Parker knocked on Regina’s door. There was no answer.

“Hmmm. That’s weird?” Parker mused. “Regina knew I was coming?”

Parker tried the door knob to find it was unlocked. When he walked inside, he found Regina still sleeping.

“Baby?” Parker whispered in her ear. “I’m here.”

“Parker?” Regina woke with a jump at feeling guilty that she was dreaming of her time with Jaden last night.

“Babe. Why you shocked? I told you I was coming?” Parker reminded her.

“I’m sorry, Parker. I stayed late at work last night.” Regina lied, knowing she was with Jaden.

“I’m sorry Babe. But I missed you so much.” Parker said as he kissed her.

“I missed you too, Sweetheart.” Regina replied as she pushed his lips away from hers.

“I’m sorry. You don’t like kissing until you’ve brushed your teeth.” Parker apologized.

“Yea. So let me go get dressed and we will go out. Wherever you want.” Regina promised.

As Regina got up to go get ready to leave, Parker turned on the TV and flipped through the channels.

“Nothing on.” Parker said bored. But something in Regina’s apartment caught his eye: the Strawberry Wine that was sitting on the kitchen table. Parker knew Regina had a weakness for Strawberry Wine, but there was so much of it, like Regina had been saving it.

“Okay, Parker, I’m ready to go.” Regina came out dressed in her light pink bikini and a white mini skirt with white flip flops and her hair pulled back in a ponytail with a pink scrunchy.

“You look awesome!” Parker said, as he kissed her on the lips. “I see you have Strawberry Wine? Care to bring some along on our outing?”

“Sure.” Regina said as thoughts of Jaden came to mind.

“I’m glad you have some of this. I wanted to surprise you with a few bottles, but funny thing is, the store I went to was all sold out.”

“Really? I can’t imagine a store being out of stock?”

“They said some dude came in and wiped them out of their entire stock.” Parker explained.

“Well, bring some along.” Regina told Parker.

Parker and Regina left the apartment and got into Parker’s jalopy. Parker wanted to take Regina to a special spot on the beach. He just didn’t know it would be the same spot Regina had been spending with Jaden.

“Parker, why are we here?” Regina said when Parker parked his jalopy.

“I found this spot when I came back. I thought you and I could christen it as ours.”

“That’s sweet, Parker, but can’t we go somewhere else?” Regina told him.

“What’s wrong with this spot, Babe?” Parker asked confused by Regina’s attitude. It wasn’t like her not to like his ideas.

“Please, Parker, this place gives me bad memories.” Regina lied.

“I’m sorry, Babe. I didn’t know.” Parker apologized. “What happened?”

“I don’t care to get into it.”

“Okay.” Parker said as he got back in his jalopy and started the engine. “I know another spot.”

As Parker drove to his other spot, Regina thought about Jaden. She hated lying to him. How could she tell him about Jaden? Not to mention, she lied to Jaden about going to her grandparents because Parker was going to be in town.

Suddenly Parker turned around and drove Regina home.

“Parker, why are we home?” Regina asked when she realized Parker had taken her home.

“It’s over, Regina!” Parker said all of a sudden.

“What? I don’t understand?”

“I know all about him.”

“I’m sorry, who are you talking about?”

“Your new guy!”

“My new guy?” Regina inquired. “There is no one else, Parker.”

“Lies. I saw you with him yesterday.”

“Are you telling me you were here yesterday and you were watching me?”

“Yes, and it’s a good thing too!”

“So you took me on this great date only to dump me afterwards!”

“That was the plan, yes.” Parker confessed. “That is, until you told me you wanted to go somewhere else other than that spot on the beach.”

“So, you knew the whole time!”

“Yes! Yes, Regina I knew. I wanted to break up then, but I wanted to make you pay for betraying me while I was gone.”

“Well, now that you’ve had your fun, have a nice flight back to the base!” Regina yelled at him. “Now, get out and don’t ever contact me again!”

“Fine!” Parker yelled back as he got back into his jalopy and sped off.

Regina couldn’t believe that Parker played her the way she did. Yeah, she knew she was probably wrong for hiding Jaden from Parker, but Parker hid the fact that he was back early only to spy on her. It was like he didn’t trust her. Well Regina was glad that Parker was out of her life. As far as he was concerned she never wanted to see him again.

Moments later, there was a crash just down the street as Parker was hit head on by a drunk driver. He died instantly from injuries sustained from the crash, while Regina had just walked into her apartment to find the same Strawberry Wine and a note waiting for her:

Regina,

Tonight’s the night. Meet me at the beach spot. I reveal myself tonight.

Your Mystery Man