Living the Good Death by Scott Baron

Author:Scott Baron
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2017-11-12T23:00:00+00:00

Hours had passed, but it felt like it had just been minutes, as Randy regaled her with stories of his ridiculous adventures. The pair had quickly become comfortable with each other, and the conversation flowed without any effort. For the most part, Randy had done the majority of the talking, as Dorothy was careful to heed Curtis’s advice.

Don’t introduce yourself as Death to everyone. Don’t freak people out. She repeated it to herself like a mantra, and so far, the man sitting across from her at the table seemed quite happy with her being there.

“So I woke up to the sound of sheep and this clanging bell,” he said. “I jumped out of my sleeping bag and go running out of my tent, buck-naked, and next thing you know, I find myself standing in the middle of a herd of sheep in nothing but my birthday suit, face-to-face with an eighty-year-old shepherd and her great-granddaughter.”

“Sounds like you gave them a good show,” Dorothy said with a laugh.

“I don’t know about that, but I sure hope that poor girl didn’t need too much therapy.”

“You must’ve had a wonderful time there,” she mused, staring into his eyes. Dorothy admired the passion with which he spoke.

“Yeah, that was a great trip,” he said. “But, there are so many places I still want to go. Galapagos, Vietnam, Easter Island, maybe Thailand. You ever been there?”

“Oh, yes. December 2004 stands out.”

“The killer tsunami? You were there for that? That’s crazy! What was it like?”

Oops.

“Later,” she said, quickly changing the topic. “First tell me more about Greece.”

“Greece. Right. Well, after the sheep fiasco, I met up with some Aussie backpackers, and we decided to hitchhike to Athens.”

Dodged that bullet, she thought.

“Well, you know how Aussies are, so there we were, standing on the side of the road…”

Randy continued with his stories, and as he did, Dorothy let her guard down further. She found herself, much to her surprise, simply relaxing on a nice evening out. Angela dropped by from time to time, and the three of them laughed at his ridiculous stories as the late hours passed.

Meanwhile, across the street in a shadowy doorway, Curtis watched his friend as she let her hair down a bit and enjoyed herself. He was tempted to head back in, but seeing her in such good spirits, he decided to hang back a while longer, smiling cheerfully, and quite pleased with himself.

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