Leaving on a Jet Plane
Copyright© 2015 by Lapi
Chapter 4
The name thing had never come up before. I thought better of what I had said to Mr. Chang, there was just something that I felt about he and his daughter that made me tell them the truth.
"You were correct in saying 'Mr. Smith.' However, neither Smith nor Parker is my real name. I travel to many places. I try to maintain an independent point of view, and I wish for my 'clients' to have a similar perspective. To that end, I use different names in different places. The PRC has provided me papers and the identity of 'Parker, ' for use within China. In other places I use Smith, Jones, Star, Mansur, and many others as my identity. My actual name is Jorgen Franken, and I am Swiss, by birth. There is nothing nefarious taking place, and when I am retained by a country, my real identity and documentation is presented to them for review and verification."
"I know, I was interested to see how you would react and what you might say to me. You are very unusual, Mr. Parker. My daughter, when she composes herself, calls you an enigma."
"Your daughter, Sir ... and you ... have had a far greater impact on me. I do not believe that I have ever met anyone like her. My thought was she might call me her 'Pet, ' instead. For, like perhaps her father, there is nothing I might refuse her."
"I am still here, you know. Pet, does not describe my interest in you, Sir."
"No, Princess. Perhaps 'Lost Man' would better describe the way you make me feel when I look into your eyes."
"Those were not my eyes you were looking at."
"Caught, am I? I have two questions. Do we have any more ribs, and where do we go from here?"
"No more ribs for you! There are many more 'cucumber surprises' left, you may have more of those."
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