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She wore a blue pleated skirt with white and yellow daisies on it and a bright yellow cardigan. Her smile was capturing a smile that would make even the strongest of men's breath away in a second and leave them gasping for air. Seth stared at her with curious eyes, he didn't know her name and he had been attending this church for a year now. How have I not seen her before? surely id remember those legs. He thought to himself ." Church, thank you for joining us this Sunday, Just a few announcements before we dismiss yall we will be having dinner on the grounds next Sunday after our Easter service as we do every year so please get with my wife Elaine and let her know what dish you will be bringing, with that being said I would like to let everyone know that yes Mrs. Joiner is making her famous ambrosia salad and yes there will be plenty to go around." Seth could not help but drown out the Pastors voice as it became a low hum in his ears. He looked at her, and immediately pictured her behind a white fence with a dog and a little boy playing in the front yard, he had to know her, had to possess her. Service let out and Seth rushed to the doors to see if he could catch her, he bobbed and weaved his head, standing on his tippy toes scanning the crowd moving through the bodies of hungry churchgoers rushing to their cars for lunch like a salmon swimming upstream.

After searching Seth was not successful, he started walking to his car exchanging polite smiles with other members of the congregation occasionally stopping for a quick chat with some about how good the message was and how they couldn’t wait for the next part in the latest series the Pastor was doing this month. The whole time Seth was silently kicking himself for not noticing her sooner when all of a sudden he feels a tap on his shoulder Nah ... Could it be? Seth thought to himself he turns to see a woman of short and pudgy stature, around 63 years old with red hair that was actually more orange and clearly box dyed … “Mrs. Joiner, how are you?" trying to sound pleasant and respectful and not wanting to show the irritation he had been experiencing. “Seth dear I am doing just fine... really was a wonderful service wasn’t it......? She said, her Louisianna accent laying thick on every syllable. “Seth honey I want you to know I consider you a son and want to see you happy in life “.... Seth knew where this was going, you see Mrs. Joiner took him in when his parents passed just before he was 18 and ever since then she has been trying to match him with every eligible debutante in this small town of Gonzales. “… I'd like to introduce you to someone, this is great my niece Emily … Emily sugar this is Seth the nice young man I was tellin' ya about the other day.”

Seth stopped; it took him a moment to process what was in front of him. Blue skirt with white flowers, yellow cardigan … and … those legs! Emily such a fitting name for someone so beautiful ... Seth thought to himself. “Hello, Seth I've heard a lot about you.” It took a moment for Seth to refocus on the here and now. “Umm, hey how are you, nice to meet you. “Seth took her hand in his and immediately felt the heat run to a place that made him readjust the standing position he was into one that allowed him to hide behind Mrs. Joiner’s huge bag hanging just off her shoulder low enough to block a certain part of him. “Sugar can you do me a favor and escort my beautiful niece to lunch? I feel so tired from this heat and can't bear another minute in it and my sweet Emily is only in town for the week and a young lady like her ought not to be stuck in that old house with an old lady me on such a pretty day like this, don’t you agree? “ Seth tried not showing his excitement “Of course ma’am I'd be delighted to.”

This was it; he would take her to lunch make small talk and make her fall in love with him. He was good at this, making women fall in love with him, saying all the right things to hook them. It worked so many times before. Wanda was his first, then Rachel and he almost had Veronica but she was so stubborn and independent, that was a messy one she wasn’t damaged like the other two. But Emily she seemed so perfect, so pure he was sure this would be easy. He wanted her so bad, imagined if the rest of her was as soft as her hand was, What if?... Seth’s mind raced with possibilities No! Do it right this time Seth she is the one, she is your perfect one.

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