13 - Marianne

"Mr. Ryan Gonzales?" I was surprised when I saw my client then. It turns out to have been Ryan, the same guy Jack and I talked to once while we were on vacation right after he graduated from university.

"Marianne?" The moment he laid eyes on me, he, too, was taken aback, and he started to laugh. "You-You're my date?"

We couldn't help but laugh at the way things were set up. The world is indeed very small. Who would have thought that the person I was set up on a blind date with would turn out to be one of my clients?

As we sat down to dinner, Ryan commented, "I thought you're married."

"Legally separated but currently living with my son," I explained, as Ryan simply smiled and nodded his head in response to what I said.

I never thought I'd see Ryan again. My last encounter with him was at the signing of a lease agreement for the condominium unit that he is going to be renting out. It was a few days after Jack and I had returned from our vacation at the resort. The number of days is al