Venus Calling Mars At Midnight

Millie calls the hotel at midnight to tell Willie he didn’t do anything wrong. It’s the way he didn’t do anything wrong that’s the problem because a man doesn't send a girl yellow roses on Valentine’s Day. Willie is half asleep but awake enough to know if he didn’t do anything wrong why is Millie calling him at midnight. He’s out of town on the company’s buck and has a big meeting tomorrow with a big presentation to give to the board. He listens for 20 minutes and as soon as Millie's voice cracks he knows a hurricane of tears has begun so he says he didn’t order any yellow roses. He ordered three-dozen long-stems with a jungle of the usual greenery in a beautiful vase with baby’s breath. He figured they'd send red roses because he paid enough to buy a botanical garden. Millie says tomorrow she’s calling the florist and giving him Hades but Willie says please don’t. He and the guy who took the order are from Mars. Willie will pick up red roses on his way back to Venus. Donal Mahoney