The man who loved flowers ending
“I bought you a gift Norma” he said.
He had the flowers behind his back.
“What is it” she said.
The young man was about to show the flowers with only one desire; a smile from his beloved.
His whole body was shaking, and he knew she was the only one.
He handed over the flowers in a very stiff way.
Her first reactions to the flowers weren’t exactly cheerful. He noticed the awkward tension in the corner of her mouth and rapidly commented: “do you not like them?”
“It’s just”
“just what?” He said.
“We are just friends, you know that right?” Norma said. The young man tried to answer with tears rushing down his face; he could barely speak but stuttered out something at least a bit thoughtful: “Yes I know that”.
The young man didn’t know what to do; he would’ve never expected her to reply this way.
It was 6 PM and it was slowly getting darker.
The young man suggested finding something to eat.
Norma said a little grudgingly yes, and they found a little restaurant with sea view.
You could see in the young man’s look that he still saw the prospect of them to getting together.
However, it did not look like Norma was fully sold to the idea. While they were eating, a speaker from the radio said: “The hammer killer is still not caught yet so be careful”. “Did you hear that, he is a psycho” Norma said.
The young man replied in a disturbing tone “yes indeed”.
As they finished eating; the young man asked Norma if they should take a walk on the beach.
Norma did not really want to go, but she was too polite to decline. As they walked down the beach, Norma noticed something in his pocket. “What do you have in your pocket?” she asked with a wondering tone The sweat started dripping down his chin. He looked nervous.
“I want to see it” she screamed. The young man’s facial expression changed in a matter of seconds.