As Megan had said, she ended up taking Odelia to the mall to get her hair done at the salon and do some shopping there.
"Do you think long or short hair would suit me?" asked Megan as she looked at her own hair.
"I think long is better, I like your wavy hair," Odelia replied.
"I like your hair too, and I think Sean does too. I see he's kind of quietly playing with your hair," said her sister-in-law.
"Really? I didn't realize that."
Megan said that while they were watching TV yesterday, she had seen Sean holding the ends of Odelia's hair.
"That's why, let's make your hair even prettier at the salon. I'm sure Sean will like it a lot," she said.
They both went to the salon in the mall and enjoyed every service provided. Odelia felt so comfortable when she was there. It had been a while since she had been to the salon because she had to be busy working and the money was for the cost of giving birth to her child later.
She looked at Megan who seemed to be busy gossiping with the salon employees. Realizing she was the one being noticed, Megan pointed at Odelia which made the salon employees turn to her.
"Ohhh? Hmn..." One of the female employees looked Odelia up and down. "Ah this one is easy, I know how to make it sparkle!"
"Sparkle? What does that mean?" asked the astonished Odelia.
She didn't know what Megan had told them about her but she got special treatment that she had never gotten before at the salon where she used to go.
They put cream masks on Odelia's face, massaged her hands and feet and so on.
After two hours at the salon, they were finally done.
"How, did you like it?"
"Yes, I really liked it. I've never had the full salon package before," Odelia replied.
"Really? Isn't your ex-husband filthy rich? Why didn't you use the full package before?" asked Megan in surprise.
"As a wife, I want to manage my finances well. Not waste too much money on things like that."
"That's not wasting money, Odelia. You do the housework alone and a lot of other things. Going to the salon is 'me time' for you. It pays for all the work you've done for your family!" Megan was trying to tell Odelia to take better care of herself.
To make her realize that she also needed time to enjoy what she had done.
"I've been able to live frugally. Since childhood, my mother didn't have much money and only relied on the noodle shop she had until recently. She had to support me and my younger brother. That's why I've always been frugal," Odelia explained.
Megan then asked about the whereabouts of Odelia's father. She said that her father must be alive, but her mother had forbidden her and her younger brother from seeing their father.
"Since I was three years old, my mother has been taking care of me and my newborn brother alone."
"You didn't try to find out about your father?" Megan asked again.
Odelia shook her head. "I don't know what his name is. All I know is Devan, I don't know my father's surname. Grace was my mother's surname before she got married," she explained.
"It turns out that your family is just as complicated, isn't it?"
"Your family is like that too?"
The dark-haired woman nodded her head. There were really annoying things happening in her family that were split into two families.
"They're fighting over grandfather's huge inheritance and it's a big company. But it is certain that the company's inheritance will go to a son. Even though my mom was the first child in the family. In the end we only got some of the money and I think some important documents that belonged to my grandfather," Megan explains.
She had seen what looked like blueprints of the technological devices her grandfather had made for the company. But they were given to her mother who married into the Osbert family who also owned a technology company.
"What family is your mother from?" asked a curious Odelia.
"My mom comes from a family..." Just as Megan was about to answer, she looked off in one direction with her mouth open.
"Megan? What's wrong?" Odelia looked in the direction the woman was looking and it turned out to be a cake shop.
It had an 'All You Can Eat' poster with cheap prices and it caught Megan's interest.
"Odelia, come on!" She grabbed her sister-in-law's hand and ran into the pastry shop to see the small, attractive and delicious-looking cakes on display.
"Look, the cakes are really good!" Megan looked at the cakes one by one.
Not only her, Odelia also found the look of the cake very delicious. The cakes were miniature in size but had so many different types and flavors and interesting toppings.
"Only three dollars and we can eat this much? I'll pay!"
The two women picked up a few cakes that caught their interest. Odelia, who was not used to eating a lot of food, only took eight bite-sized mini cakes.
Meanwhile, Megan took more than her.
"Megan, are you sure you're going to eat that much? What if you can't finish it or you get a stomachache?" asked Odelia worriedly.
"Take it easy, I'm used to eating a lot. Let's enjoy the cake," she said excitedly.
Seeing how Megan looked happy with the cake, Odelia also tried it and it tasted very good. They both enjoyed the cake while talking about other places.
Meanwhile, Sean was worried about Odelia. He wanted to send a message and ask her how she was, but he was worried that Odelia might think that he didn't like her being away for so long.
"Should I call her? No no, it would be awkward if she thought that I was interrupting her refreshing time. But she went out with Megan... Should I..."
He let out a rough sigh as he looked at his cell phone.
Knock knock
A knock sounded and Sean allowed him to enter. It turned out to be his secretary, Ronald.
"Mr. Sean, I brought the documents you requested," he said as he placed the documents on the table.
"Yeah, just leave it there," he replied as he massaged the bridge of his nose.
"Mr. Sean, are you okay?" his secretary asked.
"Do I look okay?" Sean asked back as he glanced at him.
Ronald gasped and shook his head in fear.
Again he let out a rude sigh and hoped to hear from Odelia soon.
Speak to the devil, a call came in but it was from Megan's cell phone. Still, it must have something to do with Odelia.
"Hello, what are you doing this time?"
Suddenly there was a sobbing sound from the phone.
"Big Bro, Odelia... Hiks hiks..."
Just hearing that, Sean immediately hit his desk so hard that Ronald was shocked again.
"Wait there, I'll be leaving soon!"
The man immediately left his office space and his company to meet Odelia and Megan at the mall.