Ana rides her bike takes a right turn to the second lane till she saw the pop colored billbord of Gum-drop. She has not been there since her break up. She takes a deep breath and enters through the vibrant lemon door.
Gum-drop is quite a posh cafe. Ana remembers it is exactly as she saw it 4 months ago. Young couples coming, holding hands and spending youth with their dream partner. They hardly sits at the front which gives the place a less popular vibe. The owner added a huge chandelier with candy shaped crystals hanging separately from the selling. The low light room was filled with the colourful patch of bright lights reflecting from them. Ana feels how hard they are trying to make the place popular.
The lunch time was over. Few people remained there at an odd time but there diversity can not be unseen. Everyone is busy in their own possible ways as always. There are very few things in this world that does not change with time. Here, time flies like wind taking all the dust with it but the place never gets clean. Rather they are replaced by new dust particles.
There was a goth lady with a business guy sitting near the entrance. On the left side, a small group of high school students sat. They were wearing school uniform. The cute girl with them was sitting on the lap of the boy. Under the mimi scirt her bare thighs touched his lap. He is probably giving the treat to everyone and from time to time he was also getting sweet treats from the girl. Though it is not a new thing to bunk class for a outing in Mumbo schools but Ana could not understand their reason of celebration.
Ana walks pass two men sitting closely. One was wearing a very colourful Huawei shirt with a loose bottom pant. He looked like a man from 90s. Another guy was a short middle aged family guy. He wore a vest, blue jeans and a pair of sandals. However, he had a precious pink sapphire ring on his index finger. Either he was born in September or he was very rich- but you can not tell that by his overall appearance. They leaned on each other and anyone can tell that they were just going to interact but Anas presence made them a bit uncomfortable.
To avoid the situation, Ana takes out her mobile to check new messages while she walks. A few messages pop up. She also got a message from Lindu saying it was indeed her. She passes the last table while reading the messages she got during the class time....