It was Monday morning, and Lingling had a bag hangover. She hadn't gone for a run this morning because of it too.
"Hey, who are you and what did you do with Lingling Sirilakwong?" Jaja said.
"Shut up?" Lingling said
"Were you drinking last night?" Jaja asked.
"Yea"
"Woah. Sunday night drinking. Everything okay with you?" she asked, the concern evident in her voice.
"Yea I'm fine"
Nene walked in minutes after Lingling "Hey Kwong ! You don't look like your usual self. What's up?"
"Nothing. I just drank a little too much last night. Can't a woman drink?"
"Women drink. But Lingling Sirilakwong drinking on a Sunday night? Something must have happened to cause it."
"Nothing happened! Lets get ready for the day, shall we?"
"Does this have anything to do with the scorned woman who came in on Saturday night?" Nene asked Jaja
Lingling was mid-swipe sanitizing her station, she paused and looked up and asked "who?"
"Oh yea! This woman came in on Saturday night, right when we were closing up." Jaja said.
"What did she look like?" Lingling asked, she had an inkling she knew who it could have been.
"Super pretty, wavy brown hair, tall, I think she had an accent, also didn't look like she'd gotten a tattoo before." Jaja described
Lingling stood up straighter. "What did she say?"
She had a piece of paper with her, and said she wanted to get the sketch tattooed by you.
"We told her to come in on Monday"
"Did she leave the sketch?"
Jaja laughed, "She did. Also, doesn't look like she actually wants to get it."
Nene went though some papers on a desk and pulled out this little torn sheet and handed it to Lingling .
Lingling stared at the drawing. It seems Orm had attempted to write Lingling's name and then draw multiple colorful flowers around it, only to then take a red marker and scribble all over it.
Lingling didn't know whether to be impressed or laugh, or go over and kiss the woman and tell her she's sorry.
Orm did mention to her once in one of their 20 questions games that she had a temper. Lingling should have anticipated this.
Lingling smiled.
"Are you smiling?" Nene asked.
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned by Lingling Sirilakwong" Jaja said with flair.
"So this sort of thing is not new to you?" Nene asked Lingling.
"Nope. Not new at all" Lingling said. "But she's different," Lingling added as a whisper to herself.
******
"Can we talk?" Lingling texted Orm
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FanfictionThere it was. That sound. Orm recognize that sound because it was a weekly event. Every Saturday, the same time, the same sound, the same person. Orm hated the predictability. It was honestly getting to be a bit of a bore. The sound of the motorcycl...
