TO LOVE AGAIN

CHAPTER 7

BRENT's POV

Fast Forward

5 PM, to be exact when I arrived at the place where I and Elisha will going to meet. I'm 1 hour early. Besides, I didn't have anything else to do at home, so here I go here earlier than the call time. At Happy Tea Cafe, next to our hospital.

I also come here often every PM time for dinner and every time I finished to operate a patient. I sat in the left corner of this cafe, in front of the cafe door, and adjacent to the crystal wall where I can easily see the parking lot as well Elisha will easily find me.

As I sat down, I ordered two milk tea cappuccino and vegetable salad for the two of us later. It quickly served it to me.

"Enjoy your snacks, Sir," Carl said with doing a salute to me. He's a crew here, my buddy.

"Thanks, man," I reply with a radiant sincere smile.

While I was waiting for her, I keep looking at my cellphone for a few minutes, hoping to get texts or calls from her. But I received none. Maybe she's on a meeting, work, or whatever. Yeah. In short, she's maybe busy. I hope she'll come.

'Just wait a little longer, Brent' I told myself.

5:30 PM. 30 minutes passed. 30 minutes left. Alright, the call time is near. She'll come soon. With each passing hand of the clock, I couldn't help but smile and feel the excitement. I must be going crazy. I'll make sure today, I will tell her everything I want to say about myself.

5:45 PM. 15 minutes has passed, 15 minutes left. It's near. I check my phone again, checking us usually, but still has no message from her, well maybe she's on her way, she's driving or she's fixing herself up.

'A little longer, Brent.'

She'll come. I know she will.

5:55 PM.

I kept my eyes out of this cafe to watch Elisha's arrival.

5:56 PM.

I can feel her presence. She's near.

6:00 PM. finally the time has come and a car approaching the cafe but I was disappointed when she wasn't the one who gets out of that car. Why isn't she there yet? Will she be late? Or maybe traffic.

'Yup, Brent. Relax, maybe traffic' at this rate of time people are going back to their homes so there is traffic.

I take a sip of milk tea cappuccino I ordered and once again glanced at my cellphone. Still, there's no message from her. Come on. Ish, please come.

However, 30 minutes had passed, still, there's no Elisha coming out. People came and go to the cafe, I peeked on my phone again yet no message from her. It's still, empty.

"Brent?"

My head lifts up quickly when someone calls out my name, my soul hoping that it's Elisha, but it's not her.

"It's you!" Thalia beams, wearing a wide smile that makes her eyes sparkle as she walks towards me. "You're still here?" She asks sweetly as she sat on the vacant chair in front of me.

What is she doing here?

"Yeah. Yeah. Just, sipping some tea." I reply with a trace of stuttered of my voice but trying not to make it obvious. I take a sip of tea. "How about you? Why are you still here? I mean.. I thought, you already left for home."

"That was my plan but one of my patients cause trouble. So, I'm still here. Ah, it's stressing me out as you know, as their doctor I'm obliged to take care of them." She smiles before letting a sigh of tiredness. I can see in her eyes the tiredness she felt.

"Here, take a sip first." I gave her the milk tea that I'd ordered which is supposedly for Elisha.

"Really? Can I have this?" She asks brightly.

I nod as my answer.

"Thanks. I'm thirsty," she says and drank it.

She won't really come.

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ELISHA's POV

I stay here all day in my office, checking some finished outputs to be delivered tomorrow to our customers, without Aime's presence. I never saw her as well as Nicoli. I think they go out on a date. That's the only option that I have in my head right now.

Time checked, t's 5:45 AM in the afternoon. It's early yet the surrounding are a bit dark. Urgh. I feel hungry too. Maybe I should order some foods now--- my thoughts cut off suddenly I remember what Brent-- uncle Brent? (Ugh, whatever) said to me earlier.

"Okay. I will. But. Can you meet me later? Please? 6 PM, at Happy Tea Cafe. Please come, I have many things to tell you." it echoed in my mind while staring at his calling card he gave me.

It's already 5:55 PM, 5 minutes to go before 6, and it will take 20 minutes for me to go to that place. Their cafe is next to their hospital so that's a bit far from where I am now.

Urgh. I won't go anyway. Who says I will.

I put his calling card inside my drawer. I was about to call out my secretary when what Brent has said earlier, echoed again in my mind.

Ugh. Seriously. Why is my conscience keeps stabbing me? Seriously!?

I found myself driving, going to the Happy Tea Cafe. And here I am, stuck in the middle of the road due to heavy traffic. I look at the time on my phone, its already 6:15 PM. 15 minutes late and I think it will take a while before I get there. I wanted to call him but I left his calling card in the drawer at my office. Ugh, so fool.

Ten minutes later, I was finally able to get out of the heavy traffic there. I speed up my car until I got to the place where we are going to meet. I park my car outside and I quickly got out, walks straight to the door of that cafe when I suddenly caught him my eyes. I stopped walking as I saw him, sitting on the left corner inside the cafe with a girl who's sitting in front of him, and I think they're having a good but quiet conversation because I saw Brent's white teeth exposed in his giant smile.

This thing is not new to me. It was the second time he had invited me to meet him, but when I was there, I would see him with someone else.

He totally jerks. I really hate that. When someone asked me to meet them yet I would see them with someone else. What do they think of me? A shadow? A toy? Urgh. My fist clenched as I turned my back from them. So, what is the purpose of our meeting here? I thought he has so much to say to me? Then, why is he with someone else? f**k that bastard. I'm really cursing him! Forever!

I get in my car feeling the weight of that scenario. My whole body is on fire and I can feel my blood boiling a hundred degrees. Urgh! Why do I feel angry? I shouldn't care about him. Yeah, that's right!

Whatever. I need to get out of here.

I start the engine of my car and drove away.

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