Robert Robber

11

So we went to a DVD store and bought two movies; spy and the imitation game. We bought a bottle of red wine and a big tub of ice cream too.

Lilian had already made dinner and left the house by the time we got to my apartment,
" your housekeeper left? ", Gina asked,a chicken wing in her right hand and two wine glasses in her left.
"Yeah,she had to go somewhere today. Somewhere I can't remember".

She settled down on one of my couches, "so,what movie first?", she asked and I just shrugged. She just rolled her eyes and put spy in. I had already seen the movie before so,I just poured myself wine and got chicken.

We sat and watched the movie,sipping wine and eating chicken and watching Gina laugh. She threw her head back when she laughed hard and merely chuckled other times. Gina was a beautiful lady with a beautiful laugh and with some answers I needed.
After spy,she went to the bathroom and I got the second movie out,
" Robert,do you have coffee?, I think I had one glass too much." She giggled,that was when I noticed that the wine bottle was empty and I had only half a glass of it.
"Gina!, you drank all that wine?",I exclaimed,wondering why she wasn't sleeping on the floor yet,
"it's just a bottle, Thelma won't care anyway", she said,taking me aback
"Thelma?, who's Thelma? "
"Thelma was a nice old lady I used to know,she was nice to me when I was in juvie." She slurred, " She used to help me when I was beaten or high." She suddenly looked serious and emotional," She helped me get clean again,I owe my life to her." She said,beginning to sob and I instinctively held her to comfort her, "it's alright G, Thelma doesn't seem like someone who won't care that you're drunk.", I said, "why would you think Thelma won't care?", she didn't answer me and just sobbed some more,I pulled her back to the living room to sit while I went to make coffee for her.

I had to force her eyes open when I brought the coffee,she drank a few sips before giving into the sleep that consumed her. I carried her into my room and laid her on the bed while I fell asleep in a chair by the bed,my dreams filled with a Gina who got high and wild.

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"How are you doing today Rob?",Kat greeted as I entered her office. "I'm fine,thank you", I answered
"So, have you taken anything subconsciously recently?"
Kat asked,and that was when I realised that I haven't actually stolen unnecessary things for a while now,
"No...I don't know how,but my hands haven't removed anything since two weeks now."
"Do you have any new friends?"
"Yes,I made a new friend recently", she wrote something down in her notepad,
"What?, you think she's helping me?"
"Yes,Robert,I think she's helping you. Either that or performance is not good for you",she said.
"So,you got a job at the bar too?", she asked,a sign for me to continue the story of my life,
"Yes I did. As the bus boy. I cleaned the bar when it was closing time and Robin just served the drinks and got harrased by drunk men sometimes. My wages were fair and the owner let us sleep behind counters then,but it wasn't long before we rented our own apartment because I had been stealing from the customers and I just couldn't stop.
"Not long after,I stole enough money to buy a guitar and I started practicing again. My father used to play the guitar on dark nights and I learned a bit from him before he died. One night,after the bar had closed,I stayed back like old times and started strumming and my boss heard me sing,so, he told me about his wife's club house that my style of music will do great there. That's how my career started."

"Hmm. Time's up again today. I think you should spend more time with your new friend,I think she's helping by distracting you."  Kat said with a small smile. I smiled back, got my coat and left her office with full intentions on doing exactly what my doctor advised.

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"Hey G." I said as soon as I found her at the coffee shop.
"Hey Rob, how are you?", she asked, smiling sweetly at me. She was wearing a white summer dress and strapped flat gold sandals, she looked beautiful and carefree.
"I'm alright, have you been here long?", I pulled myself a chair opposite her, removed my coat and sat down.
" yeah, about an hour now. Thanks for letting me sleep over",she smiled before her curious side surfaced, "Where do you go to every morning anyway?"
"Well, ah-I go for therapy of some sorts to help calm my nerves. Special condition." I answered the best way I could. Gina just squinted her eyes at me and shook her head.
"You think I'd be okay with just that?, spill the secret", she said at once, so I leaned back in my chair and thought of what to say. I felt a smirk crawling up my face as I said, " as soon as you tell me about Thelma."
Her eyes grew wide and she coughed,sputtering strawberry iced tea all over the table. I quickly handed her a napkin and used another one to dab at the table top. I didn't know Thelma was such a touchy subject, I almost regretted mentioning her name at all.
"Forget I asked.", she said after she recovered, " I need to leave now, I have a headache"
"I'm sorry Gina, I didn't know it was anything serious, here, let me drop you off.", she nodded and I led us out of the café.