Call Me Charlie
People meet at work. They meet at conferences. They meet on planes, trains and buses. They meet through friends, they meet at bars. They meet on the actual street sometimes. It’s endless, and if there are endless ways people come together, maybe that knowledge can help single people let go a bit. Maybe we’re not as in control as we thought we were,
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Andrew is a people router. Like an ancient (in modern standards) telephone exchange operator. He turns people into opportunities.
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“There was a picture on the phone tree text chain of him bringing you coffee,” my dad offers. “You looked at him the same way you used to look at those expensive fine-point pens when you were a kid. You had little heart eyes.” “My favorite was the picture of Charlie and the goose,” my mom adds. She snickers to herself. “I still have it saved as my
... See moreB.K. Borison • Business Casual (Lovelight Book 4)
(Although even in her twenties, Charlie wasn’t what you’d call eye candy: her looks had always been sharp edged and intense, more like eye tequila.)
Katherine Heiny • Games and Rituals
“Good God. Does it hurt if you smile? Or say something polite? What happened to the ma’am guy from the coffee shop?”
Elsie Silver • Heartless: A Small Town Single Dad Romance
Charlie and I exchange sharp-edged pleasantries and I pay him for a cup of coffee and then settle into my spot in the café, where I refuse to give him the satisfaction of glancing his way no matter how often I feel his eyes on me.