CALL HER AT ONCE (September 26, 2011)

When we ordered our morning coffee, my beloved started ferreting through her handbag. “My mobile phone’s missing,” she turned pale. “I must return home!” Her foot hurting, I got up from our table and dashed home without a word. It was but two blocks away. The apartment door still open behind me, I looked everywhere. There was no sign of the phone. To speed things up, I called my beloved from my mobile phone. I could hear no ringing, though. I could hear no vibrations, either. And then I heard her voice: “Sorry about this…” It was in her handbag all the time. By the time I returned to the café, my coffee was already cold. And so was hers, for she would not touch it before my return. But I did not feel annoyed by my beloved’s little blunder. Not a bit. Her handbag is on the ample side, anyhow. The only thing that crossed my mind was what to do the next time her mobile phone goes missing. I should call her at once, of course.