Her Savior | ON HOLD

☆Chapter 9☆

I snap back into reality realizing I'm gonna be late so I finish putting concealer on my face and neck and I exit my bathroom.

Once in my room I head toward my closet and pull out an oversized short-sleeved shirt and an oversized hoodie with blue jeans.

I put on my Converse, take my bag, phone, and face mask, and head out of the house.

I haven't been to work in a week because my body hurts badly and it still does today but I need to go back to work. It hurts right now because I'm doing a lot of walking as well.

Jason hasn't been home the whole week so it was easy for me to stay at home. He's probably at some woman's house.

After a few minutes, I reach the cafe and walk in.

I see Ana wiping down the tables and counters and when she hears the doorbell jingle she looks up and she seems surprised.

"Ali", she says.
"Hey Ana," I say back, and runs to me and wraps me in a hug. When she pulls back I see tears falling down her face and I hug her again.

"Where were you? I was so worried. What happened? Are you ok?" She rapidly asks.

"I'm sorry, I didn't even call, I'm so sorry, I got sick". I hate lying to Ana but I can't tell her the truth.

"Don't apologize, are feeling better now?" She asks.
"Yes, I am," I tell her. She smiles at me and then looks at my wrist which has a cast on it.

"What happened?" She asks with a worried look on her face. I start panicking trying to come up with something.

Ugh... I should have thought about this at home.

"I fell," I tell her.
"How?" she asks. " when I was sick, I wanted to go make myself a cup of lemon tea. So I got up off my bed and wrapped a blanket around myself. While I was going downstairs, I tripped on the blanket and I fell."
She gives me a worried look and asks, "Why didn't you ask your dad to make it for you."
If only she knew.

"He was out, getting me medicines and stuff," I say, hoping she'll believe me.
"Ow, I hope you're OK though, I missed you so so much and I have something to tell you." She says with a smile on her face while she giggles.

"What is it?" I ask her.
"Well-", she's about to start when she gets interrupted by Ashley.
"Ana, dear"
I turn around and see her coming from the back and she starts walking toward me.

She hugs me and starts asking me the same questions Ana did and I give her the same answers I gave Ana.

After I tell her, she leaves the cafe saying she has to go, something about her son not feeling well at school.

Once she leaves, Ana continues her story.
"So as I was staying, guess who came here yesterday?" She says and I already know who it is. "You're prince charming?", "Yes, and...", " Beyoncé?" I say giving her. Along used look.

She gives me a bored stare and says, "No silly, it was Matteo, Angelo's friend" She says and I remember him.

She started telling me about what happened yesterday from Angleo asking for her number to Matteo asking about me.

"Me?!" I ask
"Yeah, and when I told him you haven't been here for a week, he looked worried but he hid it very well" I stood there looking at her thinking about why Matteo would be looking for me.

"See, I told you he likes you, please give him a chance," she says.

All the men in my life so far have done horrible horrible things to me and it's hard to trust another one.
What if he does the same things to me?
What if he does worse?

"Ali, Ali, are you OK?" I hear Ana asking.
"Yeah I'm ok," I tell her. "So are you gonna give him a chance" she asks.
"I don't know Ana. If it happens it happens"

"Alright, but when you guys are getting married and having kids. Don't forget that your best friend was your matchmaker" she says going into the back as I chuckle and she giggles.

My body starts hurting again from when Ana and Ashley hugged me and all this time that I've been standing, so I quickly rush to one of the stools and take a seat before we open.

We open in 7 minutes and for that time I just sit down.

Once we opened, I went to the back and put on my face mask I saw Ana giving me a look and I shot her a nervous smile.

I went back to the counter and customers started coming in.

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After an hour, the bakery was quite packed but there weren't currently any customers coming in so I was busy with the cash register.

I heard the door jingle but I just needed to put back some coins so I didn't look up.

"Hello, welcome to The Andersons Cafe," I said looking down, "what can I do for you today" I said as I looked up and saw Matteo, Angelo, Lorenzo, and Isabella standing in front of me.

Angelo, Lorenzo, and Isabella went to sit down at their usual table and now I was left with Matteo.

"Hey," he said.
"Hi, what would you like to order?" I asked.
"Are you ok?" he asked and I was a bit taken aback by his question.

"Yeah, I'm good, Why?" I asked.
"Cause, when I came here yesterday, you weren't here and Anaya said you hadn't been here for a week so... I was just wondering if you're OK?

"Yeah, I'm good, thanks," I say.
"What happened to your wrist?," he asks, "Oh, I uh, I fell," I tell him and he nods.
We stand there looking at each other until I hear someone clear their throat behind him and me.

We snap back into reality and I ask, "Uh, what do you wanna have?" I ask

He gives me his order and I hand him the receipt and he's hand brushes mine and he looks at me and I look at him until we hear the same 2 people, Anaya and Angelo behind the both of us clearing their throats.

"Uh, yeah, thanks," He says, taking the receipt and walking back to his table with  Angelo.

" 'I don't know, if it happens it happens' My ass," Ana says mocking me while walking to the back and I giggle.

My body starts hurting again and I take a seat while I wait for their food to get ready.

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Don't we just love a caring man?

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