I pointed to the empty chair across from me. 'Would you like to share a table?' That simple question would be the start of a new relationship.
We met at a Starbucks in Irvine. I was seated alone at a table for two. When a beautiful woman walked in, with shoulder-length black hair and wearing a colorful skirt, I couldn’t help but look.
Jane told me her ex-husband had taken the dogs when he moved out, and she liked not having a dog in the house. “What about you? Do you have pets?”An hour passed in effortless conversation. Occasionally Jane would ask a screening question, some of them quite blunt. “Is your divorce final? Do you own a home? Are you seeing anyone? Are you gay?”I’m not the type of Angeleno who embraces being alone. Don’t get me wrong — I really like me. However, I am much more comfortable being part of a “we.
Over a glass of wine, Jane broke the news that soon she and her teenage daughter would be leaving for a monthlong trip to China to visit Jane’s mom. I complained that by the time she got back, we wouldn’t even remember each other. On the 12-hour flight, I fretted: What if Jane has second thoughts? What if her mom disapproves? What if Huiyi hates me?When I got around to opening the message, mainly to clear the notification from my phone, I was surprised. Then she asked me on a date. I had to say yes.
Jane’s mom, barely 5 feet tall, strode through hotel lobbies with her shoulders back and head high. At restaurants, she attacked her food rather than savored it. Near the end of the trip, Jane got a call from her real estate agent in Orange County. The house in Laguna Niguel that she owned with her ex-husband had received a full-price offer. Jane and Huiyi would need to find a new place to live.When my eldest son, Jonathan, heard about this, he was appalled. “There you go, dad.” But a few weeks later, my cellphone rang.This was already unlike any other date I had ever had.
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