The Remnants Of Forgotten Love

chapter 7

"I'm scared of you looking at me, but somewhere the selfish me still wants you to"

"These bells hold the feelings that people pawned to get their wishes.
Feelings like love, if you have a wish, the bigger the wish is the stronger the feeling have to be, and if you pawn your feelings, the person for whom those feelings were for will forget you, and all the signs of love between you and that person will disappear from this world as well, only you will be the one who will be able to remember everything, no one else.
In short, give a valuable thing like feelings and get your wish fulfilled."
Mr genie explained, and I listened to him intently, not blinking and barely breathing.
But whatever he said feels unbelievable, and quite painful too.

Lost deep in thoughts, I was brought back by his question, a question that I didn't know will change my life completely.

"Don't you have a wish too?" He asked, as he swinged his hand in the air and 3 cups of tea appeared on the table.

"Uh... I don't know... maybe" I hesitated, not knowing if pawning your feelings that you have for someone just to get your wish fulfilled is right.

"Why are you hesitating? Don't you want your mom back?" He questioned, his face full of curiosity.

But yes. My mom, if what he is saying is true then my mom might be able to wake up...
Compared to her no one else matters.

"OK, let's do it, I will pawn." After much thinking I finally came to the decision, as i said that with a determined voice.

Mr genie clapped his hand in the air.
"OK now, think of the person and the feeling of love that you have for that person which you are going to pawn." He explained.

But who should I pawn, I don't know anyone except... sharly... sharly I'm sorry, but I have to do this for my mom.

I think of sharly and my love for her, and the color of tea infront of me changes in red. Light red.

"What is your wish?" Mr genie asked.

"Please make my mom healthy" I requested.

He then picked the cup of tea that turned red, and smelled it.

"This is not enough" He said after Smelling the red tea.

"What?" I ask

"Your wish is big compared to this feeling, you have to ask for something else." He said. Asking me to change my wish, but what else could I wish for?
Oh right. My restaurant. Money.

"Then can you make my restaurant bustling with customers?" I ask him.

He again took the red cup tea near his nose, smelling it, I see a smile forming on his lips, he then takes the cup near his lips, and blows on it, and the tea turned into sparkling glitter and flying away.

"OK it's done" He said with a grin.

"It's done?"

"Yes, you will get your result tomorrow, you can go back in peace now" He said proudly and confidently, the grin still alive on his face.

"It will really really work right?" I ask, still confirming.

"Yes it will"

"Then Mr genie how do I go back and if something happens I can come to you right?" I ask.

"First, don't call me Mr genie, and second, that bus will take you back, and third, that bus will come pick you up whenever you decide to come here." The old man explained, annoyed.

"Oh ok, good bye then" I bid him my byes and walk out.
If I can't wish for my mom to be healthy, then I should just wish for the money for her treatment to keep going so that she can be healthy.

I couldn't sleep the whole night, tossing and turning and staring at the ceiling became a cycle. Then finally the morning came,
I got up, dressed up then stood nervously infront of the mirror. What will happen today? Will what Mr genie said really work?

But then again I won't know until I face it, I say taking a deep breath and rushing to the restaurant and opening it.

Just to be greeted by a wave of customers. That wish feeling pawning thing really worked!.

The customers kept coming in one by one, there was not even a minute where the restaurant was empty, looks like Mr genie didn't lie.

But I'm tired, it's night now, and since morning, ever since I opened the restaurant I have just been running around, cooking and cleaning cooking and cleaning oh man I'm tired.
Finally I lay on the bed, after this happy and tiring day.

"Maybe... maybe now everything will surely be ok" I say with a smile and then falling in my sleep paradise right away.

Now. It's been 3 days. Since the restaurant became alive again. But there's one question that every customer asks.
"Are there just these dishes?, is there nothing else?" Is what almost all of them have asked till now, and I realized that maybe, I need to change the menu now, the dishes on the menu have become old, it's reasonable that they don't like it anymore.
So I decided to close the restaurant today and hunt for a chef!.

I spent the entire day searching for a good yet affordable chef, but to no avail. Now, here I am, walking down the road, my frustration evident as I aimlessly kick at the pebbles in my path.

I arrived at a bustling food court, alive with the chatter of the crowd and the clinking of dishes. Among the myriad of aromas, one tantalizing scent stood out. I followed it, weaving through the crowd until I reached its source-a small stall surrounded by a crowd of hungry and happy customers. It was being run by an elderly man and a young man, who appeared to be in his late twenties.

I waited till all the hungry customers left and the stall was just left with us 3.

My eyes falling on the boy who is cooking and he feels familiar.

Walking to him I say,
"Hey, haven't we met before?" I ask with a smile as I stand infront of him, getting his attention.

His eyes widens, "what?"

(Liam's pov)

A familiar voice, a familiar presence and a question that I was scared of hearing from that very person snapped my from my work, as it hit my ears making my heart skip many breaths.

"What?" I say turning to that very presence meeting eyes with that very person. Isla, my mind got filled with many thoughts in a split second, did she really remember everything? But how? It's impossible, but what will happen now that she remembered everything?

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