On their way back Cat was staring at the window as she was thinking about her family. It had been almost a year since she last saw her family. She had started to miss them so much especially her siblings. She couldn't stop thinking of them. Staring outside made her to start thinking about so many things that had happened in the past. From her mother who was taken away when she was young. She didn't spend a lot of time with her mother when she was growing up. She yawned for her mother's love but she didn't get it. Her mother was taken away when she was still young and tender.
What made her remember her mother so much were the dreams she always had about her. No matter how much she tried not to dream of her. She just found herself dreaming of her. It was like her mother was communicating something to her. She always knew that her mother wasn't in a good place. She desired so much to be reunited with her mother one day. She vowed that she was going to look for her mother until she finds her. Even though it wasn't easy to find her. She had to find a way to look for her. She just wanted to fulfil the promise she gave her father. That she wouldn't be at peace until she found her mother.
"Cat are you alright", Nelly patted her thigh. He had noticed earlier that she wasn't okay. She was staring outside with a saddened look. He knew that she wasn't alright.
"Aah yes I am", she mentioned. She couldn't tell him the reason as to why she was like that. She just had to lie to him so that he couldn't worry about her. Every time she remembered her mother and family, her mood always changed. She couldn't pretend that she was alright though deep down she wasn't. She just had to pretend that everything was alright.
"Are you sure you don't seem good to me", he went straight to the point. He could tell that she wasn't alright. Even though she was refusing to accept that she wasn't alright. He knew that she wasn't alright.
"Yes I am, I just remembered something bad", she confessed that she recalled something bad that happened in the past. She hoped that he wouldn't ask any more questions.
"Ooh sorry do you mind sharing", he offered. Even though she felt like telling him what was troubling her. She couldn't tell him cause she wasn't supposed to tell anyone who she was and the story of her life. She didn't want him to know anything concerning her parents. Even though her dad was a king. She didn't want anyone to know that she was a princess. She just wanted to live a normal life while she was searching for the queen, her mother.
"Not now it's not a fairy tale it will make me cry", these were the only words that came out from her mouth. She didn't want to tell him everything in detail. She just had to tell him that so that he could let her be.
"Ooh it's fine I do understand", he mentioned. She was glad that he understood she didn't want to talk about what was troubling her.
"Aaah when did you discover you wanted to be a designer", Cat raised a question. She wanted them to stop talking about her miserable life. She wanted to know more about Nelly and when he wanted to be a designer.
"Ooh well, it all started when I was young. My mother is a fashion designer and she has her own company. She made me love designing", he answered her question. He continued staring at her even after he was done talking.
"Ooh wow, that's great. It seems you are Shawn's favourite designer...", Cat pointed out. She knew that he was the favourite designer of Shawn when he selected him to go with her to take the measurements. She knew that he couldn't take just any other designer.
"Nah what makes you think that I am his favourite designer?" he asks her the obvious question.
"Cause he selected you to take the measurements of his favourite client", Cat mentioned. She knew that the prince was an esteemed client of Shawn. He couldn't send anyone to go and take the measurements.
"Ooh right yeah you making sense. So does that mean you are his favourite too cause you are here with me", he connected the dots and thought that. He knew that she wasn't just any other employee to him.
"He did tell me that am his favourite assistant. What does that mean...?" she wanted to hear his answer. Even though she knew the main reason, she just wanted to hear his opinion anyway. Since Shawn told her that she was his favourite assistant, she has not stopped to think of that. Did it mean that he loved her work...?
Did it mean that he loved or liked her...?
All these questions were rotating in her mind.
"Ooh wow really or does he like you...?" Nelly mentioned. He couldn't think of any other reason, Shawn said that she was his favourite. She didn't work for him for long, so there was no way that he loved her work. Even though he mentioned that he loved her work. She thought that Nelly might be saying the truth cause she hasn't worked for long.
"Maybe we first met at a club. I didn't know that he would end up to be my boss", Cat informed him of how they first met.
"Wow this is dope, I bet that's why he likes you so you knew him before he became your boss", he asked and she nodded. "Wow that's awesome do you like him...?" he asked, he wanted to know if she liked him too.
"No I don't", she informed him that she didn't like him. Even though she wasn't sure if she liked him or not. She just had to tell him that she didn't like him.