Monika Pistovcák

The Patio Monika Pistovcák

The Patio Rudi is a student at the Faculty of Science at a university in an ex-communist country. She entered a prestigious competition of tenders at the University of British Columbia. A wheelchair boy coincidently crossed her way (at the airport in Vancouver), and she suddenly had to face whit many changes and choices in her life. . . . A very satisfied, sarcastic and selfish smirk accompanied his cool-headedness. He wrote some letters on a piece of napkin placed on a decorative rail on their table and shifted the napkin piece towards Andrew. . . . . . "One, two, three, and ruuuun" I pulled the wheelchair in front of me . . . after a while it absorbed the power of my arm . . . The water friction finished the movement . . . the wheels stopped twisting and we were shot into the water . . . Splash! . . . Sincere laughter cracked the dense air. . . . . . "I must say NO. Life is too short to sit on any patio. I don´t want to become your patio, Rudi. You gave me your heart, your legs and my dreams. . . . . I won´t allow you to sit on the patio". His palms pushed his wheels. He reversed, turned the wheelchair . . . and left . . .