Blind love (Part VI)

The following evening, Sharon helps her get dressed for her date. She fixes her hair and makes it flow over her shoulders in waves. After she puts the evening gown on, Sharon places the pearl necklace around her neck. She stands back and looks at her and exclaims, “ Girl! You’re beautiful! Too bad he won’t be able to see you tonight. He is missing out on seeing a princess! The only thing that is missing are the glass slippers!” Ariel looks in the mirror and smiles. She even feels like a princess. She turns and hugs Sharon’s neck and says, “ I hope that I don’t disappoint him. I have never eaten in a fancy place before.” Sharon puts her hand on her shoulder and says, “ Honey, you just be yourself and everything else will take care of itself. You just have a nice time with him and don’t worry about anything. Enjoy it while it last.” Ariel is happy. She looks at the clock and asks, “ Are you sure that you don’t mind giving me a ride there? I don’t want to waste your evening for you. I can catch a cab to get home and have it drop me off down the road. I just didn’t want one to pull up here and blow it’s horn so everyone here would look out the window and see me.” Sharon answered, “ I don’t mind at all, Sugar, I was planning on going into town anyways. Let me make sure the coast is clear and I will wave at you to come on out, okay?” Sharon walks to her car and looks around. She doesn’t see anyone so she waves at Ariel to come on out. Ariel gets in the car and they drive off.

She gets to the restaurant before Brandon arrives. She stands outside and waits. The doorman walks up to her with a smile on his face and says, “If you are waiting on someone, you would be much more comfortable inside, Ma’am.” She smiles at him and says, “ No, thank-you. I will just wait right here, if you don’t mind.” He was thinking to himself that a beautiful woman like her could stand there all night if she wanted to. He replied, “ No, Ma’am, don’t mind at all.” He nods his head at her and returns to the door.

A few minutes later, Brandon pulls up in his limo. The doorman walks up to the car and opens the backdoor for him. He gets out of the car and stands there. She stands there looking at him and thinks to herself about how handsome he looked. She steps close to him. He smells a fragrance in the air and asks, “ Casper, is that you?’’ He holds his hand out. She walks up and grabs it and says, “ Yes, I’m here. How did you know?” He smiles at her and says, “ Rapture, I believe.” She realizes that he smelt her perfume and laughs. She places her arm in his and leads him inside.

The maitre d’ meets them and asks, “Bon soir, mademoiselle et monsieur! Comment-allez vous cette nuit?” Brandon smiles at him and says, “Nous allons bien, Pierre.” Ariel laughs and asks, “ What were you two saying? I can’t speak any French!” He smiles at her and says, “ He asked us how we were doing and I told him that we were fine, that’s all.” They are seated and he orders their food. When it gets there, she studies the location of the food on his plate and says, “ Meat at six o’clock, potatoes at three o’clock, peas at nine o’clock.” He places his hand to the side of the plate and says, “ Thank-you, I was just going to take my chances.” They both finish their meals and talk. A few minutes later she puts her hand on his and says, “ I have had a wonderful time this evening, thank-you for inviting me.” He smiles and says, “ It’s not over with yet. You have to dance with me before we leave. Will you do me the honor?” He stands up and holds his arm out. There is a slow song playing and she puts her arm in his and leads him out to the dance floor. He smiles at her and says, “ I guess, you can lead, since I can’t see where to go. Do you mind?” She laughs and replies, “ I guess, I can handle that.” She puts her arms around him as her heart races out of control. Her legs are weak from the anticipation of being near him. She lays her head on his shoulder and is happy to finally have a chance to hold him in her arms. He feels the same way. It was nice to finally get to hold her near him. She felt better than he ever imagined. He was happy that the bandages were on his eyes. He didn’t want her to see the tear escaping from his eye as he held her close. Neither one of them wanted the song to ever end as they slowly danced, both of them thinking that they might not ever have a chance to dance with each other again.

The song finally ended but they kept dancing as if the music was still playing. He stops dancing and holds his lips close to her ear and says, “Je t’aime avec tout mon coeur.” He kisses her on the cheek and takes her by the arm so they can go back to their table. After they sat back down, she

was still wondering what he had just said to her. She asks him, “What you said out there sounded nice, but you know that I didn’t understand a word of it. Could you tell me what you said?” He smiled at her and replied, “ I didn’t intend for you to understand what I said. It was just a phrase that I needed to say. I would like to keep it that way if you don’t mind.” She shrugs her shoulders and says, “ I’ll let it slide for now but I will find out what you said.” He puts his hand on hers and says, “ I hope you do, Casper.” Neither one of them wanted the evening to end but it was finally time to go. When they were getting up to leave, she was wondering why they never received a ticket or something so Brandon could pay the bill. She whispers and asks him about it. He laughs and says, “ I don’t have to pay because I own the place.” She was embarrassed and asks, “ Why didn’t you tell me when I picked this place. We could have gone somewhere else!” He smiled and answered, “ I was glad you picked here to eat. I know the food is good and I like it here, didn’t you?” She smiles and says, “ Yes, I did. It was wonderful. I’m glad we came here.” He grabs her by her arms and says, “ I don’t won’t to let you go. I want to spend as much time with you as I can. Please, ride with me in the limo until James lets me off at home. I will instruct him to take you wherever you want to go. I will not ask him where he takes you. Please say you will!” She didn’t want to leave his side either. She was hoping that the chauffeur would not recognize her since she was all dressed up. She had to take a chance. She wanted to be with him for just a little while longer. She answered, “ As long as you promise not to ask him where he dropped me off, I will ride with you, Okay?” He smiles and they turn to walk out the door. As they are walking out the door, the doorman greets them and says, “Good night, Mr. Cartwright and you too, Ma’am.” Brandon stops and takes her hands and asks, “ Could you please let me have a moment with, David? I won’t be but a moment.” She squeezes his hand to let him know it was all right and walks to the limo. Brandon turns to the doorman and says, “ I have been dieing inside to know what my date looks like. Could you describe her to me? Please be honest with me. The doorman was confused and asks, “ Are you telling me that you never saw your date before, Mr. Cartwright?” He shakes his head and answers, “ That’s what I am telling you, David. Tell me quickly, what does she look like?” The doorman states, “ All I can say, Mr. Cartwright is that you should pick all your women with your eyes covered. I have seen all the women that you have brought here and not even one of them can hold a candle next to her, Sir. She is about the most beautiful woman that I have ever laid my eyes on. I would give my right arm to have a woman like that. Shall I describe her to you, Sir?” Brandon thinks about it and feels like he is breaking a promise to her so he answers, “ No, David, you have told me enough. I can already see her in my head. I knew that she would be beautiful. That’s all I really needed to know, thank you.” He raises his hand toward the limo and she walks up to him and takes his hand. He smiles at her and says, “ I’m sorry. I had to discuss something with him.” She replies, “ That’s okay, I know you are a business man.” She helps him into the limo and they drive away.