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Things went fast
Things went fast, indeed.
But we did it 'grand style', at least in the beginning.
When she returned from the States, I went to Paris to meet her.
I remember she was too late at the station.
I felt lost.
Was it all nothing but a dream?
But she only had some trouble with the car.
Later in the evening, in a 'brasserie',
I suddenly felt sick and I fainted.
Again, the feeling of loosing everything overwhelmed me.
But she was so sweet, wiping my face with cold water.
The next day we visited her family.
Everybody was very nice.
I was received as a new member of the family.
I was considered 'cool' and 'clean'.
They obviously thought I was the solution for her problems.
And theirs, because for the last two years she had
been living with her parents.
Her sister assured me that she needed a quiet and simple life.
Only her mother asked her if I was using drugs,
because I was so calm.
The day after that, before I left for the south of France,
where I had another conference, we spoke again of marriage.
We agreed to do it. We were both excited.
When I came back a week later,
she had packed everything.
Ready to move to Amsterdam.
Her father had accompanied her to the station.
He shook my hand and said:
"I trust you will take good care of her."
Nothing more needed to be said.
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afterthoughts
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(C) Æliens
2005
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