READER'S ROCK LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE VOL 2 ISSUE 4 NOVEMBER 2014 Vol. 1 Issue 9 March 2014 | Page 67

Things are not always as they seem…

As I looked around, I
noticed that more people
were starting to arrive. I
also noticed musicians
were setting up their
equipment. John walked
over to a microphone that
had already been set up.
He made a request for
everyone to be seated. We
all crossed the lawn to our
respective seats. Andre
held Katie's hand in one of
his and he kept his arm
around my waist. We took
our seats. As John
continued speaking about
his years of marriage to
Monica, I took a moment to
observe the people sitting

amongst us and caught a
very attractive woman at a
table across from us gazing
directly at Andre. When I
looked at him, he seemed
to have become aware of
her attention as well, but
his expression was
unreadable, which made
me feel very uneasy. While
everyone around us raised
their glasses to toast John
and Monica, I sat
motionless, so focused on
the exchange between
Andre and the mystery
woman, that I didn't raise
my glass. Finally I snapped
out of it, picked up my
glass belatedly and raised it
along with the others. The
band started playing music
shortly after John finished
his speech. Andre and this
mystery woman continued
to exchange gazes. I stood
up without saying anything
to him and walked towards
the entrance of the house. I
heard him calling after me,
but I didn't stop. I needed
to get out of there. I didn't
know where I was going,
but I just needed to get as
far away as possible.