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It happened on the day I was leaving Las Vegas, separated from my friend and headed to San Francisco alone. I had a 1 pm flight to catch and planned to aboard the hotel shuttle bus. It took so long and the bus seemed to never arrive. I was afraid that I would be late so when the bus from another hotel came, I asked the driver whether I could join. A young, well-dressed African-American guy replied me gently “Yes”, offering a free ride regardless of me not having a valid coupon and him just arriving from the airport, on his way to drop the guests at other hotels.
I hurriedly pushed my luggage into the bus, thinking how lucky I was to meet this guy. I got on the bus, sat in the back seat just like other passengers, the front seat was empty. We arrived at the last hotel 20 minutes later, after the last passenger got off the bus, he said to me;
The driver: “You, come sit in front, it’s only you and me here and I don’t want to turn back when talking to you,I have to drive “
Me ( thought) : ummmmm, why do I have to sit in front?? I’m a passenger, isn’t it getting weird?? Scaryyyyyyyyyyyy!!
(gave him the sweetest smile and said): “Okay, I understand, you have to drive, I’ll move”
And now I am sitting in front.
The driver: “What is your name, where are you from, how old are you, bla bla bla ?? “ with many other personal questions.
Me ( thought) : Why would you want to know? I don’t want to tell you!!
( said) : “Oh, my name is …….. I’m from …………. and...........“
answered some questions and skipped some.
The driver: “You are a tourist, you have fun in Vegas? All the nightclubs and the shows here are the best. Do you have a boyfriend here? I think you are cute.
Me (thought): But I think you are not, and actually I spent most of my time in front of the slot machine though, can you just....drive?
(said) : "Yes, I and my friend had a great time in Vegas and thank you but I don’t have a boyfriend here, I’m only a visitor"
The driver: "Then you can give me your phone number and email. I’ll add you in my Facebook, we’ll keep in touch"
Now he started to take liberties with me by touching my arms a few times, a pretended friendly touch. Me? Now I began to move away little by little, pretending that I wanted to enjoy the outer view, until I was closest to the door ready to jump off in any worse case.
Me ( thought): Whatttttttttt, what the heckkkkkk ??? in your dreams !!!!
( said): "Well, you know, My Thai phone number cannot be used abroad because the international call rate is very expensive so I didn’t bring it with me but I can give you my email though"
The driver: “ Ah! so bad, but an email should be okay, I’ll write you when I visit Bangkok, you have to be my tour guide. You know, I can’t wait to watch The Hangover II, it was filmed in Bangkok, the first one filming here was so hilarious. And oh,do you have a camera? We should take a picture together so you have my picture with you"
Me ( thought): Stunned for 10 seconds !!!!!!!!!????????!!!!!!!!!???????
( gave him the sweetest smile again and said): "Oh, I just ran out of battery in my camera last night, you know, stayed up very late, and forgot to charge it when got back to the room. I’m so sorry"
And here we are, arriving at the airport.
The driver: "Are you hungry? We still have some time, do you want to have lunch together?"
Me (thought): Nice try but.... haven't finished !?!
(said) : "Oh, I’m still so full from breakfast at the hotel this morning, and I’m afraid the queue would be very long so I better get going now. Thank you very much for the ride. See you in Bangkok!
The driver (10 seconds in silence) "Ummmmm okay, see you, bye bye"
Me ( thought and said): " Bye byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"
And I hurriedly walked into the airport without turning a glance back..............
Rule#1 : If you have to wait for your bus, just wait for your bus.
Rule#2 : If your bus seems to never arrive and you start to be impatient, go back to Rule#1
By: Now I Believe In Destiny
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The Hidden Agenda
