Tears well up in her eyes as she stares at him with sadness. She wants to fight back, cries and begs Neon to turn the car around but the words fail to listen to her bright ideas. The more they drive, Maura fights with herself, debating on whether or not it's a good option to touch the steering wheel, but each time her hands reach towards Neon, she sees a rage greater than her resolve that causes her to shrink in fear. Finally, she gives up and like a good girl doesn't create a fuss until they arrive at a spectacular gala. "Mr Neon, it's good to see you," an old man says. The moment the couple arrives, a small crowd of couples and partners gathers Neon, reaching out to him for a shake while they greet each other. "Good to see you as well Mr Desmond," Neon says, he takes Maura by the shoulders, pushing her forward before introducing her. "Yes, and this is my wife, Maura." "Oh, good to see you, Maura, you look lovely today." The old man and his wife stretch their hands towards Mau
With a look of exhaustion, Maura dries her hands, staring at June through the mirror, who does the same as she awaits Maura to turn around."What do you want?" Maura asks with a heavy sigh of exhaustion.Finally, when her arms are dried, she turns around, now facing June, pressing her waist against the sink as she crosses her legs. The tension in the room became so thick that one could cut it with a knife.At one glance, anyone could recognise that Maura and June will never get along. With one step forward, June leans into Maura's face but Maura remains unshaken as she grins with one eyebrow upwards to question June's action. "I came to find out the reason why you created a scene on my wedding day," she says with overwhelming boldness. "I don't see any reason why I have to explain myself to you. Like I said, I was merely looking out for my late friend." Maura answers. A cloud of thoughts concerning how to get June off her back overshadows Maura's thinking, especially since she wa
A few minutes ago.Even with dazzling lights and a delightful atmosphere, Neon stood out more than ever. A crowd of guests, particularly gathered for the sake of the only Neon being present, took this as an opportunity and swarmed over him. For Neon, his working smile would not last long as both sides of his lips trembled from holding that look for that long. "When is this ever going to end?" He asked himself as he stood stillEach minute he would answer, "yes, thank you." With his head bowed, he got bored of it quite quickly, very quickly."This isn't why I came here." He muttered to himself. His eyes cast up ahead as he locked his target to spot Mrs Ethan who he saw left the bathroom with a burning rage.Her fist was tightly clenched, her feet stomped as she walked, and her mouth muttered words to herself."Oh!Did they finally have that chat?" He asked himself. The more he thought about it, the more he became curious, he wanted to know for himself how June reacted to Maura, and
"To our partnership.""To our partnership." The audience echoes with great cheer as glass clinks and the people merry.Ethan, after years of trial, has successfully sealed the deal he always dreamed of. "Revolution of E-shopping." He calls it. The very first target to enlarge his brand innovation was someone with great influence, someone everyone would like to partner with to get their hands on a share, "Neon's Mall," to be specific, "Neon's grocery mall."His idea is to create the very first non-human mall, with the wonder of AI. "I have to say, you've surprised me, Mr Ethan." Neon says as he shakes hands with Ethan, clinking glasses as they share a toast."Well, what can I say, I'm just full of surprises." He answers with a loud laugh. The two laughs till their bellies are full, even if the joke was not funny, for some reason it makes sense to them. Maura and June are by their spouses' side to make sure they don't get drunk and make a fool of themselves. Ethan takes a sip of h
Again she reaches out to Maura, but Neon refuses to let go as he tightens his arms around her. "Well if you would all care to come with me, I'd like to show you something interesting." Ethan proposes to have Maura stay for Kathleen's sake. "As much as I would have liked that, I'm afraid my wife's already tired, so I'm afraid we must leave." She can feel his grip around her waist tightens, he's not letting go as he pulls her closer and further away from the others. Although Neon is merely trying to protect her, Maura isn't enjoying this as her mood turns sour.He looks at Kathleen who grins at the sight of this, catching up with the fact that he's lost the moment Maura's mood switches. He knows there's nothing more he can do about it. "Oh, but Mrs Oxford." He calls out to the woman, "if you don't mind, I'll like to invite you over to my place next week, I'm sure Maura will like it if you paid a visit one of these days." She looks at Maura expecting her answer. "Well, what do
"Maura, wait." Neon yells a bit too late as he races out of his car towards her who's standing before the elderly couple. She shows no fear on her face. It's the bravest look Neon has seen her showcase aside from the time when she crashed the wedding. "Didn't your parents ever teach you to be nice to old people?" She asks aggressively.The two bouncers stare at each other. In their eyes Maura has the look of an angry mother, scolding her children. It was a challenging look to overcome and has a whelming atmosphere as well. Neon catches up a bit late and sees the situation."Excuse me," he says to them as he grabs Maura and pulls her into a corner. He lowers his head to have a proper chat with her when he catches a proper look at the elderly couple, helping themselves up from behind her. The elderly woman bears a striking resemblance to a certain someone, and aside from that, they both look like they were well off. "So why are they being treated this way?" Neon wonders. At onc
"What the hell." She says in annoyance. Sniffles and whimpering echo in the dark room and suddenly, a bright light shines on a figure in the room.A lady is seen in the room with Maura, who's responsible for the cries she's been hearing.Carefully, she walks towards the weeping woman, as she draws near, Maura starts counting her footsteps with caution. When she reaches the woman, she starts noticing some points about her, for instance, her short and dark hair.Her heart starts beating fast as she retracts, no longer reaching out to her as she walks up to stand before the lady."The weeping woman bows her head as she cries, as if she doesn't want to be seen, hair bangs covering her face so that getting a proper look at her, is almost impossible. Maura lowers her head and gets on her knee to take a closer look. She sees blood, dripping down her face as the woman hides behind her hands. "Who….?" she asks, "who are you?"Suddenly, the crying ceases as she raises her hand to look Maur
The entire time they have breakfast, Maura can't help but stare at the two siblings, she could sense that something was wrong and yet refuses to alert them as they won't figure out what she knows. Their eye movements, stiff shoulders, awkward dining and the tension in the room.Maura was certain that these two sure have something to hide and a good story to tell, but even so, she wants to lighten the mood."So, Chase, how are your studies?" She asks, desperate to lift the heavy heavy mood. Chase tilts his head as he raises an eyebrow. "I graduated three years ago," he tells her. Maura, taken back, stares at him with surprise, her brain trying to process that what she remembers is from later than three years ago. Now she realises that everything feels different with his words and instantly starts asking herself if there was something she was missing.Tracing her memories, she confirms that a huge piece of her memories is missing. "Oh!" She says with a pause, clearly taken back."