I always loved when images reinforce a story and stories with good imagery. This will be an experiment, if people enjoy the story and there are sufficient responses to the 'What happens next' poll at the end I'll continue the story.
Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.
"Kendra, it’s been too long! You mentioned an issue with your future son in law in your message," Kat asked her friend. The two had meet years prior when Kendra was seeking advice on how she might best deal with her lecherous husband and his penchant for infidelity. "I did not even know Anastasia was engaged. How long ago was the proposal?" Kat asked, she wanted to make the most of the initial consultation of her potential repeat client.
"It was just last month," Kendra shook her head in a visible sign of her frustration. "They only just met in March, can you believe that? Anna is such a sweet girl and deserves to be happy," Kendra paused and Kat let the pause play out and made an educated guess to herself about her friend's concern. "I don't want her making the same mistake I did at her age."
"Uh-oh!," Kat shook her head sympathetically. "You said his name is Luka, right?" Kendra nodded in confirmation. "I take it there is something about Luka that reminds you of Carla?" Kat asked, but was quite certain she already knew the answer. Carla had been a patient of Kat's for years now and was well aware of all his shortcomings and predilections.
Kendra chuckled, the two women had spent so much time together over the years that there were few secrets between them. "You know me too well Kat," Kendra sighed. "He seems like a perfectly fine boy, he has always been courteous and respectful to Anna and I...," Kendra paused again trying to string the words together to finish her sentence.
"But?," Kat prompted, a smirk playing at the corners of her mouth.
Kendra sighed, finally spitting out the words that had been weighing heavily on her mind. "But he's a bit... too respectful. It makes me concerned that he might not end up being the man Anna deserves...," Kendra stopped to correct herself. "That Anna needs to be happy and have a fulfilling life."
"So, what's the issue?" Kat asked, knowing that Kendra was not one to be overly cautious or judgmental. "Is there something else other than the fact that Luka is perhaps a bit meek and smitten with Anna?"
Kendra hesitated, "Well, there is one thing. It's not just his... meekness. Let's just say that I have a rather big concern with his small issue." Kendra lifted her hand and closed the distance between her thumb and index finger to illustrate her point.
Kat nodded as she added notes to Luka's records...
Continue with the next installment of the story.