The Gentleman

I traveled alone after my husband passed. I won't say I got used to it. I did a river cruise and a gentleman took pity. He escorted me, took his dinner with me, and before the cruise ended, he showered me with intimacy. For a lady my age that was unexpected.

I carry that trip where ever I go. A gentleman with intentions, but a gentleman. Who he really is? I have no idea, the personal information he shared with me has gone nowhere. I've accepted it, my husband had been the only one, I never cheated. Still, the gentleman wasn't real. I know now that gentlemen search out lonely women. In that sense it's taking advantage, in another sense, it is giving us freedom.