Blossoming roses of love

Continuation.....

The man signalled a waitress who was carrying a tray full of drinks.

Annie opted for a cocktail fruit juice and Emma accepted a glass of tomato juice from the waitress.

"Enjoy your drinks, please...15 more minutes for the doors to open and we will be back to take you to your seats...Allow us to take leave of you, temporarily..."

They bowed and hurried their way through the guests to welcome other dignitaries.

Annie and Emma felt comfortable among the gathering of the elites. As they sipped their drinks they exchanged pleasantries with some people around. The rich, famous, elite and powerful in the country were there.

Some high profile people made their appearance and they saw the welcome team approaching them again just as the bell sounded indicating the opening of the doors. They checked their tickets and was taken to the VIP chamber and were shown the comfortable, reclining seats. The man showed them the buttons on the chairs to call the butler service during the show, the exit and the way to the restroom politely. Annie noted with admiration the luxury and efficiency everywhere.

The VIP box was very spacious with a wide walkway in between the seats at different levels. Annie occupied the side seat and Emma sat just next to her. All the rows were having three seats each and they wondered who will occupy the third one next to Emma. By this time the dignitaries were getting seated and Annie could sense the excitement on the air about the wonderful event they all are going to watch.

They could feel the excitement of the elite people assembled in the VIP chamber anticipating a wonderful show ahead. Then the entry door opened and they saw the whole welcometeam ushering in a handsome man in a well tailored suit towards their row of seats. He seemed to be a very important person being escorted by the officials in that way.

Finally they came near them and in the midst of... Excuse me...ladies let me squeeze in here..etc....but there was plenty of space there being a luxurious VIP chamber and he finally got himself seated next to Emma on the the third seat in that row. There was a flurry of thank you's from both sides and the welcome team slowly retreated politely.

"Hello ladies..allow me to introduce myself...I am David...David Markell...Production control of this ballet".

The man smiled at them and handed over them his business card . Annie and Emma felt little nervous introducing themselves but they judged him as an easy going guy, well groomed and nice while he talked to them putting them at ease.

He narrated them the story of the show they are going to watch, the myths surrounding the theme, something about the costumes, the music, the cast among many other things. Both of them were amazed listening to his vocabulary while he portrayed the history of the ballet troupe.

Soon they both found themselves asking questions to him as though they were great friends for a longtime.
The way he conducted the conversation skillfully without in any way disturbing others at the same time making it interesting was
remarkable. In between he became humorous telling them about the love story.

To be continued.....