I fell in love with a man twice my age. Maybe it was the way he composed himself when he walks and talks or the way he only breaks character when something catches him off guard, either way, I fell in love.
I guess I can say I fell in love at first sight but soon the attraction churned my gut as his poker face broke my defenses.
I was offended.
We then had our second run in the very same day . This time our eyes locked as I greeted him and he in turn greeted me. I was having a terrible realization of what seemed like an endless stream of bad luck and just torture on my first week of a new job. A job that required working alongside people whose life perspectives were limited to culture, I mean no offense for I too am from a very cultural background. However, a workplace in the particular field I was in, was and is no place to bring in classifications, which I found extremely out of place in modern civilization. It’s unethical and inhumane.
As multiple thoughts rushed in all at once, I looked towards his back turned towards...