The Story Continues

There is yet another installment to the "fur story". I thought it was over, not so! If you don't know the "fur story", you might want to go back to read the post about "Brrr Furrr", and "The Rest Of The Story", then you will understand how the story continues, today's topic. You will recall there was an older greek man involved in the fur story. I have not seen this man for two years. Not since MY greek guy bought the fur from him for my Christmas gift two years ago. Rather, I bought the fur, Lou gave it to me. That's all explained in the previous posts. Anyway, last winter, I looked for the man in the store he was working in when we bought the fur the year before. He told me he comes to Chicago to work for a few months in winter, his specialty is selling furs I guess. Why he would come to CHICAGO, in WINTER, from GREECE, is beyond me, tho if you want to sell furs, I guess this would be the place. I didn't see him last winter. This year, when I went to pick up the OLD FUR, the one that had NOT been traded in as I thought, I asked about him. No one knew where he was. They thought he went to Florida or something. Today, I cut through Lord & Taylor on my way home. Lord & Taylor is closing here, and EVERYTHING is on sale, EVERYTHING MUST GO!! I thought I may as well check out what was "going" to see if anything MUST GO with ME. As I was picking through the costume jewelry, a gentleman came up to me, took my hand, and said hello. I didn't recognize him at first, but it was the older greek guy, the fur salesman. He remembered me, and Lou. He asked about Lou. Before I could tell him, he knew. He gave me a big hug. He offered to buy me lunch anytime. He's doing the fur close out at Lord & Taylor, natch. It's right next to the jewelry counter. He still lives in Greece. I told him I had my old coat redone, the one he told me to sell back. He laughed. He acted surprised. I still wonder if he did that on purpose, if he really DIDN'T resell the coat. Seeing him closed the loop on the story. Strange, isn't it? He just sort of floated into my sphere today. And back out. A message from Lou ? Aha, so THAT'S it, LOU WANTS ME TO BUY ANOTHER FUR !!! I don't think so. I don't think that's it. I don't think it's anything. It's just a random connection, but a random connection to my Lou. And yet another reminder of everything he did for me. How sick he was, and how he still was Lou. I really miss him.