Standing on the other side of the room, Reg Colebrook could hardly take his eyes off her.
‘Walk towards me and kiss me,’ he said to himself, before bursting out laughing.
For the briefest of moments, the faces and figure of his wife flashing before him bought the laughing to a stop. She had the face of somebody who looked as if she was sucking a lemon, her lips painted in that awful shade of red he once found very inviting. Her figure, once an hourglass, was now less hourglass and more ‘all-you-can eat buffet.’ No words were needed. Her eyes told him the story of what and how she felt about him.
Concentrating on the figure of the beautiful woman in front of him again, the face of Reg’s wife faded away under protest. ‘I’ll get you back one of these days, Reg Colebrook,’ her voice echoed.
“Two minutes, Reg”, came another voice that shook Reg into reality again.
Reg took the final look at the figure of the woman in front of him and admired what he saw. That was an ‘all-you-can eat buffet he’d happily delve into. A smile ran across his face before he turned around and left.
The figure of the beautiful woman followed him, while the voice that had shook him announced, “Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome on stage Miss…Barb…Dywer.” A huge round of applause and cheers sent Reg into orbit. This was the community he had meant to always be a part of. He was finally home.
Behind him, the room that Reg had filled by himself for the last 45 minutes, although now empty, still held the shape of his loneliness in the mirror he’d been standing in front of. The silence was finally losing it’s grip even though it had learned his name and decided to stay.
Written for Esther Chilton’s writing prompt: Figure.
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