Oh my story just got better..

So, Thursday and Friday she gave me 2 excuses as to why I could not go. Thursday she had left her phone at her sisters, and only called me later. I knew that was a lie; when I called it cut short so I knew she was with her phone. Friday, she said she was sick. She's used these 2 excuses before. It's not that she did not want me to go for the sake of it; she's hiding something.

Here's where it starts to get good. Last night I text her and tell her "I have a little surprise for you." I don't have anything in mind, but I figure I'll make something up.

So I get to her city, and stop by a flower stand - and get a rose. I think like this - we are going to walk in the city's main street, so if anyone sees us - her with the rose, it will be unmistakable if she's trying to hide.

She comes with her sister, and both have their kids in tow. We go to a restaurant. I went today with the plan to tell her I know about the ex - but I start to think I better wait. I don't have enough evidence to know exactly what is going on. But I carefully tell her:

"Later I need to talk with you. It's important." She gets nervous, and asks why I am so mysterious. I tell her we will talk later. I don't mention anything about her ex.

Now, this is where it gets good. Real good. Big surprise.

We are walking down the street. Guess who comes walking at us in the opposite direction? The ex's brother. HAHA. She sees him about 20 feet away, and quickly tells me: "Keep walking and make believe you are not with me, there may be trouble if he sees you with me"

So I keep walking like I don't know her, and walk about a block. They stop and talk. Here's where it gets better. She's holding the rose I gave her. I see him looking at the rose. Then he looks down the block, and sees me. He looks a few times in my direction, and then keeps walking the other way.

The two girls walk back up to me. She tells me he asked what the rose was. She said she bought it for herself. He didn't believe it. Ha, how funny. That rose was brilliant.

Here is why she explains to me she does not want her ex to know about me and her:

She says because of the kid, the ex will get jealous and want to take the kid out more, and she does not want that. That's why she wants to avoid trouble. Nice excuse, but I think I know the truth.

So keep telling her "I have something important to tell you." She gets curious, but I hold back.

By this time the kid is getting tired and hungry, so she tells me she has to go home and change him, but she'll be back. She says unless he falls asleep - when she said this, I knew she did not plan on coming back. I asked if I could go to her house, she said yes - but that I knew her room mates would have their guy friends there, drunk, and they know the ex and could call him.

So I figure I will go home. Not before I call her. I tell her I can't go home without talking with her. I want to draw information out of her. She asks me what is the problem - I tell her I need to speak with her face to face.

Then she says "Do you want to break up with me?" - she tells me she likes me a lot - and won't know what to do if I break up with her. I tell her no, that's not it. I say it's not like that; it's the opposite. She then says "Do you want to marry me?!" (In a different sort of voice and tone)

I tell her no - and then I give her a conservative answer since she's so curious. My real beef was that I suspected the guy; but I could not tell her that yet because of lack of evidence. So I just tell her that I don't want to see her go through hard times, that I will help her, etc.

Funny. Now I am waiting on information from a friend - she is trying to find out for me what the situation with the guy is.

To be honest, I haven not just stopped because I love the drama and excitement.

The train ride was nice. OH NO IT'S TEH TRAIN!!!