Axel A few days had passed since the surprise dinner and I couldn't get the blonde haired vision out of my head. The way she challenged me, the way she didn't seem to care that she was speaking to a broken man. I remember my next words to her too. “Give me a couple of weeks and I'll have you figured out” like the i***t I am. I am supposed to be staying away from women, staying away from relationships, staying away from attachments. Not trying to spend more time with people. Not trying to get to know this woman. Not imagining how soft her skin feels under my fingertips, how much she smells like a sugar cookie, how despite how good her life seems she has a sadness lurking in the shadows and that makes me angry. I don't want her to feel