Breaking Covid
Part 1
He got the text while he was getting his hair cut. While he was pinned in the chair, covered in the smock and cuttings of his hair. He could not reach for it. This modern affectation of instant communication was interrupted but the common action of getting one's haircut. His Pavlov's dog reaction made him itch. He was curious to know who sent him something.
He reminded himself that it was probably his sister, whining again about living in the great state of Georgia. It could be his stepmom telling him that she was feeling sick after going to his stupid step- Nephew's wedding last weekend.
Who throws a huge wedding with well over 100 people, in an enclosed church, without separation, no masks, in a time of pandemic? Well it turns out his stepbrother, all to placate the Bride that wanted her huge white wedding. He had sent a card and $200.
Or, it could be his good friend informing him of the next stupid political move by either party.
He felt decadent, leaning back and having his hair trimmed. He liked it longer, but the last two times he did the 'covid cut' himself with trimmers and a couple of mirrors. So here he was, sitting, tilting his head this way and that, having a relatively attractive young woman, trim his hair and talk about local gossip.
Her eyes were amazing, he always focused on the eyes. Eyes were the always his weak point. They truly were the window to the soul. Regretfully this young ladies' eyes, while physically beautiful, were glassy and showed no life and no joy. That and her haphazard tattoo's, showing a habit of poor choices and bad art.
She finished his haircut and he gladly paid and provided a nice tip. He was off to other adventures. He was halfway through his weekly shopping list when he remembered the text. He paused leaning his arms against the handle of the shopping cart and pulled his phone from his pocket. A quick button push, taping a code, and he was in. He pulled down the icon bar and hit the message symbol.
His heart stopped for a second and then flared with joy.
The text read 'I am on my way'
She was coming, he was ecstatic. She always knew there was a standing invitation, but usually it took a lot of wheedling to get her to agree. With the pandemic and her being in the LA basin, downright begging had come to no use. He always hoped that living a couple of hundred miles north, along the coast would be more enticing to her.