"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."
The door goes as she smiles to herself upon seeing that the door is unlocked. Slowly the door moves backwards, and Maura pushes the door further and walks in to see a spectacular view.Inside the room, is a beautiful room, styled warmly so that she feels the entire air surrounding the room before she walks in. From the peaceful colour of the wall, anyone can tell immediately that the room was decorated by a female. ‘Her.’A white rug in the middle of the room bearing a mini round glass table.A monstrous brown wardrobe by the wall right opposite the bed, a makeup mirror with ring lights around the mirror, several expensive makeup brands, and lastly, the king-sized matrimonial bed. Maura feels nostalgia as she looks around, everything feels new to her, like she’s never seen it better, and guess what she hasn’t.On the walls are photos of Maura and Neon looking like the envy of every couple. Cute, loving and happy. All the photos had a Neon she’s never met before. Never in her lif
“Hey, is this seat taken?” A bright cheerful woman. She looks like she’s in her late thirties, but still, she stands out, beaming radiantly that even the sun worships her radiant cheer. The person she’s speaking to happens to be a very conservative woman, who seems somewhat shy to be around a woman like her. Shy and embarrassed, she doesn’t want to keep the lady waiting and moves for her to sit on the park bench together. Her eyes stare at the lady who takes her seat elegantly that she envies even the way her hair dances to the wind. The first few minutes of seating together create an awkward atmosphere as they end up watching the open together as cars drive by. The cheerful lady stares at the other, her fingers drumming on her cup of cappuccino as she chews off her other finger, wondering how she will approach this conservative lady. Finally, she gives up on thinking and stretches her hand out, “I'm Maura just so you’d know.” “oh…I’m Drusilla.” She answers shyly, taken aback
It's Maura, she knew that much because her voice gave her away. Now that she had called the words just weren’t coming out as she was drowned in nervousness. “I….it… it’s me. We… We met today…. And you... You gave me your card.” “Calm down Drusilla, if you could hear yourself right now, you’ll laugh so hard,'' Maura says to Drusilla who’s already at the point of tears due to her nervousness. “You must have felt worried because I didn’t say anything right? I’m sorry.” Drusilla, without Maura knowing, breaks out in tears that she covers her mouth so her crying can not be heard. “Would you like to go out with me tomorrow?” Maura asks.“Sure,” Drusilla answers speedily with excitement. When she realises the enthusiasm in her voice, she tries correcting herself to avoid making Maura think she’s weird, as it is, she already feels Maura can read her mind, and the mere thought of it makes her tremble.Her happiness knows no bounds in making her very first friend, and she’s eager to meet