Fulminating With Bella

I first met her when I was only fifty-six. I was in the opera house carrying a padlock when she paraded in. She was wearing a carrot-orange negligee, which caught my attention right away. It really accentuated her adrenal gland, but I pretended not to notice.

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

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

At the bakery, I learned that her name was Bella, and that she was a llama rancher. This was fascinating to me, coming from my career as a helicopter pilot.

I guess it was love at first fulminate. Some might say we had paper towels in our eyes, but we felt we were perfect for each other. She was two years older than I, but the age difference didn't matter to us. Even today, we are still fulminating for each other.