4

Molly decided to go out to dinner with her mother today. They are two in the house no need to make a lot of food for nothing. And besides, she wants to escape her mind. She had promised herself never to think about Pet again but her mind kept wandering on him. To all the sacrifices she had made for him and to his betrayal.

As she walked into the restaurant, her eyes fell on the same man she saw at the fashion show, he's sitting with a lot of other people as if he's in a business meeting. But his eyes kept staring at her, Molly wondering if it was a coincidence since she had met him yesterday at the fashion show but today she sees him again. She turned away then walked in, she sat down on the first table she saw pretending not to see anything just to avoid questions from her mother.

_ Who are you looking at ?

Molly quickly turned away at her mother's question.

"I'm asking you what are you looking at, Molly?

Are you asking me the question?

To whom else since we are two on the table.

_Oh sorry mum, I was somewhere else.

Molly felt that the chair is not comfortable, she got up to go to another table and then on this table, she was faced with the stranger who kept staring at her while talking with his collaborators. Molly now pretends that her mother sees him, she knows she will make his life miserable with questions.

_ Nothing mom.

We're going to this table mom, because I don't feel comfortable on this chair.

_As you wish my love .

Molly directed her mother to a table that was at the other end of the room, away from this stranger. Usually they didn't look for their table on their own, it was subject to them coming to the restaurant, especially when his father was alive, he has no patience and he doesn't like it when people look at him constantly. But Molly and her mother prefer to live like everyone else without showing their wealth, they feel more comfortable without the journalists who hound them relentlessly. That is why they sought refuge here and used their surnames little.

_ Who is that man ?

_ I don't know mum, I just came home with you. How do you want me to know mom?

"And why are you looking at him that way?

_ How mom? You see I look at him in a funny way.

I'm going to order mom.

Molly took the menu then she called the waiter who is very close to them. She placed the order without even seeing what is directly on the menu, she ordered the ones that came to her mind first. Just to avoid this conversation with her mother, she felt very embarrassed and she too wanted to know why this man kept staring at her. She felt tingles in his back which meant he was still staring at her.

_ He keeps staring at you, my dear.

_ Mom stop with that, what do you want me to do, go see him and ask him to stop looking at me. He has eyes to look at mum, it's his right, I can't stop him.

_ He attracts you, doesn't he? Why are you blushing?

_ Am I blushing? It might be in your head mom. I don't even know why I would be attracted to him.

Attraction doesn't need you to know each other to happen.

_It's not in my case mom.

_ Of course my darling, I am not a little girl and I know how to recognize when a woman is attracted to a man.

_ But mom you are exaggerating, I do not know this man. And then please stop with this conversation, you make me uncomfortable.

_ It's not the impression that I have.

_What is your impression? Tell me .

_I have the impression that you have already seen each other my darling, otherwise it would be impossible for him to look at you so much. It's because he's seen you before, honey.

Molly was forced to tell her mother what she wanted to hear. Yes , she had already seen this man but she had not even spoken to him for her it is a stranger . For him, just seeing a man doesn't mean he's a friend. She didn't understand the word friend like everyone else, for her being a friend means supporting each other, understanding each other, cherishing each other even if you don't see each other every day. Best friends will be there through good and bad days, the best play a very important role in each other's lives like her and Merly her best friend. For Molly it is not the number of years to know each other that will make you the best friends but it is the experiences lived together, the hardships that you have overcome together. People often confuse friend with acquaintance, you can have an acquaintance for years, the amount of time you have known each other does not make that person a friend. Friends share secrets together and know how to keep them even if they are angry or even if something goes wrong. These are not people who go out and tell others just because you got mad.

_ I saw him only once, at the fashion show nothing more mom.

_ Ah yes I knew it, you have to invite him to come to our table.

_ What are you crazy mom? Sorry if I told you you're crazy, but he's not a friend and not even an acquaintance. Our eyes just met, nothing more, we didn't even speak.

_ I'm trying to make it easier for you, you like this man visibly.

"You are wrong mom. What do you think attracts a woman to a man? Just glances.

