Concupiscence

"Bless the devil! Everyone and everything will die if the temperature remains so low for another day. I wish I had put on some more warm clothes. This seemed enough when I left home. Goddamn! I always forget to wear gloves. Why did I have to become a soldier? I could have been an accountant or a librarian, instead. Mother always tells me that she had never imagined that I will become a soldier, but Jessie had fallen for it, not only her but most women fancy soldiers. Soldiers are tough guys after all and women are always into either bad or tough guys".


"How much I wish I was in bed, making love to Jessie, instead of entertaining some cock and bull story. In small towns, everyone knows what others are up to and when one talks, everyone joins him. People talk anything and everything. Now, they are talking about night-walkers. I'm aware that people are going missing but that doesn't mean they are hunted down by some bloody blood-sucking creatures from the myth".

"I can surely do with some brandy before taking Charlie's place. I have been hearing rumors about him. They say he takes home, whores. I too wanna get laid. Its been long since I slept with a woman. Jessie doesn't let me touch her since she got pregnant. At first, I had been very excited about her pregnancy but now I wish otherwise. Its not like I'm not happy about becoming a father, its just that I miss a feminine touch and eagerly want to get laid with someone. Even a whore will do".

"I know its wrong to be cheating on my wife, but it is very difficult to think sense when concupiscence takes over other feelings. I'm sure sleeping with another woman for once won't lessen my love for Jessie. She is after all my wife".

"One usual", I ordered at Tom's.

"Everyone here knows me not for I'm a regular but I'm a soldier. One and the only one good thing about being a soldier. Holy cow! I guess every women in the room is checking me out. Its a complement, nevertheless not a favoring situation when one wants to get laid with one among them. There are all kind of women in the room. Women of all ages. None seems to be as pretty as Jessie, not even close to her. Some faces are familiar, some pretty and some wrinkled".

"The lady in the blue gown looks alright. I don't recall seeing her before".

"Hello, Miss" I joined her at her table. She didn't react at once, instead she stared at me, blankly. Then, she kept a tobacco pipe in her mouth and lighted it. She inhaled the smoke and then exhaled it. All the time, her green eyes were probing me. It was asking, "What do you want?" but I did not want to answer. I wanted her to ask it, herself. Finally she did, "What do you want from me, Mister?"

"To be frank, I want nothing. I was just looking around and dropped in at your table to say 'hello'".

"I appreciate that but I was just wondering do we know each other".

"I can't believe it. Here, the lady is asking whether she knows me when I had thought that everyone down here knew me". I guess she read my thoughts, she added, "I'm new here".

"Oh! I see. I'm a soldier". She immediately asked, "and why would a soldier want to say 'hello' to me?"

"Don't take me wrong, Miss. I was just wondering whether we can go for a walk, together".

She said, "I would be honored but I could do with another drink".

"Then, let me buy you one".

She didn't even touch the drink, she just kept on asking about the night-walkers. She said she was curious. She also said she had never heard any such story back at her hometown.

When I inquired whom in the town she was visiting, she didn't answer, instead she said, "Now, lets leave".

While I paid for the drink, she waited outside. As we walked, I noticed her skin that was paler than the snow. Her hair flew in rhythm with the cold breeze.

"She is worth cheating on wifey. I can do with the cheating not only for today but as long as I can".

"Where do you want to go, Mister?" she asked.

"My name is Sammie". She pretended not to have heard me and said, "Lets go to the park".

"I wonder what is going on in her mind. She isn't talking much. She is just saying either 'yes' or 'no' to whatever I say. She is avoiding questions about her. Its not like I mind it. I am concerned about how I am going to ask her to get to bed with me. I know she is gonna be good in bed, my instincts are saying so".

"We reached the park and I am still wondering how to ask her. I should really take some flirting tips from Charlie. Holy cow! She is standing so close to me and I guess she is getting closer".

I asked, "What?" and before I could ask anything else, she locked my lips with hers.

I couldn't help but enjoy her touches and kisses. Her skin was colder than the ice but it ignited fire within me, a wild fire. I hugged her tightly and kissed frantically.

"Sammie, what are you doing here?"

Charlie was standing with a lady who had similar green eyes like the lady I had been kissing until now and then, she wasn't there anymore. I was hugging the void.

"Night walker!"