Moses looked on in silence. Just looked at me, as the cacophony of sounds echoed around us. The shrill siren of the ambulance, people’s shrieks of horror, medics rushing rambling and shouting to one another, all fusing into one another to create one hum.
As I could plainly see the confusion in his as, no matter how hard he tried to hide it, I began to draw back my extended limb. It was obvious that that Jude hadn’t told him about me. That selfish bastard! Jude was always trying to isolate and alienate me from the world. It was as though he wanted to keep me alone in the darkness forever, even when I did escape from the confines of his subconscious. But I’d show him, I’d show him that I was not alone no matter how hard to keep me locked away in solitude. Moses would me mine!
I quickly regained my composure.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you. I can see that Jude hasn’t told you about me, but I can assure you it must have simply just slipped his mind. I would love to get the chance to know you that is if you wouldn’t mind the company of a poor damsel,” I said, again graciously holding out my hand to him.
Recovering abruptly from his bout of puzzlement, Moses carefully took my hand.
“Umm, yes,” he paused still trying to find his mind. “Yes, yes, that would be fine. Jezebel, right?”
I nodded.
“Pleased to meet you.”
I smiled sweetly at him as he looked around at the chaos of the street.
He turned to me, obviously battling with himself on whether to speak. Finally, he parted his lips.
“We should get inside, it’d probably be a little safer considering all that’s going on out here. Would you like to join me upstairs, I was in the middle of fixing a little something to eat?”
I froze; in shock and disbelief I felt my body stiffen. No one had ever showed me any type of kindness, never extended any sort of pleasant gesture, never given me another thought. I was so used to be alone I had no idea what it would be like to simply be with another person.
Panicking, I drew back from him turning to walk away and hurriedly said over my shoulder “I have to go. It was nice meeting you”
I hastily pressed on, no destination in site, walking until my feet could carry me no further. I didn’t look back, didn’t pause or break my stride, I simply walked leaving Moses standing in the middle of disarray.
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