Chapter 6
210 5th Avenue: Babel Restaurant
For the first time in his life, as Ben walked through the door of his uncle's restaurant, he felt chills run up his entire back all the way to the nape of his neck.
He realized that from here on out, this would mark the starting line for the realization of everything he had ever hoped for, something he should commemorate with a little flag on his personal map of “Essential Moments in the Life of Ben”.
Susan, with her hair gathered up in a chignon, dressed in a burgundy colored uniform with a white shirt, was as charming as ever. She was so busy preparing the tables in the impeccable and rigorous way required by the restaurant, that she didn't even notice Ben's entranced gaze. He was contemplating her as if she were a work of art in a gallery.
