Chapter 3

Florentine Pov:

           The days went just in a blink. Tomorrow is the day I’m leaving for Italy. I need to get this. We are getting funds from other sources too but that was not enough for all the kids’ education.

I need to be confident and present our orphanage needs. This is a great opportunity for the kids.

I was standing on my balcony looking at the night sky. I know my mom is seeing me. She is happy with what I am doing. I will make her proud of her little brave girl.

“Momma, please be with me tomorrow. This is important for kids. I feel something off but I wish everything goes well” I said looking at the bright shining star in the night sky.

My eyes landed on the Eiffel tower. I smile at that. The one who is always there is to see me. The first thing I get to see in the morning and the last thing I see when I close my eyes to sleep.

It’s become part of my life. My phone went off. It’s a notification from an unknown number. I narrowed my eyes in confusion. I opened the notification.

“Hi, this is Richard. How are you? Are you free for a coffee tomorrow?” I rolled my eyes by seeing the message.

Is this guy serious? I very well know how he got my number. Juliette is the only one who can give my number to him. She is adamant about getting me laid. I am just 23 for god sake.

I dated before. I’m not saying that I am not into love. I don’t have much time to spend on romantic life. My hands are filled already. I have dated two people. One is in high school, and that guy cheated on me.

When I confront him, that asshole said I was not ready for the ****. Then it was two years back. I broke up with my boyfriend because he feels that I am not giving much attention to him.

Yeah! That was true. I was working my *** off to save money. I was doing two shifts and also taking home tuition. That was the time I planned to open my café. He supported me at first but then when I got busy with this he said that was the reason for breaking up.

I can understand that. So, we broke up mutually. He is my good friend now. No complaints and no regrets. From then I concentrated on my café and orphanage. That became my world.

I don’t feel broken because of my love life. I even don’t know that I truly loved them. I don’t feel anything about that. Maybe they failed to see my heart. I don’t know.

Now I have lots of responsibilities to do. I don’t have fucking time for this nonsense. In Juliette's point of view, we are in France and it’s a city of love. Why I’m not in love? I don’t get this logic.

France has a reputation for being where countless love stories started. And it’s one of the most romantic places. I love my country. This place is the best.

But what can I do about that? I wanted to love and to be loved. I have a Dream Life. It will take some time. Whenever I try to explain this to her she will start to avoid that conversion and push me to some random guys.

She was constantly pushing me with someone these days who she feels handsome and hot. Every time I will have a reason to avoid that.

I think she fed up with my nonsense and directly took an action. Richard, this guy is a good person. He is tagging me for more than 3 months now. I already told him that I’m not interested but still, but he is trying to pursue me.

He is a good guy, handsome and hot. I agree. I can only see him as a friend. My responsibility doesn’t give me any chance to think other than that.

I’m not saying I will not love and be a nun. Nah! I will love someone who gets a way to sneak into my heart without me knowing that. He should make me miss him. He should make me feel worthy and deserving.

He should respect me and my feelings. He should be my supporting source. When I see this person I will never leave him and tie him to me for the rest of his life.

As for Richard, he should understand. I replied to his text as “I’m busy next week. I’m going to Italy”

Next minute I received another message from him. “Oh! Okay. All the best! We can meet once you come back. Good Night”

I didn’t reply to anything. Since he was with me for 3months he knows very well what I’m engaged with.

I went to bed. With the hope of tomorrow, I slept.

Next-day Morning I woke up before my alarm started work. I did my business and had my coffee. I called my mother's superior to let her know I’m on my way.

Then I called Juliet. “Ju, where are you?” I asked her.

“I’m on the way. Come out! I will be there in 2 minutes” She shouted.

I moved my phone away from my ear. “Okay! Slow down. We have time. Don’t drive fast” I can clearly hear the force of wind hitting the speaker of her phone and the repeated horn sound.

Exactly after 5 minutes, she reached my home. I gave my luggage to her then I drive the bike to the orphanage.

 We reached there in 30 minutes. We both went inside where children are lined up for the Morning Prayer. We both joined them. Mother superior and other sisters started with a song.

Mother superior raises her head and looked at me. She smiled and nodded her head. I smiled at her. Once the song was over she did the prayer followed by the message

After the prayer, the children are moved to have their breakfast. We all joined them. As usual, Juliet started with her silly jokes and the children were laughing while eating.

Do they even understand what she is saying? Because I never get to laugh at whatever stupid she says. I don’t consider it a joke. Bullshits!

Once breakfast is over, I played with the children for some time and went to the mother's superior room. She is praying in her room and I joined her without making any noise.

“Amen,” I both said at the same time. She turns and looked at me. She draws a cross on my forehead.

“Shall we move now, mother?” I said her

She nodded and said “Yes! When is our flight?”

“In the next 2hours! We have time don’t worry. We won’t miss the flight” I said while looking at my wristwatch.

It’s just 2 hour flight to Italy. We will reach there by evening. The day after tomorrow is a charity event. Tomorrow I need to submit my application for that.

I booked a cab to the airport. Mother superior and I started our journey. We reached the airport in 45 minutes.

I was talking with her about my café. She knows me very well. She helped me a lot and this will be my return for her favor.

We heard our flight announcement. I took the luggage and we boarded. This unsettled feeling is not going anywhere. I try to avoid it but I don’t know. I can’t point my finger at exactly what it is.

We reached Italy in the evening. One of the members from the NGO revised us. We went to the hotel.

“Questa sarà la tua stanza per i prossimi quattro giorni” He said (This will be your room for the next four days of your stay)

“Grazie molte signore. Se non ti dispiace, puoi organizzare un taxi per noi domani a ONG?” I asked him. (Thank you so much, sir. If you don't mind can you arrange a cab for us tomorrow to NGO?)

“Verrò a prenderti domani in punto alle 8:00. Sono stato organizzato per prendermi cura delle vostre esigenze” He said with a smile.

(I will pick you up tomorrow sharp at 8:00 Am. I was arranged to take care of your needs)

“Allora potremmo disturbarti” I said (Then we might trouble you.)

“No no. È un piacere aiutarti, cara. Se hai bisogno di qualcosa puoi chiamarmi.” He said and gave me his card. (No no. It's my pleasure to help you, dear. If you need anything you can give me a call.)

I nodded and said “Sicuro! Buona giornata signore” (Sure! Have a good day, sir)

“Is everything okay dear?” Mother superior asked

“Yes, mother. He will pick us up tomorrow to visit NGO. We can submit our application there” I said

“That’s good. May almighty bless our process” She said and went towards the bed.

I ordered food for us. I kept my food for later to eat. It’s too early for my dinner. I gave food to mother. Once she is done with dinner I gave her medicine to take. After a night's prayer, she went to sleep.

I took my laptop from my bag and went to the balcony. I took a deep breath. It was a silent night. I started to work on my café’s promotion banners.

Every 3 months there will be an offer in my café. So, I was preparing the banner. I will share this with Juliet and she will take care of the rest.

My stomach grumbled loudly to notify me that I missed eating. I went to the attached kitchen and heat the food. Again I went to the balcony to eat my food while working.

I checked the paperwork before I close my laptop. I yarned and looked at my wristwatch. It was 10 past 11.

I arrange the things which I need tomorrow and also the dress I need to wear. I don’t want to be clumsy and panic about the things I need.

When I feel that everything is set and good, I left for my beauty sleep. I hope everything will be fine and good.

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