💚☕🚚 An Enchanting Evening At the Golden Ticket 🚚☕💚
Mike Kraus
The waitress has deep-set eyes and almost a sneer as she refills our coffee. Semis rumble by this 24-hour diner along I-57. The Golden Ticket Diner is the only place to go after seeing a show at a bar. “What makes people fall in love?” Monica gingerly stirs her coffee with a slightly bent spoon.
“Genetics,” I reply with little-to-no thought or reflection.
“Genetics!?! That’s romantic.” Obviously, she was looking for a more sensual answer than a scientific one (not that I’m a scientist).
“Well, at least dat’s what I saw somewhere. Has ta do with evolution.” I cram a big piece of pancake in my mouth hoping there won’t be enough room for my foot.
So, yer sayin’ we only fall in love ’cause of our genes?”
“I’m not. Scientists do.” It’s hard to blame someone not there. “Genes wanna survive. Ta survive, they need ta reproduce. So, natural selection manipulated us inta enjoyin’ companionship, sex, ‘nd stuff. DNA wants us ta make lotsa babies so they can continue inta da next generation. Part of dat is ta trick us inta fallin’ in love.”
“’Trick us inta fallin’ in love’?” Monica’s confusion turns into irritation. This can be dangerous. “What makes ya think I hafta be tricked inta love?”
