Episode 6??
Elena ( Katie) ??
Two years later….
I pick my umbrella and step out of my apartment, it’s mid-september we never can predict when it’s gonna rain.
“Rufus, are you sure you can do this?”
“Yes, love” he gently pinch Peace’s cheek. “This little angel won’t give me any trouble. Besides this is how I love to spend my day off and I swear I love it”
I give him small punch on his shoulder.
“Don’t use the ‘F’ word in front of my kid, Rufus!” I scolds him.
This is one of the reasons I’m scared to leave Peace under his care, Rufus curse a lot.
Peace laughed and pull his cheeks.
“Bl©©dy h’ll, you don’t…”
I punch him again.
“Bl©©dy h’ll.. ” Peace repeated his words.
I glared at Rufus.
“See? This is what you are teaching her!”
“Bl©©dy h’ll” she repeats.
“No, no, baby. It’s buddy hey! Say it, buddy hey”
“Bl©©dy h’ll” Peace said.
“No, princess. Your mama’s gonna kill me” he whined and Peace laughed at him.
“Make sure you correct her tongue before I get back from work” I told him as I pull down his ear.
“Ow! Ouch! Ok!” He said.
I released his ear, then I turned to my bundle of joy. I lean forward and place a lingering kss on her forehead, then I hear her giggle.
Hmm! Music to my ears.
“Princess, I’m off to work. Be good to uncle Rufus, ok?”
She nods and smiles. Then she turns to Rufus.
“Bl©©dy h’ll… ”
“No don’t say that, princess” Rufus tries to cover her mouth with his hand, but my little devil bite on his hand.
“Serves you right. Correct her tongue, not cover her mouth. Baby tell mama good luck”
“Good luck, mama” she said.
“Thank you, princess. Rufus, I’m off”
“Ok, see you later in the evening” he said.
Then I head for the bus station.
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I spent almost twenty minutes at the bus station, trying to get a bus. Finally I find one, I step in and give the driver my ticket.
Soon I step at H. M. M restaurant, this is where I work. It’s the most biggest restaurant here in Seattle and our boss doesn’t live here, although none of us knows his name. The restaurant is managed by our manager, Mr Bill. And he’s super grumpy, I don’t get along well with him.
But I try not to get on his bad side, since I need this job to support myself and my daughter.
“Katie, thank God you are here. Bill has an announcement to make” Ariana tells me.
Ariana was on night shift, cause the restaurant open all day. It never closes it’s door, which makes me wonder how workaholic our big boss is.
“Why this early?” I asked.
“I don’t know. Come on, let’s go join the others in his office” she takes my hand and pull me along.
We enter Bill’s office. Everyone’s already there, when me and Ariana entered all eyes turned to us.
I quickly face down cause I know I’m gonna get another earful from Bill.
“Oh, I see you just got here, Katie” Bill states.
I almost roll my eyes at him.
“Yes, Bill”
“Do you think here is yours to do whatever you like? Katie, I’ve told you before, if you know your baby is holding you back it’s better you resign or take your baby to motherless baby’s home. Then you can fully concentrate on your work, am I clear?”
“Yes, Bill” I answered.
Humph! My baby is the reason I’m doing this job, I can’t throw my baby away simply because I want to keep my job. I’d rather search for job elsewhere.
I hate Bill arrogant attitude. I wish I have money, I would have but this restaurant overnight and fire him. People like Bill that sees kids as nothing ought to be beggars, living in the streets.
“Good. So I gathered you all here today, because a very important guest is coming. He’s our boss, the owner of this restaurant. He’s been in Seattle for two years already, but this is the first time he’ll visit us to supervise our work. So I want everyone to be on their best behavior” then he locked gaze with me. “Especially you Katie. Don’t spill coffee on our customers today, please”
Then everyone laughed, including me.
I purposely pour the coffee on them, because they are perverts.
“So that’s all for now, you can go back to your work” he said.
We all turned and leave his office. I see some of the workers sharing themselves into groups of twos and threes. They’re talking about our boss, I lean in to hear a little about him.
I should some things about him to avoid making mistakes later, right.
“I hear our boss is mean”
“Yes. I heard he came here to look for his family”
Hmm that sounds like Harry. But it’s not possible, it’s over two years since dora left. I believe she didn’t tell him.
“I pray he doesn’t fire any of us”
“If he fired me, I’ll end up in my mama’s basement again”
I decided not to hear anymore, I head to Ariana in the changing room.
“Hey, Ari. When you get home, remind Rufus to take Peace to the park”
“Ok, I’ll”.
“Thanks. I should get back to work”
Then I head back to take orders from customers.
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Prince Harry ???
I can’t believe it’s been two years already with no trace of Elena. Mark had suggested that we go back, but I insisted on staying.
I don’t know why I get the feeling that Elena is still in Seattle, I keep telling myself that I’ll never give up. Even if it takes ten years, I must find her.
Currently we’re on our way going to my restaurant, but unfortunately my car broke down. So I step down while Mark finds a mechanic to fix it.
I decide to take a little walk, that’s how I find myself in this park. I sit on a bench and watch the children play, then I recall the day I went to the park with Elena. She made me go on the swing, and she mocked me when I couldn’t fit in.
A baby’s voice crying bring me back to reality. I turned and see a little girl sitting on the ground as she cries her eyes out, she looks around as if she’s looking for someone. Her mom or dad, I guess.
I walk towards her and carry her in my arms, oddly enough she kept quiet instantly. I smiled and wipe her tears.
