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r tuition was no longer being paid for by her family. She had tried calling them and even sending messages but still no one had replied to her so she took matters into her own hands beca

she loved about the cafe was the fact that she could design to her heart's content, especially when she wasn't on duty. But even with that, for every advantage, there is a disadvantage and one of those regarding the cafes she was working in

you A

typical Asian female although her eye colour was a bit different because her mother was no

perfectly shaped and her lips were heart-shaped. Each feature suited her face perfectly. She was currently wearing a

t he had been doing to make it look like that. He wore a r

he customers were always right and she knew how wrong it would be for her to lift a hand first. She could be charged with battery for hitti

the man replying to

ps. "How about me and

I'm busy." S

ng coffee. I reckon it's not as good as the tim

time with someone like him. And besides, this was the last time she was working here. She was done with her education and it was finally t

r time." Serena said to him with a smile that was more fake than t

thing that extreme because the man seemed to take her

ery lucky. Sometimes, they become rude because she gives them excuses. Serena heard a small chuckle from he

ou," Amara said to h

ybe it was the fact that the black girl who happened to be her junior I'm university was very friendly and wouldn

have the internet," Serena

ou to be straightforward and ju

I do things so I can't do that if

for a hug. "At least text

least one person she could relate to during her stay. There was som

" Serena said to Amara who

cur

son I talked about

do we trust someone who always wears a hoodie and face mask

as in need. I don't know if you'll ... .no if I'll ever see him again but on the rare

ays speak a lot when i

"Would you at

ive you the hope that he would

w, but just do

ving him?" Am

ht out a brown envelope. It wasn't one fi

in this thing?"

shed. "It'

ckled. "D

into the cafe. Serena had little time to say goodbye to Amara because she had to hurry h

sign but it still wasn't giving her what she wanted so she closed up her sketchbook. B

ee each other again, it's

chance that he was no longer using the number she had sent the

e had signed with her family was that in return for providing for her brother's medical expenses, she was going to study abroad, and when she finally came back, she was going to get married to whoever her family chose for

han she was when she was travelling out of the country. She had informed her family of her return to the country but she had no idea that they w