Unexpected, Page 4
Terry Aspinall
only here for a haircut, for a moment I thought I had walked into a dating agency, she laughed.
It was the first day of my return to normality Lynn told me that night, and that I had done it all on my own, I had been the one who had made the decision. It was as if a large weight had been lifted from my shoulders. All of a sudden, the world seemed a brighter more in focused place. It can best be described as being able to wear your first set of spectacles, after years of struggling to read the small print of your favourite novel.
From that point on, slowly I began to let the memories of Anne recede into the background of my mind. I knew that I would never forget her completely, but I had new memories to invent with Lynn, and as far as I was concerned, I could not have chosen a better person to share them with. I made up my mind that I would never compare them against each other. If that were to ever happen, then one day I might have to choose who was the better of the two. This was something that I would never want to happen to me. Lynn had been so wonderful over the whole affair, accepting what had happened over the past months. I knew that she must have loved me very deeply. I would never have to ask her how much, it was just obvious with what she had done for me.
Sundays were always good times for us, as we would wake up, and after breakfast, we would make a spontaneous decision to go out for the day. Once we went to the zoo that was situated in the next town. Where we e had a wonderful time looking at all the exhibits while I imitated the animals and Lynn pretended to feed me.
I could sense that the people around me had noticed the changes that were taking place with my personality. In fact I could even feel that change myself, I put it all down to Lynn’s patience and love that she showered on me at every opportunity.
Even her business picked up as her customers noticed that she also had a spring in her step, as they say. To me there was no change, Lynn was just the same sweet loveable understanding innocent Lynn. The girl I had in love with, the girl I wanted to spend the rest of my life with, and yes, I hoped that at some time we might get married and have a family.
It was the first day of my return to normality Lynn told me that night, and that I had done it all on my own, I had been the one who had made the decision. It was as if a large weight had been lifted from my shoulders. All of a sudden, the world seemed a brighter more in focused place. It can best be described as being able to wear your first set of spectacles, after years of struggling to read the small print of your favourite novel.
From that point on, slowly I began to let the memories of Anne recede into the background of my mind. I knew that I would never forget her completely, but I had new memories to invent with Lynn, and as far as I was concerned, I could not have chosen a better person to share them with. I made up my mind that I would never compare them against each other. If that were to ever happen, then one day I might have to choose who was the better of the two. This was something that I would never want to happen to me. Lynn had been so wonderful over the whole affair, accepting what had happened over the past months. I knew that she must have loved me very deeply. I would never have to ask her how much, it was just obvious with what she had done for me.
Sundays were always good times for us, as we would wake up, and after breakfast, we would make a spontaneous decision to go out for the day. Once we went to the zoo that was situated in the next town. Where we e had a wonderful time looking at all the exhibits while I imitated the animals and Lynn pretended to feed me.
I could sense that the people around me had noticed the changes that were taking place with my personality. In fact I could even feel that change myself, I put it all down to Lynn’s patience and love that she showered on me at every opportunity.
Even her business picked up as her customers noticed that she also had a spring in her step, as they say. To me there was no change, Lynn was just the same sweet loveable understanding innocent Lynn. The girl I had in love with, the girl I wanted to spend the rest of my life with, and yes, I hoped that at some time we might get married and have a family.
