Tom wakes up early the next morning, 6am his biological alarm clock ahas been like that since he was a kid he says, something to this day he doesn't go into much detail.
Only that something had happened to him at a young age that put alot of pressure on him and his family growing up. Like most children he had the regular problems, but then there were a few taboo topics that he only ever touches lightly on tredding, knowing the reality of the beast can bit with fangs already dripping in blood. He arrives down in the lobby to find ???
Sitting reading a magazine on the table. He approaches her with a smile on his face greeting her with "top of the morning to ya" in an accent that I haven't heard in a long time. Good morning Tom how how you this morning, to be honest you came across as someone who enjoyed morning walks I came down to see if I was correct?
Why wouldn't you know ??? You are absolutely correct how would you like to join me? Absolutely ??? Responded happily they started walking down the street. It was abnormally mild for the time of year, they enjoyed a fair bit of walking they must of touched base on every subject knowing Tom it would of been the mystery of life and the ever unanswered questions of the deepest things and how everything ties in to each other. He sees the world as cold and warm but somewhere down the road he had become colder. As he spoke of his childhood her eyes, they started see the true depth of his character, all just a fasuade a grand prankster as you will. He has so many fooled that he is so happy and well put but she saw his inner most child she heard what that voice was saying to him that day he walked into Moe's to buy that suit.
Nobody really saw that he hid it so well under his suit of armour that you would thing he is completely "normal" but she saw that other side some how. Did he say something? Do something? How was it that she was able to see? Even his childhood seemed pretty normal but she saw something that most miss on first glance, even second and third. Most don't even see or pick up on it but she did. Some how this grown man was Now revealing everything to her how he had been hurt, how he had done his best and never felt it was good enough, to even the people that grew up with him how they grew apart.
He even mentioned what some of them were up to, he cut ties with most of them But the smallest of few. Kept his inner extremely close to him. They found a secluded park bench and continue to talk, somehow that sparkle in her eye reminded him of his sparkle. He started talking about his dreams further how he just wanted to move somewhere nobody knew his name. He explained how he was tired of "having it all" and just going back to how things used to be, just him and Moe taking their hikes and talking philosophy.
It was there he broke down and without a word, or a mouth open the tears rolled down his face remembering what his niece said him when he was looking after her when he had told her as a joke cry me a river, without a promtu or second comes back with "I would but you would pollute it" he laughs out loud as ???
Just took in that moment and looked at him. He explained how he used to baby sit his nieces and nephew every so often even Moe would stop by and hang out this dates back to when he was only fifteen we hadn't event met yet. They arrived yesterday again planed to the moment just to see his old family arrive put a smile on his face, just enough so they did not see who even drove by them.
This was part of one of his many surprises that he had planned I had no idea of their coming, and part of his inner circle. I had no idea they even spoke anymore, like I said he doesn't reveal every little thing. Sometimes the best things he keeps right till the very end to surprise everyone. After this they walk back to the hotel slightly holding hands, slightly hmm how would you describe that? I would call it walking at the same pace as someone lightly brushing each others hands intentionally just for the touch of it. They did this till about two blocks away from the hotel. Somehow they both knew without speaking what was going on, Tom being a well respected married man and ??? being the daughter of one of his closest friends they both found themselves love locked for their own reasons that didn't need to be spoken of. They found their walk with each other was quite peaceful none the less. Tom had completely droppers guard infront of her, something he was not known for doing often. Most times if anything doubling down with any other emotions but sadness even showing complete stupid anger loosing his own networks at times not allowing anyone else to get close enough to hurt him again. But close enough to get to know.
