Mystery

At every sip he is swirling the wine in his mouth so that it flows over the tip, under the tongue, and into the back of his mouth and then swallowing it. It’s been very long since he had sat alone with himself and gone through introspection, with a glass of Shiraz, his one of the favorite red wine, and busy in his thoughts during this ongoing process again and again. He had already decided that during this visit of his on Vashon Island he will spent time alone and will not interact with everyone. Actually, he is very emotional and gets attached to things, places and moreover persons, very soon. And this time he doesn't want his emotions to stop him from moving on, for which he is been trying and failing over a year after the death of his wife Jennifer.

There is a woman in, white elegant skin fitting dress, sitting just opposite to him, noticing him for so long, and watching him play with his drink. She is very neatly dressed with a gracefully attractive visible cleavage, from her peacock like neck line dress. She is also sitting alone like him among other couples on every table, holding a white wine glass in her hands, kept one leg on the other in a sophisticated manner. Her graceful eyesight is stuck on him. No one can judge what is going on in her mind behind her smirking look.

Suddenly a strange feeling struck him and in urge to know that who is staring him he looked at her. But she bluffed him very flexibly and called out for waiter, standing behind him, with her hand gesture, and slight constant smile on her face. But till then it was too late for him to turn his eyes from her beautiful presentation of hers. He kept on staring her every move till the time being she paid her bill, and moved outside the restaurant. Her attractive and seductive gestures made him crazily run to follow her. As he passed from the table where she was sitting, he noticed a white diamond purse lying on the table. He picked it up in order to return it to her.

She was moving in such a stylish manner that he kept on watching her moving only instead of going and talking to her. After some 5-10 minutes he collected courage to call out for her, having decided that he started with- “Excuse me lady, you left your purse in the restaurant!”

With same graceful smartness she turned at him and smiled and asked for his name. He told Joseph as his name and kept on moving towards her. Till the time he reached nearby her, she undid her hand gloves and while shaking hands with him she said -“And I am Izabal Rose, Sire! It’s so nice to meet with you!” Her voice was so polite and divine, and as beautiful as she is. Even if someone is not looking at her face, he/she can figure out the beauty of this pretty lady only by her voice.

She asked him to walk her till her destination. And without even giving a thought he started walking with her. He was totally stunned by her charm and didn't even realize about his promise to himself during his introspective session.

They were not talking much. He was little uncomfortable to say anything inappropriate to her and she was engrossed in her own world of thoughts with a blissful smiley face.

Finally, Izabal broke the silence by saying- “It’s time to move on Joseph, I have reached at my destiny and you should go yours”! Unintentionally, he figured out the depth in the sentence and commented-“I have long ago lost my destination somewhere, now I do not know where to go, and that is the only reason that I am on this island, to find out where to move next!” 

To be continued.....