Let's face it. It isn't every day a guy gets a beaver show in a public place, but I had just sat in a bar and watched a pretty little Brunette spread her legs and let me look.
This while her Hubby or whatever he was sat by her side.
I sat there nursing my Ginger Ale, fingering the card she had dropped on my table as she walked by.
The invitation was obvious.
I wandered around Kailua-kona for several hours, it really didn't take long to walk from one end of the town to the other in 1978. Like the brochures had said, it was a sleepy little fishing village.
I wandered down and took a swim in the ocean right off the seawall, the water wasn't really deep, a rock shelf ran out quite a ways. It was interesting to stand on a huge mound of brain coral while the waves rolled by, picking me up and setting me back down. I suppose I played in the water for a good hour or so. Once when my foot came down, I felt a stinging but thought nothing of it.
Finally I swam back, just taking my time in the tepid water. I found a little restaurant and ordered a fish dinner, it came as the whole fish. A funny looking red thing on a bed of some kind of plant leaves. I realized quickly that I was supposed to just pick the meat off with my fingers. Odd they didn't even clean the thing, they just flopped it on the plate, steamed I think.
Kinda good, actually. I still have no idea what the bowl of white goo they served with it was all about, that wasn't food to me although others around me were eating that with their fingers too.
One bite was enough. Tasted like fucking library paste.
I went back to the motel as the sun finally settled and it began to get dark. I spent a couple of miserable hours trying to rest, finally I got up.
I pulled out the card the Brunette had given me, thought about it. Hell, I didn't even know her name. I had a little struggle with myself, finally I just reached for the phone and dialed.
A soft female voice answered, "Hello."
"Hello." I said, feeling stupid. "Are you the lady from the bar?"
"Oh, are you the big guy that was there?"
"Yea, I'm Dan."
"Crissy." her voice was soft as silk.
I hesitated, not knowing what to say.
"Want to come over?"