chapter eight: I remember that day

"I remember that day"

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For Estefan, his only family was his alpha nanny, a charming woman who, unlike the rest of her family, cared for and loved him very much in her own way. He clearly remembers a saying that she did not say many times, specifically he remembers a day when the sun was shining as the afternoon approached with a warm wind, Estefan was fifteen years old at the time and his Nana was seventy-six, her fingers and a wrinkled mouth In addition to his large glasses, he had a dominant aura despite his age, his gaze was serious, but not because he was in a bad mood, he was like that all the time.

He looked at the sky on the porch of the house while Estefan had a soda, his cheek was red and swollen, his eyes were deep as night, things in his mother's house had become more intense this time. She sighed and started to say into the air, but Estefan knew it was meant for him.

—"Humans are stupid ... we always appreciate more what we don't have around us, we learn to love something when we don't have it."

The context of the saying "Absence makes love grow" was different in that situation, Estefan could understand it, but it did not help her much, however, now, her babysitter's words were repeated over and over again, staying for a while ... Her family didn't appreciate it and doubted anyone else would.

Four years ago:

His second year of law was much worse than the first, at twenty he thought he knew what he really wanted to study or rather, what he should study, after all, he committed suicide working in the cafeteria to save on tuition and other things. He required, but the race did not seem to advance in his head, everything was spinning and the level of demand intoxicated his body, so he decided to take some time off to decide what to do next, then left alone with work. Of the coffee, at least he could save a little more with that.

The doorbell always rang when a customer entered the establishment, and each of the employees knew who entered to give them the best service. Clients came and went, it was a bit popular in the area where he was, so most of the time they were a bit crowded, which increased the salary considerably.

—"Welcome, what can I offer you today?" — Emma was one of the girls with whom Estefan changed shifts, a nice omega who wouldn't stop talking, her smile was tender, that's why usually clients preferred to let her take care of them instead of them, her expression, honestly, Estefan's expression wasn't very funny, so she usually lags behind placing orders instead of serving customers all the time.

That's why she was surprised when she. Emma approached him with a rather curious face while she said that a customer was looking for him. First he frowned, and his mind started to think and think that he was wrong, maybe he was an annoying customer who wanted to make a claim ... but Estefan was sure that he had not done anything to upset a customer, other than having an ugly expression.

"He ... won't come just because I saw him wrong, right?"

He began to go to the counter, where in the first instance his black hair, white skin as bread, big eyes and the incredible height that this man possessed, his clothes were basic, a black formal shirt with long sleeves, over a pair of trousers. Pictures above. The waist. She swallowed, ignoring his handsome looks because he was so much more concerned with what this huge man had to say.

—"Good afternoon ... is there a problem?" — The man smiled as if the sky had opened when Estefan said that. He denied with his head.

—"No, none of that, did I surprise you?" — He smiled again. Estefan was beginning to feel uncomfortable. — I'm sorry, I didn't see you and I wanted you to take care of me, shall I interrupt you? — Estefan blinked and shook her head slightly, to which the obvious alpha continued. — Perfect. — And he smiled again.

—"Okay ... what can I offer you?" — Estefan cleared his throat, still wondering who the man was, so he looked a little at his memory and faintly remembered his smile, but nothing more than that ...

—What do you recommend me?

—"Oh well ... today's cappuccino is ..."

—"What kind of coffee do you like?"

Estefan blinked again, and a specific one didn't come to his mind for a couple of seconds, so he said one when he got up.

— American…

—"So I want a large American and a cappuccino to go." — he grinned quickly, as Estefan nodded.

—"At one point, sir," — he licked his lips, the situation was awkward, but it seemed that only on one side it was, because the alpha looked as fresh as morning. The bell rang again and Emma returned to the counter to attend to the girl who had just arrived.

Estefan began to put things in order, and in a couple of minutes the order was already there to go with both coffees, the man was patient, but Estefan could feel how he looked at him as he went from one place to another, he was asked. if this huge Man was trying to do something to him or just wanted to make fun of him… but he didn't even know him.

—"Your order, sir ..." —I give him what he asked for, but the customer didn't take it right away. —"Is there a problem?"

—"No…" —he shook his head, pulling the American out of the box and placing him next to the counter. —"This is yours,"— he smiled. — I'll have the Cappuccino, and the American is yours, cute. —He smiled again, that man apart from being strange, seemed to smile with everything he did, he began to wonder what kind of dominant person he was, because he knew that the dominant caste was a bit reluctant to emotions.

—"Oh but ...

—"Here's your tip, Estefan," he said, pulling a hundred dollars from his wallet, to which even Emma's eyes widened in an exaggerated way. — My name is Elio, please remember it next time. —And he smiled, this time with his mouth shut, as he headed for the exit.

—"Wait Mr. Elio this is…" — He wanted to refute the tip amount, but the man went deaf as he waved his hand and left the establishment.

—"That's a lot of money," —Emma said. — He's a very regular customer for a few months, don't you recognize him?

The bill that he had in his hand seemed too much, he immediately felt bad, it was money that he did not seem to have won correctly.

That was the first bitter memory he has of Elio, one that he found extremely uncomfortable at the time...