CHAPTER 23 : MEETING JULIA

Luke had took Franky for a walk to go sightseeing around the neighbourhoor of their workplace while waiting for Julia off from her work. They sat down at the cafe nearby Julia's place. Franky just shiping her cup of coffee when she saw a woman came into the door.

Julia :"Is that you Xin Xin ?"

Franky :"Julia !"

They hugged each other in joy , tears flowing from each of their eyes.

Franky :"It's been a long time ! We've never seen each other."

Julia :"Yes, it's been a long time ! I miss you so much !"

Franky :"I miss you too !"

Luke felt awkward to see their reunioun, he decided to leave them alone for a while.

Luke :"I let you two have some times together, I'll be right back again in a while."

Franky :"OK, thank you Luke."

Julia curious about Franky's relation with Luke, after Luke went she asked her directly :"Are you dating with Luke ?"

Franky laughed out loud :"What nonsense are you talking about, we've just met today, for your info I'm married."

Julia :"What ?"

Franky :"But not with Luke ! This is my husband." Franky showed Julia their wedding picture.

Julia :"You're not joking right ?" Julia looked at her wedding photo even zoomed Marco's face."Wow your husband is very cool ! Where did you meet him ?"

Franky : "We accidentally met at my work place before, but later on we've figured out, he was the one who saved me from drowning at the lake when I was a child."

Julia :"Oh I see.... so you both are destined to be together !"

Franky smiled :"Well yeah you may say so."

Julia :"So you're newly wed now ! How come he could let you go separate from him ?"

Franky :"I have to finish my study, he had to let me go, that's why he asked me to marry him first before I go separate from him."

Julia : "Woah it was good idea ! He had tied you up before letting you go ! hahaha...."

They continued to had chat about themselves and the old times, not knowing to them they've talked for three hours. Luke came and asked them to go home "It's almost midnight Frank, let's go home. I'll send you home too Jules. We can have chat again tomorrow or some other days."

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The next day Luke showed Franky the campus and his workplace to take internship. Franky was very excited to face her new world in the next six months. Luke showed her to his boss then.

Luke :"Boss, this is my friend from China I've told you before, she will be completed her study in here. Can she work here as intern ?"

Boss :"Sure she can, what's your name ?"

Franky :"I'm Francine Lin, just call me Franky, nice to meet you sir !"

Boss :"Nice to meet you too, hope you'll get along well working in here."

Franky :"Yes, thank you sir."

Boss :"You're welcome, now let's start to work, Luke show her the work."

Luke :"OK sir. Follow me Frank."

Luke took her to have a tour around their work place and showed her the tools their using in there.

Luke :"This is coffee maker machine, this is the oven. Which one do you want to learn and do first ?"

Franky :"I want to learn how to make coffee first."

Luke :"OK, I'll show you."

That day Franky learnt about how to brew coffee and to use the coffee maker machine the whole day.

And in the next day for a week she learnt about how to brew coffee and serving the coffee. Then in the next week she learnt about how to make bread, how to mix the dough and make the dough smoother and chewy. It took her to learn for two whole weeks.

Luke had assisted her very patience and they were very close to each other. On their day off Luke took her to have picnic together to the village, Franky invited Julia to go with them together. Luke couldn't refuse her. They went in the early morning and went back again very late at night. Franky was so happy and excited with their adventure that day. But Luke couldn't get closer to Franky, because she was more focused to Julia. Luke got an idea, the next two days he took Franky again to go to another city to picked some coffee beans from the regular farmer supplier as the Boss ordered too. This time they couldn't take Julia together with them.

They took the first train schedule that day, it took four hours to get into that city. When they got there Luke took her for touring around the city before they see the supplier.

Franky :"Where will we go Luke ? It seems that we head into the mountain ?"

Luke :"Yes, I wanna show you the beautiful scenery, you used to like to hike on the mountain right ?"

Franky :"Yes, but aren't we suppose to finish our job first ?"

Luke :"Relax, we can go to the farmer tomorrow. We can't go back today too, the train schedule is available for tomorrow afternoon also."

Franky :"So, we have to spend the night in here ? Where do you plan to stay ?"

Luke :"I have a regular place to stay near here. I'll take you there later."

Luke took her to go for hiking on the mountain for an hour. Franky almost got slipped, when Luke's hand grabbed her hand very quick.

Franky :"Thank you, it was close !"

Luke :"Careful ! You used to be very spry and lively."

Franky :"Yeah we're aged now." She tried to release her hand from him, she felt awkward.

They finally got into a big lake.

Luke :"See, it's beautiful isn't it ?"

Franky :"Yeah, remind me of our small village back then !"

Luke :"Let's go down to the lake and take the boat."

Franky :"Nooo, I don't want to take the boat... I still have some trauma drowning into the lake when I was a child."

Luke :"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't know that. Then let's go back to the city, I don't want you to have bad mood in here."