Flushing With Oksana

I first met her when I was only fifty-four. I was in the pub carrying a Lego set when she sprinted in. She was wearing a sea green gas mask, which caught my attention right away. It really accentuated her collarbone, but I pretended not to notice.

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

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

At the gym, I learned that her name was Oksana, and that she was a bellhop. This was fascinating to me, coming from my career as a housekeeper.

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