love In Dark

Damien: she ignored me. But why does it feel so bad?

Amelia ignores him and walks away. As if she doesn't even know him. Amelia also doesn't know why she is doing this. But in the last few months she and Damien had become very good friends. But last night Damien's talk made her feel as if she is meeting a new person. Whom she is completely unaware of.

And on the other hand Damien does not know but why does Amelia's behaviour matter so much. Till today he has never been affected by anyone's behaviour, he has always done what he wanted to do but today Amelia's behaviour causes him pain and guilt.

Amelia returns to her friends from there. Amelia had decided that no matter what happens, she will not let Damien affect her in any way, neither emotionally nor mentally. She enjoys the trip with her friends as if nothing has happened. She takes part in all the game activities and just spends time with her friends. And Damien was watching everything from a distance. He had no intention of enjoying the games and activities with his employees. He wanted to maintain the relationship between the boss and the subordinate.

After a while it is lunch time. Everyone was tired of playing and everyone thought of enjoying the food from the street shops on the beach. Damien had come to a nice café. This café was an open garden café. There were people here but it was still very quiet. Damien likes places where he is alone and away from everyone. Damien ordered coffee and sandwich. He enjoys his food, someone calls him the first one.

Cherry: boss , You here in this café.

Damien: Yes, why can't I come?

Cherry : No boss, it is not like that. This café is nothing special. If you are hungry, I will book a table at some fancy restaurant.

Damien: Why? What's wrong with this café?

Cherry : As your personal assistant, it is my responsibility to take care of you.

Damien: I like this café. Anyway we came here for outing but instead of enjoying with everyone you always keep hovering around me.

Cherry gets a little upset with Damien's words. He is just taking care of her but Damien is talking so rudely with her. But Cherry has now gotten used to these things. Ever since she became his assistant, Damien has been talking like this with her till today. It doesn't matter much to her because she will never stop taking care of Damien. Neither because of being an assistant nor because of having a secret lover on one side.

Cherry loves Damien . She loves him very much and that is why she tolerates even the bitter things said by Damien .The quiet café suddenly changes to the sound of someone screaming. This voice was of an old lady who was screaming at the old man sitting next to her who looked like her husband. The attention of the whole café along with Damien and Cherry is focused on the old couple.

That old lady was scolding her husband. And her husband was just trying to calm his wife down without saying anything.

Damien: Which lady is this, her husband is keeping her quiet with so much love but still she is scolding her husband. And her husband is somehow listening to someone else's scolding.

Cherry: Its love boss.

Damien: love ? What kind of love is This?

Cherry looks at her boss once and then looks back at the old couple and says.

Cherry: Yes boss this is love. When you love someone then you smile at that person's rude behaviour because that person starts to mean more to you than his behaviour.

Damien looks at Cherry. There was a seriousness on Cherry's face when she was saying these things.

Damien: you know lot about love ? Huh ?

Cherry: I don't know much about love. I only know that when you love someone, every thing about that person affects you more than limit. No matter how strong you are, even if nothing else in the world affects you, but if something is related to the person you love, then it affects you a lot. Because the effect of that person falls on our heart and the whole body works from the heart only.

Cherry moved forward with her talk while looking at that couple.

Cherry: When you see that person laughing, you feel that you have seen the most beautiful thing in the world. And if you are the reason for that person's smile, then you feel that you have won everything in the world. But when you see that person in pain, you feel that everything in your world has been destroyed. Whenever you go close to that person, you feel that you are in the safest place in the world where no one can hurt you and that person will protect you. But if you see that person near someone else, your blood starts boiling. You feel that you have taken that person far away and only you have the right to go near him, to choose him, to see him.

Hearing Cherry's words, Damien becomes thoughtful. He does not respond to anything. Cherry also does not say anything further because Damien does not react. Cherry does not pay much attention to this matter because if Damien reacted, it would have been something to think about.

