Reminiscences on those days when they dated! They were young and carefree. Trevor was on his way up the ladder in the challenging real estate portfolio. He had been fresh from high school when he had stumbled upon a clerical post with a real estate portfolio. He decided to date a collage of lectures. That meant he faced a battery of examinations, lessons, practical on the job training and hard work. These came between him and his favourite pursuits. The number of times the board allows rewrites is limited. Qualification opens avenues to better remuneration, commission, status and possible partnership. He likes his beer, sports and fraternizing with the gentry who watch live EPL/ESPN soccer, play boozers soccer, tee off at the greens and try their hand when silver at dicing with the basket or volleyball. Then he met Naomi by a freak accident. A day when everything was going wrong is the day he met her. A day he should have been bitterly embarrassed is the day she rescued him. She appeared so cute and innocent, like a moth approaching a flame. She has the temper of a wounded she-leopard and the looks of Jezebel. His spiritual knees buckle. His mouth stays agape. His eyes lose focus when he sees her. To him she is an open sesame password to marital bliss. He has never bothered chasing after the ladies. He could easily have married the girl next door or his parents' friends' daughters. Is it all that fast and easy? They both share being children of immigrants. He wants to break the yoke of working in the mines. He has watched retired mine workers survive on stipends. Society looks down upon immigrant labour from whose pool he was born. They both want to beat the status quo and sink prejudice. It is an uphill battle. Will they grab the limelight?

Lake Of My Heart

 The church choir entertained the guests using the public address system supplied by the disc jockey. There was an effective and efficient master of ceremonies who kept people up to date. He at times stopped the choir music to make announcements like these:- 


 “Presently, we will all rise and welcome the parents of our beautiful, elegant, devastating and charming bride, Naomi,” he had said to applause. 


 Naomi’s father and mother came together arm in arm escorted by ushers to their reserved place. Couples of distinguished guests were being ushered in that way. The two sets of parents had a few minutes ago been exchanging pleasantries hugging, talking and laughing now that they were united by their children. They had had a lot to talk about since the last schedule of visits between them Bindura and Glen Norah. Trevor had brought both sets of parents together again in Glen Norah over lunch. 


LAKE OF MY HEART – CHAPTER 25