Are you blind, miss?

ALEX

It’s Friday evening already. I just got off work and I’m so tired, but I remembered I have to meet up with Paul today, he has something he wants to tell me.

“Man I’m so exhausted”, I murmured to myself whilst stepping into the shower. It was so hot, like 31 degrees.

I took a quick shower and found something casual to wear. I asked Grace, my nanny to make a quick meal for me while I get dressed. I wanted some bacon with fries and a glass of cranberry juice. 

Grace has been with me since I was 8 years old. She practically raised me. More like a mom. I lost my dad when I was 14. That was the most challenging time of my life. I watched my mom slowly turn into a sad person. The bliss and joy in our home was lost. Everything became sad and dark. Happiness was never to be mentioned in our home. Every time my mom looked at me all she could do was cry. It got to a point where she casually started locking herself up, skipping meals and taking overdose on her medications. My dad’s death broke her, and no one could fix it. With the help of my dad’s business friends and Grace, we took her to rehab where she is till date. I go to see her occasionally, she doesn’t remember me anymore. Doctor said she developed passive Alzheimer’s disease. I miss my family, but let’s keep it loving.

While getting dressed, I put on my favorite music; Sexual healing by Marvin Gaye. He’s my favorite artist of all time too. 

I felt hot, sexy, so I wore one of the perfumes Julia got for me on my last birthday: Sauvage. 

I loved luxury, I loved the feeling of it, and Julia knew how to get the right stuff for me.

I ate up, grabbed my keys to my Rolls Royce cullinan and drove off to Paul’s. 

While on the highway, I was driving at 220kmph, music on.

All of sudden I heard a loud scream and I pulled the brakes so tightly I thought the car was gonna explode. 

“What the fuck???!!!”, I thought to myself angrily

I quickly jumped out of the car and found a lady I almost hit. She was crying hard, whilst holding her bag tightly. 

“Are you blind, miss?”, I asked her 

“Do you want to die?, can’t you look where you’re going before you cross?”, I wasn’t having it. I’ve been talking to this strange lady for over 5 minutes but she hasn’t said a word back. 

I was going to leave her right there and drive off. Just as I turned around to leave she stood up and called out 

“Hey, you bastard!”

The next thing I realized was a slap.

A slap.

No one has ever…ever slapped me before. Not my parents, not Julia, no one! Who was this brave, strange lady who had the guts to slap Alex Brettson?

“Did you just slap me, miss?”, I asked her shocked at her audacity.

“Yes I just did. You almost ran me over. What were you thinking? Huh?”

Wow. She’s also has a very smart mouth.

“Did you just talk to me like that? Who the hell are you?”, at this point I was shocked. Who is this girl ? 

“Just let me be okay? You didn’t succeed in killing me. I’m good, I’m fine, thank you!”

She looked at me with scornful, teary eyes and ran off into the darkness. 

Why did she ignite me so much? Why did I let her talk to me like that? 

With all these thoughts, I walked back to my car and drove off. The whole time I was thinking about her. 

She was petite, brunette, and had a soft voice. Just my type, again

I wanted to see her again. Who was she? Where did she live? I didn’t get the chance to ask. She was being so rude and uncouth, but I sure did want to see her again. I kept driving till I got up Paul’s bar.