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A Million Dates Chapter 12: Vanessa
Lola stared at her ringing phone, reluctant to pick up the call. The phone had been ringing for over 5 minutes and she had missed over 10 calls. “Why are you calling me now? What do you want? I don’t think I’m ready for a conversation with you” Lola mumbled to herself while still staring at the ringing phone. After staring at the phone and contemplating for a while, she took up her phone. It had stopped ringing, she sighed and dialed back the number. The phone rang for some seconds before it was picked up. “Hey….Sweetie” Lola exhaled before talking. “Mom, it’s been a while. Are you doing well?” “I’m doing just fine, what have you been up to? Still fooling around with that boy?” “What do you want?” Lola’s anger could be heard in her voice. She was trying her best not to get angry. “I want you to come visit, there’s something I’d like to tell you, in person” “In person huh? How’s your husband doing?” “We’ll talk about all that when you come home” “What makes you think I’m g
A Million Dates Chapter 13: Home.
Bart was confused and worried at the same time. Lola and Vanessa weren’t two people that usually saw eye to eye. So why the sudden call, and why the sudden disappearance of Lola?“This is all too urgent, I don’t like the urgency of this. It’s something that makes me nervous”Bart put Lola’s phone in his pocket and left the apartment.Lola on the other hand, had gotten to her destination. A place she hasn’t been in forever She stood at the closed train station as a cool breeze graced her face, causing feelings of nostalgia to rush in.“Has it really been that long?” Lola said, brushing some strands of hair behind her ears from her face.“It’s quite shameful that I no longer know the way to my mom’s house, come to think of it, I’ve been here only a handful of times”Lola’s childhood wasn’t one she liked remembering, she often thinks that without Bart, her childhood would have been even more depressing than it already is.The year Lola graduated from high school, Her mother broke the n
A Million Dates Chapter 14: Reunions
“Me?”“Yes, you sir! You’re him!”“Young lady, I don’t think I’ve ever met you before”“Oh but you have, my face didn’t change that much did it?!”“Remind me who you are again? I’ve gotten pretty old.”The old man smiled and started laughing.“You’re totally him, it’s been ages!”Lola leans in an they share a warm hug.“My God, you’re all grown up. A fine woman you turned out to be.”“You don’t look so bad yourself, you’ve looked like this since I was a kid.”“What can I say? Blessing of youth.”“Definitely blessing of youth. Where did you go off to, old man?”“It’s a long story, back then my son wanted me move in with him and stop selling ice cream.”“Your son?”“Yup, he lived in California.”“Bart was heartbroken when you just disappeared.”“I know, I figured he’d hate me. After all, you both spent most of your free time with me.”“He doesn’t hate you, I’m sure he doesn’t.”“How’s he by the way? You two are married now right?”“What?!”Lola let out a surprised expression, her cheeks
A Million Dates Chapter 15
The atmosphere inside of the taxi was a particularly uncomfortable one for Lola.Diane sat next to Lola at the back seat of the taxi, She tapped her phone unconcerned about the person sitting next to her.Lola’s demeanor was calm and quiet at this point, she had no words. She had realized that maybe she was the problem, maybe she was the reason for the issues between Vanessa and herself.“I wonder if things would be different if I just acted a bit mature that day” she muttered silently.“I guess we’ll never know”Diane who appeared to be busy with her phone at first, gave a rather swift reply.“How is she?”Lola was on the verge of breaking down into tears but she held herself.“It’s not looking good, mom has…cancer”Diane put down her phone on her lap and placed her right hand on Lola’s shoulder.Lola could no longer hold back the tears, she placed her head against her half sister’s shoulder and cried bitterly.The taxi driver raised his eyes to the mirror, he felt pity even if he co
A Million Dates Chapter 16
“Mother please, can you just let me embrace you for a while longer? We don’t have to talk about this.”Vanessa sighs. “You’re right, now isn’t a good time to bring that up”Vanessa with her pale, weak arms, embraces Lola tighter.“Mother…what— what even happened? You look so…. Different.”She couldn’t stop the tears from rolling off her face and dripping on to Vanessa’s hospital clothes.“Life happened my dear, life happened. Just when you think things might go good, your daughter leaves you, your husband leaves you, you quit your job and cancer shows up.”“I had to leave mom, I had to. You made it seem like I didn’t mean anything to you.”“If only you could see, you were and still are the best thing I have but I couldn’t make you see that.”“Mom, mom I don’t want to talk about any of this right now. Can I just be here? I just want to be here.”Lola was sobbing so pitifully as she rested in her mother’s embrace.“How did all of this happen? Why did it have to happen like this?”“It’s
A Million Dates Chapter 17
“oh what’s that look I see on your face?” Vanessa says as she gives a sly smile.“What look are you talking about? I don’t know about anything, how did Bart even come into the picture?” Lola asked. At this point she had been avoiding eye contact with her mother.“Look honey, if you’ve had a man follow you around as long as that young man has been around you, chances are that he’s in love with you and he doesn’t know. Either that or he knows but for some reason he can’t tell you. Maybe fear of ruining the friendship in the likely event where you aren’t interested.” Vanessa said.Lola scoffed and put both hands on her hips. “you don’t know Bart like I do, Mom. I think if he was in love with me I’d know after all these years.”Vanessa cleared her throat and closed her eyes. “well, maybe I’m wrong about him feeling something for you. But then again, what about you? What do you honestly feel for him?”Lola was taken by surprise. She was used to freezing or getting defensive whenever she wa