Seeing the server coming with their order, Molly turned to him, she thanked him then she started to eat hoping that her mother would get discouraged and leave her alone but she is wrong, her mother is not the type for everything drop without finding the expected result.

_ Molly you are ignoring your mother.

_ But not mom.

I can't talk with my mouth full, you taught me that since I was little. You see I learned the lesson well and I intend to keep it until my death.

The young lady laughed at her daughter's joke, Molly is like that, she was trying to avoid her that's why she was reciting this moral lesson to her.

_ Okay, we'll talk about it in the car. This time you won't have food in your mouth my dear and I hope you don't find any excuse to avoid the subject.

Alright my dear little mama.

Molly smiled at him then she continued to eat, she felt chills from time to time, which made her think that the man kept staring at her from time to time behind her back. She really wants to know why he was staring at her so much? But as she had told her mother, this man has the right to look, that's why he has eyes. She hopes with all her being that he was looking at her without a second thought.

In the car Molly put on her headphones ?, she pretended to listen to something very important so that her mother wouldn't bore her with the same subject. She knows that Alda is very stubborn, she will be able to talk so much to convince her that she likes this man that Molly would be out of breath. One thing she doesn't want to know since she promised herself never to be with a man again, why bother thinking about him since there will never be a romantic relationship between her and a man .

Molly went straight up to her room after she finished wishing her dear mother a good evening. She ends her evening around a good war movie and a bag of popcorn in hand.

After finishing praying to the great almighty God for this good day, Molly let herself be lulled by her very soft bed and sleep took her.

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After a good restful night, Molly couldn't find her mum on her way down to the kitchen, he left her a note telling her that she went to see a good old friend who wrote her a message last night when she left her. had left all alone.

Molly put the sheet on the table and then quickly made herself a sandwich and ate it. She should go see her friend Merly one more time.

Going outside, Molly finished closing the door with her control winder, she dropped it in her bag.

Turning, she found herself face to face with the man she had seen at the old restaurant.

_ Oh you scared me.

What can I help you with ?

_ Hello miss .

_ Good morning .

_ You are Molly, aren't you?

_ How do you know my name?

_ It was you that Pet had dumped on his wedding day.

_ I do not see where you are?

_ We already met five years ago.

_ When ?

_ I don't need to mention his name, I know you don't want to hear his name.

_ You can quote it.

_ It's Pet's wedding.

It was me you pushed to leave. I must tell you frankly that it will be difficult to forget him.

_ To Forget Who?

_ Fart.

_ For me he is a dead man, I never think of him, I have completely forgotten him. Pet is part of my past and if you came to remind me of what happened five years ago I understand you can leave. I can't continue this conversation with you sir.

_ No Molly, I wanted to understand what really happened. At the time I misjudged you because I had suffered almost the same thing. I wanted to know if you were Pet's mistress or his girlfriend?

_ It's my past and I don't want to talk about it to a stranger who misjudged me at the time. Good bye, sir .

Molly got in the car and drove off without apologizing. What nerve, she can't understand why this man is trying to see her just to ask her if she was really his mistress. Everyone thought she had come to his wedding to get more money from him. Yet it was he who had dumped him for a rich woman.

A message came up on Molly's phone.

**** We'll meet at our usual restaurant my darling, I didn't see you coming and I'm taking this opportunity to go out and settle something with my dear husband. ****

Molly smiled in spite of herself then she replied to her friend.

*****Okay darling I'll be there in a few minutes, I had a last minute constraint.*****

During the whole trip, Molly kept wondering why this man came to her house to ask her a simple question? What is the reason ? She couldn't help wondering if Pet had sent it.

Maybe this man is an investigator? He's probably looking for something.

Molly tells herself that she did well to answer him this way, she hopes not to meet him again on her way.

Molly wants to forget this story more than anything, why are these people only reminding her of Pet's betrayal? She makes an effort to forget him completely but this man has just reminded her of the mistakes of her youth, she should never have married him. If she had listened to her best friend Merly who had begged her not to get together with Pet. Her love for him made her blind to the point that she couldn't see what everyone else was seeing.

It's after the mistakes that come the regrets, Molly learned this little phrase after her failure.