Chapter 30 Always my best company

Chapter 30 Always my best company
Her eyes narrow slightly and the sun illuminates her eyelashes. Water bubbles on the sand a few inches from where Paula sits in silence. The sea reaches the shore, birds fly in and out of their nests, poke their heads out, spread their wings, turtles emerge from their nests and walk toward the water. Paula sits in meditation, the sound of her voice is heard.

"Just because I'm meditating, quietly facing the beach, doesn't mean this story has a happy ending. Sometimes we meditate to search for lost happiness; sometimes we try to prolong it for a few brief moments, to float, when calm washes over you and drowns out all anxiety. Happiness seems to me to be a state of consciousness to be maintained throughout the journey, rather than something to be sought because we think it is lost.

She watches the waves of the ocean dance in balance and synchronicity until they dissolve into the sand. She feels the dance of the universe. I like dancing very much, I find it a very beautiful artistic and emotional expression. Although I will never be the first person to dance at a party... or get up on a table and call attention to myself by dancing. Not at all... I'm not like that, I'm quite shy.

Paula gets down on all fours and does the cat pose, then stretches her body on the sand until she lifts her chest into a snake pose. She continues her yoga practice while meditating in her mind.

At a meeting, I go to the garden to talk to those who have a book or are looking at the plants. I have nothing against dancing as a symbol of extroversion, nor against extroverted people. But I'm a bit of a strange person....

Paula stands up and raises her arms, linking them in a kind of loop behind her back, above her head, linking her hands together. Then she lifts her left leg behind her and grabs her ankle with both hands in the yoga pose. "The dancer.

I prefer natural dance...because everything that comes from nature is beautiful. Like the dance of a hummingbird. Yes, it seems to me that love can be born out of dance if it's really pure, and that's what my story is about, dance and love. I fell in love with a dancer.

But this story can be seen from many perspectives. And like everything in life, and in veterinary medicine... it's always about finding the perspective that best fits the reality.

Paula finishes her yoga practice as she leaves the beach; she has to go to the vet's office early in the morning to see patients. As the hours pass, people, workers and tourists arrive at the beach. In the middle of the morning the music is already installed on the stage and the tourists who enjoy the beach occupy the sea and the awnings under the tall palm trees.

The song "ONE LOVE" by Bob Marley is playing, the blue sky has a bright color that almost melts into turquoise, and the white clouds look like light white mops.

In the middle of the beach, a wooden platform hangs over the sand, supported by metal pipes. On either side of the stage are tourists and stalls with awnings in perfect rows. In front of the stage, a small group of young people dance with the sun at its zenith. On stage is Jade, dressed in black spandex that accentuates the curve of her ass, embroidered bells on a green hip belt that decorates the belt that covers her hips, and a turquoise sports bra that reveals the fact that she is not wearing a bra and marks the symmetrical shape of her breasts. Jade dances in front of the girls, instructing them to dance from the stage. The music plays, the Habibi song.

Paula looks at Jade in a photo of Jade dancing that is in her vet's office.

She is Jade Leblond, rebellious, passionate and creative. Yes, I know what you're thinking...and very sensual.

As Paula remembers Jade and looks at her picture, Jade remains on the beach, dancing and smiling. Jade's smile frames her face and gives her infinite charm, she smiles and gives her class to the tourists on the beach.

Paula takes Jade's photo and frames her smile with her middle finger, caressing the glass that frames the photo.

Her mother, Lebanese, and father, Costa Rican, conceived her in Costa Rica and raised her according to the teachings of the Koran. Her family is practicing Muslims. She left the religion of Islam at the age of 16 when she fell in love with an older Costa Rican, Everth.  Jade was thrown to the winds by her family when she left her religion to pursue her love of freedom. She has never seen her parents again. Now her only family is Dance, the children she teaches, the turtles and sea creatures she suns, and her beloved Everth.

The two lead an idyllic life in Puntanares, a small town overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Costa Rica. A faraway place in the world where she teaches belly dancing. Here in Puntanares, Amazon book packages don't arrive, the Internet connection often goes down, and his dance students are very poor children.

At that moment, Everth arrives on the beach to pick up his girl, he is a 29 year old man, very handsome, tall, white, with wavy black hair pulled back in a ponytail, muscular arms and a toned body. He walks to a corner of the stage, looks at Jade, and his lips curl into a slight smile. Jade, dancing, makes head movements, pulling her lush black hair back with both hands and moving her hips in a figure eight with the movement of her stomach. Everth crosses his arms and watches smiling, shaking his head and biting his lips. He rolls his eyes slightly and looks out to sea.

On the beach, the children of Puntanares cover a sea turtle with dirt as it tries to return to the water, and as the turtle makes its way through the dirt, the children cover it again with wet dirt.

This is Evert. He studied marine biology and loves everything that has to do with the conservation of marine life. Evert is a dancer as well as a biologist, dancing and his girlfriend Jade are his great passions, he is peaceful by nature and very noble with others. A tireless worker and advocate by nature, he has dedicated his professional life to the cultivation of marine plants and conservation, as well as his various projects.  His best friend is Jhan Paul, both of them are dedicated to sea turtle conservation and rescue projects. But even good guys have their naughty side. Everth and Jhan Paul studied marine biology together, and it was during their university years that they came up with an extraordinary idea: to sell and cultivate the most lucrative and sought-after plant of all. But also an illegal plant that will bring them a lot of trouble.