CHAPTER 101
Category:
Romance
Author:
Judith O.Words:1580Update time:25/05/26 18:12:02
"Hey, can I have a beef burger and a can of soda?" A blonde-haired lady said as she waited in front of me, a pet dog in her hand.
"Sure. Coming up." I quickly wrapped and packaged her order and bowed my head as I handed her the brown paper bag while she paid me with the other hand.
"Kamsamida."
The lady smiled and left with her order.
I tucked the money into the small money box inside the truck and as I raised my head, I saw Jojo coming from a distance.
"So far, I think our beef burger is the best seller." Zed who was sitting on a stool outside the food truck said and raised his hand to his head in salute. "Courtesy to the chef."
I sneered and he laughed and faced his sales book, calculating the sales we had made for the day.
Jojo waved to a few customers who were seated under the umbrella shades having their food.
"What's up, madam CEO?" She said to me as she entered the truck.
"You're late." I wiped the grease off my hands on my apron and started to loosen the tie of the apron around my waist.
"I know. Unannounced test. I don't know why I had to run a master's program. I should be working on a start-up company by now." She nagged and reached for a half-eaten hotdog on the plate beside me. "Have you been missing me?"
"No." I frowned. "You're taking over tomorrow. I have tested too."
"Yea," Jojo said with a mouthful. "It's not easy juggling between handling a food business and starting college. That is why..." She pointed her disgusting remnant of hotdog at me. "I call you my superwoman."
"Whatever." I shoved the apron to her and turned to wash my hand in the small sink.
"Aigoo." She exclaimed with a click of her tongue and I almost laughed at her wannabe imitation of Korean expressions. For fuck's sake, it had only been three years here. How did she suddenly become Koreanized?
"You know, you are getting grumpier with every passing day."
I ignored her and dried my wet hands with a small towel.
"You miss him, don't you?"
I slowed down, my head stopping just the same time she had referred to him.
"You should try to contact him if you miss him this way..."
"I won't." I resumed drying my hands.
"Don't be so stubborn, Kenz. Stop torturing yourself." I could hear her wear the apron. "I see you every day and even though I don't know what goes through that hard head of yours, I do know that every day, you miss him more. I see the way you look at those fine dresses you got from him. You never wear them, do you? Why? Preserving his memory?"
"Stop talking about him, Jojo."
"If you are not going to reach out to him, then give those cute suitors of yours a chance." Her eyes widened in excitement. "I heard there's this hot CEO who is visiting your department tomorrow. You should give him the green lights..."
"I will not."
"Fine. Just do the right thing, ma'am." She gave up and went on to attend to another customer.
This has been my way of avoiding talking about him for the past years. At a point, I felt I shouldn't have been here so far away from him. Last I heard, everything was back to normal. Except for my heart. Tory had run away just like I did and had never been seen again. Ryan had been arrested and put behind bars for his crime and the day I had learned of the news, I had almost shed a tear of freedom. I was finally free. And safe.
Connor and Jessica's engagement had gotten called off as well.
And Connor? It did bother me to check up on him. See if he was fine. If he missed me. But then again, I knew I was bad for him.
But still, I kept waiting for him. Every day, looking intently when tall broad-shouldered men stopped by my food truck. And every day, I got disappointed as I waited for him.
What if he never chased me? What if he was happy without me? What if I had thought right and I was just temporary in his life? A second option?
What if he never chased me and I was waiting for a moment that would never come?
What if I would never get the chance to tell him I never really miscarried his baby and she was safe and sound with me, waiting for him to complete our little family?