Just
Breathe
Relationships
By Neda Najibi
April 2001
The Iranian
Hengameh and Sirus - Part 2
Sirus helped Hengameh move into her friend's home where
she rented a
room. But she felt she was intruding on her sister and
brother-in-law and
decided to move out after two weeks.
She dated Sirus for a few weeks. One day he took her to
lunch at Your
Place restaurant in Encino. Sirus informally proposed
marriage. Hengameh
told him that she couldn't even think about it; she was
not even officially
divorced.
They continued going out and each time Sirus presented
himself with a
single naked red rose. There was a party at the Tea Room
club in Irvine
and Sirus planned to pick up Hengameh from her sister's
house. Her mother
had come into town and they were all visiting. Sirus
brought Hengameh six
red roses when he came to pick her up.
Allow me to describe Hengameh. She is approximately
five-feet four-inches
tall, has short dark brown hair and medium brown eyes. She
wears a natural
tan and is beloved by anyone who interacts with her. She
looks like both
Salma Hayek with short hair and Julia Roberts, she is
breathtaking. Her
heart is as pure as Mother Theresa and she is as sexy as
her mind will allow
it, yet she is conservative, classy, educated and just an
amazing woman.
Sirus is about five-feet eight-inches, recently accepted
into dental
school at the University of Southern California. Nothing
is impossible to
him. He is almost bald and has walnut eyes. His confidence
and desire for
Hengameh make him very attractive. He is a handsome man,
but not a debonair
or gallant in looks, ye definitely in demeanor.
Sirus looks at Hengameh as if she's the only woman alive.
Hengameh accepted
the roses and took them into the house while she had Sirus
wait outside.
She handed the flowers to her mother, who commented on how
beautiful the
roses were and this pleased Hengameh. It was as if
somehow, her mother's
attraction to the roses was an approval of her dating
Sirus.
Mind you, it is not so much that Hengameh is being asked
to go out and
sleep with this man; it is just that since she has been
through a rough
time, her family wants her to be occupied. And if Sirus
can take her mind
off of her husband's adultery then all are happy,
including Hengameh.
However, Hengameh didn't know if she wanted all this
attention, approval
from her mom, or roses from Sirus. She just was not sure
what she wanted.
And to expect her to know was cruel!
Hengameh and Sirus drove to Irvine and danced the whole
night. They both
enjoyed it. It has been approximately two months since
they have been seeing
each other and Sirus is still a perfect gentleman.
A week later they went to the mall, and Hengameh tried on
some clothes
and they did some window shopping. Another week had past
and Sirus picked
up Hengameh and they went to a nameless secluded bar
overlooking Santa Monica.
Before they went into the bar he pulled a box from the
back seat and
handed it to her. She was excited and the box was from
Guess, she looked
at him and then opened the box and saw that it was the
suit that she tried
on a few weeks ago at the mall. She couldn't believe that
he was this thoughtful,
actually she could.
She was about to close the box when Sirus told her to
look underneath
the skirt. She took out an envelope and opened it and
immediately closed
it and told him she couldn't accept it! She said she just
could not do any
of this!
Tears filled her eyes and Sirus told her that the money
was to help her
with her legal expenses and did not want her to stress
over the money. Sirus
said he had no intention of hurting or offending her. She
closed the box
and they went up to the bar.
Hengameh explained she was happy and worried at the same
time. Happy
because Sirus is a great guy and worried that she would
end up hurting him.
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