CROSSRebirth by Hildred M. Billings

Author:Hildred M. Billings [Billings, Hildred M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barachou Press
Published: 2022-09-27T16:00:00+00:00

Until lunch, Miranda’s birthday was pleasant. She and Heidi spent the better part of the morning getting their manicures and facials at a local spa. This was, of course, laden with innuendo like, “Will I need to bring a comb with me when I go south of the border or does the birthday girl still mow the lawn?”

After their sabbatical, Heidi announced that lunch would be her treat at any place the birthday girl wished to go. They decided upon an outdoor café at a busy intersection, where the hostess sat them next to the street to the chorus of engines and honking horns.

“How does it feel to be at the peak of your sexual prime?” Heidi asked.

Miranda hailed a waitress. Wasn’t she in the mood to have a salad? How about Heidi? Surely, peering at the menu and making their intentions known to the waitress was much more appetizing than talking about this yet again.

“Tell me,” she began, once the waitress was gone again. “Why are you so interested in my love life when all we do is screw like rabbits every few weeks?”

Her bluntness caught Heidi off guard. “Because one of these days you’re going to turn me down because you’ve finally got yourself a real girlfriend.”

Heidi changed the subject to her latest project as an aspiring painter, which Miranda found interesting since she too shared a small passion for sticking oils on canvas. Except Heidi was a serious student of art, whereas Miranda had some supplies lying around her spare bedroom-turned-makeshift-studio and a few completed pieces she would never consider letting see the light of day, or anyone else’s eyes for that matter. She painted to de-stress and had no intention of taking it any further. All the great artists would laugh at her lack of technique.

Her date excused herself to use the restroom. During the wait, Miranda noticed a few other diners enjoying a cigarette. Indoors was smoke-free, but outside? In those days, it was a nicotine free-for-all.

She slid her hand into her purse and withdrew the single cigarette. Two men sat at the table behind her and couldn’t contain their voices.

“Man, I’m still buzzin’ from that shit,” Clyde remarked as he settled into his seat. A stream of smoke came from Miranda’s chair, but he paid her no attention. “We need to do that again as soon as possible. Playing live will always trump everything else.”

The scrape of a chair across pavement heralded Devon’s arrival. “Yeah. It was pretty awesome.”

“A little more excitement, please.”

“Sorry, my mind is distracted at the moment.”

“Why?”

The trickle of Miranda’s smoke changed direction with the breeze, and some of the tobacco wafted beneath Devon’s nose. “I broke up with Alicia this morning.”

Clyde’s mouth dropped like a bomb. “No way. I thought you two were sorting your shit out?”

Devon glanced around to make sure they were alone. He had no idea that Miranda inadvertently eavesdropped. “She, uh, caught me…”

Clyde tilted his head.

“…In bed.”

“Yeah?”

“With another woman.”

“Wait… you got laid last night?”

“Yup.”

“With another chick?”

“Yup.”

“With… sex…?”

“That’s how it goes.

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