I met Thea while walking in Hyde Park in London during mid-October of 1998. I was 38 years old at the time and living and working in London. We both found ourselves at the door of a modern looking sandwich bar in the park. I opened the door for her and allowed her to go first to the counter. She ordered first getting a red wine. I followed suit and ordered a red wine and a sandwich and took my order over to a table next to hers. She was dressed in a dark colored jacket with her hair tucked up into a red beret. She gave me a very pretty disarming smile when I sat down, so I said hi to her.
She said hi back and invited me to share her table. We both started talking and I found that she was an American visiting for business and made trips to London often. Up close I could tell that she was a pretty woman though older than me, which you could see by her neck and hands. I figured her to be about 50 and since I am bald I am often taken for being older than my age.
Thea's skin was fair and white, she used very little cosmetics, and when she stood she was of slight build and only about 5 feet 3 inches tall. Her hair was brunette and at the time in a bun tucked into her beret (she had long hair down to her waist). We chatted for a while and seeing that I had nothing planned for the afternoon, I asked her if she wanted to have a drink at a pub (as you do in the UK).
We left together and went over to the Bricklayers Arms and I bought her another glass of red wine. Later we went out to dinner and as I walked her back to her hotel we kissed at the door. Thea told me that she thought I'd never kiss her and had been waiting all night. We made plans to go out the next evening.
We met after work at the Three Tuns pub and later ate off in an Italian restaurant in Saint George street. Thea was dressed in a Grey wraparound skirt, a white blouse, black hose and shoes, a dark jacket and her red beret. After eating we walked to a pub not far from my flat, the Pontefract Castle on Wigmore street. It is a multi-level pub and you can go upstairs and find a couch in an out of the way area for privacy. I bought her another red wine and we talked while sitting close on a couch.