Zoey's phone has been ringing inside her pocket but her phone was in a silent mode so Michael didn't hear a thing.
Nickel, who been calling her, stopped when he thought that she might have been fallen asleep after her dinner. He let it pass and went to sleep. Anyway, they will be seeing each other tomorrow.
On the next day, Alfie has been waiting for Zoey's message while waiting for her in front of her building. When he reached the count of 50 for all the people exited the building, Alfie sent her a message.
To: Zoey Faith
Message: Aren't you going down?
His message was left seen without any reply. Thinking that she was still preparing herself, Alfie waited another minute for her but after fifteen minutes there, he sent her another message.
Message: Zoey? If you don't go down here I'll go there with or without your permission.
Michael whose been reading all her message after he found out her phone inside her pocket last night, panicked before he sends him a reply.
Reply: Alfie, I'm sick. I will skip work today, sorry.
After Alfie read her reply his first thought was who will take care of her if she's sick, so he tried to call her to ask if everything will be first even though she's alone.
Michael rejected his calls and said that she wasn't in the mood to talk because her throat hurts badly. Considering her situation, Alfie accepted her reason and said.
Message: Will everything is fine? Do you want me to go up and check on you?
Reply: Nah! I just need rest.
Alfie fell under Michael's deceptions and went back to his own business.
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Nickel has been waiting for their 'routine good morning messages' from Zoey but he hasn't received any of it. Remembering it was actually their company's year-end closing made him realized that maybe she was just busy to forget about their updates. Still excited for tonight, Nickel packed his things before he proceeds to the last presentation.
On his way to the centrum, Nickel saw one item that catches his attention. "Couple Dolls," he said as he read the banner for the item he saw. Aside from all the investors and business-prospectors, there were also some entrepreneurs present at the convention. What amazed Nickel was that the entrepreneurs for these couple dolls were just college youngsters.
Interested with the item, Nickel walked his way to the stall where the couple dolls were located. "Good morning Sir." He was greeted by one of the entrepreneurs who guards the stall.
"Welcome to hug me forever, we're selling a couple of dolls customized to clients." The young girl with pony-high-tail introduced. "We customized our dolls depending on the client's preferences and also our dolls have a special feature of sending messages to the other doll."
"You mean it is like a walkie-talkie doll?" Nickel asked.
"Yes but no. Our couple dolls will only be connected to its partner, no interference from other connection. Just connect the dolls to your Internet line and it can now send your messages to your partner's doll."
"That's interesting. I want to buy one pair."
"Do you want a customized doll or just the default design of our dolls?" The young girl asked Nickel.
Nickel knew that Zoey loves customizing her stuff so he instantly answered her with "customized".
"If that's so, may I have one picture of you and your partner, Sir? If you don't mind." The young girl shyly asked him.
Nickel took out his wallet and took off a picture of Zoey. It was a picture of her wearing her graduation gown and their university sash. Zoey didn't know about this picture because she sent all her graduation photos to her parents after receiving it.
He actually took it when Fatima showed him Zoey's entire album when he visited them for the first time after they became an official couple.
"To be honest, sir. Your girlfriend is so beautiful. Isn't she an actress or what?" the young girl asked. She was fascinated with Zoey's beauty. "I think I saw her before." The young girl whispered under her breath.
The other girl who's responsible with cash machine peeked to what her friend was looking.
"Isn't she Mrs. A's daughter?" What a small world because the two young girls were actually Zoey's mother's big fans? They've been following her articles since their high school years and were a big believer of all her hacks and pieces of advice.
"Yeah, you're right." The young girl looked at Nickel and said, "Sir, aren't you Mrs. A's daughter's boyfriend? The one who will give them a wonder gene pool of grandkids?"
Flustered by the girl's remarks, Nickel's face instantly turned red. Mrs. Alcantara's alter ego as Mrs. A isn't a new thing to him as Zoey already introduced it to him since his first visit to the Alcantara residents.
Nickel shyly nod his face and smile to two girls.
"Sorry, to feel close to you but we will give these dolls for free. We were Mrs. A's big fans. Consider it as gifts from us, please." The girls said in unison.
"No, please I want to pay for it."
"Please, sir." They tried to bargain but Nickel strongly disagrees with their offer.
"Please, no. Since you're Mrs. A's fans why don't you prepare them your gift and I will send it to them but I will still be going to pay for my girlfriend and mine's doll. Deal?"