Kyle saved his essay and closed down his lap top. He removed the glasses
from his face and rested his chin on the knuckle of his index finger. To
the left of him he heard what he called "the wonderful sound of tumbling".
His daughter had been playing beside him while he finished his work. Kyle
was recently divorced and has a daughter near the age of two. He turned to
stare at her in adoration, yet he couldn’t overcome the tiredness in his body.
Kyle Reed was what a lot of women would consider handsome. Caramel
complexioned skin. Dark brown eyes complimented by oval shaped eyes; they
had a bit of oriental flare to them. He was not a tall man, 5’4" to be
exact. And his weight matched his height. He always fluctuated
between 135lbs and 150lbs, but he was very deep into exercise. His body
was toned with a frame that was near perfection, 40" shoulder width and a 32"
waist. He studied martial arts most of his life and in time learned to
humble himself. He never craved much attention for his "low key" demeanor
spoke for itself. But he very seldom backed down from a fight. Only
when he nearly killed one of his closest high school friends in the heat of
anger did he learn to pull his punches.
Artistic in many respects Kyle was very gifted. Published in several of
middle and high school papers and magazines for his ability to articulate words
with his own structure, he was also talented with a canvas and a paint brush.
He could draw whatever he saw and whatever was on his mind. As a young
child in elementary school, he was selected with amongst other gifted talents in
high schools to have a portrait of his own creation showcased in the Detroit
Institute of Arts Museum. But as time passed and his character began to
develop and he learned that the articulation of words could also be
manipulative, he stuck to his roots as a writer. He could woo anyone of
the opposite sex just by knowing how to say what they wanted to hear. He
would write letters or get within speaking distance and get a female to buy
anything he was tossing their way.
That’s where his talents as a chef kicked in. Kyle’s mother would have
people come from all over on the holidays just to sample her cooking. It
fascinated him as young child how a person could turn a mixture of ingredients
into edible delights. From scratch, just turning nothing into something.
And all of the food would look exactly like an advertisement for a fancy
restaurant. So from the age of eight Kyle studied cookbooks and recipes
until he was a teenager and could practically make anything a persons heart
desired in the kitchen. Add that with the art of charm and intriguing
dialogue, and he had a female coming to his house doing whatever he wanted when
his parents weren’t around every other week