I am so worried that my Josephine won't find love ever. She have never introduced me to any of her friend calling him her boyfriend. I am so worried about her.
And her words like not finding it necessary to have one is making me worry even more !
She is gonna kill me with worries someday. She always tells me that Harry calls her everyday and asks if she had ate, studied and other things.
She says he asks everytime whether, I am taking her good care or not ? If I pay any attention to her or not ?
Gosh this man !
If he is so worried and so concerned about me, why not directly call me and ask himself ?
It's not like he doesn't have my number or I have changed it !
But he won't call me first, his ego won't let him. Stupid man ! And his daughter too took after him. Stupid father's stupid daughter !
Bump.
I wasn't looking out while walking in the market and bumped into a lady.
" Oh, I am so sorry, I didn't saw you. I didn't meant to do that. "
I apologized and helped her picking up her groceries.
" It's alright. Next time be careful... Bells ! "
She said with adoration.
What ? How come she knows my name ? I looked up in surprise and...
" Gosh... Reah ! Oh my goodness ! "
I let the groceries go and pulled her into a tigh hug and she hugged me back. Happy tears flowed through our eyes.
We weren't able to say a single thing for a very long moment and just held eachothers there.
" God, I missed you so much Reah ! "
I said still crying.
" Lier ! I missed you so much. You changed your contact number and even didn't let me know !
Neither did Harry told Roger. I was dying to talk to you all these years ! "
Reah said slapping me on my arm.
" God ! I am so happy to finally find you. We mustn't block the way like this. Let's go to my Cafe, it's near by let's talk there ! "
I said and pulled her up and we went to my Cafe.
" You are kidding me, this is your Cafe ? "
She said surprised.
" Why ? Can't I own this Cafe ? "
I said confused at her surprise.
" Since when do you own this ? "
She asked.
" It's been 15 years now ! I have made changes over time. You don't liked it ? "
I said tentatively.
" Stupid idiot ! If you are the owner, why not ever show up here ? "
She said frustrated
" What's wrong with you ? "
I asked.
" I have been visiting this Cafe for more than 10 years now and I have never seen you here before ! "
She said almost crying.
" Oh, god ! How is this possible ? What time did you visited ?
I asked
" In the afternoon, between 2-3 pm. "
She said.
" Oh dear, that time I spend with the kids of the orphanage ! "
I said.
" This is so frustrating, Bells ! We are in the same city for 10-15 years and we haven't crossed path ever ?
And most stupid and unbelievable thing is, I visited the Cafe you owned for every single day, yet we didn't get to meet ! "
She said frustrated.
" Let it be. We met now, let's focus on that. I am so happy to meet you after almost 23 years ! Look how old are you looking. "
I said laughing.
" Yeah ! And I wonder why do I look exactly like you ! "
She teased me back.
" How have you been ? And how is Roger ? "
I asked her squeezing her hand.
She didn't responded. She gulped hard and looked away.
" What's wrong Reah ? What happened ? "
I asked concerned.
She closed her eyes and took few deep breaths.
" I lost him in an accident 17 years ago. "
She said looking away.
" Oh my ! I am so sorry. "
I said squeezing her hands warmly.
" Let it be. I have made peace with my life. How is Harry ? "
She asked. Now it was my turn to look away.
" We got divorced 16 years ago. "
I said sighing.
" Oh my ! How come ? "
She asked.
" He got used to gamble and lost his job and home in Italy. I didn't wanted my child to raise in such environment and so... "
I told her.
" Oh god ! "
She said feeling bad for me.
" Let it be, what happened had happened. Tell me, just why didn't you contacted me ever ? "
She asked.
I told her everything happened with us, we loosing our mobile and their contacts. She didn't believed at first but then, she accepted.
" I wanted to be the first one to bless your child, Bells ! "
She said sadly.
" Me too, Reah ! I wanted your child to grow up infront of me. But the destiny had something else planned for us ! "
I said sighing.
" Do our promise still stands ? "
She asked squeezing my hands.
" Promise ? Which one ? "
I asked trying to get what was she talking about.
" To make our children stay together forever ! Does it still stands ? "
She asked hopefully.
And my breath caught. I have been chewing Josephine out to have a boyfriend for many years now and she is in China for 3 years !
Though, she denies everytime I ask her if, she have found someone for her; but I can't trust her blindly.
" Bells ? What's wrong ? Why are you looking at me like I am speaking alien ? Is your child... already married ? "
She asked hesitatingly.
" No stupid, that's not the case. She isn't married yet ! "
I said.
" She ? You have a daughter ? Oh my, I am so relieved ! "
She said delighted.
" Why for ? "
I asked.
" Because I have got a son-in-law for you ! "
She said clapping her hands in excitement.
Though, I wanted Josephine to get a boyfriend so desperately, now I hope she haven't found anyone yet !
" Oh ! "
I said doubtfully and faking my excitement.
" Is something wrong ? Have you promised her to someone else ? I mean, I can understand. We haven't met in ages and I don't expect you to hold on to that promise when, we have lost touch ! "
Reah said half heartedly.
" Come on Reah, don't jump onto conclusions ! Nothing's like that either.
It's just, she doesn't live here. So, I am not sure if, she is single or not ? "
I explained myself.
" Oh ! Then you can call her and ask her if, she is dating someone ? Why don't you ask her now ? "
She said impatiently.
Oh god this is bad ! What if her heart breaks if, it turns out she is dating ?
" She is in lecture now. I will call her later and ask her. "
I lied to her.
" Oh, ok. Give me your number so that we can at least now be in touch ! "
She said. We exchanged our numbers and ordered food.
" So, what is your daughter's name ? "
She asked while we were eating.
" Her name is Josephine. And what about your son ? "
I asked.
" She have a very nice name. My elder son is Vladimir and younger is Victor. "
She said.
" Oh wow ! They have pretty names ! Kids these days don't like old names. "
I said.
" So, true. My son always complains about his name being ancient ! Is it that bad ? "
She asked.
" No, ofcourse not ! Even Josephine goes crazy for me naming her that ! "
I agreed with her.
" What does your son do ? "
I asked.
" He is preparing for CA in China. "
She said.
" Oh ! Josephine is in China too ! She is having her degree in Computer science and cyber security there. "
I told her.
We chatted for a very long time and said our goodbyes for the day with a promise to meet every single day.
She just needed to change her timing to visit the Cafe and we didn't had to take some time off specially to meet eachothers.