No Such Thing As True Love by A.M. Anderson

Author:A.M. Anderson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-07-02T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

The pair were as close as they’d been the day they’d graduated from high school. They spent the morning sifting through racks of clothes at their all-time favorite boutique. The lady who owned it when they first stumbled upon the tiny shop was still behind the counter, and added to the joy the two felt in their reunion. They emerged a couple of hours later with their arms full of bags. They stopped to sit down in the courtyard of the shopping plaza. Cassandra went to grab them a snack, since it was still a while before they had plans to meet Markus for lunch.

Maritess started talking as soon as Cassandra sat down. “I just don’t know about Markus,” she confessed. Cassandra was instantly excited. She listened, hopeful that Maritess had finally come to her senses. Before she even continued, Maritess was shaking her head to let Cassandra know she was on the wrong track. The disappointed confusion was evident in Cassandra’s face as she stirred their coffee cups and handed one to Maritess. “No, it’s not like that,” she assured Cassandra, “Trust me.”

Maritess began to tell Cassandra about Markus and his quest for true love. She told him about his answer on her questionnaire, and how shocked he was when she showed up as his trainer. Maritess told her all about how much fun it was to push Markus to the point where he finally gave, both with weight and with insult. Cassandra rolled her eyes, having never quite understood why Maritess liked to torture people so much. Maritess assured her, though, that she made sure never to actually hurt him, but she had never been kind to his feelings. She told her about the women she’d set him up with, and about how he ended up at her apartment the other night. When Maritess finished her confession, Cassandra had a world of things to say.

“So, you’re telling me, that after all of that, you don’t feel the slightest spark at all for him?” Cassandra asked, incredulously. Maritess shook her head to answer ‘no’. Then she shrugged her shoulders. Cassandra beckoned her to answer by tapping her hand on the table.

“Well, you know,” Maritess said, searching for the right words, “It’s not that I don’t feel anything for him. He’s great in bed, and he’s funny. He’s smart, and he puts up with my personality. He’s a great client. I guess I enjoy his company, but it’s not like I couldn’t find another man to fulfill the same things that he does… could...,” she paused, then definitively said, “might.”

“Okay,” Cassandra said, sarcastically. “Did it ever occur to you that maybe that’s fine, and totally beside the point? Who cares if you could replace him with someone else? What should matter is how you feel about him now. So, how do you feel about him now?”

“Mildly amused,” Maritess replied. Cassandra continued to press her further by asking if she thought he could be a good partner. Maritess shrugged a single shoulder in the air.

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