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On a cloudy Sunday evening, Audrey felt lonely and homesick; being back in the countryside was not as much fun as she had expected. She missed playing with Pitts, her puppy. She missed having Sunday lunch with her best friend 'tola', She wanted to be home right now. She could walk naked in her cozy apartment and not have to worry about roommates and about getting up early for lectures. She would stay in bed, have breakfast and read a couple of choice magazines and then go back to bed..."you wish", she said to herself, truly she could really use a wish right now.
She picked up her phone, and decided to call her best friend, after hours of talking and catching up. She scrolled again on her phone contact list and stopped on a contact, a name, she had not spoken of or dialed in a long while. It was Sammy, her high school crush and also an ex-boyfriend. She dialed and listened as it rang at the other end.
"Hello, Good evening, this is Audrey, please am I speaking with Sammy". Audrey's heart raced. She had not heard his voice in a long while.
The voice on the other end answered," yes, this is Sammy".
Audrey, glad to hear his voice after so many years exhaled deeply and was she so excited to hear his voice.
"Hi Sammy, how's Rik, I hear he's now in Italy, I saw him at home when I last visited, he didn't have your contact number so I asked Jude and-', she sounded excited, the person on the other end seemed lost.
"He-hello?", she wanted to be sure she was still connected to him.
"Excuse me, the voice said, I don't know these dudes, Rik or Jude, your talking about, I'm sorry, maybe you dialed the wrong number"
"oh, she said, feeling a bit embarrassed, I'm sorry too, I thought you were Sammy"
"Yes, I am Samuel Adams and I used to know a girl named Audrey Macaulay, actually I thought you were she"
"No, I'm not, my name is Audrey Simmons."
He seemed to like her accent, the rhythmic way she sounded on phone, she sounded more like his ex-girlfriend, the Audrey he knew.
Audrey was wondering how she got his number, when she suddenly remembered; months ago when she was in the city with her dad on vacation, she had gotten bored with sightseeing and watching TV, so she took to reading the papers, an old hobby which she got from her father, a particular column in the papers caught her eye that day, 'the strictly fe-mail column", There was always an ad for single men and ladies looking for partners, and lonely friends looking for their long lost friends. A particular name interested her, "Samuel Adams", she read his info, and quickly stored his number on her mobile phone, she remembered sending him a message and promising to call later, but that was a long time ago, somehow she had lost contact with him.
Coming back to reality, she said," Did you at any time put up an ad in the papers for a pen pal or something, I think I know how I got this number"
"Yees, I think I did sometime ago, I got a reply message from someone promising to call back, I never did get that call"..."are you...?", he let the words hang.
"You got that right, I sent you the message"
"Wow, such a long long time it took for you to call back"
"I'm so sorry, and I'm pleased to meet you again"
"No, the pleasure is all mine, so let's see, I like your voice, it's beautiful, but I bet your face is even more beautiful...when do I get to meet you?"
She smiled and said, " I would so much like for that to happen but unfortunately, my home is in Naths, I'm out of town right now, I'm attending a foundation school in Okhle, I'll be through in December"
She could hear his disappointment when he sighed and said, " Alright then, I live in Naths too, I think I can wait till then"
"Nice to meet you, Audrey said
"yeah, me too, goodnight, sweet voice", he said and finally hung up.
'OK, that didn't turn out bad at all', she stretched on her bed and soon drifted to sleep, It was the only escape from her loneliness now.
At eighteen years, Samuel Adams, was young, single and by inheritance, very rich. His single status, he claimed was by happenstance and, so far, sheer bad luck.
He had wanted to get married in five years time, but hadn't found the right woman yet. Sammy was a gentleman and a man of elegance and distinction to his very soul. He was attentive, kind , generous, charming and strikingly handsome; with brown eyes, a tall slim body and a gorgeous smile, he looked more like a movie star. His manners were impeccable and women loved him.
He had been involved in a relationship thrice in his younger days, although not recently and each time, something had happened to cause the relationship to be called off and much to his chagrin and deep regret.
His first girlfriend had slept with his best friend, he had found out and of course he called off the relationship. a year later, he was sure to have found the one, she was a fantastic girl and they had everything in common. They dated for six months and nothing else could be more certain. Until Sammy realized his girlfriend was inseparable from her twin sister, and expected to take her everywhere with them. He and the twin sister had taken an instant dislike to each other which had turned into heated debates and endless arguments each time they met.
He had no choice again but to break up with her.
Then there was Audrey Macaulay, they had gotten along well together until the news came that her parents were divorcing and she had to relocate out of the country with her mom. They managed to keep the relationship for the first few months but the distance was killing. They loved each other but they decided it would be best if they separated. He had loved her deeply. And even till now, he had never really gotten over her.
Five years had passed since then and he was still searching. His friend, Barry Weiss, kept telling him to give up his search for the ideal woman and get real, "I mean we're in the 20th century, Ideal women are extinct, choose any one of these free booties, I assure you with the kind of money you have, she'll be everything more than ideal", he would say. But Sammy knew exactly what he wanted. A well-born, well bred, well educated, intelligent woman who would share the same ideals and values as him. He knew the right woman was out there somewhere, he just hasn't found her yet.
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