DINNER

Dina and Chris were set to go for their dinner at Mrs. Wright’s house, after they bid the other children in the orphanage goodbye they left. Dina was wearing an orange gown that was up to her knee, with a silver necklace that had a butterfly at the center and a pair of a silver slip-on. She let her hair fall to the sides of her face and attached little black hairpins to hold it down, and on her lips, she applied pink lip-gloss to make it moist and beautiful. While Chris was wearing a shirt and a pair of brown trousers.

“Taxi” Dina waved her hand to stop the taxi approaching their way.

“Where to ma’am “Said the Taxi driver.

“St. Paul villa” Dina opened the door for Chris to enter and then she also entered and close the door to the passenger seat.

Dina paid the driver after they got off the Taxi and thanked him for his services. After the Taxi left Dina and Chris went ahead to Mrs. Wright’s house.

“WOW!! …. This place is beautiful, how is it possible to have the same house everywhere “Chris said while his eyes were surveying the whole villa.

Dina giggled at what Chris said. “Wait till you see the interior of her house then you will be amazed by it.

“Do you mean the inside is even more beautiful than this” Chris almost tripped on his toes after what Dina just told him?

“Yes, it is” She answered shortly.

“Dina what do I tell her when I get to her house,” Chris asked shyly while squeezing his hands together.

Dina giggled softly and took his hands in hers and said “just thank her straight from your heart for all the things she planning on doing for you, that’s all”. Then she cupped his face with one of her hands. “There is nothing to be scared about”.

“Okay, if you say so “.

Dina and Chris got to the house in no time and went ahead to ring the doorbell.

*Ding Dong*

The door was immediately opened by a young man wearing a white shirt and a black pair of trousers. It was obvious that he was a helper in the house since Dina had seen many of the helpers in Mrs. Wright’s wear that color code. But he was quite a handsome young man which Dina found surprising, how could a man this handsome work as a helper. And how could a man be this good looking, these were the questions she was asking herself. She felt like just looking at this beauty of a man standing right before her eyes but it would be weird to do that so she blinked a few times and composed herself.

“Good evening, you must be Miss Dina,” said the young man.

Chris nudged Dina back to reality with his tiny elbow to answer the young man.

“Yes,” Dina replied simply. 

The young man bowed his head a little and made way for Dina and Chris into the house. This little gesture from him made Dina’s cheeks burn hot from blushing too much. He led them into the main parlor to make them more comfortable in the house while he had a maid get them water.

“Please make yourselves at home while I inform Madam about your arrival” He left immediately after he said that and went straight to Mrs. Wright’s room which was on the highest floor in the house.

Chris was amazed by what he was seeing at the moment. He had never been to such a huge house in his entire life. 

The interior of the house was painted in white and gold, with a huge golden chandelier placed in the ceiling of the main parlor, a golden table directly under the chandelier, a white set of furniture which had a touch of gold on them, etc. 

Chris couldn’t stop staring at every little thing he saw, it was as though he was in heaven but without angels.

“Madam, your visitors have arrived,” The young man said from behind the door of Mrs. Wright.

“Let them know I will be on my way out soon” Mrs. Wright replied sweetly.

“Yes Madam”. Then he left to deliver the message.

The young man delivered the message and soon enough Mrs. Wright emerged from the stairs looking like a queen.

Dina could not deny that Mrs. Wright was a beautiful woman even though she was quite old. She couldn’t guess her age but from the looks of it, she looked 63 or 64 years old.

“Oh my! I must say, you look beautiful tonight” Mrs. Wright complimented Dina ever so sweetly. 

“Good evening Mrs. Wright” Dina greeted her with a bright smile on her face.

“And who do we have here” Mrs. Wright was referring to Chris who was standing next to Dina closely.

“Good evening Ma’am” Chris also greeted.

“Evening to you too” Replied Mrs. Wright with a lovely smile on her old face.

“Okay enough with the greetings, why don’t we take the rest of the talk to the dinner table,” Mrs. Wright said jokingly.

The trio was already sited at the dinner table and being served delicious food by the helpers.

Different types of food were served on the table such as vegetable salad, beef, fish soup, etc. Dina noticed how Chris was staring at the food with horror, this much food would probably scare him.

Dina wanted to let him know that it is not a must to eat all of it but Mrs. Wright beat her to it.

“You know, it’s not a must you eat all of it, just ask her to dish out the food of your choice on your plate” Mrs. Wright chuckled after what she just said.

“Ooh okay”.

“So what is your name,” Asked Mrs. Wright Chris curiously.

“Chris… my name is Chris” He answered steadily.

“Ummm… Chris” Mrs. Wright repeated soundly. “And how old are you”.

“7 years old”. He replied after taking a piece of vegetable salad.

Mrs. Wright laughed for a short moment before saying. “Where is my manner, I keep interrupting your dinner”

“I guess it’s because there is no one to keep me company lately,” She said sadly.

“But why is that, how about Bryan” Dina finally spoke after a while.

“Bryan is in London for a school trip” She sighed after. “He left this old lady all by herself”.

“Don’t feel sad about it, he will be back soon” Dina tried to make Mrs. Wright feel a little better.

“Sad about what, I have Jeff with me and he takes good care of me,” Mrs. Wright said with a happy smile on her face while looking at the young man standing not too far from the dinner table.

Dina turned to look at the person Mrs. Wright was referring to and accidentally locked eyes with him. Her intentions were not to stare at him for long but Jeff also made it very difficult to look away because he was also staring at her intensely.

*Cough …Cough*. This singular act made Dina choke on her food. She was so busy staring at him that she forgot to breathe.

“Oh dear, what happened,” Mrs. Wright asked looking concerned.

“Mm… it's nothing, I just choked on a little vegetable. Can I use your restroom please” Dina asked politely? 

“Sure you can. Jeff, please show her to the restroom will you” 

“This way please” Jeff led Dina out of the dining area.

Jeff found it funny how Dina was behaving, he knew quite well that she liked him but it seems as though she could not handle things properly. He noticed how she would take a glance at him almost every time during dinner which he found very cute though.

“So I guess there is no need to introduce ourselves, but for the sake of formality, I have to” Jeff extended his hand towards Dina for a handshake. “My name is Jeffery Quinn”.

Dina accepted his hand before replying. “Dina Evans. Nice to meet you”. 

“Nice to meet you too” He then retreated his hand back into his pocket.

Dina could not stop smiling inwardly. She could not believe she just exchanged hands with him. “Today must be my lucky day If he noticed me already,” She said to herself.

“Why don’t I have your phone number so that we can get to know each other better. That’s if you don’t mind”. Jeff scratched the back of his neck a little nervously.

Dina was a bit shy cause she never really talked to guys often, especially the ones she had feelings for. She was always good when it comes to controlling her emotions but it seems she lost her cool when it came to his particular man.

“Sure” Dina gave him her mobile number then went straight to the restroom as directed.