Damien's attention again falls on that old couple. The old lady leaves the café in anger. Her husband apologizes to the café staff and everyone else for his wife's behaviour and from there he goes after his wife to convince her.

After that Damien quickly eats his food and comes back to his room. The only thing that was going on in Damien's mind was the old couple and Cherry. He was trying to divert his attention but it was of no use as all those things were coming to his mind again and again.

That whole day Damien spent time in his room. The next day everyone was enjoying the trip and tonight everyone had planned a barbeque party.

Everyone had decided to have a party on the beach in the evening. Where they would all cook food, there would be dance, games and drinks with all the seniors and juniors.

Ever since everyone has come, they are enjoying the trip on their own. They have not enjoyed the beach and outing together. That is why this party has been organized. Anyway, today is their last day of the trip. Tomorrow they will again go back to their home country. And they will get busy with their office work.

It was evening and the sun was still in the sky. There was a lot of fun on the beach and people were enjoying the sunset. The couple was spending their quality time with their lover and watching this beautiful sunset holding each other's hands.

Today Damien was also on the beach with his employees because it is important for everyone to attend the party today. After all they have all come together for the outing so it is important to spend time with each other. All the other employees were preparing for the party. And Damien was standing near the beach hiding his feet in water.

Then his attention goes to an old uncle who was standing a little distance away from him. Damien remembers that this is the same old man who had come to the café yesterday with his wife. Damien looks at them. The old man comes to Damien.

Old man : listen , gentalman.Can you read the name of this medicine. What is it? I have forgotten my glasses in the room. I have to give medicine to my wife. I was not able to see clearly. That is why I came here so that I could see something in the light. But I have grown old and I am not able to see anything. Will you help me?

Damien: yess.

Damien helps that uncle.

Old man : thanks gentleman. If you don't help me, I will not be able to give medicine to my wife on time.

Saying this the old man was about to leave from there but Damien could not control his curiosity and asked him.

Damien: wait .

Old man : yes.

Damien: Your wife scolds you so much yet you still care for her so much, why?

Old man : how do you know ?

Damien: I saw in café . Actually yesterday I was There when your wife is scolds you.

The old man laughs after hearing this .

Damien: why Are you laughing? 

Old man : Nothing gentalman.Are you married or do you have a girlfriend?

Damien: No I am not married yet . and I don't have girlfriend.

Old man : That's why you asking this questions.

Damien: what do you mean ? I can't Understand.

Old Man: You saw that my wife was angry at me. But you saw how hurt she was when she was angry at me.

Damien: If she was hurt by her behaviour then why see continue that things ?

Old man : My wife has a brain tumour. She is going to leave me alone in a very cruel manner. My wife likes the beach a lot, that's why I brought her here. But my wife loves me a lot, but she also knows that she is going to leave me alone in a very cruel manner. That's why she always scolds me and keeps getting angry at me, so that when she leaves, I don't have any trouble living my life without her.

Damien gets very shocked after listening to that old man. How much he misunderstood that old lady. And how much this old couple loves each other. The old man further says.

Old man : My wife hurts me but she hurts herself more than me. She does all this so that I hate her so that when she leaves this world I don't suffer in her memory. She is teaching me to live without her. But whenever she scolds me, I realize how much she loves me. That she is hurting herself so that I don't feel bad later. All these things make me feel that I am the luckiest person in the world to have such a life. You are neither married nor do you have a girlfriend. This means you have not loved anyone yet. That is why you are not able to understand this. When you will love someone then you will understand everything.

After saying all this the old man smiles and goes away. Damien stands there thinking about what the old man has said. Damien has never loved anyone till date nor has he ever seen anyone loving each other so intensely. For the first time, Damien saw what love is from that old couple.

The words of Cherry and the old man start repeating in Damien's mind. His mind becomes restless. He tries to calm himself by closing his eyes. But suddenly he opens his eyes.

Damien: Why can I see her face?