Thursday - What's In A Name?

Today on my drive into work, I was thinking about my friend Joy and remembering the time I spoke with her ex on the phone. I would bet he still remembers talking to me, even though he never learned my name. This is fine, since he gave me a new name during the conversation.

I met Aaron only once, when he visited Joy at the Toll Road Authority with their newborn daughter shortly after she got back from maternity leave. I disliked him the moment I saw him. I though that he had the cold, distant eyes of a sociopath. Joy let me hold the baby for a moment that day and introduced us, but Aaron barely glanced at me. If he'd known what would happen the next time we talked, he would have made note of my full name and no doubt an additional future restraining order would have been filed against him.

( Smile when you call me that… )