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march 23rd, 2022
SCARLETT

"... AND WE COULD GO TO THE PARK! PLEASE MAMA! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE" Rose begs yet again, as I refuse yet again to call Lita. One because I don't have her number and two because she's probably busy with her niece and nephew, I don't want to interrupt their time together.

Rose isn't pleased by that answer, she desperately wants to meet Julie who seems to be her new best friend. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad Rose enjoyed her company and is making friends, but that doesn't mean we should have a play date every single day.

"Rose..." I sigh. The girl immediately puts on her best puppy eyes. As if it wasn't enough, she wraps her arms around my legs, holding onto me tightly and pokes her bottom lip out in a pout.

No no no no. How am I supposed to say no now?!

"Please please please." She begs again. I sigh, a bit disappointed that I'm already giving in. I pull out my phone and Rose lets go of my legs. I look down to see the biggest grin on her face. At least she's happy.

I look up Lita's flower shop on Google, trying to get her contact information, just something. I found an email address and a phone number. Guess who decided to call the shop.

"Hello. You've reached The Flower Garden. Leah speaking, how can I help you today?" Not who I expected but okay, I can work with that.

"Hi! I was wondering if I could speak to Lita please." I ask politely.

"Oh uh, she's not working today. She took a few days off. Is there anything I could help you with?" Makes sense, I should've none she wouldn't be there. What do I do now?!

"No, don't worry. I huh- I just needed to speak to Lita directly. Do you happen to have her phone number?"

"Yes I do."

"Would you mind giving it to me?"

"Hmm, I'm not sure." Again, it makes sense because I'm a total stranger. This isn't as easy as I thought it would be.

"I just forgot to ask the other day and... My daughter is begging me for a play date with her niece." Silence. Did I creep her out? I hear shuffling so maybe she's just busy. Or perhaps just thinking. The other end of the line stays silent for another few seconds.

"Alright." Leah agrees and tells me Lita's phone number. I scribble down the number onto some random piece of paper that I found before thanking her for that.

Step 1 : done.

"Thank you so much! Now, there's a second thing you could help with..." I continue. Leah is amazing and helped me so much in only ten minutes! I thank her and hand up the phone.

Now that that's sorted, I just have to call Lita. Wait, maybe that's weird. A text? No, that would take too much time, she's probably busy and won't see it. I enter her contact information and stare at my screen. I hear Rose in the background, a movie playing and she's singing along. It's now or never.

Ring.

Ring.

Ring.

Ring.

Hello, you've reached-

I hang up. I hate voicemails.

Well now I guess the only thing to do is to text and hope that she'll see it.

Lita
march 23rd, 2018

Scarlett
Hi Lita, it's Scarlett.
Leah gave me your number, I hope that's okay!
I was wondering, well more like Rose was wondering if it would be possible to have a play date or something?
She's been begging me all morning.
Please call me back when you get this!
Scarlett :)
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