It's All About The Moon When The Sun Ain't Shining by Ernest Hill

Author:Ernest Hill
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2011-11-16T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

The Catfish Cabin was a beautiful little restaurant located just outside of the city limits. And when I got there Danielle had already selected a table and I was happy to see that it was near the back in a section of the room that afforded us privacy. I made my way to the table and took my seat and I faced the large beautiful aquarium with its beautiful aquatic fish. And between me and the aquarium was Danielle. And she was sitting quietly reading the menu, but when I sat down, she looked up at me and smiled.

“Nice, hunh?” she said.

And when she did I was still looking around, but when I heard her voice, I lowered my eyes and looked at her. And it was quiet in the room, and I felt strange sitting there with her for I could not remember the last time I sat across from a lady, in such an intimate setting and that lady was not Omenita. And never, in my twenty years of life had I sat in such a setting with a white girl. I turned my face from her and looked about. And though no one was looking at me, I knew they could see me, and I knew that they had seen me long before I entered the building and long before I had sat down across from her. They had seen me, of this I was sure. And because I knew this, I could not shake the feeling that I was being watched. And the fact that I felt this way made me uneasy and I had a wild impulse to rise and walk out for I wanted to end this thing and leave this place and go outside where I could breathe.

I nodded, then smiled. I wanted to answer her, but I could not. I was too nervous and because I was nervous my thick tongue would not work. I picked up the menu and began looking through it. And while my eyes were averted I heard her speak to me again.

“Order whatever you like,” she said. “It’s on me.”

I lowered the menu and looked at her.

“I can’t let you do that,” I said.

I saw her expression change, and I was afraid that I had offended her.

“But I insist,” I heard her say.

“That’s not necessary,” I said.

And I saw her eyes on me again.

“But I want to,” she said.

“No,” I said. “I can’t let you pay for me. I just can’t.”

She looked away, then looked back. I saw her blue eyes become sad. And at that moment, I thought, my God, she’s going to cry.

“You’re really hurting my feelings,” she said.

I paused, stunned.

“I don’t mean to,” I said.

“I know you don’t,” she said. And I could hear her struggling to maintain control of her voice. “I’m just being silly.”

“No,” I said.

“Yes,” she said. “I am, but it’s just that I really appreciate what you did for me yesterday.”

“But that was nothing,” I said again.

“Well, it meant a lot to me,” she said.

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