A Million Dates Chapter 18
Bart arrived at the hospital. He paid the driver and gave him something a little extra for making him laugh and taking his mind off pressing issues at that time. “You were very entertaining sir. Thank you” He said as the cab drove away. The driver then waved out the front seat window as he drove out of sight. Bart walked in to the counter area where he met a nurse. “Hello there, what can I do for you?” She asked. Her face was buried in files that needed to be attended to. “I’m looking for a patient, she goes by the name ‘Vanessa’. Used to be a doctor, a friend of mine told me she was admitted here.” Bart explained. The nurse looked up at him for some seconds and focused back on her papers. “are you a cop?” she asked. “no, I’m not. I’m a friend of her daughter. Why would you even think that?” Bart questioned. He felt uneasy because his time was being wasted. “That’s exactly what a cop would say. Are you related to the family?” she asked. “I’ve been friends with her daughter sinc
A Million Dates Chapter 19
Lola was still at a loss for words as Bart stood in front of her. They stared each other passionately. There was no speaking, their eyes said everything there was to be said.Tears dripped down Lola’s face as she hugged Bart tightly.“You came, you son of a bitch, how dare you decide me” She said. She was laughing and crying at the same time. Eventually Bart started laughing too.“I’m sorry I did that, I was already on my way when you called. I wasn’t going to ruin the surprise for any reason.” Bart said.They broke the embrace and Bart wiped the tears off her face.“That’s what makes me so happy, you just noticed my absence and you immediately set out to find me. Mr. Adamson, you’re so obsessed, it’s almost like you can’t do without me” Lola said, she had a sly smile on her face.“Keep dreaming, Janette. I’m just here because we made a promise. I’ll have you know that I’m the type of man that keeps his promises” Bart said.“huh, I see. Well, I think that’s really cool. Look at you go
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“No no, it’s nothing like that I promise. I just admired you and I didn’t know if I’d ever see you again so I decided to take my chances, I don’t usually do things like these. I’m actually a really shy person” He explained, nervously stroking the back of his hair as he wore a smile which didn’t do a good job at concealing his anxiety.Lola’s anger dropped, when she looked at him acting like that, She remembered Barth.“Okay, Josh. You’ve earned a few seconds of my attention” Lola said, giving him a smile meant to put him at ease.Josh stood back, marveled at the sudden change in behavior of the strange woman standing in front of him.“My name is Joshua, Josh for short. I live not so far away from here. I work remote jobs from my home. Lola, this might sound sudden but can I have your number? You look fun and I’d like to hangout with you sometime if you don’t mind” Josh said.“hangout? Like a date? You never asked if I was single” Lola said.“Are you?” Josh asked.“hand me your phone.”
A Million Dates Chapter 20
It had been a few days since Bart and Lola returned from Visiting her mother.The new living arrangement would have been inconvenient for Lola but since she was living with Bart, the fact that she was now a homeless person didn’t bother her much. At the same time it really bothered her because she was freeloading but Bart kept telling her he didn’t mind having her around.“What do you want for breakfast?” Lola asked. Like every other morning, Bart was preparing for work and she offered to make him breakfast.“I’ve told you it’s really fine, Lo. You don’t have to make me breakfast. I’ll make you breakfast” Bart says as he adjusts the apron worn over his work clothes and enters the kitchen.Lola follows him into the kitchen immediately. “I think I know what this is about. You’ve been trying to stop me from cooking for a straight week. I just know” Lola said.“No Lola, this isn’t about you not knowing how to cook anything suitable for human consumption. I just don’t like stressing you” B
A Million Dates Chapter 19
Lola was still at a loss for words as Bart stood in front of her. They stared each other passionately. There was no speaking, their eyes said everything there was to be said.Tears dripped down Lola’s face as she hugged Bart tightly.“You came, you son of a bitch, how dare you decide me” She said. She was laughing and crying at the same time. Eventually Bart started laughing too.“I’m sorry I did that, I was already on my way when you called. I wasn’t going to ruin the surprise for any reason.” Bart said.They broke the embrace and Bart wiped the tears off her face.“That’s what makes me so happy, you just noticed my absence and you immediately set out to find me. Mr. Adamson, you’re so obsessed, it’s almost like you can’t do without me” Lola said, she had a sly smile on her face.“Keep dreaming, Janette. I’m just here because we made a promise. I’ll have you know that I’m the type of man that keeps his promises” Bart said.“huh, I see. Well, I think that’s really cool. Look at you go
A Million Dates Chapter 18
