I was on the Metro in Athens travelling to a meeting <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To my right was a woman reading a cheap magazine <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We were oblivious to each other as travellers often are<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An inspector of tickets suddenly appeared behind us <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I showed him my short term ticket without a word <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I had a feeling that the woman was travelling illegally <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My assumption was correct and she began to look alarmed <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She had raven saucer eyes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which were beginning to moisten <\/p>\n\n\n\n
May I see your ticket <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I do not a have a ticket<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you have any money for your fare <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No my purse as stolen <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was going to report it <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The inspector looked at her sternly <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know that is a lie <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first tear ran down the woman’s face <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you have any money at all <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What happened next greatly surprised me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the inspector reached into his wallet <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He handed the woman two high value notes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was look of total astonishment in her eyes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I cannot <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I insist <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is so much <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The money belongs to the railway <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They have enough already <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fuck the Metro <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman took the notes and placed them into her wallet <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was smiling inwardly <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was an application of brakes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We were approaching a station <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman rose from her seat <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is my stop <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you so much for the cash <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She then leaned forward and kissed the inspector on the cheek <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He smiled into her glowing eyes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you so much you are my angel <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And with a minute glance the woman alighted from the train and hurried away possibly out of embarrassment <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The inspector moved up the car as more people had joined the train <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was then that I noticed that the woman had left her cheap magazine behind <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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