SWEET LOVE - SECRET LOVERS -April 1986 - Pt. 3 (Clandestine Dallas weekend)
- Sep 14, 2021
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Sweet Love by Anita Baker
APRIL 17, 1986
Thursday
Well, it’s 2:15 p.m. and only 28 or a little less hours to see my baby. OOOH! I can’t wait! It’s hard to believe by this time tomorrow I’ll be close to leaving to pick him up at the airport. YEE HAW! I am so ecstatic! This will probably be one of the most romantic weekends I’ve ever encountered, not to say the most romantic. How can it be anything but? We’re spending Friday and Saturday nights alone, but days will be filled with family and friends (my family not his.) His family doesn’t even know he’s coming in. He wants it that way. He wants to spend time with me only. Well, he doesn’t mind my friends, etc. as long as I’m with him. Isn’t that sweet? Tomorrow night we’ll celebrate our joy in reuniting with champagne. Oh, that’ll be great! We’ll probably get giddy and silly. Oh well, we’re both 21 and over. (He’s 21 and I’m over.) But I don’t care, because I certainly love him.
Art (being John, I want to call him Art sometimes - his middle name is Arthur) called last night and we talked for about 1 hour or so. He said he was euphoric (on Cloud Nine) about coming to see me. I just do that to men, what can I say? Tee Hee! He said he was SO psyched. OOOH! Me too! I want to just hold on to him and never let him go. I mentioned last night that sometimes I’m a little skeptical and try to be wise and not go off the deep end (because of past experiences) but he said he would cure all that. He said he knows for sure he’s in love with me. No doubt about it. God, I love to hear that. I need a man that will tell me that all the time; I tend to get insecure in relationships and need that special, loving care. Some people really don’t need that as much, but I do. And John gives it to me.
APRIL 18, 1986
Friday
Today is the Day! I am ecstatic! I’m leaving work at 3:15. Oh, it’ll be great! The weather seems to be a lot better than I expected also. Very cloudy, but no thunderstorms. YEA! I talked to DeeAnn a while ago and she thinks this is the most daffy I’ve been over anyone. She may be right. People forget how you feel at the beginning of other relationships. But, I truly admit this one has more potential than any other. We talked for about 45 minutes last night. We mainly just squealed on the phone with delight for that amount of time. We’re both excited about seeing each other. This is a wonderful feeling. I don’t know which feeling is the best; but, being in love and getting a standing ovation for singing have got to be the two best emotions possible. Both leave me so elated and euphoric - I can’t stand it! Oh, I can’t wait! Only 6 ½ hours left and I’ll see my baby. I can’t believe it! It’ll be fun toasting our reunion with champagne. But, I don’t want to have any for awhile, I want to be fully capacitated for a little while so I can remember everything about this evening. Maybe towards the later hours, I’ll be ready for champagne. SQUEEEEAL!
(NO details on that weekend - again, that means we were quite busy and having a great time!)
Secret Lovers by Atlanta Starr
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(continued from above ) Very strange - especially since we had our discussion about it. this is definitely not coincidence (a word for non-believers) What do you think?
I keep putting my clock on fast forward but it unfortunately doesn't make the time go faster. The time I'm away from you seems to stand still yet I know it doesn't. I must regretably close this letter now as I must get some more sleep to recover from this past weekend - WHOO! I would love to hold you now and kiss your lips and neck...
I will love you until the End of Time!
Eternally yours,
John
April 24 letter from John - Front and Back
April `19 - we had brunch with Brian and DeeAnn (tho I do not remember it?)
APRIL 30, 1986
Wednesday
Sade - sweetest Taboo
I learned something last night. I am definitely, and I wasn’t sure before, in love with John. He said he was going to call and for some reason or other, he didn’t. I sat by the phone until 10:00 (for close to 2 ½ hours), tried to sleep for a while, couldn’t and didn’t sleep until about 2:00 a.m. or so. No man ever has had me to where I was waiting for his call.
I’m going to New York to see him Friday. Yipee! He wrote me two of the most beautiful letters ever; one I received last Friday and the other on Monday. They’re wonderful! I cried after reading both.
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