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" Then what happened?" Martina asked eagerly.

" Be patient will you?" Her mother softly reprimanded.

" Your father would come every evening to the cafe and ask the manager to specifically ask me to serve him. It reached to a point all the employees in the cafe didn't bother to attend to him. He would sometimes ask me to accompany him in his table and ofcourse the manager never objected to it. What I didn't know was that he had taken upon himself to pay my salary so my duties were limited. We got to know each other but I never knew he was from a rich family since he used to dress up casually. One evening he proposed to take me out and we agreed that it was to be the following day but that day I didn't come back.My mother's health worsened and she was rushed to the ICU. I had to go accompany her in the hospital. Your father came to the cafe ready to take me out but did not find me" Her mom paused,took a glass of water,took a sip to wet her already dry mouth.

" At first he thought I had