Chapter 3

But deep to the bone, she is stubborn, and no one knows how deep her thoughts and heart are.

Mia and Olivia know they both have secrets, and just like them, Bella also has her own secrets.

They never peeked into another’s personal zone and to see the secrets.

Because the truth is, if they want to know others' secrets, then they have to be bare of their own secrets in front of another person.

But still, when Olivia saw the calm and serene look on Bella, she felt astonished; how is Bella able to regain her composure?

Hearing Mia’s description and knowing that whatever Mia did isn’t a day or two days. It has been happening for two years; Mia disappointed Bella.

[Author Note: You guys may be wondering, is there any person who has the patience for two years? For your question, I think many people have astonishing patience, I believe]

“Bella, aren’t you angry? After all, you have tolerated it for two years….” Olivia trailed her words.

Bella sighed, knowing Olivia is a curious person, and letting her have a doubt is like a spy camera following around, so Bella choose to answer,

“I know you have the doubt, but you should also know after knowing me for two years, I am not a person who holds a grudge for more than ten minutes,

And my outburst was unexpected, but I am also a human, not some supernatural creature or God. I also have a temper, a horrible one also. I think she may be in a terrible mood. I will go and talk with her”

With that, she left her work and went to find Mia, who is at the counter sitting on the chair of the cashier just like always, but today she isn’t as cheerful as she was always,

Bella sighed and mentally slapped herself,

“Stupid, Bella, why do you have to be like that? Didn’t you now upset Mia?”

She muttered to herself.

After all, she is also human, and sometimes she also loses her cool, but that doesn’t mean you can burst out like a volcano; she should have talked patiently with her.

Anger is such a bad thing.

Bella thought to herself and then beckoned the idle waiter who was sitting in the corner.

“Take over the cashier seat and send Mia to the office” after that, she left for the office.

After a few seconds, Mia came. Even though Mia is sad and guilty, she didn’t blame Bella.

Mia knows that Bella and Olivia are good friends and have tolerated and supported her for more than two years.

Mia felt that he never missed her family, so when Bella shouted like that, she felt sad but more than sorry; she felt ashamed of herself for using the friendship built on love and trust.

She felt like a traitor.

“Bella, listen, I am…” before Mia could propose her sorries, Bela cut her in the middle.

[Author Note: I know cutting in the middle of a sentence isn’t a great feeling for anyone, still sometimes we do, and here Bella did two times, which is for a reason,

When I am writing, I felt this isn’t good, but in the story, this is needed, you may feel Bella is rude for cutting the people’s talk in the middle, but this is also required]

Bella felt she was behaving rudely, though if her mother or aunt were there, she would have gotten a smack on her head to cut people in their talk.

She will get an earful from both of them for hours like,

‘how it is rude to cut the people in the middle of their talks; where is your etiquette and teaching, which you learned from childhood blah blah blah.’

Bella felt fortunate that both of them isn’t here; if they are them, she would be dead [not in the verbal meaning, but a word to describe that she will get scolded]

“Mia, I am sorry darling, I shouldn’t have shouted like that; I was in a bad mood.”

Bella apologized very sincerely, and her eyes also showed how much she is sorry.

Mia now felt even more alarming. She felt like crying.

Her eyes watered, “Bella, sorry, I am a horrible friend; I did something wrong and didn’t even think about how you feel when… I leave you in the middle of the fair….I was wrong, and I will never do that again. I was careless before.”

Mia now is like a small child asking for forgiveness.

Her appearance now just like that, Bella’s heart melted seeing this.

Maybe because Bella always places herself as the elders in three of them.

She always took the lead, and whenever there was conflict, she would stand up and make decisions.

That’s why she always felt that taking care of these two girls has been her responsibility from day one where they hit off with each other, no matter what secrets they all hid from each other.

Because of that in her heart, she has a unique position in her heart for these two girls,

Maybe because she is an only child, she always desires to have someone like her siblings, but alas…

She didn’t think any further,

She shook her head.

“Okay guys, I can’t take this melodrama, please stop acting like soap drama actors, from when we became so courteous and have to explain the things between us, what is there about saying sorry.

Even me, who is hiding and eavesdropping, felt goosebumps rising in my body when you guys talked like this”

They both don't know when Olivia came, and she broke the emotional scene here, seeing that both Mia and Bella laughed out loud, looking at Olivia, who is making a face and rubbing herself like goosebumps are rising in her body.

After that, three girls came out of the office room loudly laughing.

Then all of them are in the kitchen making some deserts,

And they never mentioned the things about what happened in the morning.

When it was almost evening,

Bella looked at both of her friends, who were fooling each other with small gestures like throwing the flour on each other.

“Come on, let’s go guys, if not, we will be late for the fair.” hearing her words, Mia looked surprised, and then her face bloomed with happiness.

After that, her smile vanished; she knew Bella was compromising for her, so she wanted to refuse.

“Bella, you don’t need…” before she could complete her words, Olivia cut in,

[don’t know what, but Mia have been cut whenever she wanted to talk, if this is any other day, then she would have made a fuss about this, but today she is already guilty, so she didn’t say anything - Author’s words]

“I will come this time, and I will accompany Bella, if you have work you can go, after all, it’s been more than a year since I came to the fair so I will come this time, and from now on I will accompany both of you okay?”

Olivia could have gone to the fair, but she didn’t because she didn’t like to go to those things; she always felt a little bit uncomfortable, so she would just sleep in the home instead of going. Still, when she thought about Bella, she felt that Bella was the pitiful one, she refused, but Bella never denied any of their requests.

Now she also felt she and Mia took Bella a little carelessly, maybe because they both subconsciously felt that Bella is dear to them and as she always gives in to them, so they have been ignorant of Bella’s feelings.

This time she also got the red blaring alarm that they always felt that Bella has always been a support system, but that doesn’t mean Bella didn’t have feelings.

Olivia knows that in three of them, the one with deep thoughts and a sensitive mind is Bella, who knows everything but never expressed her opinions or stance.

Maybe that’s why they always regarded Bella as opinionless, not picky about anything.

Still, they both realized that she isn’t about without opinion, but she always leaves the best for both of them to decide.

This made Olivia realize that maybe she and Mia aren’t the one who thinks that they are all family, but Bella shows with her action which is invincible until now for both of them.

She also felt ashamed about how casual she was in the past, and many times she also ordered Bella, but Bella never did raise any questions.

Bella didn't say anything, just smiled at both of them, then went to clean the kitchen so that they can close a bit early today. After all, no one will come here at the time of the monthly fair.

“Olivia, that’s great, and I will also not …. Disappear, we will enjoy today” Both Olivia and Bella can see that conflict in her eyes when Mia decides this.

Bella knows that whatever causes Mia disappears, that is for some important reason, and she doesn’t care less. Still, she also has difficulties remembering her crazy act in the morning, and she regrets even more for acting like that.