Chap 16 A Shot in the Dark

by Shin

 

 

 

 

They waited for their table and were ushered to one a few minutes later.

“You've come to a decision yet?” asked Matt, when they were seated.

“I dunno, you haven't asked me,” she pouted.

“That's quite funny,” replied Matt.

She smiled, appearing entirely pleased with herself.

“Here's where I make a psychology program work for me,” she announced. “ I spoke to Krish, my colleague at the college and did some intensive research. It's quite a maze of facts to shift through but I think I've got it.”

They placed their orders and returned to the conversation.

“ I need you to guide me through it,” she suggested.

“You got it,” he replied.

“By all accounts, a girl taking a shot in the dark will develop a male syndrome....that's a complex nature of qualities, like a yoga, that brings in several perceived aspects of the male. It brings her into a peculiar male quality that views everyone as equal. It's an element of true love but it's narcissistic.”

“That comes close to the male idea,” Matt responded.

“Okay, but there's a problem. It cuts off her contact with the body and experiences an ' all mind ' situation, great for logic, business and …. fighting wars.”

“I'm thinking Amazon,” Matt replied.

She made a face.

“You could be right.”

Then continued.

“There's something else. If she's going to have kids, it will cause a contradiction in her personality and she can only relate to her children as an extension of herself.”

“The narcissus,” Matt suggested.

Their food arrived and they dug in.

“Krish referred to some old books and advised me to take a laxative, then a mild onion and garlic soup before getting started. And get this....a vegetarian diet one week in advance because the whole act is animalistic, drawing on our primal bodily instincts.”

“He's suggesting that it be ritualized....ceremonial....so the body is made cognizant of a special need and not a carnal nature of expression.” Matt was in close contact with her comments.

She nodded.

Her cell rang. She looked at it and realized that it was Rebecca.

“I'm with Matt,” she said, then, “ okay,” and hung up.

“Thanks,” Matt, whispered.

“So,” she continued, “there's so much more. It also involves you.”

“Honey....,” he started, but she put out her hand to calm him.

“There's no insertion,” she said. “It's back to back and I get to jerk off....you'll have to go public somewhere and jerk off in some bush.”

“Now, you've got me curious,” he remarked.

“I know what you are thinking,” she joked. “ We'll talk about it again some other time.”

“You read my mind,” he replied.

They finished lunch and strolled on the pedestrian mall outside.

“Why don't you call Rebecca,” he suggested, “ I'll need to catch a smoke.”

“Okay,” she said and dialed on her cell.

“I've got it all worked out,” Rebecca suggested.

“Got what worked out?” Sara asked.

“How we are going to get 14 mil. from Arthur.”

“How?”

“Arthur likes reports. Could you prepare a psychological report about a woman's propensity for a worldly experience and how that might include tropical plants?”

 

“And that is going to convince him?” Sara asked.

“It's worth a try,” suggested Rebecca.

“I'll look into it,” replied Sara and hung up.

She turned around to see Matt next to her saying,

“I've got to go.” He put his fingers out like a pistol.

“Oh, okay, “ she called back.

“You'll be all right?”

“I'm fine. Go!”

She walked into the parking lot, got her car from the valet and drove into the street. She wondered about being with Matt and suddenly being on her own. It produced a warm feeling of independence and togetherness. It might be coming together, she thought.