You must be Crazy

"You must be crazy." Jack said, watching her full in the eyes.

"Why you say that?" She asked in a serious tone, searching his face.

They were seated in a large crowded restaurant on Sheriff Street in Georgetown. It was midday and the sun was reigning in full glory. Through the open window the warm Atlantic breeze carried a salty freshness as it whipped around table cloth. Jack and Anne were both sticky from the sweltering heat.

Anne was up to her tricks. She was asking him for money again. Every time she had a money problem she came to him. The last time he was tempted to ask her if she thought he was the bank. But he had held his peace.

Jack a married man with three children, was not in a good mood. He was not going to be mincing words like he usually does. Instead he said brutally:

"I mean I am doing all these nice things for you. Treating you like an angel, all this time. And he whatever his name is, you know he is getting the hog of the beef and you want me to pay the medical bill, that don't make sense."

"You know what? You are right." Suddenly she was without a fight.

There was a silent pause.

Then Jack said, "Never mind. How could you have missed a period, even though you used a condom?"

"That's it!” Anne snapped. “I must be the most unlucky bitch in the world."

"You know something? You should not blame yourself. The condom probably had a hole. Could be the manufacturer’s fault. It happens all the time."

"Don’t be foolish. That is not possible." Anne insisted forcefully this time.

Jack persisted with his lame argument: "A friend of mine who is a medical doctor told me it happens all the time."

Anne ignored Jack Ripple and said: "It seems like my inside is inflamed. I am worried about HIV as well. It is not just the dizziness. I am beginning to feel pain."

"So you want to borrow some money?" Jack asked reaching out his right hand and resting on top of hers on the table, as he gently rubs the top of her hands with his thumb.

"No. Give me. I don't want to pay back. I have too much financial problems.”

To be continued...