The untold

Seated in a coffee house with Miss Lopez, her hands rested on her eyes as she stared warmly at me, just like the first day I saw her. “Coffee?” she asked so sweetly, I wouldn't dare reject it.

“Sure thing,” I said.

Just like a magic wand, she waves a hand, and in seconds a waiter is standing beside her, saying, “We would like two cups of coffee." Her voice is firm and authoritative, and in a jiffy he is out of sight and out of mind.

“Oh darling, I am so delighted you showed up,” she said, stretching her hand as she held mine in hers. Just like the thought of bliss, I found myself smiling back at her. “It's an honor to have tea with you,” I said, not hiding my delight.

She grin with her hands on her chest. “You are so sweet,” she said, still smiling. It’s beginning to seem like it’s a usual gesture, as she reciprocated the same with the waiter who just dropped off our cups. “Thank you,” i replied, whilst taking a sip from my mug.

“ Yes, I must be wondering why I called you out?’ she said, i want to say yes, i really want to know why the lopez are toying with me on this special day, I wanted to ask so badly if they are share one mind and aura but instead I say , “yes ”

“ Just as suspected , well i just want to say thank you, for your presence in Asher's life” my world spun in seconds as she mentioned the forbidden word , “ uhm ok?” curiosity diggs in , no mother just comes thanking a worker for their presence, we are both benefiting from each other, i won't be surprised if it's a tradition of the lopez, nothing seems to surprise me about them anymore .

“ well, just so you know i don't just thank anyone, but for you rose, i really want to say thank you as a mother”, she takes a sip from her coffee mug, compelled i do the same , “ hmm, it's an honor ma’am’’ i replied.

“ You know, ever since you started working with asher, he had changed a lot , I would say the biggest change in his whole lifetime,” she added, taking another sip from her mug. If change means acting weird, superstitious, darkness lurker, yes he changed

“ you know ever since he got lost as a child he has never really been himself, i don't know, he wasn't my son anymore, he was different from his siblings, he was just…” she paused, wiping a little thread of tear lurking at the corner of her eye.

Lost?

“He was lost '' I asked, she nodded, then waved her head, “ but I heard he finally wore a different color to a meeting, he agreed to come to the family function because Anna had said you would be coming as well” he said.

My heart skips, i thought?”

“ i really thinks he likes you, men don’t really change for women they don’t like” she said, as she rubs her thumb on my palm, her eyes smiles along, “please rose, don't stop whatever you're doing , i really want my son to be back , i miss him” she said, holding my hands in hers, i watch her cry for another 20 mins before we bid farewell as we left the coffee shop.

My mind wavers back to what she had just said, lost?, how?, it was never in history or blog posts, not rumors, nothing at all …

Maybe that's why he’s so weird, but .. it still doesn't explain why he would like white so much, why he was so prone to mood swings, why he cuts me off each time I feel like I was getting along with him, why he is so different from everyone i had worked with.

Looking outside the window , a lot has happened, today and god dammit, all revolves around one thing, the lopez it’s so draining I feel empty just thinking so diverse, Mia had begged for me not to leave, does she know about the company anniversary where i would have to leave the office, he doesn't care if i stay or not.

But then i come to wonder, i thought asher didn't know i would be at the party , but now I hear something different, attending a party because I was there isn’t something Asher would do, Axel would be more convincing but not Asher, because i was there, this doesn't make any sense at all, we barely even spoke, he only drove me back home, and then…

A wave of embarrassment flushed over my cheek, he never said anything about the previous night, why is he so calm about everything, what really goes through his mind, what makes him act so caught up, taking my phone, one’s again I scroll through our message, nothing other than endless stream of task and files.

He probably doesn’t worry as much as I do, I shouldn’t be worried either.

Dropping it back on the bed, I shouldn’t be concerned , definitely not in the contract to be concerned, but I can’t help it , as my thought weighed in my heart and my head, nothing seems to make any sense, nothing at all.

Speaking of things out of the ordinary, I hadn’t talked with my best friend in ages, I should definitely apologize.

Taking my phone i dial her number she picks after the fourth ring, she's really pissed for sure , never in the record of never, has jauna been seen without her phone , it's like an extra head to her, “ i am sorry” i said just when she answered,

She keeps quiet for a while, i pictures her face, frowning dramatically at me , “ i am very sorry, i was being rose again” i added,

“ forgiven” she sighs, then continues almost immediately “ how have you been?”

“Fine,” I said, in a cool tone. She paused. I knew she caught up to something , “ What is it this time?” she asked, i can never hide anything fromnher.

“ I am confused ,nothing is really going well” i cried out as i layed on my bed, the corner of my eye wet from worries.

“ pour it all out i am listening”

I proceed to say something, but i get notification

Sender asher.

‘Do you want to puzzle ?” my heart skips, for a second, why would he want me to come over to puzzle, no i don't want to puzzle, i don't want to see another lopez ever again, a second notification trips in, i had suspected it to be asher, so I ignore .

“ uhm sorry, asher sent me a text” i said to jauna “

“What did he say?”

“ if i would like to puzzle” i said nonchalantly.

“ ooh, guess whos getting a special invite” jauna yelled from the phone, “ hey, please i am not in the mood for that” my mind felt too hazy for such shenanigans , “ shut the hell up already , what your reply?” she asked,

“ i didn't reply his message” i said.

“ so stupid” she hisses, what was i thinking apologizing, “ hey pick up your phone dont be rose again ” she said, compelled i pick my phone up, hoping asher message was what I had boldly ignored but just then, I see a text from Axel.

‘ How was your day, my love?’