“Uhn?.”“Steal me away?.”Maria smiled at her daughter before she looked back at Noah and said. “It’s alright dear. She’s all yours and it’s time you learn to call me mom too, or just Maria.” Lola’s eyes widened at her mom’s unbelievable words. “Mom!. What am I? An object?.” How could she sell her daughter off to a man she had only met twice? She felt wronged. “I’m not going anywhere with him,” Lola added with a pout of her lips and made to head back inside the house but Noah grabbed her hand, intertwining his fingers with hers.Noah’s palm was surprisingly warm and Lola tried to separate her hand from his but he wouldn’t let go. “Mom!.” Lola protested but Maria ignored her and instead gave Noah a wave of her hands. “She’s all yours.”“Thank you, mom.” She heard Noah say and watched as Maria grinned happily, hurriedly walking back into the house and closing the door behind her, leaving her daughter alone with Noah.“Betrayer..” Lola mumbled.Finally having Lola to himself, the man g
Maria walked back into the house to find the music which she had wanted Lola to dance to earlier in the morning on the play. Its volume was low and it seemed to be coming from Lola’s room.“Is she dancing?.” Maria muttered, her face suddenly curving up into a grin as she lessened the intensity of her footsteps against the ground, sounding as light as possible, as she tiptoed to her daughter’s room.The door was slightly ajar and the music was indeed on inside but contrary to what Maria had expected, Lola wasn’t dancing at all but was on a call with someone, probably Aria cause she heard her mention the word ‘audition.”Maria turned to return to the living room but Lola had turned at that same moment, noticing her.“Mom.” She called out and ended the call. “You are back already? Is Richard gone?.” she asked.“Yes, he is,” Maria responded with a nervous smile. She expected more questions from Lola but the girl only nodded and returned to reading the novel on the bed which made Maria even
Noah’s eyes dimmed as he watched Lola slowly slip her hand which he had covered with his away from his hold and turned to stare fully at something outside the car’s window, still neglecting him.“Sir?. There’s been an accident four blocks ahead.” John announced after listening in on the message conveyed by the bodyguards in the other vehicle.“An accident?.” Lola finally spoke up with worry in her voice. Her eyes still lingered outside.The traffic in the area was extensive, possibly due to the accident and the street was congested. With vehicles and pedestrians and with a portion of the road blocked off by the authorities, the whole street was more rowdy than usual. But Lola was more concerned about three kids outside on the cold street. Two boys and a little girl, The younger boy was holding on to a piece of object that Lola did not recognize from far away, and the two little boys seemed to be having a heated argument concerning it, while the little girl simply watched on from the s
A strange-looking family of five was seated around the table of a seven-star restaurant. Judging from their orders, the huge spread of food on their table, and the number of diligent staff that were on standby to privately attend to them, the other customers concluded that the strange family were indeed odd-looking but they were definitely not the sort of people to mess with, so they forced themselves to look away from them and concentrate on having their meal.Mr Finnegan, the manager of the restaurant where the five were currently seated and having dinner was an average-sized man who always wore a smile on his face. Mr Finnegan’s smile bloomed wider than usual as he hurried over to the special guest’s table, he gave a bow to Noah who was currently watching Lola add more food to the plates of the three children. “Mr Sanchez.” He called. “Hope you find the food to your liking sir? You see... You arrived on such short notice but we made sure that only the finest of our chefs handled t
Aria blinked multiple times at the opened-up screen of her laptop, not sure if she was seeing things. She squinted as she clicked frantically on her laptop and zoomed in further on the page. Her eyesight was indeed still functional and no this was no joke! The latest mail in her inbox said it all. It read, “Dear Aria Davis, Congratulations on your successful audition with the judges! It is with great enthusiasm that we extend an invite to you to join the agency’s....” “Aaaah!!!..” Aria squealed in excitement, not bothering to read the rest of the words contained in the unexpected letter. It’s been weeks since her last audition and she had long lost hope of even receiving a response from any of the dance agencies. “Lola would be so happy to hear this!.” She mumbled to herself and let out a grin. At this thought, the young woman picked up her cell phone and dialed Lola’s number.“Where are you?.” Aria asked the instant the call connected, then glanced at the time... “What could Lola a
Lola locked the door from behind as she walked into the bedroom. A soft melody drifted through the window into the room from the street below. On nice evenings such as this, Lola would stand by the open window, which gives a nice view of Rosewoods, and just stare, but tonight, she was not in the mood.She slumped down on the comfy already-made bed and stuffed her face in the pillow. Tonight was meant to be spent reminiscing about old high school memories with Noah Sanchez and reeling in the less than three hours late news that she was now officially Noah’s girlfriend. So how did things get so crazy? How could her own best girlfriend be in love with her?“Jeez!.” Lola mumbled, feeling lost. She turned over on the bed and propped herself up in her arms. But Aria?… There must have been signs right? “Well, maybe I’m pansexual..” Aria’s random words the other night at Maria’s garden rang in her ears and Lola resisted the urge to scream for being so ignorant. Turned out those words were n
The brunette-haired girl was dressed in all black. Black perhaps, because her mood was equally as dark as the color was. “A cappuccino please.” She ordered, tapping on the menu with her fingers before she slid it over the table to the waiter. “Right away ma’am.” The waiter responded with a smile and accepted it before hurrying off to the counter.Aria glanced around the large coffee house with mixed feelings. She had noticed the new shop while taking a walk in the area last week and had wanted to visit the coffee house for the first time with Lola. She swallowed and took a glimpse at the time on her wristwatch. She was thirty minutes earlier than the appointed time for their meeting....and so was Steve. “Baby.” An excited voice called from behind and Aria sighed inwardly as the man's face came into view.“Steve. You are here early.” Aria pointed out. “Ordered a cappuccino already, what would you like to have?.”“Black, strong coffee,” Steve responded with a wink, then a quick rub of
"See?. Even my wife isn't so pleased by your foolish actions, Move her things to the master's bedroom immediately!." Noah instructed, his icy glare forcing the men to respond quickly.“Yes sir!.” The bodyguards responded simultaneously and the hurried sound of footsteps filled the room. Just as the last man left, Lola turned to face Noah with a reddened face, her eyes narrowing at him. The man did not look one bit sorry for the brazen lie he’d uttered seconds ago and instead stared back at her lazily like he had no idea what it was that he had done.“Never pegged you to be a fibber Noah Sanchez.” Lola singled out with her both arms crossed against her chest. “I don’t know what you are playing at but I would remain In. My. Room. And not in yours...” she warned.“That won’t be a problem...” The man countered, his handsome face bearing the ghost of a grin.“...your room is also mine as mine is yours, does not matter what room you choose to stay in. I will gladly go there with you withou