Chapter 9

Annabelle Dennis

Today has been so stressful but what made my day was our recent client who testified to us that our services made him at peace and how it went smooth made it less stressful for anyone at all. It brings me great joy that we can satisfy our clients.

I and Morgan just got home, we are preparing to go out and meet with Ricardo, I had called her earlier and we agreed on having an evening outing so here we are almost done with dressing… well, mostly me.

I am just applying my very transparent but sweet-smelling lip gloss while I wait for Morgan to be through and come downstairs.

My dressing was quite simple as I settled on a light pink floral maxi dress and brown flats, my hair was up in a ponytail and I just had lip gloss as my makeup. I also wore a butterfly pendant necklace to wrap it all.

“Morgan, seriously? Its just an evening outing” I yelled and put my gloss in my bag.

“I am here already” she said and I saw her descending from the stairs as she wore her second earring.

She was looking so gorgeous and she didn’t have to try hard. Morgan was wearing a black high waist jean trouser with a pink halter neck crop top and denim jacket over it with it sleeves folded almost to her elbow. Her hair was in a ponytail too and she had just minimal makeup. Probably blush, some powder and lip gloss.

“You look so good Morgan” I told her and she twirled around before coming to the living room and sitting on the couch to wear her sneakers she had in her hand.

“Thank you, Ann, I love your dress. When did you buy it? I haven’t seen you wear this dress” she said and I smiled.

“I have had it in my wardrobe for a while now but I never actually wore it” I shrugged and she nods then the doorbell rings and we looked at each other and made our way to the door.

I grabbed the keys to the house and Morgan opened the door to Ricardo who had a huge smile on his face.

“Hi ladies, you both look great” he comments and the both of them began their way to his car while I locked the door and followed suit when I was sure it was locked.

“Thanks Ricardo, you don’t look bad yourself” I say as I entered the back seat.

Ricardo started the car and we were on our way to the relaxing spot we picked.

“Thank you very much Ann, you see my girl is looking really beautiful” he glanced at Morgan and I could imagine the blush tainting her cheeks as she tries to hide her smile.

“Ricardo…” she drawled and I chuckled.

“I can see how radiant she looked Ricardo, like she stood out, yes?” he nods in agreement and we talked about some random stuffs till we got to our destination.

Ricardo White

“Hello, I am Gary and I would be serving you this evening” a guy in his twenties said as he came over to our table once we were settled. He had a red and cream horizontal stripe apron over his cooperate clothing and a clipboard in hand.

“Hi, Gary”

“Hi”

“Hey there” we all greet him and he smiled.

“Would you like me to get you anything as you decide on what you will be having this evening?” he asked and I nod my head then looked at the ladies so that they pick what they want before we start ordering our dishes.

“Ice tea would be okay for me, thank you” Ann said with a smile then went back to looking at the menu, I looked at Morgan who thought for a while.

“I will have chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, please” Morgan grinned like a little girl asking her dad for a ticket to see her favorite Disney princess.

I smiled but I thought that it was quite early for an ice cream, we haven’t eaten anything yet.

“Don’t you think its quite early for ice cream?” Ann asked and she looked at me for help but I have to agree with Ann on this one.

“Its still early for that babe,” I rubbed her arm but she shrugged them off and crossed her arms as she pouts. “She’ll have coconut milk while I’ll have fresh pineapple juice, thanks” I turned to look at the expecting waiter and he nods before leaving to get that for us.

“You can have that when we order desert” Ann said to her but she stayed that way.

“I will buy you a bucket later, okay?” I said and just like Christmas lights, her eyes lit up and she grinned as she gladly looked through the menu.

“Thank you, Ricardo,” she said and I just shook my head as I looked at Ann who was smiling too.

“I knew you wanted more ice cream when Amelia snatched yours earlier” I said and she stuck her tongue at me “Very mature” I commented.

“Duh” she gave me a poker face and I rolled my eyes.

Such a baby! I said to myself but I will never let her know that. Its in my head so she can’t know.

“Ricardo, you know of the gig she got from one of her lecturers, right?” Ann asked and just then Gary with another waiter came to give us our drinks then he took our orders before leaving.

“Yes, I know about it” I looked at Morgan who placed both elbows on the table and looked at me with so much affection. You would see it in her face how much she cares about me and it warmed my heart.

This was something I wanted from my mum but never actually got it, she was so cold and distant to I and my brother and didn’t even bother to come when dad was battling the illness that took his life. It was really hard for us especially Richard who was looking forward to her coming to see us.

I don’t want that to be the reason my mood suddenly changes, we are here to celebrate my girl for the gig she got and I am thankful that I have her in my life. She makes me happy and that’s what is important.

“Are you okay?” Morgan placed her hand on mine then I gave it a small squeeze before kissing them. She even noticed that something was wrong.

“I am fine, don’t worry. Did you like the offer? Was it good?” I asked and she nods then drank from her glass.

“It’s a really good offer, although we haven’t spoken about prices and all those but I will be meeting with she and her husband later to discuss further more on other things” she explained to us and I was so happy that she liked it.

I remembered her telling me that she needed to take up a part-time job but Ann gave her a condition that it must not deviate her from her school work so when I heard Mrs. Addison talking about looking for one, I asked if I could recommend her someone and she said sure. I was thankful that I still had a few pictures I took of the one she helped me with in my place.

Mrs. Addison was impressed and wanted to hire her. I am just glad it’s something that she can do, instead of looking for some work that will get her stressed out.

“Good luck with that Morgan, I am happy for you” Ann said and I grinned.

The waiters came with our food and we started eating then talking about random subjects. As always Ann gave us a dose of her advice and we happily listened then asked some questions we needed answers to and she told us what she could tell us.

We were done with eating and I paid for us all as we left. Morgan reminded me about her ice cream and I let her know that I didn’t forget because I was bringing them to a really cool ice cream spot that was a block away from where we just dined.

We sat there and ate some and when the day was closing in on us, we decided to head home. I dropped the ladies off first before I went back home and called my brother to know if he was home already which thankfully, he was.

I need to do something about my mum issue.