Chapter 7 "his errand girl"

Annie sat alone in front of a fountain, her mind flash back to the time at the restaurant. She remembered the moment the mysterious man kissed her.

"I should have slapped him hard" she bit her lip in regret. She was in deep thought when she suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice call her name.

"Good morning, Annie. I'm Lila, Lila Santiago. Would it be possible to talk to you? In private," the unfamiliar voice asked. She was a woman in her late fifty's.

Annie nodded innocently and Lila sat beside her on the bench. She removed her sun shades and faced Annie with a smile. "Do you come to the bay often?" She asked.

"Excuse me?," Annie pouted, wondering why the stranger woman picked interest in speaking with her without knowing her from nowhere.

"We all have our secret spots. I also had a place like this in my youth,"Lila started a friendly conversation.

"And then?," Annie smirks.

"I realized