Then she looks at my face with her big blue eyes. I frown as I looked at her, she looks exactly like me. Infact she’s the spitting image of me.
That’s strange. I thought to myself.
“Baby, are you looking for your mummy?” I asked her.
She shakes her head but doesn’t take her eyes off my face.
“Oh, you came here with your daddy?” I asked.
She shakes her head again. I carry her to an ice cream cart and points at it.
“Do you want some ice cream?”
She shakes her head.
“Mama, scold me” she said in her baby voice.
Wow! At such a young age, she already knows that her mom will scold her for accepting things from strangers. I will love to meet her mother, maybe she’s one of my many cousins, maybe that’s why this baby girl looks so much like me.
Just then a young man, he seems to be the same age as me. He runs towards us.
“Peace!” He called.
The little girl’s eyes light up instantly.
“Uncle!” She reaches out to him.
He takes her into his arms and starts to coo her.
“Why did you run off like that?” He scolds her gently.
“Ice cream!” She points at the ice cream which she just reject me from buying.
I laughed. She’s so cute. Young but wise. I would love my daughter to be just like her.
“Is she your daughter?” I asked him.
“Yes, sorry if she caused you any trouble” he said.
“No, quite the contrary. She’s quite adorable” I praised her.
“I’m Rufus, nice to meet you” he brings out his hand for a handshake. I take with a small smile.
“Harry, nice to meet you too”
“Ice cream!” The baby whined.
“No, princess. You’ve had enough ice cream for today, don’t want to get sugar high ok?”
The baby shake her head, then she start crying again.
“Please excuse me, but I have to take her home now, or I’ll have to buy her all the sweets in this park and her mama’s gonna kill me” Rufus blabbed.
I laugh.
“Go ahead then”
“Thanks” then he runs off with the baby.
I sigh.
Maybe I would have had my own baby by now. Elena where are you?.
Just then Mark walks towards me, I see my car park few inches away from us.
“Your highness, the car is fixed” he said.
“Hmm. Let’s go”
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Elena (Katie)??
Two waitress rushed into the kitchen, blush covered their faces.
“Everyone, the boss is here!” They announced.
Everyone gathered around them, asking questions about the boss.
“Is he an old man”
“I heard he hasn’t found his family yet, does that mean he’s single”
“Oh my g©sh! I can’t wait to see him. I’ll show him how capable I am”
I rolled my eyes and carry on with my work. They’re gushing over a probably old man, let’s fifty something.
I take the plates of steaks and put them on a tray. I carry it and head to table 17, it’s occupied by two girls that seem to be in their midteen. I placed their order in front of them and turned to leave when one of them called me back.
“Yes?”
“We order for medium rare steaks, why did you bring us this?” She asked raising her voice and drawing other customer’s attention to their table.
“Please, ma’am bring your voice down. I’ll take this away and bring in another plate” I reason with her.
“I should bring my voice down? Is that all you have to say? Fine!” She picks up her purse. “We are not eating here anymore. Alexa, let’s go”
“No, wait…it hasn’t gotten to that, it…”
“Katie!” I hear Bill’s voice behind me.
I close my eyes and pray he doesn’t scold me in public.
He marches towards us, a blank expression on his face.
“What happened here?” He asked.
I open my mouth to speak but the girl beats me to it.
“Your waitress here’s not competent. She give out the wrong order” she said.
“Bill, it’s not….”
He raised his hand to stop me.
“I don’t wanna hear it from you, Katie. I told you to be on your best behavior this morning, now you are doing the exact opposite” he puts the coffee mug he was holding in my hands. “Take this, go to the pantry. Make the coffee and take it to floor five, H.M.M office. I’ll take care of this” he said.
I nod and head straight to the pantry.
Thank God he didn’t do more than that, but I know he’s coming back for me.
I make the coffee. Wait…I forget to ask if I should put sugar or make it black. I can’t go back and get another scolding from Bill, I’d rather make it as I see fit.
I put two cubes of sugar, then I head for the elevator. We have two elevator in this restaurant, one is for us the workers and the other is for our mysterious boss. I take the public elevator and pressed on 5th floor, the elevator ride is boring and long.
Finally, I arrived at the floor. I step out of the elevator and head to H.M.M office. I knock on the oak wooden door and hear a faint come in.
I open the door and step in, my head face down as I’m scared to meet my boss’s eyes. I placed the coffee on the table and wait in case he has an errand for me.
I see him take the coffee and bring it to his mouth, just the way the coffee went in his mouth, it came out.
“Oh my God! The sugar is too much!” A familiar voice exclaimed.
No! It can’t be! He’s not here, he’s back home in Peoria. He can’t be here.
I might be hearing things. It’s two years now since I last hear his voice, maybe that’s why I feel like I’m hearing his voice now.
“I prefer my coffee black with no sugar” he complained.
I fold the edge of my shirt nervously. Please don’t fire me, I need this job.
“Raise your head, stop facing down!” He ordered.
I closed my eyes and slowly raise my head. Please don’t fire me.
I hear the coffee mug fall and break, but I still kept my eyes closed. I’m scared to see the reaction on his face right now.
“Elena?” I hear him say.
I snap my eyes open and my eyes grow wide in shock, my mouth hang open in disbelief.
“Harry?”
“ELENA!!” He called loudly.
Just then the meaning of H.M.M occured to me, it’s HARRY .M. MARCELLA!!
I’m done!
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