Eight o'clock, Issabelle reminded herself.
She wore a black wool calf length cocktail suit and draped her shoulders with a cream silk shawl. She left her hair loose. She was after all dressed for going to a reputed pub with an attached restaurant. She looked at herself in the mirror critically, to check out whether she was not looking very jazzy. The suit showed off her subtle curves, though it was not figure-hugging. It had a slit on its back, which showed off her shapely legs. She wore diamond earrings, that she had bought the previous Christmas. She put on a new perfume. She put on a light eye shadow and lipstick. While applying lipstick, she started remembering, how while applying lipstick before, when she was married to Ryan, she used to be so excited and thrilled, that whatever effo
