Watch Dogs - The Patron

22. Can I have this dance

(Tiffany's view)

I'm so stupid... Stupid as a naive girl.

It's 5:30 p.m. I got home at half an hour ago. Now I'm taking a hot shower in order to clean up the mess of my body, and my mind too...

My legs are still painful because I ran all the way from the motel to my home.

Hot water flushes from my head, converges into a small stream at my feet, and flows into the drainage hole in the end.

Why wouldn't I have known? It was so obvious, why was I still obsessed?

After shower, I go to my room and pack up my bag for the lesson tomorrow. I try so hard not to think about what happened at the motel. But it doesn't work.

Packing my bag, I find something doesn't belong to me--a piece of photo. 

What is this...?  I recognize it immediately. It's the photo places on Aiden's desk beside his bed. I probably forgot to put it back... 

Why now...? I look at Jackson in the photo, tears coming out from my eyes. 

(Next day)

As usual, I go to the restaurant and have breakfast with Teresa. We are chatting, complaining, and laughing like before. I carefully disguise the sadness in my heart, and be the best friend of Teresa. 

''Hey, you didn't look good. I can see something strange in your eyes.'' She asks me when finishing the dish. 

I knew it. I knew that there is nothing can hide from her. She always can do such this magical thing. Even if I'm alright. 

I look down to my plate and say, ''I don't really want to talk about this..."

''It's him, right?'' She is right. 

I trust her, and she trusts me, too. I can't just make her worry about me. So I decide to tell her everything in the motel, including the car chasing.

''So he cheated on you?''

''We didn't even start...'' I keep saying, ''It's funny right? I even thought that-- we can... I can stay with him, or be his help. I can't just let him alone, stucking in the dark...'' I stop for a second. ''But you know what? I don't care anymore... I can't. I shouldn't...''

''Yes you DO! I can still see it!'' She sits up straight and keep saying, ''Listen, I think that he didn't mean what you thought. And I also know that you will not give up on this easily.''

I stay silence and look at her with tears rolling in my eyes.

''You said you just ran out of the room last night. But you didn't let him explain what's exactly going on with the sexy woman!'' She says, ''Maybe the woman is his cousin! Or... his mother!''

We both laugh out. It sounds impossible but it did work for making me feel a little better. 

''That's the pretty girl that I've known! It's more beautiful when you smile darling.'' She always can comfort and encourage me in the most right moment. I give her a bright smile and hold her hand. 

''Thank you so much. It's really great to have such a best partner.'' I say.

''That's how I work, right? Haha!''

''Come on, let's discuss the dance of the rehearsal today! We'll practice together after lunch remember?'' I suggest. 

''Of course I remember! Let's do it!'' 

We go to the class and have lunch together. I'm grateful to her so much. She make my day bright. I even forget the bad mood in my mind. 

After lunch, we practice dance in the back yard of the academic building.