Mistress of Evil

5

“ Neha?! ” he exclaims and asks to be sure if it is truly Neha

“ Lucifer! ” Neha also exclaims

“ What are you doing here? Don’t tell me you work here! ” Lucy says, feeling very surprised

“ Of course I work here …... ”

“ I though you are a student of the Bhopal College ….. ”

“ No, I was a student, but now a graduate for almost three years now ….... ”

“ So? ” Lucy asks, still wanting to know her reasons for working in the restaurant since she is a graduate already

“ Though I’m and online worker, but I work here every weekends too in other to make more money to meet my basic needs ….... ”

“ Oh, I see..... ”

“ But how come you have a knowledge of me being a student of or let me say once a student of BC?

“ Oh, that? Not that I really know. Just a guess from how people relate with you on that day and the file that I saw with you on that day too …….. ”

“ That’s true though. But I was actually coming from a meeting with my mentor who is a teacher there ”

“ Anyways, please bring me a Rice-bowl with a bottle of Sangrias .... ”

“ We do not have Sangrias .... ”

“ Bring me water then .... ”

“ Okay sir! ” she turns her back to Lucifer and then face the food desk before she starts to walk to the desk

While she is walking towards the desk in which the kitchen is behind it ……..

“ Let it be coconut or any other fruit infused water please  .... ” Lucy tells her with a bit of loud voice

“ Coconut water? ...... Mo, we do not have that, but there is lemon water ….... ” she turns back her front to face him, with her feet still facing the direction of the food desk

“ That’s good as well. But please don’t just bring me plain water .... ”

“ Alright sir! ” she replies

She turns her back to him again, facing the food desk, and she continues t walk to the food desk. It takes her few minutes to return. But while waiting for her, Lucifer dips his hand into his pocket to remove his phone and then opens the contact application before he drops it on the table. As soon as he lifts up his head, he sees Neha returning back to him and very close already ………

“ I’m really sorry for the delay sir ……. ” Neha pleads to him

“ No problem at all. You didn’t really delay me and you know that ……. ” he says, demonstrating with his hand to give her signal to drop the food on the table

Neha drops the tray with which she carries the Rice-bowl and the bottle of lemon water laid by its side on the table in Lucy’s front. Lucifer touches the bottle and feels it with his left hand dorsal ……..

“ Gosh! Can you please change this water for me? Please! I forgot to tell you not to bring me a cold one. I really am sorry for that ”

“ It’s no problem sir. I’ll be back with another one in a short while ” she says after taking the cold lemon water and then turns around as she begins to walk, a bit faster than before, to the food desk

She returns shortly after she left with a less cold bottle of lemon water and she drops it on the tray where she took the cold one

“ Let me have your digits .... ” Lucifer says, giving his phone to her

Needless to remember that he already opened the contact app on his phone to make it easy for Neha to type her phone number and name. Neha reluctantly takes the phone from him and then types her number and name

“ Here it is .… ” she says, stretching forth her right hand, with which the phone is, to Lucifer

“ Alright. Thank you. I’ll give you a call later today .…… ”

“ Okay then. Enjoy your food ” she replies him and then returns to her food desk stand

She continues with other random duties she does, to include the receiving orders from all other customers and then getting their orders to them on their tables.

Lucifer is eating his rice and still from time to time looking at Neha as she goes from one place and customer to the other. Meanwhile, Neha is also, though not as much as that of Lucifer, from time to time looking at Lucifer.

Some few days later, Neha's house rent is due and Neha is yet to pay her rent. She, Sally and Flora are in a night club dancing, but Neha refuse to dance, so she sits on one of the seats in the corners of the club. Sally is already dancing with some other girls and Flora is also busy dancing with some other guys who have been coming to her and taking her from one another. Flora, after dancing for few minutes suddenly noticed that she is still sitting down, rather than dancing too, she walks to meet her where she is sitting ……

“ Common Neha, cheer up. This isn’t what you need, cheer up baby, this won’t last for ever, please! ….… ” she tries to convince her into putting her worries aside and enjoying the moment

“ I know Flora, I know (Flora remain standing in her front without saying anything, but giving her a look to say that she is not happy with what she is doing) I - will ….. you know what just go and I’ll join you both very soon ” she says and stands up from the seat

Flora turn around faces the dance and Neha sits down again. Flora soon returns to the dance floor where Sally is still busy dancing with two girls at a time. She gets to where he is, touches his shoulder from the back and then whispers to him. Sally turns back to face her, whispers back to her and Flora nods as she returns to her own dancing too. Sally whispers to one of the girls he is dancing with too and then leaves the dance floor to meet Neha where she is sitting ….…