*'~The forbidden Angel~'* [Editing]

Ch 1. Part 3

~Part 3-The husband’s call~

Whew! I let out an overly dramatic sigh.

What a day! I lay on my bed and stared up in the ceiling… Amy lay beside me, playing with the bed sheets. You look like a cute doll, dear sister, I thought. Just then-

*Hajimari no kaze yo, todoke “messa-ji”*

I hurried up and picked up the phone.

‘Yes?’

‘Melissa? It’s mom here. How was your day?’

‘Cool! I made a nice friend just because of Enrique. Didn’t I tell you he is lucky for me?’

‘Whatever. I am happy for you’ (I know mom doesn’t like Enrique so much, or rather didn’t consider that he was a God from some other world…But he was okay! Angelic voice and beautiful eyes and hypnotizing accent and-)

‘Have you met Judian yet?’ Mom interrupted me, sounding pretty excited.

‘Nope.’ No mom, I’m NOT gonna marry him!

‘Hmmm… that’s strange… Ah! I remember, he said he’ll call you tonight.’

‘You gave him MY number?’ I screamed, unbelieving!

‘Oh, it’s Okay you know…’

‘Whatever… how are you? And dad?’ Fine, I’ll handle somehow…

‘Good…” She clicked her tongue. “Reminds me, we have an important meeting now. Goodbye…’

‘Wait!’ I took the phone to Amy’s ear.

‘It’s maa there’ I whispered to Amy.

‘MAMA? YAYY!’ She cheered.

‘Hello my babay! How al you? Be a gud gurl okayyy?’ Moms instantly spoke.

‘Ya!’ Amy laughed. I took the phone to my ears again.

‘Okay then, Good night mom. Take care. Bye’

‘Gud night sweetie… And be good to your future husband okay?’

‘MOM!!!’

She clicked off the phone before I could reply. That crazy woman! Ah! She’s my mother, crazy as always…

I stared at the phone in my hand and smiled.

*Haji mari no kaze yo!*

Suddenly the phone rang again. Woah! I almost got a heart attack. Suddenly my heart began beating fast. Real fast. I swallowed. Could it be Judian there? I picked it up.

‘Hello? It’s Melissa here’ I held my breath for a response.

‘Melissa? But you told me to call you Mali right?’ It was a female voice.

‘Who…? Wait, is this Robyn?’

‘Yup, who else? Your husband?’

‘Eaah? Why would you say that?’

‘Jus kiddin…’

‘Let it be so then, if only it’s Enrique. Sigh!’

‘Or Tom Cruise?’

We chatted for a few minutes, before she had to go because she forgot the laundry her mother had handed her days ago.

‘I will call you back, OK miss wife?’

She clicked of the phone before I could answer… I thought of replies for her when she would call back. Wonder what happened to her too? She was behaving just like mom….

*Haji mari no kaze yo!*

The phone rang again. I saw the call was from an unknown number. Must be Robyn. I hadn’t saved her number yet.

‘Okay listen! I am not your wife, unless you say you’re Enrique!’ I answered, satisfied with myself.

‘Heh! Really? Okay then…’ My eyes widened as I recognized that it wasn’t Robyn there. It was a male voice!

‘Wait, hello? Sorry. Just forget everything what happened. Who is this?’

‘I am… Enrique. Now you be my wife?’

‘What?’ I found myself blushing. ‘No seriously! If you don’t then I’ll cut off the line!’ I warned.

‘Relax! I give up okay!’ came a cheerful voice, ‘It’s Judian Brown. Can I speak to Mali?’

Judian? Wow! I got a heart attack this time for sure. My heart started jumping. And Mom even told him to call me Mali? Does he even know my name?

‘Ah? Mr. Brown, It’s me, Mali here…’

‘Well, Good evening Mali…I’ll ask you something, Is that how you usually greet people? Wow! I thought “hello” is still the modern method…’

‘No! I …that is…well…um…a….’ Here you go again. There, I was thinking I’’ “handle” him, and here I was blushing like an idiot.

‘It’s Okay! Relax. I am no stranger to you okay? And you don’t have to be so formal. Mr. Brown? Wow! That sounds like a villain from an old movie. Call me Judian. Okay?’ He had a beautiful laugh. And it felt so familiar. His was so casual in his speech that it felt like we knew each other for years.

‘Yea…’ I don’t know what else could I say.

‘So, like it here in White Gardens?’

‘Yea. Nice and quiet… Well I don’t know much about it…’

‘Yes.’ He hissed in a silky voice. ‘That’s gonna be my job then. Sorry I am busy on weekdays. But I am free this Sunday. Would you like to meet me? I will show you the town. I know some of the best places, you know.’

What should I do? What should I say?

‘Well? Don’t be shy, “darling”.’ His voice was mocking, but not insulting.

‘Hey! I am…not! Okay then! Sunday’s fine with me.’ No. No. No. I was not blushing!

‘Meet me at Café Latte… okay?’

‘Yes. Fine. See you then… sweetheart!’

(I was getting more confident with this husband talk each second.)

He didn’t reply for a complete minute! I pumped my fist in the air. Yesss! He was speechless! Wasn’t he?

‘Good bye then.’ I said with a smirk.

‘Yea’, looks like he got back his voice. ‘See ya!’

I clicked off the phone. Wow! What was that? I sat down on the floor…

Suddenly my phone vibrated; a text message huh? It was Robyn-

“Hey? I tried 2 call u but u were busy. Who was dat?”

I had a crazy idea, I replied-

“Oh! It’s jus my future husband, y’know..,”

“WHAT!?”

“:P”

“Hey! Don’t gimme heart attacks, y’know… Bt tell me, ws it rely Enrique or wht?”

“Nope, but was some1 whose voice was as sxy n silky”

“What? Who?”

“Nah! Was jus kiddin. I cnt evn imagine any1 like that”

“Yea… So I was tellin u when Lee asked me out last month?”

We continued texting for about an hour. Then we said our goodbyes and I went to bed, with Amy, asleep. I sighed, reflecting over what happened. So that’s like, mom’s new friend? Sexy! …What? What am I saying… Ah! This is the result if staying with Robyn so long… Well, maybe I lied to Robyn. That voice was sexy and silky… No! I mustn’t think so!

What have I become? Whatever! I smiled to myself. But I don’t know why I am looking forward to this Sunday… I thought before going to sleep…