I am not a sympathy kind of guy, but I met this chica in Jaco last March. She can actually speak English and Spanish, though with the impediment that the hearing impaired often have. She also reads lips in both languages. Pretty impressive. Me and my buddy met her at the bar at Hotel Cocal pool one early evening after fishing. Bought her a drink and shot the shit for a while, she tried to get us up to the rooms but we told her we were going out. Saw her later at Beatle bar. My pal took off with a solid 9, I was enjoying myself hablando with the bartenders and chicas. She came and kept hanging out and wouldn't scoot. I felt bad cause of the hearing thing, and couldn't tell her to get to gettin' like I usually would. Then two of the real hotties started to mess with her, and ended up putting gum in her hair. She started crying and left, they were all over me, and they were hot. Then I saw her sitting across the bar with tears running down her face, and I really felt bad. I told the hotties "compro un regalo por la chica mas bonita", said it very loud for the bartenders and those standing around to hear. It killed me, but I bought one of the stupid teddy bears from one of the vendors -probably a cousin to the Jaco blood pressure guy - and while the hotties glared brought it over to the deaf girl. She lit up with a huge smile, maybe I was imagining, maybe it was just ugly american in a poorer country guilt, but I swear I saw her throw her shoulders back and her confidence restore. I let her come back with me, did'nt really want sexo, hung out and talked for a while. She told me how the girls are very cruel to her, constantly teasing and moving in on her because it is hard for her to talk to the guys...a double language barrier for her. Anyway, my guilt only lasted so long, ended up letting her go down a couple times, lay around and talk a little more and told her to get going about 4 am as I was fishing in the morning. She would not take any money, I ended up making her take 5k colones to use in the downstairs casino.
I always debated if I had been taken in by a tremendous con, or if she was really hearing impaired. Tough girl living a tough life. I saw her the next night and she was talking with a gringo. She came over, I told her she was a pretty girl, and good luck with her gringo. She seemed happier.
Paco da BeachBum
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