She was about to give him a piece of her mind when Lola showed up from behind diverting her attention from him, “can you explain what this means?” Lara asked opening up the message and handing it over to Lola, “what exactly?” Lola asked, refusing to collect the phone, “the message you sent to Jeff; what was that about?” Lara asked,“Oh that?” She stammered, looking for the words to say, “I think Uncle Jeff can explain better” she said pointing at Jeff who looked like he’d just seen a ghost.
All attention was suddenly diverted to Jeff,the waiter had been so caught up in the drama that he forgot he was supposed to be serving food. “Jeff did you hear her?” Lara asked, tapping her foot on the ground impatiently and standing at akimbo, “I’m waiting to hear your explanation” she shouted. Jeff looked around, all eyes were on him, all the other guests at the restaurant had now turned to face them as Lara was causing a scene, he didn’t know what to say, Lola had totally set him up and now he was trapped, “Oh Lord, please give me the right words to say” he silently prayed as the whole restaurant fell silent, waiting for his response, he knew that whatever words he uttered could make or break his marriage and he wasn’t ready to lose his Lovely wife.
He had no idea whether to lie or tell the truth, he was afraid that Lola might go ahead to contradict him if he said anything she wasn’t satisfied with.“why is Lola doing this?” He thought to himself as the tension in the restaurant grew “what is she hoping to achieve?”
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