flowing freely throughout dinner and she had to admit he was extremely handsome with his full head of salt and pepper hair and hipster glasses.

“You know how some people just knew what they wanted to be from when they were little?” She let the question hang in the air and he nodded.

“That wasn’t me.” She laughed and he joined her. “When I was younger I wanted to be a Vet. I loved animals and my mom wouldn’t let us have any so I guess it seemed like a good way to get to be with what I wanted, but couldn’t have.”

“So, what went wrong? Or, should I ask when did you change your mind?”

“Oh, it was definitely what went wrong. Turns out that I had severe allergies to almost every kind of dog that exists.” Hannah laughed again.

Her date didn’t.

“Every kind?” he asked.

“Almost!” She shook her head and took a sip of her wine.

“You saw in my profile I have dogs, right?”

The serious tone in his question caught her off guard and she choked a bit.

“I’m sorry, of course I did. It’s just a first date though, right? It’s not like we have to move in together anytime soon and it’s not like you have a wife or anything. It’s a dog.”

He motioned the waitress for the check.

“Hannah, it has been a lovely evening. You are a brilliant woman with a bright future ahead of you, but I don’t like to waste time. If you are as allergic to dogs as you say there’s just no way we can be together.”

He signed the bill, left the tip and stood.

“I wish you luck in your search. It was so nice to meet you.”

Hannah watched as he walked away. He couldn’t be serious, could he? This was a joke. Surely, he would turn around and come back, but when the waitress began clearing the table it became clear to her that his dog was as bad as a wife. What the hell had she done in a past life to deserve this kind of crap in her love life?

She slid behind the wheel of her car and pulled out into traffic, hitting the speed dial and speaker on her cell as she did.

“What’s up, sis? How was the date with the older man?” Lilly asked.

“He wasn’t that much older, and it sucked. I had another date that sucked.”

“Hmmm, have you given any thought to the it’s not them, it’s you theory?”

“Isn’t that supposed to be the other way around?” she asked.

“Sweetie, it’s been five months since New York. You need to let it go.”

“I’ll talk to you later, Lilly. I’m driving.”

“But…”

She cut her sister off and adjusted the rearview mirror. Let it go. Let it go? The words stung like only a sister’s could.

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