The following morning of the attack, I chose not to heed Malik's warning and opened Lucent White, as usual. Why? Because I'm a stubborn b***h. Also, I looked at our records and saw that we had almost a dozen of orders due today.
I called Nana to tell her about what happened. Fortunately, she fully embraced the 21st century and got a cellphone so I could easily reach her. Unlike a certain someone who still had not gotten in touch since I last saw him.
Needless to say, she was furious. She told me the same thing, to close the shop for a while and wait for Alex. She also didn't have any way of reaching him and apparently, these long spans of absences were quite usual for him, so she didn't bother anymore.
Still, I kept my ground and said my piece. Honestly, I think the likelihood of those
