„You now, Erin, constraints can be very liberating.“ She looks at me puzzled. „Contrary to what you may believe, they can really set your mind free.“
„What do you mean by that?“
„You have to experience that yourself to understand it.“ I look straight ahead. Then I turn around to face her again „if you think you're interested enough, call me.“ I hand her a business card. „You will experience things you never thought you would. That's a promise.“ Let her hook herself. If she calls me, that's perfect. If not, there are other girls.
She looks at my card, but there isn't much to see, despite my name and my phone number.
„May I ask where you live, Matt?“
„During winter i'm usually travelling all over Europe, visiting friends. The summer I like to spend on my sailing boat on the Mediterranean Sea. But my home is a cottage in the hills overlooking Lake Geneva.“

„Know what, my dear? We should celebrate your freedom.“ I stop a passing stewardess and order a bottle of champagne. „Who knows, maybe next time we meet we celebrate your constraints?“
She's obviously a bit confused, but that's fine with me. The rest of the flight is over all too soon. Once she has drunk a couple of glasses of champagne, she starts to talk even more. She certainly is funny and entertaining. And definitely an eyecatcher.
Maybe I should have put more of an effort into sweettalking her. Well, whatever will be, will be. The plane is about to land and we will part. The last thing I see of her after we say our goodbyes is her red hair passing through the cabin door.
Maybe I got her curious enough and she calls me...