(Author’s POV)
"Eli, what the heck did you take so long, huhh? I called you ages ago," Dion questioned after Elio finally showed up. He had been waiting for him for quite a while at the restaurant’s reception area. "And why~ .... Why do you look like you have been looted?"
Elio’s appearance was a little messed up. His hair was ruffled and sticky. One end of his shirt was out. There were even a few buttons missing from his shirt, so his chest was also exposed. And~ ...... There was a strange, unfamiliar smell coming from him as well. There were even a few stains of blood on him.
Scratching the back of his head, Elio said, "There was an emergency I couldn’t ignore."
"Emergency?" Dion narrowed his eyes at his brother’s words. "What kind of emergency?" He then looked around and added, "Where is Rave? Why isn’t he with you? Is the emergency related to him?"
"No~ .... No~ .... Brother Rave is still at the jewellery store. As for the emergency, on my way here~ ... a few shady guys were in a confrontation with a pregnant lady. I just helped her shoo them away, but one of the compliances pushed her without my notice. Although I caught her in time, her water broke," Elio explained to him what happened.
"Ohh~ .... So, you were playing the hero. Makes sense. Is she alright?" Dion asked.
"Ummhmm~ .... The medics came just in time. I went to the hospital, and gladly, she and the baby are both fine," Elio stated.
Dion nodded in understanding, then gave a once over to his brother, remarking, "But you are clearly not fine."
Elio narrowed his eyes at his comment. A puzzling expression appeared on his face.
"You need to get changed. You can’t go to your friend looking like you have come after just committed a crime. She will for sure run away from you if she sees you like this," Dion pointed out at his overall messy appearance.
Elio lowered his face to see his rumpled shirt and unkempt, grubby look, "I guess I have to."
"Yes, you do. Come with me," saying this, starting to walk out of the restaurant. Elio followed his lead. They both went to a nearby store to get new, clean clothes for Elio.
Meanwhile, inside the private room, the trio was almost done with their lunch. Wendy patted her stomach and commented, "I ate a lot more than usual. But can’t help~ ...... it was sooooo~ delicious."
"I am glad you liked it," Amy said with a smile.
"But I feel really bad that so much food is going to get wasted," Wendy said with a regretful tone. Her voice was low.
Hearing her, Wendy rang the bell, and within a few seconds the waiting staff arrived. Amy said, "Please, box the remaining food for us. And~ .... Get the bill as well."
The staff hesitated but then nodded, "Yes, ma’am."
Wendy commented, "I have heard this place doesn’t do takeouts or to go boxes."
Amy just smiled and didn’t say a word about that. She then glanced at Myra and said, "Let’s go for now. Harris will take care of the rest." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
All of them got up and went out of the room. As they reached the entrance, Myra had a sudden urge to pee. After all, she had drunk too much water earlier. She excused herself, saying, "I need to use the bathroom. You guys, please go ahead. I will just be back."
"I will come with you, too," Amy suggested after seeing that Myra had not fully recovered. Myra also sensed her reasoning and said, "Mrs. Garcia, I will be fine on my own. Just wanted to wash up my face."
Amy didn’t press further. She just took out a silk scarf from her limited edition Hermes bag and said, "Take this with you. Use it as a towel."
Myra was about to say no, but Amy added, "Just take it, umm~" With no choice, she took it, thanked her and walked in the other direction. ’I will just not use it and return it to her afterwards,’ she thought.
Amy and Wendy went out of the entrance. Harris came out soon as well, after footing the bill and with quite a few takeaway bags in his hands. They waited for Myra as Amy said, "Harris, go and get the car."
Although Harris was puzzled, he just replied, "Yes, ma’am," and went away.
Now that they were standing alone, Amy started asking random questions, "So, Wendy. How do you like Esteria and Red Stone?"
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