The date

Gloria is in love. Gilberto is a very nice man, intelligent, ten years older than her and in a good economic position. A good game. He is not very tall or very attractive, but he makes up for it with his romantic disposition. Gloria's husband does not know anything. She connects every afternoon to the chat to talk with Gilberto. They do not know each other in person, despite his insistence. But everything tells Gloria that he is the one to live that romantic dream that he does not have or will have with his husband.

Gloria has been married to Juan José for 10 years, with whom she married so as not to be alone. She was 27 when she met him and thought that no one else would come. Juan José was kind, gentleman, with a good job. It did not make her sigh or dream, but she seemed a good man. He accepted the marriage proposal without much enthusiasm. Maybe with time, love would appear, he thought at first. Love never showed. Having a friendly affection have not happened.

They had no children because she is sterile. If only they could have had one, he thought many times, his nights would not be so long and his sleepless nights would have real reason. For this and other reasons, Juan José himself had moved away from her and they slept in separate rooms. Gloria discovered a lover, but instead of bothering she was happy for him, although she envied him a little. Many times without apparent reason, she cried in the kitchen or in the living room, while listening to romantic music.

Gloria has not had a job for a year. He has sent his resume to many companies, but no real job has come out. When she lost her job, she became an Internet vagabond, jumping from link to link, becoming increasingly bored. I had not used the chat so much until now, and if it were not for her niece who went to Mexico for a scholarship, she would not have opened her facebook profile and would not have put her picture and would not have met Gilberto.

He still remembers when one afternoon, about three o'clock, he looked at a request for friendship from a certain Gilberto, he saw his picture, he seemed sympathetic and he accepted the request. Gilberto always left links with music videos that she liked and started commenting on his profile. Gilberto then asked for his messenger address and that's when everything started. Gloria smiles at the memory.

Gilberto is separated from his wife. She has traveled and met people, and tells her that she feels that she is special and different, that she would like to meet her. They have been three months, but she does not want to risk it yet. In addition to the chat, he calls her on the phone, asks her how she is, how she did in the last job interview, how she followed her catarrh. He encourages her, wishes her luck, makes her feel important and loved.

Gloria does not really have much need to work. From his father he inherited a good amount of money that generates a good amount of interest every month. But being unemployed does not like it. She was never interested in art or science, she never had a group of friends with whom to practice gossip. All the people actually ended up bored. He tried to go with a psychologist, but he wanted to seduce her.

Gilberto, on the other hand, has had the precise words and the necessary attitude. She feels in love, she feels that she will finally experience what true love is. He has not dared to know him yet, but he feels that it is time. She still has a good body and the elegance that ballet classes left her in childhood and adolescence. Maybe Gilberto is the last train on the way to happiness.

One afternoon Gilberto appears in the chat and tells him that today is the day. They must know each other. He tells her that if it is not like that, that they better forget each other, that it is not worthwhile to continue like this, without knowing each other, without being face to face. The appointment in a shopping center, at five o'clock. It is now or never, if there is something real between the two, today it will be known, tomorrow it will be too late. It must be today.

Before the ultimatum of Gilberto, Gloria has no choice but to attend the appointment. The conversation moved her, even made her smile. At times his heart accelerated and he felt again the adolescent joy of falling in love. She gets pretty and rehearses her best smile in the mirror. You will meet your lover in chat, there will be sparks of love everywhere and you will feel walking in the clouds.

She arrives on time for the appointment. Gilberto has not arrived. She does not like that, she will be the one waiting. And if he leaves it planted? It will be the ridiculous love of the type of chat. How pathetic. But hey, it's not been long, you do not have to think about fatalities that have not happened. Better to breathe deeply and wait a prudential time, do not be so demanding.

Fifteen minutes after the agreed time, Gilberto finally appears. He wears an elegant suit and gleaming moccasins. It does not look bad. When she says hello, she can not say a word and Gilberto smiles. A clumsy kiss on the cheek begins the evening appointment. He apologizes, had to do a paperwork at the last minute and that's why he was not punctual. She forgives him and with more confidence takes her arm and they walk together to the commercial cafeteria.

During the conversation, in the heat of an espresso coffee, Gloria notes that Gilberto has a twitch in the left eyebrow. It rises every two or three minutes, sometimes with a repetitive spasm that lasts a few seconds. Gilberto is very kind to her, but treats the waiter badly, with a certain contempt of the upper social class, arrogant and uneducated. She starts to feel uncomfortable.

He tells her that he has just come from dealing with a client who will invest $ 200,000 in a new real estate project, which he is in charge of. In her company they accept investments of $ 100,000 up, but if she is interested, because of the friendship and trust that she has, she could see if you can enter with less. It is a good opportunity, the project is magnificent, and will surely generate good returns for investors. It is to take advantage.

Gloria thinks the way Gilberto talks about business and money is vulgar. Remember now that he mentioned his parents' inheritance and that he had never talked about money in his chat and cell phone conversations. The tic in the left eyebrow begins to despair. All the illusion of knowing someone great fades and she starts looking for an excuse to leave early. Gilberto after a while of talking gets up to go to the bathroom and Gloria takes the opportunity to pay the bill and leave.

On the way home, Gloria wonders how she may have fallen for a fool, how she could have told her life to a stranger and believed herself in love. Remember the affectionate phrases, the words of encouragement, the jokes and occurrences. Everything seemed so real. What if the guy really had those investments? But that twitch, that annoying twitch of the left eyebrow, and that rudeness with the waiter. That tic that you do not forget. It's as if the type of chat was different from the one in the appointment. Halfway home Gloria starts crying while on the street it rains in November. When you get home, look for the bottle of wine and drink one glass after another to finish it.