Hot Twilight Ch. 02
In the taxi back to her home, Darla looked at Adreana’s business card again. She was so beautiful, so sexy and yet Darla was afraid to call her. She had been hurt so badly with Dominique she was relationship-shy and thought she had to be very careful making any serious commitments again. The taxi dropped her off right at the newsstand again where she had met Adreana earlier. The old geezer was still there listening to the ball game on his rickety old radio when Darla thrust a dollar bill in his face and asked for a bottle of water from his small fridge. The old man didn’t recognize her and as he handed her the bottle he knocked the cigar box that held the loose change, knocking over the two quarters she had set up earlier in the day.
Suddenly a large metallic sound similar to a man hole cover being dragged back over its hole and dropped in permeated Darla’s mind once more. The extreme loudness of the sound, and its high pitched screech made her stumble backwards completely losing her balance. Darla fell back towards the pavement but just as she was about to hit, Adreana grabbed her and caught her fall. The older woman lowered her carefully to the pavement as she noticed Darla had lost consciousness. Adreana was still wearing her short dress also but knelt on the pavement and stroked Darla’s brown hair away from her closed eyes. Adreana wore the same low cut blouse, her nice tits totally visible to Darla, if she ever opened her eyes again. The beautiful healer opened the bottle of water that Darla had dropped and put some of the cool water on Darla’s warm temples. Darla opened her eyes to see Adreana ministering to her and telling her not to move, that it would be okay. Darla could not believe how gorgeous this woman was and how she had appeared out of nowhere to catch her fall. A small crowd of passersby stopped and looked on as Adreana asked one of them to call an ambulance.
“No..No I am not hurt I just fainted.” Darla pleaded.
“I’ll be fine, just need a bit of food in me,” Darla exclaimed to Adreana as she tried to get up. The older woman assisted her and helped her gather the contents of her bag together, which luckily didn’t suffer much damage.
As Darla regained her composure she acknowledged Adreana and went up to her and threw her arms around her and kissed her passionately. While she had been unconscious, Dominique had spoken to her. She fainted because she had seen her so clearly when the quarters fell over that it was as if she had seen a ghost.
In reality her former lover Dominique had been around her for months, like a guiding angel, and wanted to let Darla know it was all right for her to fall in love with this new woman. Dominique pleaded for Darla’s forgiveness in the dream and Darla granted it. She knew instinctively that only forgiveness can make one truly happy in life. Holding grudges, being judgmental and being nasty only made someone a bitch and that is not a way to love. As she forgave Dominique for taking her life, the image of her faded and Adreana appeared.
Adreana kissed Darla and caressed her hair, holding her close to her warm body.
“I have to take you upstairs now and give you a hot bath and a long massage,” The attractive healer said to her.
“And a good meal too,” Darla added. They both smiled at each other, and knew this was the real beginning of a long relationship.
“Yes and then we have to make love all night, for I don’t think I want to go out tomorrow until I taste all of you, you lovely beautiful woman I have never noticed before.” Darla said with true passion and sincerity.
The two women walked away, arm in arm, back into the luxury apartment house to retire to the warmth of each others bodies. A new relationship was born of trust and exceptional love for each other.
Darla had made peace with her past and the pain of her former lover’s death was released by her forgiveness which opened her heart for love once again, which would last forever. It was a true miracle.
The crowd of passersby dispersed as the man in the baggy grey suit walked out again, still smoking that cigarette and said,
“Submitted for your approval, one Darla Hammond, a casting director with a preference for women, who realized that when you toss that coin in the box, you might get more than you expected, in The Twilight Zone.”
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“This story is based upon the teleplay “A Penny For Your Thoughts,” written by George Clayton Johnson, and aired on The Twilight Zone on 2/3/61.
The End”
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