For sure, she did not know Brains. Last but not least: he had ordered to say 'yes' to the unexpected. And the unexpected was about to come!
Oh dear, what an exciting thought! It felt like a very special birthday present. Like the ones she used to get when she was still a little girl. Huge boxes, beautiful gift papers, lovely ribbons all around. Molly lost herself in daydreaming, eating juicy strawberries and drinking more bubbles. All of a sudden being 55 seemed so promising!
What would happen? She remembered a slogan, a very popular one in her teens. 'Today is the first day of the rest of your life.'
Maybe there was a change foreseen in the stars. Molly opened her favorite glossy. She liked to read about celeb's, their thrilling lives, full of sex, drugs and rock-and-roll.
Wouldn't it be great to be kissed by Tom Hanks, or dressed by Armani.... or to eat oysters, having a rendez-vous with Mr. Putin..... or to be overwhelmed by some long black-bearded terrorist, a guy smelling awfully exotic, crying 'akbar allah' while making love..... or would meeting the mysterious Brains give her the thrill of her live?
Chips watched her carefully and said: 'you liked it, being with Mr. Terrorist, right? Your cheeks are all red and you look sweaty!'
Molly felt caught. Stupid cat! She loved Chips dearly, but sometimes he was just a brazen hussy! For a moment she ignored him, it was time to read this week's horoscope, written by the famous Penney Wise. The stars promised a nice and calm period, and a bug in some electronic environment, very likely an iPod. Hilarious! Was this Penney-woman sponsered by Sony, or what?
Molly went to the kitchen to have some more strawberries. Passing the wardrobe, she looked into its large mirror. Showed her image really who she was? An average woman dressed in black, with greyish dark hair, a pale skin, wrinkles - of course - , a dominant nose and beautiful green eyes. Was this Molly-in-person? Beyond, there was still this young girl, this mistress, this little yellowbelly, but also this artistic not-yet-discovered miracle, this adventurous character and quite a lot more!
Molly just couldn't turn away from her image, as if she was trapped in the mirror.
Then, something strange happened. In the reflection, a pencil appeared. And this pencil wrote with a lot curlicues: You are not signed up to the Intelligent Energy - this is a Global News Alert!
to be continued - all under copyright by Vicky van der Hof
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