Bart arrived at the hospital. He paid the driver and gave him something a little extra for making him laugh and taking his mind off pressing issues at that time. “You were very entertaining sir. Thank you” He said as the cab drove away. The driver then waved out the front seat window as he drove out of sight. Bart walked in to the counter area where he met a nurse. “Hello there, what can I do for you?” She asked. Her face was buried in files that needed to be attended to. “I’m looking for a patient, she goes by the name ‘Vanessa’. Used to be a doctor, a friend of mine told me she was admitted here.” Bart explained. The nurse looked up at him for some seconds and focused back on her papers. “are you a cop?” she asked. “no, I’m not. I’m a friend of her daughter. Why would you even think that?” Bart questioned. He felt uneasy because his time was being wasted. “That’s exactly what a cop would say. Are you related to the family?” she asked. “I’ve been friends with her daughter sinc
A Million Dates Chapter 17
“oh what’s that look I see on your face?” Vanessa says as she gives a sly smile.“What look are you talking about? I don’t know about anything, how did Bart even come into the picture?” Lola asked. At this point she had been avoiding eye contact with her mother.“Look honey, if you’ve had a man follow you around as long as that young man has been around you, chances are that he’s in love with you and he doesn’t know. Either that or he knows but for some reason he can’t tell you. Maybe fear of ruining the friendship in the likely event where you aren’t interested.” Vanessa said.Lola scoffed and put both hands on her hips. “you don’t know Bart like I do, Mom. I think if he was in love with me I’d know after all these years.”Vanessa cleared her throat and closed her eyes. “well, maybe I’m wrong about him feeling something for you. But then again, what about you? What do you honestly feel for him?”Lola was taken by surprise. She was used to freezing or getting defensive whenever she wa
A Million Dates Chapter 16
“Mother please, can you just let me embrace you for a while longer? We don’t have to talk about this.”Vanessa sighs. “You’re right, now isn’t a good time to bring that up”Vanessa with her pale, weak arms, embraces Lola tighter.“Mother…what— what even happened? You look so…. Different.”She couldn’t stop the tears from rolling off her face and dripping on to Vanessa’s hospital clothes.“Life happened my dear, life happened. Just when you think things might go good, your daughter leaves you, your husband leaves you, you quit your job and cancer shows up.”“I had to leave mom, I had to. You made it seem like I didn’t mean anything to you.”“If only you could see, you were and still are the best thing I have but I couldn’t make you see that.”“Mom, mom I don’t want to talk about any of this right now. Can I just be here? I just want to be here.”Lola was sobbing so pitifully as she rested in her mother’s embrace.“How did all of this happen? Why did it have to happen like this?”“It’s
A Million Dates Chapter 15
The atmosphere inside of the taxi was a particularly uncomfortable one for Lola.Diane sat next to Lola at the back seat of the taxi, She tapped her phone unconcerned about the person sitting next to her.Lola’s demeanor was calm and quiet at this point, she had no words. She had realized that maybe she was the problem, maybe she was the reason for the issues between Vanessa and herself.“I wonder if things would be different if I just acted a bit mature that day” she muttered silently.“I guess we’ll never know”Diane who appeared to be busy with her phone at first, gave a rather swift reply.“How is she?”Lola was on the verge of breaking down into tears but she held herself.“It’s not looking good, mom has…cancer”Diane put down her phone on her lap and placed her right hand on Lola’s shoulder.Lola could no longer hold back the tears, she placed her head against her half sister’s shoulder and cried bitterly.The taxi driver raised his eyes to the mirror, he felt pity even if he co
A Million Dates Chapter 14: Reunions
“Me?”“Yes, you sir! You’re him!”“Young lady, I don’t think I’ve ever met you before”“Oh but you have, my face didn’t change that much did it?!”“Remind me who you are again? I’ve gotten pretty old.”The old man smiled and started laughing.“You’re totally him, it’s been ages!”Lola leans in an they share a warm hug.“My God, you’re all grown up. A fine woman you turned out to be.”“You don’t look so bad yourself, you’ve looked like this since I was a kid.”“What can I say? Blessing of youth.”“Definitely blessing of youth. Where did you go off to, old man?”“It’s a long story, back then my son wanted me move in with him and stop selling ice cream.”“Your son?”“Yup, he lived in California.”“Bart was heartbroken when you just disappeared.”“I know, I figured he’d hate me. After all, you both spent most of your free time with me.”“He doesn’t hate you, I’m sure he doesn’t.”“How’s he by the way? You two are married now right?”“What?!”Lola let out a surprised expression, her cheeks
A Million Dates Chapter 13: Home.
Bart was confused and worried at the same time. Lola and Vanessa weren’t two people that usually saw eye to eye. So why the sudden call, and why the sudden disappearance of Lola?“This is all too urgent, I don’t like the urgency of this. It’s something that makes me nervous”Bart put Lola’s phone in his pocket and left the apartment.Lola on the other hand, had gotten to her destination. A place she hasn’t been in forever She stood at the closed train station as a cool breeze graced her face, causing feelings of nostalgia to rush in.“Has it really been that long?” Lola said, brushing some strands of hair behind her ears from her face.“It’s quite shameful that I no longer know the way to my mom’s house, come to think of it, I’ve been here only a handful of times”Lola’s childhood wasn’t one she liked remembering, she often thinks that without Bart, her childhood would have been even more depressing than it already is.The year Lola graduated from high school, Her mother broke the n
