Monday … Clara called to tell me that she would only be working until mid-day the next 3 days because she wanted to spend more time with me. I thanked her for being so thoughtful. She came to pick me up and we had lunch at El Paladar, a nice restaurant around the corner from Latin Encounters. I enjoyed eating at El Paladar for the food was good and inexpensive.
After lunch, she took me to “La Ermita” one of Cali’s oldest churches. This is where Cali’s rich people get married. We sat on a bench near the church and started talking about our future together. Clara is a very positive person who knows what she wants out of life (I realized that a few minutes after meeting her). While we were talking about our future, I listened to what she had to say very carefully. She never said “maybe we will do this” or “maybe we will do that”. In fact, I never heard her use the word “maybe” in any of our conversations. This woman knows what she wants and that’s the advantage of getting involved with a mature lady. I could have dated many women younger than her, I am glad I did not.
It’s funny how many of the men (40-50 years old) that visited Latin Encounters, were looking for Sardinitas” (young girls), but every time they saw Clara, they wanted to know more about her, they wanted to ask her out, but Shirley would tell them that she was no longer available. I got to talk to a few of the men and when they asked for my opinion about the girls they were interviewing, I told them that these girls were too young and that getting involved with someone so young would be a waste of time because the relationship would not last. Some listened; others continued interviewing “sardinitas” with whom they had nothing in common. Some men only had a few days left in Cali and seemed disappointed because they had not found what they came looking for. Some of the comments I heard these young girls make were “He is too old”, “He is too fat”, “He is Bald” “He does not speak a word of Spanish”. I was glad that I did not hear these comments being made about me – and if you choose to date ladies near your age and learn some Spanish, you won’t have to hear them either!
Let’s get back to the bench near the church… Clara and I had spent two days together and still no kiss. The closest I came to those sweet lips was on Saturday night when she kissed me good-bye. I wanted to taste her lips badly. I asked her if we could talk about sex, but she said that she was not old enough to get into a conversation about sex. A few minutes later she smiled and said “Ok, let’s talk about the birds and the bees, the bulls and the cows or whatever it is you call it”! For the next twenty minutes, I placed my mouth close to her ears and whispered everything I wanted to do to that fine body of hers. I could hear her breathing hard. She was hot! I thought that she was good and ready for that first kiss, but them this little girl sat in front of us and Clara smiled and said “Let’s not corrupt the youth of Colombia”. No Kiss. After that we went to Unicentro, another mall, to pick up a few items for the meal that she was going to prepare for me the next day. At the Supermarket, I asked Clara if I could pay for the food, but she would not let me. I insisted on paying and could see that it was getting her upset so I put away my wallet. We got everything she needed and headed to her house. Clara has a 13 year old daughter and I wanted to meet her. Angie is 6’0” and very pretty, a future Super-model. Angie and I got along great. Angie went to her room and we were alone. Later, Angie came back to the living room because she thought that she heard us kissing. We smiled and assured her that we were not kissing. Then, Clara said “You know, I don’t like it when someone accuses me of doing something that I have not done”. I don’t have to tell what happened next. We were really enjoying ourselves. You know what happens when you are having fun … time flies! Next thing you know I was at the agency getting ready to go to sleep.
To be Continued ...
