New Guy
There was something beguiling about him. Tall, handsome, well groomed, you know he ticked the usual boxes so that’s why I was so attracted to him as soon as he strutted across the third floor on that otherwise grim Monday morning. Well, I say ‘strutted’ but there was nothing boastful about him. In fact, his self-assurance took me by surprise when I soon found out that he’s a mute. I’m a shy girl. Always have been, probably always will be. I can’t help but yearn for a kindred spirit and, when...