“How did that ugly man with the grotesque scar across his face get such a pretty woman like her to go out with him?”
It was the first time I had gone anywhere in the year and a half since I moved into the neighborhood. It was good to be out, even if people thought I was ugly.
“Everyone is looking at you, my dear,” I said.
“I know. I used to feel so invisible,” Janet said.
“You’re not invisible anymore. You look beautiful Janet.”
“Thank you Jim.”
After we finished our drinks I asked if she would like another and Janet nodded no. I told her my condo was only a few blocks away and asked her if she like to see it. She nodded yes. I paid for our drinks and we rode over to my place.
It was good to get in out of the cold. We parked underground and rode the elevator up; carrying all the ba
