Jeff stood on top of the barge, bidding a silent goodbye to the city. Venice would soon forget this cruise passenger, who wanted to leave a mark on someone’s heart, but failed. She had failed to turn up.
Meanwhile, another petite figure walked across on the Grand Canal Bridge, from Venice train station to Piazzale Roma parking lot, with a suitcase. She was perhaps too late. The gynaecologist had taken her own sweet time to confirm the pregnancy. She had undertaken a long journey to let Jeff know about his impending fatherhood.
It was 1980 BC, the era before cell-phones.
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Bad timing. Even worse communication. Hopefully 30 years later they reconnect on social media or something.
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I like that. Maybe the child brings them together in some way 🙂
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Aw. Will they reconnect? I hope so.
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Thanks 😀
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Nice story, shame they were both so close to each other but didn’t realise and now he’ll never know her news
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Maybe he does 🙂 Thanks, Michael!
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I hope they will meet up. Nice story.
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Thank you!
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It’s interesting. I lived over forty years without a cellphone and yet I’d almost forgotten how fraught it was if you were delayed for a meeting and couldn’t call to say so! Thanks for reminding me of that, with your entertaining story.
And, like Ali, I choose to believe they will meet in time. And marry and live happily ever after.
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Thank you, Penny! Life without interne seems so unimaginable now, though we have lived without it. I hear that Blockchain will be teh next wave to sweep the world.
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Sorry Reena, you lost me on the reference to 1980 BC because we call them mobiles here in Australia, and I was thinking about BC as in ancient history so I saw it as a bit of time travel story. I’m not quite sure how you could cover this base and retain the wit. On the other hand, p[erhaps it’s just me who didn’t connect the dots.
Otherwise, it made for [6+a1 good story.
Best wishes,
Rowena
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Thanks for making the effort, Rowena! Yes, those contraptions we cannot live without are called mobile phones, cellphones or hand held devices. It is just that cellphones clicked with BC 🙂
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I hope they reach each other in time…
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They just might 😊
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This is outstanding Reena – love the BC-1980 reference! I’m not addicted to my cell phone like I am my laptop but I find my phone very useful.
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Phones have become a device. I too, find the laptop easier to use with stashing away info in folders, and no data hassles.
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Hate mobiles as I do, I have to admit they have their uses!
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I prefer messages to phone calls 🙂
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Me too!
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I loved the term BC, and yes, it does seem unbelievable that I spent the first 26 years of my life without a cellphone, and lived to tell the tale.
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Thanks 🙂
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Oh dear, I fear for all three of them.
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There is alwasys Hope. He is standing atop the vessel 😉
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Ah yes, how did people survive before cell phones!
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Cell phones could have averted so many problems 🙂
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I liked the BC
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Thanks 🙂
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Oh no. I choose to believe that love will find a way to reunite these two!
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Gift them cellphones. Time travel is possible 🙂
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