Joanna stared at the restless lady as she walked to and fro the little space around the inner counter.
Seeing her this way made her recall that this was how she was in the past.
In the past, she was always more worried about her little brother who couldn't fall asleep without her by his side than she worried about herself.
It became a habit she couldn't do away with. It got to a point that she forgot that apart from her, Anthony had a mother, father and sister to look after her too.
"I am sure she must be outside waiting for me to return. What will I do if any harm comes to my little sister?" Leah kept on pacing about as she talked in a hushed tone.
"You can go home and be with your sibling, I will handle things here from now on," Joanna said out of the blue. Her words made Leah stop in her tracks.
With hope in her eyes, Leah turned and looked at Joanna. "Are you sure you can handle things here?" Leah asked meekly.
"Yes, I can," Joanna gave the worried girl a reassuring smile.
Leah couldn't make up her mind immediately. She tilted her head and looked at the men who were acting as though the cafe was their private bar or their home.
Her eyes darted back to Joanna afterwards. "I will go now but make sure to call me if anything happens…,"
"What you are afraid of won't happen tonight. Only someone who has a death wish will dare try nonsense with me and I doubt that they do," Joanna stared at the lady whose eyes had given her fears away.
"If you say that then I will believe you and leave now. I will return the favour in the future," Leah said meekly.
She took one long gaze at the men before she turned and dashed towards the locker room.
Joanna wasn't shocked to see Leah come back from the locker room wearing her casual clothes in less than five minutes she entered there.
"I will leave now. Don't hesitate to call me if…,"
"Nothing of such will happen so leave now before I change my mind," Joanna threatened just to make the worried lady leave.
"Even though you pretend not to care about me, I know you love me so I will not get mad at you ok?" Leah said beaming as she turned and proceeded to the door.
"She is one weird lady," Joanna muttered.
Mr Aidan who was pretending to be very engrossed in the ongoing conversation with his friends stole a glance at the departing lady.
An evil smirk became visible on his face.
With only she around Joanna couldn't stop herself from thinking even though she wanted to.
"I know I was waiting hoping he would make the first move and call me but it's not a crime if I call him first right?" Joanna muttered as she stared at her cell phone which lay on the lower part of the counter.
She lowered her hand and carried the cell phone. Without wasting time she dialled the number saved as K which happens to be her first dial.
Nervous, Joanna waited for the recipient to answer her call.
"Just wait and see how I will nag you after you answer the line," Joanna said as she exhaled deeply.
The nervous yet excited Joanna frowned when there was no response on her first try.
"I am sure his movie date with her must have ended so why isn't he answering my calls, what would have been keeping him busy?" Joanna's frown deepened.
Even though there was no response on her first try that didn't dissuade Joanna from trying again.
She dialled the line again. As the cell phone rang, she bit down her lower lips as she waited for a reply.
On the third attempt, the response she was looking forward to came at last.
"Finally you have decided to answer the line," Joanna said the instant the recipient answered the line.
"Why did you have to wait so long before you answered the line?" She questioned with pouty lips.
"Sorry, if I made you wait for too long. I just didn't know whether it was proper for me to answer his call, that is why it took me a long time to make up my mind," A lady's voice came on, making Joanna jump up to her feet.
"Who are you and why are you answering his phone?" Joanna asked. Her eyes shot lasers as she grabbed the white mug cup lying on the table.
"He is in the shower that is why he couldn't answer the line and the cellphone happened to be lying beside me on the bed that's why… you know what I mean," Amelia skipped the first part of her question and jumped to answer the latter part.
"You… you are in his house and even on his bed?" Joanna asked with trembling lips. Her legs grew so weak that she had to lean against the chair to stop herself from falling.
The shattering of a cup made Amelia jump up from where she sat. "Are you ok?" She asked worriedly.
"I am fine," Joanna replied weakly as she stared at her bleeding hand in which the cup she had smashed with her hand had pierced her badly.
Even though she was bleeding so much she didn't flinch or groan in pain. Her blank expression was as if she was incapable of feeling pain.
"You…,"
"I won't disturb you both anymore. I will leave you guys to enjoy yourselves," Joanna disconnected the call in an instant.
She sank into the wooden chair in front of the counter.
Sitting there staring into space, all kinds of images of the two of them began popping into her head.
Joanna's mind was so occupied by her crazy thoughts that she wasn't aware of what was happening around her.
Mr Aidan who had been waiting for the perfect time decided that this was his cue when he noticed that she was in a daze.
His friends began talking when they saw that the old man had made his move.
[She is alone now and this is the perfect moment to act. Let's see whether she will be able to resist me now]
Mr Aidan licked his lips hungrily as he approached the counter.
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