The restaurant was busy; full of the upscale lunch crowd she had expected
from one of the best restaurants in Chicago. He saw her sitting at the
bar. She was early and he liked that. She was sitting on a high stool. He
legs encased in sheer stockings that reveled the freckles on her legs. He
skirt was not short but hiked up from sitting on a tall stool. She turned
around and faced him as if she had sensed his presence. She walked toward
him. She was dressed liked all the other women in the restaurant. Business
Suit, but she had a hot pink wrap shirt on under her jacket and large but
not quite obscenely large diamond stud earrings. Around her neck between
her collarbone was a simple diamond solitaire. Robert wondered for a
nanosecond what she did in order to afford her wardrobe and jewelry.
"You kept me waiting." She said
"You are early" he replied
"Let's sit down at eat we sound like bad movie dialogue" She laughed – it was a nice laugh deep from her throat. Her voice reminded him of some 1940's actress. In fact she had that look a timeless look like she stepped out of time.
As they sat at an extremely good table, a table that was better than Robert would have gotten on his own, curiosity got the best of him.
"Who in the Hell are you. Since we walked into the dining room everyone has stared at us and we are getting the best service I have ever gotten here." He asked
She laughed again and he thought of Lauren Bacall yeah that's whom she sounded like.
"Well I am a local curiosity of sorts. " She toyed with him enjoying the fact that he had no idea that she was.
"Why" Robert asked
"You really don't know who I am? You didn't ask John about me? You didn't check the hospital records – I more than a little hurt."
"No time,"
"Well, I am Alice Carter, John is my nephew."
Robert was floored. He had heard the rumors of old man Carter's illegitimate daughter,but here she was with him.
" I can tell by the look on your face you have heard of me. Usually anyone that runs with a certain society crowd has."
Robert laughed at himself he had come close to assuming she was a call girl.
"What's so funny?" she aksed
"nothing, well never mind are you really hungry?" he asked
"No " she said and by looking at his face she knew why he was asking that question "but I have to be back at my office today no way around that"
He looked disappointed, but not too badly
"Why don't you come to the house tommorrow, there's a benefit thing and after a few polite nods and a few drinks we can be alone."
"Where and when" He seemed to be saying that a lot to her
"Oh and sign my cast" She said
"You kept me waiting." She said
"You are early" he replied
"Let's sit down at eat we sound like bad movie dialogue" She laughed – it was a nice laugh deep from her throat. Her voice reminded him of some 1940's actress. In fact she had that look a timeless look like she stepped out of time.
As they sat at an extremely good table, a table that was better than Robert would have gotten on his own, curiosity got the best of him.
"Who in the Hell are you. Since we walked into the dining room everyone has stared at us and we are getting the best service I have ever gotten here." He asked
She laughed again and he thought of Lauren Bacall yeah that's whom she sounded like.
"Well I am a local curiosity of sorts. " She toyed with him enjoying the fact that he had no idea that she was.
"Why" Robert asked
"You really don't know who I am? You didn't ask John about me? You didn't check the hospital records – I more than a little hurt."
"No time,"
"Well, I am Alice Carter, John is my nephew."
Robert was floored. He had heard the rumors of old man Carter's illegitimate daughter,but here she was with him.
" I can tell by the look on your face you have heard of me. Usually anyone that runs with a certain society crowd has."
Robert laughed at himself he had come close to assuming she was a call girl.
"What's so funny?" she aksed
"nothing, well never mind are you really hungry?" he asked
"No " she said and by looking at his face she knew why he was asking that question "but I have to be back at my office today no way around that"
He looked disappointed, but not too badly
"Why don't you come to the house tommorrow, there's a benefit thing and after a few polite nods and a few drinks we can be alone."
"Where and when" He seemed to be saying that a lot to her
"Oh and sign my cast" She said