Finding Mr Right.

53

I was still seated and silently breaking.

"Nobody has to see you cry,nobody has to know your weakness,so they can't manipulate you."

Cutthroat's voice echos at the back of my mind and it only makes matters worse .I ran short of breath and I was having a panic attack.

I walk into the shower, letting the water wash out my pain .after hours of washing out pain and prison polyesters, I step out of the shower noticing two white towels on the rack .I wrap one towel around my body and the other, around my head to dry out my hair.

I walk into the bedroom and there's a knock at the door .I grab the nearest pair of PJs,slipped into the too over sized PJs and opened the door.

Seth was standing on the other side of the door,with a pizza box in his left hand and a bottle of water in his other.

"Please do come in"

He peeks in the room before walking in as if he was expecting to find another person in the room.

"Nice PJs"

"Am sorry,I kind of borrowed them without permission .Hope its alright with you"

He shrugs before setting the food on the night stand.

"Its alright .you are cleaning my floors for me,how can I find that wrong?"
I furrow my eyebrows at him and he points at the PJs that where really sweeping the floors.

"What are you? 5'2?"

"No,am a 5foot3"

He rolls his eyes at me. "Anyways,I brought food"

"Aaw,thank you"I pat the bed signaling him to sit down too.
"Tell me about yourself,"

"There's not much to tell"

"Are you kidding? You live like a king,you have swans,in your pond"

"Correction,I have Seth and the swans"
He looks around the room. "I have a cat that costs half a Mill"
I choke on the pizza I was chewing. I grab the bottle of water from his hand and I take in a litter of the water.

"$500K for a cat!?"I manage to spit out.

"Not a cat .The cat."He puts the water bottle on the floor.
"That used to be Kiki's Mercy"

"Kiki? Let me guess? Your ex girlfriend?"
He stares at me for about ten seconds and chuckles.

"I wish. Kim Kardashian ,Kiki?"
I stare at him in disbelief.
"Her fiance got it for her,but she found out she was allergic and had to find a home for it"

"So you named Mercy, Karen?"
He nods and I shake my head at him,suddenly curious.

"Why are you being nice to me?I mean,am a stranger to you"

He glares at me and shrugs his shoulders.
"I don't know, I guess I feel you're pretty cool"

"That doesn't explain it"

"I believe in being nice to people,I mean...I've met a lot of mean people in my life . Evil people, but I decided to be nice to everyone, even to strangers."

"Thank you Colby"

"Don't mention it,and please call me Seth"

The rest of the night I can say,we spent it trying to know each other and by the time I dozed off, it felt like I've known him for years but he's still a stranger right? I still have to be careful.