Chasing Rainbows Read Free

audience for her this time as the bar still had not begun to fill up with the usual lunchtime diners.
    “ HI Tony, mines a vodka on the rocks”, Carol screeched at the bar man, who obviously knew her.
    She carried on walking past Doug to the girl at the end of the bar, the one he was watching.
    They exchanged greetings and Carol pulled the girl towards him as she began the introductions.
    Doug took a long hard look at the woman standing before him. She seemed a bit nervous and shy. She hadn't looked shy chattering away in the distance to the waiter.
    She wore a pair of old denims with rips in them exposing the brown of her legs, an old pair of pumps peeped out from under frayed hems. A bright pink baggy jumper hid the rest of her body.
    “ Did she have breasts?” He wondered.
    What might they be like? He could imagine her sitting and knitting the sweater that was far too big for her. It gave her an air of innocent cuteness, added to by the blond hair that was scraped back into a ponytail.
    He could tell that this was hair that did what it wanted, wild and untamed.
    He wondered if she was like her hair. A long fringe played curtains to the most amazing pair of brown eyes he had ever seen.
    They were like two great pools of love that someone could drown in, as they peered into the soul.
    One of the things Doug prided himself on was being able to read a woman very quickly.
    He had a system of categorising them and their eligibility for him to spend some of his precious time on them.
    He would give marks out of ten and be able to calculate how long it would be before he had them hooked and they had fallen for him.
    This one was very different, she confused his arrogance and he could not think straight, as he tried to pull himself out of those eyes peering up at him.
    “ Doug, Olivia, Olivia, Doug”, Carol said dismissively.
    Doug cocked his head to the side, nice name, he thought as she held out a small hand, nails of pink coordinating with her sweater.
    He felt her energy as their fingers met, electricity ran through his veins.
    As she turned to leave the bar Carol, chirped, “Right my loves, I'm off,” and she was gone.
    Doug kept smiling and was pleased that he made an effort with his appearance that morning.
    He always made an effort. For some reason today he was even more vigilant as to how he looked.
    At six foot, he stood out in a crowd with his thick black hair combed back from his temples.
    His brown eyes never left the face of the woman he was talking to at the time, listening to the rubbish that came from her lips, he found that being a good listener was on one way of captivating them.
    Look them straight in the eye, bend a little towards them and tilt the head, it worked every time.
    Standing before this girl, this woman, he knew he looked good. The camel coat covering his muscular body, giving him an air of authority and wealth.
    He never looked any different. He was a man that looked good in casuals, overalls, just as he did in a mohair suit of the finest quality.
    Doug smiled, so Carol did not see this little thing in front of him as a threat? If she had she would have stayed to the death.
    Today she left very quickly without a backward glance.
    Sometimes Carol made him feel like he was her handbag, exclusively hers.
    He made a mental to do something about it, soon. Carol did not own him. He was nobodies handbag.
    “Have you eaten?” a chirpy voice full of life, asked. They made their way to a table in the corner and each took a menu.
    Doug studied Olivia as those amazing brown eyes skated backwards and forwards across the card.
    They ordered. As they waited for their food, Olivia explained the event she was organizing and how Carol had intimated that she and Doug were very close and said taht Doug would do anything for her if she asked him.
    Doug scowled, blast the woman!
    Olivia said that Carol agreed the nominal fee and she hoped he did not expect more.
    As this was for charity he could take it or leave