Chapter 37 - A Little Glue
It had been almost 2 years since he had even been on this street.
Taking a deep breath he pulled opened the opaque glass doors and entered the restaurant. It was the same, time seemed to have stood still, nothing had changed. And as usual dressed in his signature color stood Marian busily handing out the orders.
As he approached the bar Marian looked up and blinked quickly a few times unable to believe his eyes
"Roman! You? Here?" he asked flabbergasted at his sudden appearance.
"You know Marian I always thought you were a smart man. So I was a little shocked ... Okay I got a big shock when I came to know you supported Deniz."
"Supported Deniz?" the pub owner asked with a puzzled frown.
"In that scheme that Mike cooked up."
"Well I wasn't completely in favor of it. But you know exactly how stubborn Deniz can be."
"No! I didn't. I can't imagine he did this and never looked back."
"Oh! he looks back every single day, to what you both had. Every time he sees a picture of you with your new boy toy it breaks his heart. He is an Ozturk. We fall in love only once and it's forever for us. Do you know how long it has been since he's been in Essen? Two years. I visit him in Cologne. He refuses to come home. He even spends his vacations there interning at some or the other sports center or physiotherapy clinic."
"So he's studying physiotherapy?" Roman was awed.
"Yah, that's the only good thing if any that has come out of this whole mess." Marian said with a sad smile.
"He's intelligent he can handle it I'm sure." Roman declared.
"His intelligence has nothing to do with it. He selected to study it because it has the heaviest course load." Marian informed him
"How did you come to know?"
"Christian's public declaration put me on the right track."
"Oh! so then you quickly put two and two together."
"Something... like... that." Roman said but averted his gaze.
"Well now that you know everything can I call him back home?"
"No, not right now. Don't distract him. Let him complete what he has started in Cologne. When the time is right I'll myself bring him back home."