Hmmmmm, Burton thought. What do I do with this? She would be able to spot a lie and I don’t think she will accept backpeddling. I’ll give her the truth, at least part of it, and take my chances.
“You’re right Hannh, I’ve been playing with you, but wait and hear me out, ok?”
Hanna didn’t reply for a while, but she didn’t log out either.
“I guess your answer is no, so….I’ll be seeing you.” Burton typed. And he waited a few seconds.
“Wait!!” Hannah answered.
“?” Burton typed. It seemed like a long time before Hannah typed again, but it came.
“Damn you Burton. I opened myself to you. I feel violated, I thought you were something special.”
She was pissed alright, but that’s ok. She is still invested, Burton thought. If I become defensive at this point she will be gone. “I deserved that Hanna. I do get pretty turned on chatting and I’ve been doing this a lot longer than you have. There are a lot of horny women out there. However, I sensed from the first that you were pretty naïve to the internet, and pretty lonely. At first it was a game, but then I started to get to know you. You were no bimbo. You are a very intelligent sensitive woman. It felt really good just to talk. Please forgive me. I was thinking about just cutting it off and that is the real reason why I didn’t contact you again. I was a little frightened by your sincerity. The big problem is that I can’t stop thinking about you.”
Burton decided to let that sink in a bit. After a pause with no reply from Hannah he threw the ball back in her court.
“Take care Hannah, you were fantastic, I’ll never forget you.”
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