The next few days were hard for Richard because he didn’t hear anything from Elise and had no idea how she was faring. His first thought was to call her mother and plead with her to talk to Elise but, he immediately kicked against it because he was not in Elise’s mother’s good books.Elise’s mother was aware of the growing friendship between him and her daughter and she would do anything to curb it.Besides, Richard reasoned that it was wrong for him to use Elise’s mother as a tool to get to him. He told himself that he would have to wait around till when Elise was ready to see him. Soon, it was already a week since the incidence between Judy and Elise.At this point, Richard could not hold himself back from finding a way to talk to Elise. He felt that Judy should be the one to apologize to Elise because it was she who had created the whole mess.That afternoon, he was seated in a lecture hall in school, it was shortly after the lecturer had just walked out and students were still hav

Her father gave her a puppy dog look and he nodded. Then, the next moment, the both of them burst out laughing.She wanted to tell her dad that he shouldn’t have taken the risk of returning home in a public vehicle because he was becoming a known figure and he could be recognized in public but she chose to be quiet again.Elise led her father to one of the couch in the living room and she whipped her head around to face her friend. She smiled apologetically. “I’m so sorry, Stacy” She said as she gestured towards her father “I got so carried away by the sight of my father that I forgot to introduce you both to each other”Her father waved it off “It’s nothing.” He smiled at her.Elise insisted that she should have introduced them both and she asked Stacy to come over to where she sat with her father.After Stacy joined them, Elise cleared her throat loudly and stood up. She grabbed one of Stacy’s wrist and said, “Dad, here is Stacy. She’s one of my closest friends at school. She’s a r

The following day, Elise decided to get some beach outfits from fashion store that Stacy had recommended to her. Shortly after they arrived there, Stacy excused herself so she could visit her optician at a clinic down the same street.Elise remained inside the fashion store for about, half an hour as she made her choice over numerous brightly colored bathing suits and beach outfits.…. ….As Richard walked down the aisle of the large coaster bus, he spotted a vacant seat at the extreme end and he made his way towards it. He settled into the seat and dropped his bag on his thighs.His dark sunshades were still on his face and he was pleased that he had remembered to take it along. Richard always wire a frown whenever he was out in public and he loved the confused look that strangers always threw at him. It gave him a feeling of mystery.Now, as he leant his head on the small glass window of the bus, he did not care about impressing any random stranger or trying to get them to wonder wh

He had noticed that she was not as chatty as she used to beShe kept her eye on her phone and was reserved ever since they arrived at the airport.He opened one of his bars of chocolate and took a bite of it, and he deliberately stained his lips with the chocolate. Elise took just one look at his face and started to giggle like a toddler.She laughed so hard because each time she explained that he had the dark, chocolate on his upper lips, he would only end up wiping the wrong place. He smiled within himself when he saw that his plan had worked out and Elise was now out of her shell.When they got back to where Susan and James were, the passengers for their flight were instructed to get into the airplane, and they were just in time to join the others.Throughout the period of the flight, Elise’s mother made it a personal goal to attack Richard. She was fuming because of their sitting arrangements. Richard took the window seat and Elise occupied the seat besides him.Just across thei

When Susan met the other woman and asked to have a word with her outside the rowdy club house, she took one look at Susan before she turned away and gulped some beer from the bottle on her left hand.From where Susan stood, she could see the bloodshot eyes of the younger lady and she knew the best way to get her.Susan smiled to herself. She was more than prepared. After spending more then an hour at the club without any fruitful moment, Susan was determined to not let the lady slip out of her hands.Susan shoved her hand into her handbag and took out a small bundle of money. She waved it the younger lady’s face.The other lady froze. Her mouth dropped open as she stared at the money. Her eyes went round with surprise and her expression softened.Susan leaned in close to her and repeated her request.Instantly, the other lady agreed. She took one long draw of what she was smoking before she threw it to the floor and stepped on it.Susan smiled.She couldn’t believe how easy it was for