At carpeDiem Torres.
"Sir Chad, this is a sample of a new product we just made. We have already confirmed that the quality of the materials is good"
Chad took the shoe sample, examined it for few seconds and said, "It's good"
"Sir Chad, the new season of shoe has been released. The sales are not as high as we expected. Should we still put the product out?"
"Yes"
That morning, Chad answered question after question and read document after document.
After the meeting, Chad walked into his office. He was very tired.
Joy walked into the office with a bottled water and placed it in front of him.
"Sir Chad, if you need anything, please don't hesitate to tell me immediately"
Chad nodded his head and joy walked out of the office.
He held in his hand a document which he had found on his table. He looked at it and began to work on it.
Later in the evening at San Jose national high school.
Johanna and Rachel walked out of the school. The driver was already outside waiting for them. He got down and opened the back seat door for Rachel and Johanna.
"Ma'am" he bow.
Rachel was about to enter the car when a hand grabbed her wrist. She looked at the person. It was Mina. Mina wore a yellow short gown and brown high-heels. She wore a sunglasses and her hair was dark and curly.
"Mina, what are you doing here?" Rachel was surprised to see her.
"Let's eat out" she smiled.
"No, we are not going out with you. We are going home now" Johanna immediately rejected.
Mina held Rachel hand and begged. "Please"
"Why do you want us to go with you?" Rachel asked.
"Remember I told you I want to earn your trust"
Rachel remembered that night when Mina said she will make Rachel trust her and make her her friend.
Mina shook Rachel by her shoulder bringing her down to earth. "Please you guys should come with me"
"And you expect us to believe you. We don't even know where you will take us to" Johanna did not want to follow Mina. She just didn't like her.
Mina slowly clenched her fist and gritted her teeth. She felt like slapping Johanna for always standing in her way. She immediately let out a smile on her face and said, "I will only take you to the place Chad loves the most. Don't you want to go?"
Chad had never taken Rachel to the place he loved the most apart from the hills. The hills had been the place Chad and Rachel will always love to go to. Since they were little, they made the place a special place for them to meet.
Rachel was curious. She wanted to know where Chad loved the most, but she thought of it. "Should I follow her, or should I wait for Chad to take me there"
She looked at Mina and finally agreed. "Ok, I will go with you"
Johanna immediately burst out in anger. "Rachel are you crazy?! You want to follow this woman without knowing what her true intentions are" She did not understand what was wrong with her friend.
"She won't hurt us, I know that" she said with confidence in her voice.
Mina let out an evil smile seeing that Rachel was falling right into her trap. Her eyes were filled with hatred, but no one could see it because she was wearing sunglasses.
Mina walked to Johanna and held her hand with an innocent look. "Johanna, why don't you trust me? I am not a bad person" her voice was gentle.
Johanna immediately removed her hand and looked at Mina straight in the face. "Don't try your best to make me trust you because I won't. You should know that I don't like you a bit and I know what your true intentions are"
Johanna was not afraid of Mina. She didn't care if Mina was Satan from hell and she was not afraid of telling her the bitter truth.
She saw Mina as a disgusting and manipulative bitch and she was trying her best to make Rachel see what Mina's true intentions are.
Mina clenched her fist and a burning sensation began in her throat. She told herself to calm down, so she wouldn't spoil all she had planned. She took a deep breathe and smiled. "What are my true intentions Johanna? Actually, I just wanted to prove to you all that you can trust me. I don't understand why you hate me this much" her smiled turned into tears immediately. She turned to leave, but Rachel grabbed her by her wrist.
"Do not worry, we will go with you"
Now, Mina's tears turned into a smile again. She hugged Rachel tightly.
Johanna was not surprised that Mina would act that way, but what angered her was that Rachel ran after her and told her they would go with her.
Rachel grabbed Johanna's hand and walked towards Mina's car, but the driver stopped them. He stood in front of the three with his two arms spread out.
"I am sorry ma'am, but I can't let you go with anybody. Sir Chad told me to personally take you home" he said politely.
Mina was confused. "Ma'am? Who is ma'am?" she asked.
"Sir Chad told me to call ma'am Rachel ma'am"
"Why Rachel? Why is she the only one?" she thought. She felt jealous immediately.
"Yes, you have to respect her. Do as Chad told you to do because Rachel is now Chad's girlfriend" Mina said with a smile on her face.
Deep down inside of her was anger and jealousy, but she still pretended as if it did not matter to her.
"Miss Mina, I am sorry, but I can't leave ma'am Rachel with you" the driver still refused to let Rachel go with Mina.
"I promise I won't harm her. You can follow me if you want"
"I am sorry, but..."
"I will tell Chad that I was the one who took Rachel from you. Don't worry, he won't fire you" she immediately cut him off. She smiled and turned to Rachel. "Please Rachel, tell him to let you go. I am not a bad person.
There she goes again, saying she is not a bad person - Johanna thought.
"Handsome I promise to talk to Chad. He won't do anything to you and if he try to fire you, I will fight for you. Just let me go"
The driver could not say no to Rachel. He knew that if he offends Rachel, he would get it from Chad.
But Chad ordered him to protect Rachel and he should not leave her for anybody, so what should he do?.
He lowered his head and Rachel could see that he was thinking.
She bent down and raised her head to look at the driver who was still facing the ground. "Handsome..." Her voice was low, soft and gentle.
After few more seconds of silence, the driver agreed.
"But ma'am Rachel and her friend won't go in miss Mina's car. I will take them to wherever you want to go" the driver said.
"Okay" Mina agreed and she entered her own car. Rachel and Johanna entered Chad's car and the driver followed Mina's car.
Johanna had to follow Rachel because she didn't trust Mina with Rachel. She would never forgive herself if something bad happened to Rachel and she was sure that Chad would scold her.
At Terresse café.
This resturant had been Chad best resturant since he was a little boy. He loved going to the resturant with his friends.
They got to the resturant and got down from the car. The driver went to park the car at the parking space. Rachel looked at the resturant.
Wow, it looks so beautiful - she thought. This was her first time coming here.
"Let's go inside" Mina said with a smile and Rachel smiled back at her and they all went inside the resturant.
They sat at the corner of the resturant and Mina raised her hand above her head and waved it around. The waiter came and gave her the menu. Mina lowered her head, scanning the menu, she said, "Give me this and this, this. Also this, this too. I want this" she continued to pick and Rachel could not even count the dishes Mina had ordered. The waiter left and three waiters came back with lot of dishes and placed them on the table.
Rachel looked at the food and her mouth began to water and she wanted to taste all the dishes.
"This is too much. I don't think we will be able to pay for all of this" Rachel said as she looked at the food on the table.
Mina waved her hand. "Hah, don't worry, just save your money for some other things. I will pay for it" she smiled.
Rachel was touched. She was not expecting so much from Mina.
Mina took a plate and spooned Caesar salad on a plate and placed it in front of Rachel. She took another plate for Johanna, but Johanna refused and told her she was not eating.
"Johanna, what is wrong with you? You should taste some of this food. They are very delicious" Rachel urged Johanna to eat, but Johanna refused.
After talking some bites of food, each asked, "Mina, so tell me, why did you bring us here?"