"It was absolutely nothing. I had no ties. No bittersweet memories. I was leaving nothing behind. Never experienced companionship, never been in love. And in that moment, all I felt was loneliness and regret."
But there's always a first time..
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While I was doing my makeup I looked out the balcony window, towards Harry's house, wondering if Egssy really was telling the truth, after so many years I doubted that Harry would be interested in someone who was young enough to be his daughter, and still, going against all his years of training, even so, all of this intrigued me.
I can't say that Harry is ugly, or something like that, on the contrary, he is the most handsome man I have ever seen in my life, and with a posture that I have never seen before, he was distinguished 24 hours a day, even for the other Kingsman agents. During all these years I was always intrigued by his professionalism and seriousness, and in more casual moments, he was a lot of fun to have around, away from work he really knew how to have fun as an ordinary person. In order for Merlin to be intrigued, knowing Harry for so many years, I wondered if I was being left behind of something that involved me "Okay, if you need to touch up, everything will be in the suitcase." She smiled puling me away from my thoughs, I thanked her as she leaved.
I put on my new lenses and a black overcoat, as the night was coming ''Ready?'' I heard Merlin, the car was already waiting for me on the street and we all headed towards the jet that was waiting for us at the HQ to go straight to Glasgow ''Pre party?'' Egssy said as soon as we entered, I chuckled and dropped my bag on the chair ''Three martinis?'' I agreed ''Please.'' Harry came over and smiled, Egssy looked at me smiling without showing his teeth and raising one eyebrows, I took a deep breath and shared some nonsense conversation.
I sat on the armchair and Egssy intruded on my thoughts "Next week is Harry's birthday." He whispered as soon as Harry left us to use the toilet "I know." I looked up at him "Let's do something, drink something, take a break...'' He smiled ''He won't accept it, you know that.'' I giggled ''He's an annoying old man who doesn't know how to enjoy holidays, so he doesn't need to know the reason for the meeting.'' He took a sip of the drink and made an inviting expression, I smiled and agreed with the plan, it was good to take a day to relax and have an excuse for it was even better.
Egssy entered the party first, as usual, and soon Harry and I made our way through, I took off my coat and gave it to the servant who was waiting at the door. Upon entering, Merlin sent us hundreds of information. We met with some known faces from the previous party, to keep up appearances and right through the night people joined the dance in the middle of the main hall to the sound of a small orchestra, I noticed that all the instruments had an identical symbol ''Excuse me , Mr. Lastra, I would like to conceive this dance to your wife, if it is okay for you.'' One of the old nasty old men offered his hand to me, Harry smiled and I walked with him towards the center of the hall, I watched Harry taking his wife his also leaded to the dance floor.
I looked around and felt the snobbish hands of that snob touching my waist, we danced for a few minutes around people, I watched Egssy at the bar talking to a man and kept my attention locked on Merlin's instructions ''You're a very pretty lady." The old man smiled at me, I smiled back without showing his teeth, trying to be as genuine as possible "Time to change, i guess." Harry looked me in the eyes with a relaxed expression "Thank you." I whispered as I approached my body to his and rested my hand on his shoulder as he touched my back and held my hand.
