LACES

"Nerdy much"

The air was sterile,oh no I wasn't in an hospital, I was in my room at the hotel,still pondering over the conversation I had with crazy old Marion,he was indeed the most craziest man I had ever met .What a father,and didn't he care about his son's wishes,of course not,this was Marion we were taking about here,a chauvinistic tyrant,a man who could get anything at his disposal,and to think I had come to Washington DC for a new start,but somehow life was catching up with me again .The funny thing was the little feeling inside of me that was a tad bit interested in this new journey,but marriage,marriage was another ball game,a big Union, ordained by God and now Marion wanted me to play ruse,I can't,I couldn't,or I will,what is wrong with me anyway.

What if his son is mentally deranged,or has drug issues,or is a scientist,or a man on an agenda,wait that last one doesn't seem so bad,but what if he was wayyyyy younger than me,God I hope so,right now I needed some kind of excuse to evade the issue.

I had gone to see Mr Marion again,after he left me a very clean text message saying he wanted to speak with his daughter in law at his office again,which pissed me of,and for a second there I felt like telling him to go jump in a ditch,but I restrained mainly because he knew too many secrets..So here I was,in Mr Marion Amarillo's office,smoking first class weed and playing strategic chess.

"You're a great player".he commended me with a smile.

"Pity I can't say the same about you". Which was a lie because he actually was an incredible player.

"Well I know who could easily beat you at chess". He said and I looked at him.

"Who". I asked still concentrating on my chess.

"My son". He said coolly,and right then I lost all concentration.

"W....What". I asked,unable to speak.

"Checkmate". He grinned, the sneaky bastardo actually distracted me so he could win.

"That's so not fair". I frowned at his antics, he clearly cheated.

"I won fair and square,stop being a sore loser". Marion said playfully.

"Am done playing". I told him and he laughed,what a fox.

"Juliana I need to tell you something very important". Oh no,God please let it not be what I think it is.

"Go on Marion, spill the liquor". I joked and he smiled.

"My son is coming back from London tomorrow,I want you to meet him".He looked at me expecting an answer while I shrugged.

"Sure". I might have sounded casual but my thoughts were contracting inside.

"You are okay with it". Marion asked with shock and I nodded.

"Tell me what I need to know about him". I asked Marion specifically because I didn't want to appear a raving fool when I meet his dear son,I had never seen or met him but something tells me its likely to be a disaster.

"What exactly do you want to know Juliana". He asked smiling, he was really enjoying this,enjoying playing match maker.

"Everything Marion, a girl has to be prepared". I smiled at him while he nodded in understanding.

"Well for his likes,he prefers take outs to home made food,he prefers actions to words,he prefers working to anything in the world,he hates conversations, especially small talk,he hates ignorance,but he's very innocent, he hates body contact, especially with the opposite sex,he loves reading and can easily shut the world out when he is in his zone,he never frowns but never smiles either and if you ask him why he'd say it's a complete waste of his precious time,he loves discovering but he's stuck in an office all day so you get his frustration". He stopped and I nodded for him to continue his sweet tale of his foolish son .