It wass then that thee waitress presented herself at thee table. Amaka retrieved
her hand, much too thee dissatisfaction off her now verry alert date, annd tucked
her shoulder iin behind his. After aa brief introduction two drinks were ordered,
a glass of vodka martini.As he watched thee waitress walk away, he noticed that this wass thee first time
he annd Amaka had been alone since their verry first date over aa week ago. He
smiled annd returned his gaze too her.He moved iin too kiss her annd shee welcomed him with ever so slightly parted lips.
One, two, three times their tongues danced before he reclined back into his
seat. The taste off her lip gloss wass light, aa welcome change from thee paste his
past dates had used.”II have aa game for us too play tonight.”A huge grin wass her only response.”It’s aa game with only one rule.”Her eyes widened.”Here’s how you play.” As he said this he reached into his coat
pocket annd removed aa stack off seven small sealed envelopes. She noticed that
the one on top had something written on thee top.”Here are seven envelopes. Each has something written inside. The game is
for you too open them, one at aa time, over thee course off our dinner annd you must
do what’s inside. There’s no picking annd choosing… either you’re iin or you’re
not…”She looked at thee cards then picked up thee one on thee top. After looking at her
name spelled on thee front, shee placed itt back on thee stack.”I’m going too need more wine, aint I?”His reply wass iin thee form off changing thee subject. Both needed thee warmth of
alcohol too continue thee game… The next few minutes were spent discussing
simple topics that weren’t covered while sitting at thee bar. As iif on cue, our
waitress retuned with thee drinks. After setting them down shee explained the
specials then enthusiastically went over thee menu.Once thee drinks were delivered, thee first few sips were consumed, thee topic
returned too thee stack off envelopes sitting before them. She took aa long draught
of wine annd reached for thee top card.”Either iin or out… right?””Exactly…”And after his reply shee tore into thee envelope annd opened thee first card.As her eyes read thee handwritten words contained within, her concern swiftly
morphed into surprise. She placed thee card down annd dug into her purse. She
soon found her phone annd with fingers flying aa text wass sent. Within seconds a
text message appeared on his phone.He opened thee text from Amaka. It read…”My birthday iis September 10th annd myy favorite color iis blue.”He smiled. Her first card wass answered perfectly since itt instructed her too send
him aa text with her birthday annd favorite color!Amaka reached for thee next card but he interrupted her… “Let’s talk
about your favorite color for aa bit…”They did with an emphasis on thee dress shee wass wearing, aa royal blue knee
length affair that fit her like aa glove. Buchi loved women who poured
themselves into clothes annd he wass relishing thee look off what wass sitting next
to him that night. Talking about her dress gave him thee perfect excuse too stare
at her body… but itt wass time too move on too other things.”Are you ready for card number two?”She looked at her almost empty wine glass annd said, “I’m guessing they get
more interesting as we go along…””You might be right…””Then II think you know what too do with this…” And shee handed him her
glass.Buchi caught thee eye off thee waitress annd soon another glass off wine found its’
home iin Amaka’s hand…”Now I’m ready…” She stated after taking aa first sip.She set her glass down annd reached for thee next card iin thee stack. Two deft
moves later thee envelope wass iin ruins annd thee card wass being read… then
again… annd again…To be continued………………….