Justin shook his hand with a fulfilled smile. He had finally achieved what he wanted and could now proceed to officiating the purchase."Thank you too. You are a good person." Justin stated as took the bottled water off the table and took a sip. "So how would you like to receive the payment? Electronic transfer or cash?" "An electronic transfer will be better. I will forward my account details to you so you can do what you have to do.""How about the documents? When do I receive them? You know, to finalize the purchase officially." Justin enquired and sat back."That will not be a problem. The moment I receive the money, then the documents will be handed to you however you want it. Delivered to your headquarters, or to your house. Even if you want to get it yourself...""I guess that is the option I prefer. I will get it directly from you, or anyone who is supposed to deliver it to me. After that, I will need to meet with the with all the managers of the different branches all over t
"Oh my! I'm going to be late." He murmured to himself as he drove out of the premises. The sky was a beautiful light, neon colour. And as it got darker, the street lights along the street began to light up. "Damn! I really should get there now. I know she's already waiting for me. This meeting took longer than I expected. She's going to be angry at me." He said hurriedly, wishing the car could go as fast as his mouth. He quickly maneuvered in to an empty street he believed was faster and sped down as fast as he could. Anything could happen, but missing his date with Jolce was something that could not happen.Alone at their reserved table, Jolce sat, looking around with urgency and maybe even desperation. They were a lot of thoughts going through her mind but what she could not understand was why Justin was late to a date her reserved with his own hand. Her eyes moved from the spotless table which had a little, red ribbon on it, indicating that it was a table that had been reserved ea
"Good evening sir." She said a bit shakily and lowered her head. Jolce saw the man who was now standing beside the waitress. He had a black suit on and looked very fancy. She looked away at once, and took her phone to see if there were any messages from Justin."Yes, good evening. What is happening here?" He enquired. "Why are troubling the pretty lady?" Jolce's eyes met him when she heard his question. He flashed a neat smile at her, but she nodded. She was too stressed to smile back."I am not troubling her, sir. I just had to relate our policy to her.""What policy is that? I just came in but I saw you here, talking to her at the very top of your voice. Is that how you all treat customers here?""I'm really sorry, sir. But it was not intentional. I just asked her to order something at least, then she yelled at me.""Oh please!" Jolce interrupted with agitation. She was angry at the waitress who did not listen to her request and leave her alone, and also, she was angry with Justin f
"Okay Felix." She said uneasily and took her phone from the table. She scrolled through it for some seconds and set it back on the table, again. There was nothing from him. "Well, since you are alone. I might just keep you company." He smiled warmly. "Can I sit?" He gestured at the seat right across her. The one meant for Justin. "I'm really sorry. But I am actually not alone. I have a date tonight and he is in his way. So the answer is no." "Okay." He nodded disappointedly and poured for a split second. "You have a date." He said out loud, as if trying to remind himself that the said woman was taken. "Well Jolce, there are things that are so carved in plain sight, but are ignored anyway. But I will tell you. Why?" He asked and smiled once more. He had this strong confidence and aura surrounding him that Jolce found repulsive. There was a thin line between confidence and cockiness, and he was on the other side of the line. "That is because you are too beautiful to be treated this
"Wait.... Who the hell is that?" The words escaped his lips before he could hold it back. He wasn't one to hold back his thoughts or feelings, so he could not hold back his words even if he had the choice to. He was in complete confusion as to if the rough looking man by the door was really here for Jolce. He turned and gave her a quick glance and decided that that was really impossible. He immediately concluded that he wasn't the date Jolce was waiting for and walked up to him."Excuse me, young man. Are you lost?" He asked calmly, looking from the crown of his head down to the sole of his feet. Justin had plain, black trousers on, with a white shirt which had smears of mud, that were absolutely noticeable. He, himself hadn't noticed the stains on time . And even if he did, he would not be able to do anything about it since he was already late."Umm... No. I just..." Before he could say anything else he saw Jolce, sitting gracefully at one of the tables. He smiled as he beheld her be
The manager looked at Justin and considered him mad. "Who the fuck are you to reject my money you street urchin? Do you even know what money is? Have you ever been able to touch cash in your entire miserable existence, you leach?"Justin wanted to ignore him by all means, but that proved to be an impossibility as the man was too loud to ignore. "What is your problem?" Justin turned back to the man, hoping that he would get a rational discussion from him or so."You. You are my problem" the man said to Justin straight at his face. I want you out of my restaurant. I know your type. And I don't want your type anywhere close to me. And so I want you out of this place, before I count to three."Justin ignored him again and went to sit across Jolce who was beginning to wonder why every time she met with Justin there was always someone out there with him yelling at him for no damn reason. It was a good thing she was not the kind to jump into conclusion for conclusion sake."Do you know th
Although it had taken a lot of time to do so, the Tucson's finally came to a conclusion amongst themselves to finally try to know what exactly was going on."We should go meet Leanne," Lilly told them one afternoon at the house. There was something she wanted to confirm. She had suspicions she needed to clear."Why?" Her sister asked, as cheeky as she had always been. "Why exactly do you want to go see that woman?""Well for one reason she became all of a sudden very happy on the day we went to the headquarters" replied Lilly. "Do you not think that is weird for a woman who was arguably the most depressed at that time? I really want to know what exactly got her so pumped up.""Well, have you ever thought that maybe she is just mad or something? That could also be a good reason for her sudden happiness. Don't you think so?" Lilly frowned at her sister who merely shrugged at her. "Of course you would say that, Diana." "Who is Leanne?" Mr. Tucson came out with his wife, his face still
Bruce arrived at the office in his car. He poked his head out of the vehicle to take a quick whiff of the surroundings. He cringed in horror. Today he was not going to be going to work as the boss. He was going to go work, as nothing but a lowly employee. It horrified him as he thought of it."Well, I better get down to it." He urged himself in hushed tones and dragged his legs towards the office, every moment of his walk filled with regret of what was going to happen in the future as he moved into the office.He got in through the entrance and met the workers, all of them talking between themselves. A great silence fell in the hallway as they spotted him coming in. They all stopped talking and watched him, their lips moving, but nothing in particular being heard but silent murmurs and hummings. Bruce imagined that they were all mocking him. That would make sense, he thought, as he had lost his job and was now at their level, and to some of them, even below their level. He could hea