"I have asked the same thing to some more people who are quite intimated with dad." I am observing carefully the expression in the face of George. Does he know about it but not wants to tell me?

"Don't you know anything about it?" I cannot remain without asking. I am straight looking into his face trying to assess what he is really thinking. But he is as enigmatic as before. I have discussed about that matter with George also before. He reacted then also just as he is reacting now.

"I don't know Dazzle. I really don't know about it." He is saying keeping the same sorrowful and enigmatic expression on his face. "Your dad did not say anything about that to me also."

But the expression on his face is making me perplexed. It is just like that he knows about it but he does not want to say anything about it to me.

***

I am feeling perplexed and embarrassed now. I just cannot understand why I behaved like that? What happened to all my antagonistic feeling towards George? I used to be quite angry with him as he made my dad irritated like that on some occasions. What happened to all that angry?

May be I am embarrassed, but I am not at all feeling that I did a mistake by taking that George's hand like that into my hands and kissed on that. I am feeling that I did something very important without making too much delay. My subconscious love feeling towards George has been expressed unintentionally like that, I am thinking. I am feeling shame but happy also.

Sure Gorge also quite embarrassed when I have kissed like that on his hand. It was quite natural on his part and he could not have expected it so at all. Still he may be taking all that is just something casual on my side and I have just expressed my gratitude like that to him but I have to make the point quite clear that I am in love with him. Without a speck of doubt it has been cleared to me that I am deeply in love with George.

"What you are thinking Dazzle? You are appearing quite jubilant now." I am looking at Viola who slumped beside me on the sofa.

"Am I really appearing quite happy to you?" looking into the eyes of Viola I asked her.

"After a very long time Dazzle" Viola paused for a moment then said again "I am seeing this much of happiness in you. Is there any particular reason for it?"

"Sure there is." I hissed out heavily. Now I am quite willing to disclose the reason for my happiness to Viola. Viola is a very close friend to me and keeping this as a secret in myself is betrayal to that friendship.

"Share that with me Dazzle. I am quite eager to hear it." Coming even more close to me Viola said.

Looking into her eyes and observing her expression carefully I am telling her my feelings towards George. Viola's expression started changing slowly and in the end it turned to horrific.

"My god! Dazzle! Do you know what you are doing?"

"I am doing everything in a perfect way Ola. Feeling love towards someone is not a sin. Now I am feeling love so strongly towards this George."

"George is more than fifteen years older to you Dazzle. How you can love him? How ridiculous it would be?"

"Pure love does not see for convenience, comfort, age and other things Dazzle. If it sees for such type of things it is not pure love. I am thinking that I am in pure love with George." I am firm in what I am saying. "There is no question that I do leave George."

"But Dazzle." There is firmness in the voice of Viola also. "This George many a time irritated your father. Threatened him that he would leave your organizations. You were quite angry with him till recently."

"That was all for a good reason Ola. Even on a single occasion our organizations suffered because of his decisions. In fact he saved us on many a time. Dad himself said about that to me."

"Alright then. I resign." Viola laughed loudly and said. "If you are that much firm in your love, let it be. As you say, George may be older to you in age, but he is educated, handsome and intelligent. Congratulations for your newly found love, Dazzle."

"Thank you very much." I hugged Viola strongly and kissed on her cheek. "I don't want to delay too much to convey my love to him."

"But I am afraid." Viola said. "He is not a type like loving and marrying. I think he is above forty and not married still. It may be a positive point for you but think why did not he get married yet?"

"Only to marry me, only to give a chance to make him my man." I laughed heartily and said again. "I cannot say any other reason except this for it."

"First tell your love to him Dazzle. Don't delay it too long."

"Are you thinking that he may pick up someone else if I delay too long?" With a frown on my forehead I asked

"There is no such danger I think." Viola said with a smile. "As he remained a bachelor even past forty insinuating that he does not want to marry at all. But...." She paused and I am waiting eagerly to hear what she is going to say. "These types of things should not be delayed too long to convey."

"I hundred percent agree with you on this." I nodded my head in agreement.

"If you want I do help you in conveying your love to him."

