CHAPTER 2 - THE LOVER
Damien Ducroix was a handsome, intelligent sic footer in his late twenties. He had joined the Airline a couple of years ago and had a successful career as a Pilot. Educated overseas his outlook in life was very unbiased and with an open mind. He had many friends and was much sought after for his linguistic capabilities. Grown up with brothers as siblings he was not sensitive to female company, although he did attract a lot of attention from the opposite sex. He was very keen to advance in his career as quickly as possible and was eager to learn and enhance his Piloting skills. Damien was known as a cool dude as he was quite aloof and there was a tendency to misunderstand him. He came from a family of Pilots as his father was an Airline Pilot before him and one of his uncles was a Pilot in the Air force. Therefore, the Airline industry was part of his heritage one could say.
He had along the way had a chance encounter with a girl in his late teens who ditched him for another and this resulted in him not taking too kindly to females and felt somewhat uncomfortable around girls. Having a girl friend was not his priority at present. Damien being in the Airline about four years by now had travelled extensively to Europe. Middle East, Far East and Australia and as he had qualified as a Pilot in the USA he was at home in International settings. He enjoyed music and dancing and exploring exotic dishes (meals) during his stays abroad. One could say he had a very rewarding career at present.
As he came from a family of Pilots he was keen to keep up the good name and was not ready to do anything to tarnish his image. He was also very aware that he drew a lot of attention because of his dark good looks. Damien used to have lavish parties for his friends whenever they met up back at home in Colombo and had recently purchased a sports car which was a special model much to the admiration of his male friends.
He generally maintained his good looks engaging in lots of physical activity as it was required of a Pilot to be mentally and physically fit by going to the gym and being careful about the choices of food. He would drink socially but avoided smoking.