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When these cat-eyed spectacles have become all the rage in the town,I was surprised to see this lady at the reception wearing the quirky Janis Joplin style glasses and cut a dash.”Over there,mam” she pointed to the recliner seat with her manicured finger sporting a bright color nail-paint.Though I rarely make it to parlors except for threading ,waxing and sometimes for those weddings today I made up for all my short visits in the past..I looked at the receptionist for one last time,this time with a smile on my face unlike for the series of stare I had given her in last six hours.”Any discount …I get ..next time I come..I shall..” ,I looked at the lady standing beside me staring at me with disgust and so I left my sentence halfway and continued to foot the bill.I have a date today hence all the self-pampering, a blind date with this guy who happens to be my Facebook friend,a religious follower on twitter and probably from today he will be a part of my insta too.I rushed to my place,washed my face,picked an LBD,my roomie says its safest bet to go for an LBD. I left my luscious after spa hair open brushing my highlighted cheekbones.I am a pro at make-up so I do it myself all the time.I smiled back at the mirror in admiration.”Good to go!”I assured myself giving the last look to my stilettos . Diana,my roomie,had an exam today still she arranged a cab for me like always.In fifteen minutes I was standing in the foyer of this colossal five-star hotel staring at the berg ere style chairs reminding me of the rococo, the architect must be a french I thought.Suddenly I saw the hotel manager walk up to me saying,”Miss Carol?” I nodded.Next I was being escorted to a secluded reserved section.A handsome man in a grey suit stood apart from black suited three men,he had me spellbound till the three men genuflected and sat at a distance.The grey suit Greek god stretched his hand to help me sit and suddenly I felt so bourgeois type as I already had myself sitting in those Berg ere .To evade the embarrassment I quickly asked him,”Shall we place the order?” He nodded,”yeah please”. God he is handsome,he has these men …he is extremely rich…he has deep eyes, nose is a bit long ..a parrot-like nose but I wouldn’t mind that plus my granny said its lucky.We were compatible our night long talks were a proof.I felt the time flying he just listened to me with few nods to confirm he is listening.I told him about my fascination and excitement for this blind date.We talked for four long hours,he paid the bill and stood up ,the three men came to him to pull the chair and one helped me.He asked me if he should ask his driver to drop me to which I denied politely.I sat in the foyer looking outside the big glass when the Adonis like manager came and asked me slyly,”Mam, Excuse me for asking this.Was sir your date?”I replied, “Yeah!…blind one”I winked at him inadvertently regretting my brazen demeanor.He looked at me as a teacher about to rebuke a naughty student soon he subdued his expressions saying ,”Sir has dated three equally beautiful women before you in last 2 years.But I bet you too must have taken some time to realize that he is blind.He..”.”Blind?!Are you kidding me? I didn’t care about my words sophistication went for a vacation for a moment.”So you too got beguiled well he never tries to beguile, its his ease which leaves everyone clueless.He is familiar with the hotel but if you see him outside..even…these blind men can see more than we see with our eyes.. I skipped his sentences ,for the past few hours I was sitting with a blind man and he looked back into my eyes all the while with those deep eyes,had his food like an epicurean,complimented me ,”You are more beautiful than what people see, ask me.”I ll hear you for that’s all I wish to do”.”I will make sure this blind date of yours becomes a lifetime memory”.Damn it!all his sentences left a hint.Diana calling …read my phone’s screen.”Hello,how’s he….handsome?”she sounded chirpy.I replied,”I don’t know!” “Why ??have you turned blind?”To which I had no answer.I was his blind date or he was mine!!I stood perplexed.I said,”yeah I am blind.I was his blind date.”