Chapter 219

It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining beautifully, it looked a bit orange and a little yellow with beautiful white clouds spread across the sky. Even though it was sunny and all the last snow for the season from last week had completely melted it was just a bit cold and one can’t really out without layering up. He appeared at the parking lot in an Argentina blue/black mock neck collar pull on with racing stripes down the shoulders and arms, an embroidered logo at chest and a clima-lite screen-print logo at back neckline, indicating their specialty in designing outdoor active wear to flawlessly control the body's temperature. It was paired with Polo by Ralph Lauren Solid Mesh Pull on Track Pant - Classic-fitting track pant that had a drawstring elastic waist and side-seam pockets with pieced racing stripes at the legs and concealed zip ankle vents. It also had a Polo RL signature and Mercury’s foot patch at the hip.

Akshar carried a back pack on his left and opened the trunk of his green Toyota Camry and dropped his back pack in and walked over and started the car. It had a fresh look as if it just went for detailing, or was it a new car? He gave it a kick start and it glided on the smooth road down the street and merged on with the ongoing traffic. He turned on the radio to make sure to listen to the latest news and nothing was really interesting. He tuned on to 96.3 and the music was honey to his ears. They were playing the Mozart, even though he wasn’t sure who the player was, it was wonderful and was followed by “The ruins of Athens”, and his lips started humming the tunes as he reached the gym’s parking lot.

He walked and swiped his membership card and walked into the gym and through the back door and in a few minutes he was at the pool in his red swim shorts with white stripes at the sides and checked the timing. It showed 3.30 PM. It was adult swim time and he can use the pool for about hour or so and he got into the bigger pool. As he had expected there were not too many at eleven feet, he was hoping for that. In about five minutes he was joined by a couple of women, one of them he knew for a fact was quiet interested in him. She introduced him to her friend and it seemed a little odd to shake hands with someone when you are in a pool so he smiled and continued on with his swimming. When he reached the other end of the pool, the magazine with Carissa’s picture and the headline caught his eye.