Lady Luck Loves Lawyers by Donald W. Desaulniers

Author:Donald W. Desaulniers [Desaulniers, Donald W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781987888720
Publisher: Donald W. Desaulniers
Published: 2018-03-27T04:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 22 (Lost Chance at Romance)

I cashed in my ticket with the Golden Nugget cashier, pleased that I was doing so well on the slots today.

As I walked out of the casino I was amazed at how quickly the time had passed while I was talking with Ellen. She was so attractive and seemed like a very nice young woman. It amazed me that Ellen was so fascinated with my jackpot recording system. In Belleville I always felt that I looked strange sitting at my slot machine jotting down my results.

By the time I reached the El Cortez, it struck me that perhaps Ellen would have joined me for dinner. When she mentioned the time and that she was hungry, it never dawned on me to inquire whether I could treat her to a nice meal.

In retrospect perhaps I’d missed a golden opportunity to get to know her better.

I brushed my teeth and quickly changed in to my suit.

If Lady Luck was riding with me, then perhaps Ellen would still be in the Golden Nugget and I could rectify my oversight in not asking her to join me for supper.

I normally wasn’t so naïve but having avoided dating for the past two years had made my romantic skills somewhat rusty. The more I reminisced about our time together, the more I realized that Ellen was probably hoping for an invite when she mentioned being hungry.

She was so gorgeous. If I hadn’t been so socially inept then perhaps I might have been treated to a delicious goodnight kiss after we’d shared dinner and a bottle of champagne.

A porter had somehow managed to overturn a portable cot right at the top of the small staircase leading from my third floor down to the casino.

Since I was in a bit of a hurry, I backtracked and walked down a long hallway to the elevator for the tower portion of the hotel. I rode the cab down to the casino level and left the El Cortez at the exit near the registration desk.

Then I walked briskly back to the Golden Nugget in the hope of encountering Ellen again. I began thinking about my past romantic gaffes.

I couldn’t recall a single time other than at university when I had actually picked up a girl at a dance or at a bar.

It seemed that every girl that I’d dated since becoming a lawyer had been forced to initiate conversation with me.

Vivian approached me at a house party and began to chat me up. She was a stunning knockout and I think that I already had a huge crush on her by the time I drove her home from the party. At her suggestion we arranged to see each other the following weekend and within six weeks of dating, she moved in to my rented condo apartment because her own apartment lease was ending and the owner had previously given Vivian notice that his daughter needed the apartment for her own use.

My initial meeting with Jennifer was quite similar.

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