Mark pushed open the door and ushered Justin in. He walked straight to the counter to make his order while Mark waited. He looked around the place, obviously looking for a table they could sit on, and that was when he saw them. The same ladies who had asked the cops to beat Justin up. One of them was speaking to the other in a very subtle voice. He concluded to himself that nobody would ever believe that those ladies weren't as nice as they looked."Will you take anything?" Justin asked calmly, immediately interrupting his thoughts.“Oh, me?" He asked, almost confused. "Yes, yes. Coffee would be alright." "Okay." Justin shook his head and turned to place the order. "Alright, let's get ourselves some seats. Our orders will be brought to us.""Okay. Thank you, sir." He smiled dryly. Justin looked at him for a moment, unable to understand his sudden change in behaviour. He concluded that Mark was just tired from the day's work. So he turned to find a place to seat, and that was when he
Justin's eyes moved down to his plate. He was quiet for some minutes, as he drew imaginary circles on his plate with his fork. He looked up with a blank face and still did not say a word. Mark took a deep breath, wondering if he should go on with the topic or not. Justin was quiet and seemed quite offended but Mark knew he had to deliver his message."He asks about you every time I see him. He's always asking how you are and when you are going to visit him. And every time, I do not know what to tell him. He seems really worried about...""That's enough, Mark. I don't want to hear what he talks to you about, especially if it is about me. If it isn't about work, about any of the companies, then I do not want it. After all, I can manage the businesses on my own." Justin stopped talking and focused on his meal. Mark breathed in and took his phone out, trying to distract himself from the forbidden topic. It was evident that Justin was not interested in any thing that had to do with his dad
"I thought you said that he would be here soon. It's been more than thirty minutes now. Where is he?" Lilly asked angrily, pulling her phone from her pocket."I don't know." Diana replied in frustration. "I wonder why he is not here yet. Let me call him first." Her phone was already on the table so she picked it up and called him."Please do. We've been waiting here for more than an hour, if I am not mistaken. What the hell is this? He promised to help us reach mom and dad, and he's taking so long to arrive. Why?"Diana, seated on the other side of the table, couldn't even reply. Her brows furrowed into a frown as she called again, and again. Meeky wasn't answering the phone."What is it?" Lilly asked, seeing the change in her sister's countenance. Diana sighed as she moved the phone away from ear and dialled the number again."He isn't picking up. I can't reach him." Diana said angrily, still trying to call."But the phone is ringing? Wait, I'll call him instead.""His line isn't goi
Justin saw her but looked away at once. His whole focus on the plate in front of him. Diana was even more surprised than her sister was. Justin looked just as he did when they had seen him with the policemen earlier. She couldn't wrap her head around why what she asked wasn't done. She stared in disbelief for a moment before she finally found the words to speak."Justin and his strange follower? What are you guys doing here?" She asked with the most irritated face ever."What is the meaning of this, you jerk? Why are you everywhere? Are you following us?" She gasped in disbelief, placing her palms against the table."Oh my world! He is stalking us." Diana concluded."Will you two shut your traps and get out of here already?" Mark answered before Justin could say anything. He felt a surge of anger taken over him every time these two came around to insult Justin. "Can't you see that we are having our lunch here? And why the hell would we even follow you?""I'm not speaking to you, Mr Pu
"What's going on here?" Asked Jolce, coming across the scene at the front of her cafe. She was not given an immediate reply, instead the two women kept going at it, tongue lashing the man in front of them. She got annoyed, raised her voice in thunderous anger and then said, "Hello, my name is Jolce Tyrel. I am the owner of this Cafe, and you are right in front of it making a nuisance. I demand that I must be told what the hell is going on." She finally got the attention of Lilly, who was a whole lot more respectful than her sister, Diana, who was at the time still blowing hot over Justin. She turned to face the angry Jolce who seemed as if any minute more she would be blowing steam off her nose and ears as a testament of how angry she was. "I'm so sorry, we did not hear you," Lilly said. "We were just trying to set the record straight for this good-for-nothing oaf of a man standing right there.""What did he do?" Jolce asked, staring at Justin, who had his face turned outward from
Diana was about to lash out at Jolce for her outburst at her. She could not believe she was being talked down to by what she considered to be a mere cafe owner for someone she seemed to be as inconsequential as Justin. But before she could say anything, her sister had held her back."What are you doing?" Diana said, already puffed up. "Can't you see just how she insulted us because of this poser over there. Does she know who we are? We should have her know that we could have her entire business sank right now, if we want to."Be calm, Diana," Lilly said to her, drawing her close to her self and leaning to her ears for a whisper. "You know that mom and dad are missing. We don't want to get into an expensive squabble. Please sis, don't let this get to you."Diana surrendered before even starting. "Fine," She said. "It's all fine by me. But I will tell you why we are making a ruckus, not because I want to stay here, but because that man there is a pain in the ass."For a second, Lilly t
Lilly and Diana still did not intend to back down on this, especially for Lilly who had become suddenly jealous, seeing a woman as beautiful as Jolce hold Justin's hands. There was a fuzzy feeling buzzing in her chest, something that threatened to come out through her mouth. She tried to hold her tongue to not say anything to betray what she felt, but it was already too late."You... You dare hold his hand?" Lilly stuttered, seeking actively for the right words to say, before breaking into a laugh to cover how jealous she felt, and the anger that things were not going exactly as she wanted them to go. "Do you know how dirty his hands are?" "Are they not the same hands that held you and had you engaged once upon a time?" Jolce retorted smugly. Lilly became quiet, hiding her eyes away from Jolce. "Well, forgive my sister's past mistakes." Diana said, rolling her eyes like an avalanche had taken place in her brain, about to come defend Lilly from the verbal assault of Jolce. "Maybe sh
Meanwhile, back at the cafe, Justin got called in by Jolce. "Come on in," she said, "I don't bite." Justin went in, but did not say a word to her as he walked in. His assistant that had been standing just outside the doors of the cafe, came in too. He seemed worn out from everything that had just happened before his eyes.Jolce noticed that he did not say a word to her. She smiled, before saying, "It seems you are the strong silent type. I like that. I don't like men who talk too much. Let me be doing the talking, while you do the acting." After saying that, she laughed in a flirtatious manner. Her hand were still glued to his. They went down and sat down around one of the tables."Is this other man with you?" Jolce asked, referring to Justin's assistant, Mark. "Yes, he is. He is a very important acquaintance." Justin did not have a shred of guilt on his face when he said that. He knew that Mark would understand, referring to him as an acquaintance rather an assistant. He still di