What is he doing here?! What is everyone doing here?! I thought that's going to be a family dinner. I thought my parents were going to make things better. How a fool was I?! I feel like I want to laugh so hard, without stopping. I feel like I want to curse myself over and over for how an idiot I am. I feel like I want to open and close my eyes to find myself home with a glass of wine and chocolate and just sit there watching TV like I was meant to do on my weekend. I am not supposed to be here and feel worse about my relationship with my family than I already feel every Christmas or Thanksgiving or any day that i am supposed to be spending with my family, not home alone if Danny or Jessica aren't available.
I took a deep breath while closing my eyes, calming myself, swallowing the whole situation until mum interrupted my thoughts " Oh! You know eachother?!" I open my eyes again to see here already smiling, relieved as if she was running a marathon. Not yet mum, don't be so happy, god knows how this night might end now and in front of these people, who already include a person that I want to cross the table to punch.
"Oh yes! Mandy? Isn't it? We met earlier at work." Adam replied with a forced, somehow a wicked smile. Extending his hand for shaking " It's nice to meet you again, Mandy." I took his hand forcing a smile, imagining how will it be if I just punched him in the right eye, oh man that must feel really good.
"Oh Mandy! How a beautiful grown lady you turned to be. The last time I saw you you were 5 years old. Right, Emma?" The woman next to Adam started to talk, in a British accent too. I assume she is his mother. I nod and force a smile while sitting, looking to my plate that the butler is filling. Well, the dinner is steak. At least the food is delicious, something to deserve the fight that is going to happen later as usual.
Mum interrupting my thoughts again "Oh, Elizabeth. You remember. Mandy, honey, This is Elizabeth Switzer, Our mothers used to be best friends, so were we. We even went to board school together, back then and this is John, Dr.John Switzer." Oh. Another doctor. I should've expected that. "A pleasure meeting you, Dr and Mrs. Switzer." I nodded politly with a smile before having a sip of wine. I don't know where my parents are going with this but I smell something fishy here.
My father started going on with the conversation, with his British colleague "So! John! I heard that the hospital you are working at are developing a new technology for heart surgeries-" after that for me all was mute. Both fathers and mothers started chattering and all I can think of or hear is the soft music in the background and the taste of wine and the steak. Until I started noticing that Adam also is doing the same. I bet he is also not giving so much attention, but it seems that I was staring at him for a while now, lost in my thoughts, that he noticed that I am looking and smiled. So I looked back down to my plate.
"So, did you enjoy the work today?" He said smirking. Gosh! You don't how much I enjoyed it that I want to put a bullet hole between those eyebrows of that smiley face of yours.
Rolling my eyes "Oh yeah! So much! That I would be thankful if it didn't happen again." That's when I caught my name in my father's conversation " .. like Mandy, she also got a chance to study medicine but she turned it down for studying business, fashion or whatever that was. I don't really understand what it is till now." He said while both laughing. I just rolled my eyes and checked my phone, to find that Danny messaged me on the group chat with Jessica
"How is it going, so far? You are not late again, are you?"
"Don't ask! It seems that it's one of the Dylan's show dinners, and guess who I ran to here!" I replied.
"Oh gosh! Don't say it! Brad Pitt?! I mean your family is kind of rich so I can expect anything, right?!" Jessica replied with heart-face emoji and laughing emoji
"HA-HA-HA, I wish, babe! It's the jerk from the morning!" I texted back with the meh emoji
"What jerk? There's a jerk that I don't know about?!" Jessica replied.
"Don't say! That Switzer?! " Danny replied with the shocked emoji
"Oh yeah and The Switzer Family. It seems that there is a history between the families. Will tell you later tomorrow guys, it's Sunday yet, shall we meet?"
"I am going to the hotel to pick the wedding cake by 5, shall we meet there and help me? Martin is going to be having some extra after school activities at the school so he won't be there." Jessica asked.
"I have no problem. Whatever you want, sweetie pie! M?!" Danny replied.
"Me neither, meet you there then. Jessica, send the location and when to meet, we might even have lunch before it by a near by restaurant?" I suggested.
"Sounds like a plan! There is a sushi restaurant that I went to with Martin before. It's a breath-taking one. We shall try it?! Let's meet around 3 in the afternoon tomorrow?" She asked.
"Cool see you there then guys!" I texted.
"See ya, princesses" Danny texted back at his with kisses and hugs emojis.
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The Coincidence
General FictionMandy Dylan is a 25 years successful business woman, who have been a rising star in the sky of the fashion business. Her life was normal. Well, normal for someone like her who is torn between her family of the high class society she grew up in and c...
