Lost In Your Paradise

part 8

The day goes by relatively quickly and by no time I'm at the shop buying some food for me and the girls tonight. I'm in the freezer isle, looking for some frozen chips and I feel someone tap my shoulder from behind. I turn around  and I see an older women staring at me as if she's trying to figure something out.

"Mmm, are you okay?", I ask the unknown women questionably.

"Are you Freya Dawson?"

I furrow my eyebrows at the older women looking at my intently. I don't know whether to run out of the store or just answer the women who is waiting for an answer.

"Oh sorry, you're probably thinking I'm some stalker", she says with a laugh. I smile at the women's humour.

"Yeah, I kinda were", I tell her with a laugh so that she thinks that I'm joking, even though my answer has some truth to it.

"My name is Karen Mendes", the older women states in a more serious tone however she still keeps the smile plastered on her face. The smile recently on my face disappears though after her greeting.

"Oh Mendes ... Shaw- Shawns Mum ?", I ask her hesitantly. All kinds of emotions are running through my mind right now, I want to be happy but I have a sense of confusion. Karen seems really nice, I don't understand why Shawn wouldn't like her.

"Yes, I've seen a photo of you two on Shawn's Facebook, I've seen a lot about you", she replies to me. Well, if they are Facebook friends he must at least like her. I think.

"Oh well it's nice to meet you, I wish I could say the same but Shawn has never mentioned you to me before", I say. Shit. Why did I say that? Her face drops at my comment but a smile appears there once again after a couple seconds. Oh shit. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to upset you", I say to her quickly.

She shakes her head. "Oh no, don't be silly, it's fine" she answers back whilst smiling. Bloody hell she smiles a lot. We fall silent and I shift awkwardly on my feet, I look at the basket I'm holding and pretend to be looking at something. A buzz saves us from the awkwardness and the women grabs her phone from her coat pocket. She furrows her eyebrows at something on her phone and then shuts it off.

"I got to get going but it was nice seeing you, maybe we could carry this on sometime?", she asks me.

"Um yeah sure", I say back to her. I don't really know if I want to carry this conversation on with her but I agree anyway to keep her happy. She flashes me another smile and then walks out of the isle. My eyes follow her until she leaves the shop.

I shake my head and look down at my trainers. "Well that wasn't awkward at all", I state sarcastically to myself. I sigh and then continue with my shopping.

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After 30 minutes I've walked back to mine and Shawn's house. I knock on the door, knowing that Shawn will be inside. I hear the click of the lock and my handsome boyfriend opens the door for me. "Hey princess", he says to me and let's me inside.

"Hi babe", I say back and tilt my head up to give him a quick peck on his lips. I sit on the bottom step to take my shoes off and then I make my way into the kitchen. Shawn follows me in and he sits on one of the stools in front of the black marble island.

I walk past the island and I place my shopping bag on the kitchen counter top. "When are we getting the car back?", I hear him say from behind me. I turn around so that my back is leaning on the counter and I can see him.

"Not sure, but I can't wait to get it back, I'm fed up of walking around everywhere", I reply to him.

"I still can't believe that you let Sadie borrow it", he says.