Torns

Episode 10

She waved at the security guard and made her way into the one storey building.

“Amongst my siblings and parents, I am the shortest, slimmest, and the fairest.”

“What’s your statistic?”
“I am five feet seven inches…”

“That’s not short!”

“My father is five nine, my mum is five eight, my elder sister is five nine and my younger sister is five eight.”

“Oh…”

“I weigh 41kg and I am almost straight.

My siblings call me i-with-a-dot.”

“Wow! That’s cruel.”

“Everywhere I go, everywhere I look, everybody is bigger.”

“What’s your statistic?”

She unlocked the door to the apartment and strode in, “28’24’30.”

“There are a lot of women in the world who are thin.”

“E.g?”

“In Asia for instance.”

She wasn’t convinced.

“I am sending pictures of slim ladies to your other line.”

She settled on the chair and fished for her Blackberry Passport in the bag.

“Send me one of your pictures.”
“Hmm…” her heart missed a beat.

“You have seen my own pictures. It is fair that I see yours too.”