Just One Look Was All It Took

Tony Covatta

4 hours ago

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Mack smarted from his latest rejection. He had scraped the barrel bottom. The girls in his haunts all knew him much too well.

After a night of bourbon-soaked soul searching, he recalled a blissful interlude of a few years ago: Matilda, shapely, stylish, quick witted. Why had they drifted apart? OK. So she’d moved eight hours away. He’d drive over, just show up, knock her off her feet.

Sharply dressed, combed, cologned, a little tired, he knocked. The door opened. Glances crossed, and they both knew.

“Why is he here? He’ll never change.”

“Why did I come? She’ll never change.”

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