"Thank you for your suggestion. But it is my love and I want to convey it to him myself."

"Quite right decision. I wish you all the best."

"I wish you also to love someone and get married Viola. Is there no one at all in your heart yet to marry?"

"No of course." Viola nodded her head in negation. "I am not against love and marriage. But there is no one in my heart to marry yet."

"Find someone. If you want I help you in selecting someone to love and marry."

"It is my love and my marriage. I myself select someone to love and marry."

***

While I am entering into my cabin in the office I am in the same happy and jubilant mood with which I have started at the home. That thought I am in love with George constantly keeping me in happiness. I am just going towards my chair to sit in but stopped. There is Nova sitting opposite to my chair and talking. I am feeling surprise observing her talking. I am looking to know whether she is talking with someone in cell phone. I am shocked finding out that she is talking in herself. Even she is talking in a low voice, it is quite audible to me.

"Nick. I remember what you said. Don't worry about me. I came to a very good place."

There is some silence. I am perplexed. I just cannot understand what is happening.

"Don't come everywhere I go Nick. It is not good. I cannot talk with you all the time in this way. What madam thinks if she finds that I am talking like this with you?"

I don't want to see anymore like that and walked fast. While I am slumping into my seat Nova startled. There is no surprise in her startling like that as I am little earlier on this day.

"With whom you are talking like that Nova?" I can guess with whom she talked until that moment but I want to hear it from herself.

There is embarrassment in her face. She hung her head.

"I have asked you some question Nova. Answering it is courteous." I curtly said.

"I am talking with my husband madam." Nova said with a small voice.

"But your husband died Nova. He is no more."

"I am talking with his soul madam. He often comes to me as a soul and I talk with him."

I am horrified on hearing that even I am expecting that is what Nova would say to me. Her husband died but he comes to her as a soul to talk with her! Is she is trying to make me a fool? How efficient she is in her work? How much I am admiring her? Why is she acting and playing like this with me?

"Nova, I am having a very good opinion on you. Don't try to play jokes. Are you thinking that I believe if you say that your late husband has been coming to you as a soul to talk with you?"

"I am telling you the truth madam." Now there is profound fear in the face of Nova. "Really my husband comes to me often to talk with me."

"Then ask him to talk with me also. Then I do believe what you are saying with me."

"No madam. No one else but only I can talk with him and see him. Even his own parents and children also cannot see him or talk with him."

"Then you are only telling lies to me. I am not believing you Nova. You are trying to make me a fool. I am removing you from your job. You may go now."

"No madam. Please." Nova immediately got off from the chair and came near to me. She is in the process of falling on my feet but I stopped her. "Please don't do such type of a thing. I ask my husband strongly not to come to the office and talk with me here. Without this job, my children and I have to be starved."

"Still you are saying that your husband is coming here as a devil to talk with you and you are expecting that I believe you?"

"Oh, madam! How can I convince you? I am telling you the absolute truth."

Now I am looking into the face of Nova and it is all quite confusing to me. Nova is having very good qualifications and she is indeed very clever. There is no necessity to her to tell me lies. But it is all very difficult to me to believe.

I am in the process of taking a decision and after few seconds saying. "Alright Nova. Don't feel fear. You are not going to be removed from the job. Go and do your work." Nova nodded her head and I remained looking at her retreating figure while she is going out from my cabin. I have to discuss this matter with George. If this Nova is suffering from some psychological disorder she needs treatment.

"George." Expecting to hear the sweet voice of George I am saying into the cell phone. "Will you please come into my cabin for a moment?"

"Oh, sure why not?" I cannot say why but George's voice is so sweet to me now a day.

"What do you want to talk with me Dazzle?" just in few minutes I am seeing George coming towards me. Now I am feeling different sort of happiness again.
"Did I disturb you from anything important George?" while he is sitting in the chair opposite to me I asked him.

"Not of course. There is no such important thing to me to avoid talking with you if there is a necessity." With a smile on his lips George said. Does he forget completely about the yesterday's incident? I am thinking. How did he take my kissing like that on his hand?

(..........to be continued)

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