The clouds were dark and heavy, warning everyone of the heavy rain fall that is to come.
"Ughh,today can't get any worse, can it?" Dawn groaned, standing outside by the door of her restaurant ready to leave.
"You know...you can wait till the rain stops right?" Christabel said from behind the counter. She had been helping Dawn with the restaurant management, since her husband lost his job.
"I can't....I have an appointment with Knox, and I'm running late,and I didn't even bring and umbrella." She sighed in frustration,while staring aggressively at the rain drops.
Walking to the glass entrance door with two mugs of hot coco, Christabel open the door and shoved the cup into Dawn's hands.
"You're freezing out here and....I happen to have two cups of hot coco." She drawled,with a convincing smile,while holding the door open.
Dawn sighed.
"I guess I'll just call him to cancel the appointment" Dawn said while walking back into the restaurant,and putting down two chairs that have been placed on the small round table.
Christabel came to sit beside her, while gingerly holding the hot mug between her palms to warm her up on the rainy night.
"Appointment huh?? More like a date to me" Christabel said while giving Dawn a side look.
Dawn spared Christabel a look, before looking back at the mug in her hands.
Christabel and her husband always loved to pair her and Knox together since they became friends in highschool. Although she had a crush on Knox when they were kids,the little flame died down,when Knox had he's first girlfriend and pronounced their relationship nothing but friendship.The only reason why they are still friends,is him helping in the investigation of her mother's disappearance,as he is now a detective.
"For the ten thousandth time,we are just friends" Dawn said in a 'matter-of-fact' tone.
"You know....Henry and I were once friends... childhood friends to be precise" Christabel dropped her cup on the table,while leaning in on the table towards her.
"He is a decent guy with a decent job" Asked Christabel,while raising her two thin eyebrows.
"He has a girlfriend...besides whatever my goal is after making money now,is going back to college,and not looking for some potential bachelors in town" Dawn stated firmly.Marriage was no where on her bucket list.
Christabel looked rather dejected after what Dawn said.
"You know Dawn, you're the only daughter I have, to worry about things like marriage with."
"What about Vera?" I ask with one brow up.
Vera has always been the rebellious type since childhood. Christabel and Henry were both strongly against her becoming a Kpop trainee,so she planned her trip to Korea without telling anyone except me, of course that put me in a little hole when she left,I was scolded for days.
"She will be home next week... didn't she tell you?" Christabel said, ignoring my question.
Vera and I haven't been in touch for days now because I was busy with moving new furnitures into the restaurant,I always wanted a restaurant makeover once I had the money.
"Oh no we haven't been in touch since this Sunday"i answer immediately.
"I guess she finally gives up on her stupid dream of being a Kpop idol...or whatever they call them" Muttered Christabel with gritted teeth.
"Maybe she's just coming home for the holidays,and will go back soon" I muttered hopefully to Christabel.
Vera wasn't the type to give up easily on what she was determined on. I would say she was the type that would prove to you that she can be more than what you think she is, and she has proved it many times when we were kids.
"She didn't come home for the holidays these couple of years, why do you think she will come home this year because of a-day-holiday." It was true like the past few years Christmas, Vera had never thought of coming home. What changed??
"I'm sure she misses you" I was not sure why she was coming home but I don't doubt the love Vera has for her mom.
Suddenly,a ringing noise is heard from the storage room in the basement. I was a phone ringing. Christabel's phone.
"Oh I think I left my phone in the storage room.. I'll go get it." She said while standing up and placing her mug down.
"Wait... I'll go get it...the bulbs got burnt this afternoon, I'll just use my phone torchlight" I said and started making my way down to the basement.
The basement was located in the kitchen and has a staircase that go downwards into the underground basement, the grill and cooker sitting peacefully by the edge of the window and utensils such as sharp big knives hang by the wall the backdoor next to it leads to a dark alley where the dumpster is located.
I fiddle with the basement lock when I heard a loud bang, coming from my back.The backdoor. Someone came in,who comes through the backdoor of a restaurant at night instead of the front door,if not a theif.
I gather my bearings to find an idle looking frying pan,just right above my head on the counter. It's now or never,I say to myself ,knock him out or you get murdered. My survival instincts went up the roof.
I swing the pan with all my force at the person's face.I expected to hear a loud bang as the pan collides with the thief's head,but no.A large palm,stopping me midway, the palm was so big ,it covered my entire palm and the handle of the fry pan.
I guess I would get murdered after all,I thought in my head with eyes shut closed. With trembling eyes,I gathered my courage to look up to the thief. I should at least know how my murderer is before I die...I can't end up being a restless ghost.
I looked up to my murderer, only to meet a pair of icy blues eyes staring back at mine,they seemed hypnotizing and fascinating to watch at the same time,my gaze travel downward to unravel his whole face; Icey blue, hypnotizing eyes, high cheekbones,full defined heart lips, shaped eyebrows,long full eyelashes,and jet black hair... he's whole facial appearance was giving cold, mafia,CEO...the type you can only imagine in fictional novels. He's gaze was boring a hole in my forehead.He was beautiful,yet it seemed like he was in pain. That was when my eyes travelled downwards to meet a bleeding shoulder. He was injured!!