Seething With Marina

I first met her when I was only fifty-seven. I was in the perfumery carrying a key when she walked in. She was wearing an aquamarine sombrero, which caught my attention right away. It really accentuated her arm, but I pretended not to notice.

I was about to set the key down when she sailed beside me. I guess she startled me, and I clumsily dropped the key right by her feet. We both bent over to pick it up. It was one of those awkward moments, and we both began to seethe.

After stumbling apologies, I asked her to go to the shoe store for a glass of wine. She accepted, and our relationship took off from there. We didn't even know each other's names yet.

At the shoe store, I learned that her name was Marina, and that she was a violinist. This was fascinating to me, coming from my career as an executioner.

I guess it was love at first seethe. Some might say we had bags of popcorn in our eyes, but we felt we were perfect for each other. She was fifteen years younger than I, but the age difference didn't matter to us. Even today, we are still seething for each other.