MARINA'S SECOND EPISODE:
Vasilis was very stressed and worried
about the decision he had to make. Hopefully,
the answer to his problems
came the following morning, when Marina called to inform him
that his
application to one of Brighton's biggest Bowling alleys had been approved.
He had to be in Brighton by the end of the month! That was certainly a
chance of a
lifetime! Oops! What about Achill? That would be a great
opportunity for him to solve this mystery!
[one month later:]
Vasilis
really enjoys living and working in Brighton! This weekend, he and Marina
decided to take some time off to go to London Waterloo station and after
that they
would catch a train to Brussels in order to meet Vasilis friend Volker
who had said that he needed Vasilis' advice on a serious matter! What could
it be? They took a
taxi to Brighton's station, they got on the train but
they are still looking for
a place to sit since it is crowded as usual. But
, quite unexpectedly, something
unusual attracted his attention: on one of
the seats there was an abandoned
guitar
in a green case and on top of it, to his surprise, the same letter he
had
received from Achill! 'That's strange', he thought, 'I have to find the
owner of this guitar, this whole thing might lead somewhere!' Next to the
guitar there was a
tall blond man, very well dressed, he looked like a doctor
or something.
'No, a man like him wouldn't carry a guitar', he thought.
On the opposite
seat there was a
very old man, half asleep, there's no chance
that he could own the
guitar! Next to him there was a
very typical English
gentleman, looking a bit anxious but who knows
about what? Vasilis and Marina
sat near them and the journey seamed so long
to all of them that they started
talking and it didn't take them long to
find out that they all had something in common…..
Marina's third episode: A while ago they thought that this was a long journey but as soon as they started talking to each other Vasilis realised that he and Marina had to get off in order to catch the Eurostar to Brussels. Afterwards they rushed to catch the Eurostar, which was crowded so they had to look for empty seats. While they were walking through the train corridor to their surprise they saw the same guitar from the previous train: "This cannot be true nor can it be based on mere chance!" Vasilis said, "You're right," Marina said, "I suppose we ought to sit here because I'll die if I don't find the owner of this guitar!" he said, so they sat next to the guitar. They started talking about the letter from Achill when they were interrupted by Larry, the blonde guy they met on the previous train: "We shouldn't have said goodbye, it's a small world, isn't it?" "This is getting weird" Vasilis shouted, "look, the gentleman is here as well, so is the old man; Suddenly the train started jerking, the guitar nearly fell but they caught it. The old man invited Vasilis and Marina for some coffee, indeed he was very kind and friendly. 'Is that your guitar?' Vasilis asked Larry. 'Oh no, Larry said, but what's that label on it?' At that point the ticket collector came in to check their tickets and to their surprise he punched the guitar's ticket as well. 'Why is this guitar travalling in the passenger's department without an owner?' Larry asked. 'This is a very special guitar my friend, the ticket collector said, the lady who owns it required for it to have a proper seat, she is going to collect it from Brussels' 'That's strange', the smartly dressed gentleman said. 'I think its time to solve the mystery", Vasilis said and as soon as he got the letter out of his pocket, the rest of the group stared at him and they brought their own letters forward. They realised that they were all going to Brussels, including the guitar. Marina's 4th Episode: After having reached Brussels, Vasilis and Marina hurried to meet Volker and catch the flight to Dublin with him. Vasilis was thrilled to see Volker after that time. They would have the opportunity to catch up with everything , having a cup of coffee during the flight. The plane was full with people from all cultures English, German, Spanish, Italians, Greek. In front of them there was siting a very eccentric lady with a guitar which looked like the one on train but could it be the one? 'Yes, this is it, Vasilis said, it carries the same label on it' 'It is indeed', a voice said, 'Oh, Larry, I knew I would find you here' Vasilis said. We all go together look behind you, there's the sympathetic old man and the well dressed gentleman. Lets all have some coffee, the gentleman said. While they were having their coffee they realised that something went wrong, there was a strange flavour in their coffee. 'I'd better find out what's wrong', Vasilis thought and turned behind him to ask the guy with the pony tail what's the matter. 'I think they mixed up the sugar package with the salt one, isn't that strange?' 'Are you going to Dublin too?' Vasilis asked him, 'Yes mate indeed', he said. We are all going to Dublin, Vasilis thought and continued his conversation with Volker.