Lunch (1)

"Mother said she would be here in 30, and to find a good place for lunch," Jian said as she hung up the call and John played on his phone. "Do you guys know that there is a restaurant a few blocks from here, it has the best Indian food in the city?" John said as Jian sat down next to him. "Hmm, let me see the photos and menu, my mother can be quite picky," Jian said scrolling through her phone.

"Here," John handed her the phone and it read "Annapurna Luxuries." Jian looked through the menus, then asked, "Don't you need to reserve a table?" John smiled saying, "There's no need, I can pull a few strings and get the table, do you think your mother is going to like this?" His question was answered with a nod as Jian searched up the restaurant on her phone and gave John back his phone.

Jian was surprised to see that the place is close by she called to let her mother know that she could just park nearby and they would walk for lunch. Then she continued to edit the website with John's laptop making simple adjustments.

"Jian, the table has been booked," John said as he walked back inside. She smiled as she closed the laptop saying, "Great, and the website is now fully complete." John took the laptop placing it away as Jian got up to fix her outfit.

The two then proceeded to walk away and out of the office to the elevator. They arrived outside minutes before Jian's mother packed her car and the three walked toward the restaurants.

"Jian how was working today?" Her mother asked starting a simple conversation. "It was fun, Miss Louras was busy today, so she was much stricter compared to our last shoot, and there were a lot of other models this time and everyone was trying to change and get things together so we spent a lot of time in the change room-" Jessica interrupted her, "Jian" It was all she said but the look Jessica gave Jian was able to communicate everything as Jian sighed and started speaking again. This time her sentences were composed and her voice more relaxed since she is not speaking quickly and getting out of breath like before.

Jian was done talking by the time they arrived at the restaurant. "Hi sir, how can we help you today?" The host asked and John smiled, "Hey, there should be a table under John, for three?" He asked and the host looked through the list before saying, "Table 13, it's ready she will guide you there." The host said as a waitress came by.

The three walked to their table and sat down to enjoy a pleasant conversation about the restaurant. "So this is an older restaurant?" Jian asked, John as he explained, "No not older, it was a family-owned till the family fell behind on their payment about a few years ago. Thankfully my uncle was able to help them start it up again under different managements, and now it's doing great. The food here is one of the best because they haven't changed the recipes from the previous restaurants so there are a lot of loyal customers coming here."

"That's a lot to know John how did you learn it all?" Jessica asked as they waited on their food.