Mon Miroir d'amour, My Mirror, My Love

The Mannequin

Edward and the rest of the AL team were busy the whole morning exchanging notes with the Paris team and searching for good locations. They have looked into two other possible areas near the Eiffel tower, one of which is the Jardin Du Trucadero, a public park garden next to the Seinne River, the garden has a fountain at the foreground and then Musee Rodin, an 18th century architecture mansion just on the other side of the Eiffel Tower. The museum is home to paintings by the likes of Monet, Renoir and Van Gogh.

While the team were busy admiring the art works inside the Musee Rodin, Edward called someone from his phone to confirm his dinner meeting tonight. "Pardon Monsieur Barber, Madame Beaumont will be with you in a minute, said the lady on the other line" "Je vous remercie" Edward replied. "Bonjour Edward, my darling boy, welcome back to Paris!!! how are you and the family? Maria Beaumont asked" Edward replied " I am back indeed. They are very well Tita Maria, thank you for asking. And how about you tita, kamusta po kayo, tito Raphael, Frederick and Olivia?" " Oh we are all ok, Tito Raffy is same old, while Freddy and Livvy are very busy. Anyway iho we will see you at tonights dinner, where do you want to go? Maria asked" Edward replied " Oh tita, is Café Miroir open for dinner ? it seems like a nice place, is it your new coffee shop?" Maria replied " Yes the place is new, Freddy opened it last year and his managing it. We'll see you then tonight iho, I am just in a meeting at the moment, je t'aime, Au revoir!" Edward replied " salamat po tita see you later, au revoir!".

Edward will have a dinner with the Beaumont family the owners of The House of Miroir and other businesses related in fashion and now his client for Project M. Furthermore this family is an old friend of his family. Maria and Raphael were previous business partners of Catherine and Kevin. Their children Frederick and Olivia, and the Barbers, Laura and Edward are childhood friends. They all grew up in London until Mr Barber decided to shift his business and settle in Germany. While the Beaumonts settled in France. Edward thought is will be a nice evening with the Beaumonts.

"Hey Marco" Edward called on him "it is soon lunch, tell the team to take a break and take the whole afternoon off, I will see you in the hotel later. You know that I am meeting with the Beaumonts this evening, if there are any problems just give me a call" Marco asked "then why don't you join us for lunch? Are you going someplace else?" Edward sheepishly replied "Yes to get my sweet revenge" while he was saying this he tapped his left chest pocket of his jacket where the yellow little notebook was. Edward then left leaving Marco confused and just murmured to his self "weird talaga ng taong yun, revenge? may kaaway kaagad?"

"Patricia" said Marydale " am reminding you of my one hour earlier off this day I have to leave for school before lunchtime. Abangan ko lang yung muntik ko ng mabangga kahapon baka napulot nya yung notebook ko at saka kailangan ako mag extra work sa school dahil hindi ako satisfied dun sa presentation ko kahapon. Medyo male-late na din ako makakauwi, alam mo na may raket pa ako". Patricia replied " Ok mag iingat ka. Oo nga pala may pa dinner sila Madame and Monsieur Beaumont tonight at may guest sila. Kung gagabihin ka pala I have to ask Lucio as server pala tonight, hindi ka pala pwede, sige ako na ang bahala."

Marydale was waiting for almost 10 minutes on the same spot where she almost sideswiped Edward hoping that he has her notebook. As far as she can remember he was tall and good looking. Marydale thought aloud "medyo may katangkaran at may pagkatisoy as if naman lahat ng lalaki dito eh mukhang tisoy hehehe. Mamumukhaan ko naman siguro yun, magbabakasali lang ako na isoli nya yun eh ano naman ang gagawin nya sa mga drawings ko?"

Marydale started to grow impatient and decided to sit on one of the benches at the nearby park. She can still see the cycle path if he did pass that way again. "Mga ilang minuto pa at pag hindi ka dumating ibig sabihin wala na talaga, pag dumating ka lagot ka sa akin mokong ka, at kasalanan mo bakit kailangan ko mag extra school work." But Marydale being a good natured soul take it back. "Maymay wag ka paapekto, ok, be positive, dreamer ka di ba? so be positive". Marydale then noticed the beauty of her surroundings where she was sitting. She often pass this way to her school but she never noticed this portion of the park. Her mood became lighter, she relaxed a bit, removed her eyeglasses, closed her eyes and in a half smile whispered a thankful prayer for the blessings that she has receive...and at this moment the time stood still...Edward cliked his camera and took a snapshot of her, with her eyes closed, her lips formed a half crescent, her hair flowing gently by the soft breeze of the wind, the afternoon cool sun peeking on her cheeks and then he thought " beautiful".