THE GENTLEMAN THAT SLIPPED (Chapter 3)
CHAPTER 3: "IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL"
"Come on sweetie, maybe it's a good thing. The fact that you did it, means you saw someth…"
"Please no! We both know how that story goes. I saw something in his eyes too and we know how that turned out. He's a therapist and I guess he just made me feel safe at that moment and…and…but that's their job anyways and it was a mistake" "Be that as it may, I still believe your heart saw something. I mean the same heart that has been wounded over and over again, it still fluttered. I know you are afraid, cos relationships haven't been very kind to you, it's perfectly understandable. But I believe you should listen to your heart on this one. It might not be how you expected it, but the heart wants, what the heart wants. He's a therapist but before that, your heart must have seen past his profession. I mean he could have sat there and left you to finish crying, being as professional as people say he is. Baby girl, I believe he loves you but he too hasn't realized it yet"
"What do you mean "him too"?"
"Come on darling, don't act as though you don't know what I'm talking about. You love him but you are trying desperately to believe otherwise. I don't know how, but you love him."
"Please stop saying that"
"I'm saying it cos it's true, my dear. Sometimes, we go through disappointments and hurtful experiences, in search of our perfect fit. But just because we have been through a lot of the wrong ones, doesn't mean that our perfect fit isn't out there. And most times, we have to let go of the past, because it can blind us from seeing the diamond in the rough."
"I'm just so scared…I mean is that even…Does that even…"
"Make sense? Trust me on this one sweetie. The matters of the heart are oftentimes...
"Come on sweetie, maybe it's a good thing. The fact that you did it, means you saw someth…"
"Please no! We both know how that story goes. I saw something in his eyes too and we know how that turned out. He's a therapist and I guess he just made me feel safe at that moment and…and…but that's their job anyways and it was a mistake" "Be that as it may, I still believe your heart saw something. I mean the same heart that has been wounded over and over again, it still fluttered. I know you are afraid, cos relationships haven't been very kind to you, it's perfectly understandable. But I believe you should listen to your heart on this one. It might not be how you expected it, but the heart wants, what the heart wants. He's a therapist but before that, your heart must have seen past his profession. I mean he could have sat there and left you to finish crying, being as professional as people say he is. Baby girl, I believe he loves you but he too hasn't realized it yet"
"What do you mean "him too"?"
"Come on darling, don't act as though you don't know what I'm talking about. You love him but you are trying desperately to believe otherwise. I don't know how, but you love him."
"Please stop saying that"
"I'm saying it cos it's true, my dear. Sometimes, we go through disappointments and hurtful experiences, in search of our perfect fit. But just because we have been through a lot of the wrong ones, doesn't mean that our perfect fit isn't out there. And most times, we have to let go of the past, because it can blind us from seeing the diamond in the rough."
"I'm just so scared…I mean is that even…Does that even…"
"Make sense? Trust me on this one sweetie. The matters of the heart are oftentimes...