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• The Strange City   Strange

  Despite Vanessa's fears that the incident had certainly not contributed to making life here more pleasant, the next few days went smoothly and in the usual way.At first she wasn't sure what to do with David now, but apart from meals she hardly saw him. On the few occasions they met, he acted as he always did, and so their concerns gradually subsided.The following week, Jeremy reminded her of her promise to go out with him.In all the excitement she had totally forgotten about it, and she was now looking forward to a nice evening with him.They had arranged to meet in town, and after Vanessa had made herself carefully, she set off.Jeremy led them to a small restaurant, where they made themselves comfortable at one of the tables on the terrace.The food was excellent and, like that evening in the garden, Vanessa enjoyed his company.They talked cheerfully about God and the world, and at some point they came up with Danny."I'm

• The Strange City   Hypocritical smile

  "Great Vanessa, now you've screwed it up for good, great achievement," she muttered dryly to herself when her anger was halfway down.She paced back and forth in her room nervously like a tiger in a cage.She was still mad at David for putting her in such a position. If he hadn't just run away, that wouldn't have happened. But it was also clear to her that she had gone decidedly too far with her appearance - no employer would put up with that.She wondered if she should apologize, but she still felt right about Danny, and she was sure that David would not accept an apology but would definitely kick her out, so she could save herself that.Without further ado she decided to get ahead of him and go by herself, that would probably save her another ugly scene and was probably the best for everyone.The money she had earned so far, after deducting all liabilities, would at least be enough for her to get a ticket home.She quickly got dressed and

• The Strange City   David?

  The next afternoon, Vanessa gave in to Danny's urging to go to the park with him.As they passed the deliberate archway that Vanessa remembered all too clearly on the way there, their steps stopped.But after yesterday evening she felt so good today that she didn't want to let it spoil her mood, and she quickly followed Danny, who had already run far ahead of her again.Danny wasn't quite as cheerful today as usual. Contrary to his usual manner, he was pretty calm, and she had the feeling that he missed his father.She did her best to distract him. Together they romped across the meadow, played with the ball they had brought from home, swung and played a game at one of the chess tables.Even so, Danny kept getting quieter, and as evening was getting on anyway, Vanessa decided it was better to go home.When they got there, Jeremy was sitting on the couch flipping through a magazine."Hi, I thought I'd get on your nerves a little over d

• The Strange City   Jokes

  It was still gray and cloudy outside, in keeping with Vanessa's mood.Tired and brooding, she sat on her bed, she would have preferred not to get up in the first place, but she knew that she had to sort it out somehow. The more she thought about it, the more she realized that she had reacted completely inappropriately to a harmless and well-meaning gesture. She had been scared, and David had meant nothing more than to reassure her, no more and no less.Of course he had noticed her reaction, understandable that he had let go of her immediately as if bitten by the tarantula. His face had spoken volumes, no wonder after throwing herself into his arms like that."Oh god, I acted like a pubescent teen," she thought, horrified. “What does he think of me now?” She wasgetting angry with herself.How could she be so stupid? How could she have misunderstood the helpfulness of an almost strange man so completely?Maybe it was because she f

• The Strange City   Impression

  The days splashed by in the same rhythm, and except for Antonia, who still barely exchanged a word with her and continued to look at her spitefully, everything was almost perfect. It had been a couple of weeks since the pool incident, and Vanessa was glad David had apparently calmed down. He seemed a little more reserved than before, but she could live with that.Danny's affection for her grew steadily, and since she had told him the story of the Loch Ness Monster a few days ago he affectionately abbreviated her name to "Nessie."It was Sunday, they had just finished breakfast, and David and Danny were debating what to do together today. It had rained the day before, dark clouds had also appeared in the morning, but now it was sunny and warm outside again, and finally they decided to have a picnic in the city park.Danny, as always overflowing with enthusiasm, looked pleadingly at Vanessa.“Nessie, are you coming with us? Please, I'd really like to

• The Strange City   Dilemma

  Vanessa woke up the next morning with mixed feelings. She could still see the scene of the previous evening clearly in front of her, and she had no idea what to do if she were about to sit across from David at the breakfast table.Fortunately, she was able to brush this aside for now, because when she came down there was no one to be seen; apparently the two had left early.Vanessa was relieved, but she was aware that her problem was only postponed and far from solved. She just hoped David had calmed down and there wouldn't be any more trouble.Lost in thought, she chewed on her breakfast with no real appetite, after which she made herself comfortable on the couch and watched some silly game show on TV that didn't really interest her.When she was about to switch, her cell phone rang.Surprised, she looked at the display and beamed with joy."Nicky," she called cheerfully after answering the call. "Where have you been, for three weeks I try