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Not Who He Appears to Be
"What a gorgeous day." Jackie commented as she and Nick sat down at an outside patio at a new sandwich shop across the street from the mall.
"Yeah it is." Nick responded.
"These are huge." Jackie said as she unwrapped her sub sandwich.
Nick and Jackie had gone to the mall so Nick could get a new outfit for a high profile trial he had to present evidence at and they decided to turn it into a mini afternoon date while Jackie's parents took the kids to the park and then if the kids got their way, which Jackie assumed they would, they were going for ice cream after.
Jackie had just taken a bite of her sub sandwich when she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around and was completely in shock at who she saw.
"Michael, hi! How are you and what are you doing here?" She asked with a big smile on her face.
Michael Paulson had been the most handsome guy in Jackie's graduating class in high school, 99.9% of the girls wanted to date him, Jackie included. Most guys like that were egotistical jerks but Michael was one of the nicest guys you would ever meet. He also had dated the same girl all four years of high school and was faithful to her which took Jackie and everyone else out of his dating pool.
"I'm here on a business/vacation trip with my wife. What are you doing here?" He asked her.
"I live here, I moved here when I got married." She answered.
"Small town girl, now living in Sin City, I like it!" He joked.
She laughed.
"Hold on, I'll go get my wife and bring her over and introduce you." He said before he walked away.
He came back moments later with a gorgeous blonde woman who Jackie couldn't but notice was pregnant.
"Lisa, this is Jackie, a friend of mine from high school and Jackie this is my wife Lisa."
"Hi, it's nice to meet you." Jackie said.
"Likewise." The woman greeted as she stuck out her hand and offered Jackie a genuine smile.
"This is my husband Nick, Nick this is Michael Paulson, a high school friend of mine."
The men shook hands and exchanged pleasantries.
"Do you guys have any kids? We are expecting our first child and it's a boy, I am so excited." Michael said sounding utterly thrilled.
"Congratulations!" Nick and Jackie both said at the same time.
"And yes we have children." Jackie added.
"Awesome, congratulations! Hon, let's go order, we'll come back and visit while we wait for our food, the line is getting long." Michael said before he and Lisa walked away to get in line.
They came back a few minutes later.
"So what do you Jackie? For a career I mean?"
"I'm a teacher."
"That's great, you always wanted to be a teacher, I bet you are great at it, you always were just so nice, so soft spoken, and very friendly, you were just nice to everyone."
"Thanks, so were you." She said.
"I bet you have to teach the little kids though huh? Otherwise they'd be taller than you." He quipped jokingly.
Jackie laughed.
"I teach first grade, so I'm taller than them." She said.
He laughed.
"What do you do?" She asked him.
"I'm the president of a medical supply company in Charlotte, North Carolina, that's how Lisa and I met, she works in my office."
Lisa smiled.
"What do you do Nick?" Michael asked.
"I'm a criminalist." Nick responded.
Michael's eyes nearly bulged out of his head.
"You're a what?"
"A criminalist."
"Oh, good, I thought you said you were a criminal and that's not an occupation I'd tell many people about."
Everyone laughed.
"Lisa, I think our food is ready so we better go. Jackie it was wonderful to see you again, and Nick it was nice meeting you."
"It was good to see you, congratulations about the baby, that is so exciting."
"Thank you." Lisa and Michael said in unison before they all said their goodbyes.
As they were about to leave, Lisa, for just a split second lifted her sunglasses to wipe something away from her eye, she did it so fast Jackie thought she imagined what she had just seen at least she hoped she'd imagined it.
Jackie glanced at Nick, the look on Nick's face said it all, she hadn't imagined what she'd just seen at all, both of Lisa's eyes were completely black.
TBC…
