Damaged And the Cobra
“My manager called me the hummingbird housekeeper because I was a flurry of activity. I cleaned my tables, other servers’ tables, swept the floor, cleaned in the kitchen then started again. I wanted everything scrubbed down as if hoping to wipe away my unhappiness. It never worked, but I couldn’t stop myself.
Waking up and knowing I would tell Aaron goodbye, I was a frenzy of cleaning. Even focused on wiping tables, my mind saw Aaron everywhere. The green in the ugly carpet reminded me of the scales on his cobra. The blue on the tiles in the restrooms made me think of Aaron’s eyes.
Every man I saw was compared unfavorably to the one I wanted. This included Dylan who picked me up for school.
That morning when he drove me to work, we were both silently angry. As he dropped me off at school, Dylan decided silence wasn’t working for him. He grabbed my wrist and stared down at me.
“If you sneak off again, I’ll know it.”
“Let go of me,” I whispered, afraid to lose my temper and cause him to lose his.
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