Mabel Jenisse.
A simple librarian,
The most precious flower in all of the gardens. Humble, kind, naive and beautiful, she was of true rarity indeed.
Unaware of Mr. Novikov's watchful eyes, her presence stirred a silent longing in him he never knew...
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"...Ugh, come on! Open!!"
I tried jamming my key into the slot but it just wouldn't budge. The amount of times I've talked to my landlord about my freaking door not opening is astronomical. And yet, he does nothing about it!
I Put it in again and tried tilting my door a bit. I could feel my hands getting tired.
".....And.....Open! Yes!"
I pushed my door open and picked my bags up. Phew!
I walked inside and closed my door.
Looks like I made it home after all...
I felt my phone buzz in my pocket.
Unknown number
Had fun today, looking forward to our date :-)
I smiled and put the bags from the market on my kitchen table.
Me too, see you tomorrow night ;-)
I locked my phone and began imagining my date with Henry tomorrow. He was so sweet. A true gentleman. I hope he won't end up being a huge disappointment.
I felt my phone ringing.
"...Hello?"
"Hey girl!"
I grinned. "Gia!"
She giggled. "How are you? Sorry I didn't call sooner, everything's been a little crazy lately."
"Oh it's fine. I'm sorry I didn't call, I was out today."
"Girl, don't worry about it. It's my job to check up on you."
I laughed a bit. "Sure."
"..Soo? How was today, you said you went out?"
I walked to my living room and took a seat on my small but comfy sofa.
"Yeah, I did...Oh my Gosh! I have the best news Gigi!"
"I'm listening..."
"I...Just....Got...A...Date! With the cutest guy ever!"
I heard her shriek in the background. "OMG! Really! Yay girl!"
"Tell me more, who is he, what's his a name? Is he from there? Is he tall? Does he have abs? Girl...spill!"
I had to push the phone away from my ear from her excitement.
"Calm down." I laughed.
"His name's Henry and he seems really sweet. He joined me on my trip to the market today, I mean, he was already going...but he joined me so yeah."
I could feel her smirking through the phone. "And??"
"Oh, well...He's originally from the UK. But he's been in America for quite awhile now."
