Ibsen's Residence

Ibsen's Residence (Short story) He was in the third story of the building when the early light fell into his room. Furthermore, he didn't basically recall how he reached this story. He was intensely inebriated the evening before and his companion had came from Vancouver and left at midnight. They had a gathering at the city hotel. He owns the share of three such resorts. In his school years, it was his fantasy to start a big hotel. And he could have luxury stay and jazz and country music and frequent drinks in the bar. But things had changed from then.At least a small part of it. Further then, he hoped to supervise a lot of luxurious things and he dreamt that ladies will prefer him if is richer.(he had a black pallour on face below the right eye from birth, and he was conscious of his looks).And the barmaids would tolerate however absurd his talk was, as if he is the owner of the entire set up. It took him several years to realize that dream, and once he was into the real business, he recognized the absurdity of it. Meanwhile he married and came into the company of different types of friends and he got a novel look into life and this caused him to reassess some of his values. But his wife remained the same old person through out. But one thing they enjoyed together was the long rides in motorbike that lasted for several hours or sometimes days in strange hilly lands and the food in 'dhabas'(temporary eating places) which gave them back some of the adventurous spirit of youth...... -(to be continued