A Brother's Love

Story Sent in by Wayne:

I was a college sophomore when I met Toni. She was a senior. We met and got along and when she learned my last name (Taylor) she asked me if I knew a Noah Taylor.

In fact I did. Noah's my brother. He went to the college a few years before I did. By coincidence Toni knew him. She said they had been friends. Noah and I were pretty close and I had never heard him mention her but that wasn't a big deal. She seemed really interested in me and I asked her out on a date.

At dinner she asked me a million questions. What was Noah up to? Did he still swim? Did he ever talk about her? How often did I see him? Did I think he'd come to visit me at school? Did I think Noah was cute? Did he have a girlfriend? Did I think they'd make a good couple?

Realizing that she was way more interested in Noah I asked her if she just wanted his email address so that she could contact him directly. She eagerly took it. I eagerly asked her to help me pay the check.

She didn't even thank me for Noah's email. I didn't ask her on a second date and of course she didn't contact me. But the next time I heard from Noah I asked him if Toni had emailed him.

He told me that she had and that he had blocked her instantly. In college they had gone on a couple of dates and she had stalked him at his classes, his dorm, and even the men's locker room before he had to threaten her to make her leave him alone.

Not too long after this Toni called me to ask me to confirm that Noah had received her email. I told her that I had no idea if he had received it and then she demanded that I ask him. I told her that if he had received it and wanted to write back, he'd write back.

She called me "worthless" before hanging up on me.