Johnny Sly moved his body and slid to get closer to the woman who leaning her front body on the hand trails of the porch. “How is your mom?” He asked with a soft tone, trying to converse and killing the awkwardness. Elena sighed. “She’s going better, Boss!” She answered, switching a glance from the rose and lavender in the garden to the man she worked for. That evening, Johnny looked fresh with his half wet hair version and body cologne with combination of musk and citrus. Conversation dimmed for some moments as Elena recalled the time she met that man who within a few months then, she worked for him and his clients. It was one messy afternoon, they got bumped each other in the street, she was rushing to the hospital before catching her evening class while he was rushing to catch a time for meeting with a client. The man in dark formal suits helped her got up from the ground and collected the scattered pieces of her old mobile phone. He gave her his business card before lea
“I hope you sleep well!” Johnny sipped his coffee, they were having a breakfast by swimming pool. As usual he put his scanning stare at Elena while she walked to approach him just to say: “Good morning Boss.” Angelo was getting some toasted bread he had done, swaying his hand in the air as his fingers got hot after picking the bread from the toaster. “Good morning Elena,” he stopped spreading blueberry jam on those oat bread, he greeted Elena and humbly poured two cups of coffee, for himself and her. Elena sighed then gave a quick nod for Angelo’s greeting. “Good morning, Angelo. Hope you sleep well…” she murmured. She put some pasta on her plate and two slices of chicken sandwiches with three spoons of salad. Breakfast wasn’t served by the kindness of female assistants as they got dinner the night before, at that morning, the meals were served on the table near the garden area while they could have breakfast with swimming pool scenery. Elena took the same table with Ange
Elena closed the locker and she gasped as she found Ashley, her friend was leaning her side next to her. “Gosh…you startled me, Ashley!” She almost yelled because of Ashley’s sudden appearance. The library was quiet and only her, Ashley and some librarian staffs inside the building. She turned around to take a sight on her surroundings. Ashley hid her smile, putting her finger on her lips. “Shhh…” She yanked Elena’s wrist to a table in the corner. Her red colored hair shaded with her original brunette hair was tied up in a ponytail. “Your wish will be granted…” She hissed and handed a note with their college heading on the paper. She rubbed her palm hands on her both thighs that were wrapped in old-fashioned jeans and a brown leathered belt. Her pupils were dilated as she looked excited to let Elena know about it. “I got this from our dean.” Ashley continued. Elena took the note from her close friend’s hand and she read it quickly. Her smile was blooming. “Three thousan
“Why there’s no bus passing through this area?” Elena curled her nose, taking a look at her watch, it pointed at 11.15 p.m. “Should be twenty four hours service, right?” She looked at Ashley, the young woman was anxious and she pitched one of her feet. “You’re in morning shift tomorrow?” Elena spanked Ashley’s bottoms, signing her to stop moving her leg. She knew it was a sign of Ashley unconsciously made every time she was feeling nervous, in the edge or anxious. Elena giggled. “Stop it, Ashley.” Ashley stopped moving and turned her head to Elena who was standing next to her. “Gosh…you always giggle at the time you should be nervous…” Ashley puffed and leaned her side head on the entrance frame gate of the bus stop. Elena shrugged. Silence was rambling into them and the street, only few cars were passing… “Thank God,” Ashley pulled out her arm, stopped a taxi, the only one of public transportation that was passing through at the street where both of them were waiting
Fred Tiger took the glass of wine from Irène’s hand. He put the glass on the side table next to their bed. The slow instrumental was in background to make both of them get relaxed that evening. The scent of lavender aromatherapy was airing the room. Irène looked at every move Fred made as the night started crawling to make a history about the unforgettable moments in each life… “Are you ready to take a wonderful journey with me?” He beamed at the woman who was half reclined next to him. He kissed her backhand gently and could sniff the scent of sweet tropical coconut combined with sandalwood body lotion. ‘She scents already like tropical paradise…’ Fred gulped as he observed the long fingers with those nails decorated on blossomed red shades. “You look so scorching tonight…” He kissed her hand again and tickled naughtily her palm. Irène giggled. Her body was shaking because she laughed and made her beautiful hills sneaked out from her peach night dress with low cleavages,
Elena made herself a cup of morning coffee alone in the kitchen with a plate of cheese spaghetti as her breakfast. It was 7.30 a.m but she had a lot of things to be done by that day. Her brain just digested everything as her mouth was munching, the old man with Mediterranean nose, charming and a pair of his Oriental onyx colored eyes like hers who she met in the library to a charming but mysterious taxi driver, the delay of the night bus schedule, then, there was one taxi that it appeared coincidentally to pick her and Ashley up showing up in fragments. She inhaled and felt suspicious that the taxi driver man wasn’t the real Davis Adams as the name tag on the taxi’s dashboard. ‘What and where were the red thread that I could see their connection? I didn’t sniff any coincidences otherwise everything seemed to be orchestrated,’ her mind became more alert for something absurd laid beyond as the shower water sprinkled on her. ‘Isn’t Mrs. Ruth’s house sold?’ Elena sniffed somethin
The silence was vaporizing the room. Bringing within its current, some running questions to shake the skepticism of Elena’s world of thinking. She saw Mom only taking a deep breath after putting the ring into her deep stare. It wasn’t easy atmosphere to breathe in for Elena as the question of the ring had flooded her mind, bringing thick clouds to drop another questions. While at the same moment, she was being attacked by her curiosity blended with hesitance striking her throat to ask more miles further… Elena kept learning every line that her mom curved on her face and eyes. Some apt lines could give her some reasons to read Mom’s sinking deep emotions. But, she found nothing…perhaps not yet emerge… ‘She is so clever and hideous…she never let her emotional ripples floating to surface and gave someone easily to dive within her waves of thoughts or emotions’. Elena puffed as the mist aired the running time of her finding it out. She saw obviously unshaken emotions ther
Elena stopped by at the coffee shop where Ashley was working. “Cappuccino, right?” Ashley approached her table and gave her a plate of a cheese cake. “Thanks,” Elena beamed and moved the coffee cup closer to her. At the time she was taking a look around the café, it was quite empty. It was around 10 in the morning, she saw there were only three guests in the café including her and a woman with her daughter. She smirked as her eyes captured the daughter and mother interaction. The daughter appeared to be under five years old and she talked in excited expression as her mom kept listening seriously. They looked to get involved in a deep conversation and it was so cute to see that, making Elena recalled how she used to be as a little girl. She sighed and took a sip of her cappuccino, she found Ashley was standing still by her chair, and she was looking at the same direction as her. “They often visit this café but…I never seen the father…” Ashley shrugged and was about to leav