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The Dinner

*Sophia agreed to have dinner with Mr. Harold after a long discussion with her mother.

*At the restaurant….

Sophia: So this is your resto?

Jenna: Watch your tone young girl

Harold: (pats Jenna’s arm) It’s ok Honey

Sophia: Honey?!

Harold: Sophia, I totally understand your reaction on me being in a relationship with your mother, but I want you to know that I am serious with her (looked at Jenna with a smile)

*Arianne felt it awkward being in that situation, she often look at Sophia hoping that the dinner would be fine.

Sophia: I don’t care whether you are serious with my Mom or not! I don’t like you (points at Harold) and that Mr. Anders is the only thing that you should understand. (Speaking in a bratty way)

Jenna: Sophia enough!

Sophia: No Mom! This conversation is over and so is this shameful dinner! (Stands up and walk away)

Arianne: I’m so sorry Mrs. Carlson, maybe she is still upset that I’m out of the competition, but may I (asking for permission to be the one who’ll confront Sophia)

Jenna: (sighs and giving a go signal through her hand) Yes go ahead.

*Arianne stand up and followed Sophia. Jenna then turn to Harold.

Jenna: Harold I am so sorry about my daughter. Maybe she is not yet over with her Father’s death.

Harold: It’s ok give her time.

Jenna: I hope she will accept our relationship soon.

Harold: Yes, I hope so, because (kneeled down on the floor and pulled out a ring) I wanna marry you. Actually that is the purpose of this dinner. I wanted to ask a permission from your daughter but….

Jenna: But she turned rude to you (giggles)

Harold: Yah. So what do you say. Kneeling down here is kinda a little bit tiring

Jenna: (laughs a little) Um…what do I say. You know I want to ask permission from my daughter first.

Harold: Oh come on Jenna, she’ll accept it soon. This ring is just for engagement, not yet for the wedding.

Jenna: Yah you do have a point, but..(about to stand up)

Harold: (stopped Jenna) Jenna, there are a lot of people here and my staff are also here. Please do not embarrass me even more. Look I’m not mad, I just can’t take the humiliation. Just say yes and if it turns out that you’re daughter will not accept me forever to be her second father then we can cancel the wedding.

Jenna: (smiles and calmed down) Alright. Yes

Harold: What yes (confused)

Jenna: You ask for my answer if will marry you, so I gave you my answer, and it’s a yes.

Harold: Really! You’ll not gonna regret this I promise( puts on the ring to Jenna’s finger, stands up and hugged Jenna so tight)

Jenna: (smiles awkwardly to the people in the restaurant then suddenly saw Arianne so she refrain from hugging) Where is Sophia?

Arianne: She ranaway

Jenna: What do you mean she runaway?(shocked)

Arianne: She rode a taxi, and said that she’ll just go home, because (pauses for a while) she saw what happened.

Jenna: (even more shocked) This is what I’m afraid of (gets her bag and walked away from the table)

Harold: Where are you going?

Jenna: I am going after my daughter

Harold: Let me come with you

Jenna: No. Let me handle this.

Harold: But..

Jenna: No buts Harold. I’ll handle this ALONE. She might freak out more when she saw us together.

Harold: (nods his head) You do have a point.

Jenna: Ok bye (kissed Harold on the cheeks and then walks away from him, but then faced him again when she remembers something to tell him) Oh by the way Honey can you do me favor?

Harold: Yes anything

Jenna: Can you please bring this girl back home?

Harold: (smiled but not real) O…ok I will

Jenna: Thanks

Harold: Yah sure no problem. (Sighs then turn to Arianne) Ok so where do you live?

Arianne: There (points somewhere)

Harold: (looked at the direction that Arianne is pointing with confusion on his face) Are you kidding me?

Arianne: No, I am not

Harold: Ok

*Harold start the car and drove Arianne into her house. He was disgusted seeing her community so he just stopped at the street’s entrance and drop Arianne there.

Harold: Ok you can go down now.

Arianne: But my home is a bit far from here. Can you please at least enter from half of the entrance?

Harold: No! I am not gonna allow my Rolls Royce enter your filthy community. I had enough from that dinner, so you better get off now if you don’t want me to call the police.

Arianne: Excuse me, my community is not filthy!!! (Got out of the car then bangs his car’s door)

Harold: Hey! Watch with the door!

*Arianne teased Harold and walks away but then came back and knocked on his window.

Harold: (irritated) What now!

Arianne: Because of how you treated me, there is definitely no wedding for you Mr. Anders. (Walked away but Harold got out from his car as quick as he can and grabbed her on the hair) Ouch!

Harold: You are not gonna ruin my wedding. Get in the car! (Throws Arianne in his car)

Arianne: Where are you going to bring me?! Let me out! (Grabs Harold on his coat)

Harold: Stop it! (Removes Arianne’s hands from him and puts her to sleep) Bratty…

*Harold drove the car away from the community. There are people who saw what happened but with the thinking that this guy who took Arianne is a powerful man they were too afraid to stop him. From a distance there was a boy who saw everything that happened.