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"I have noticed that you particularly pay attention to her a lot. Although I know you are a nice and approachable lady I haven\'t seen you share such a relationship with another person. An exception must be Amelia...," Leah paused to catch her breath.

"I want to know why you treat her so well. Anyone who doesn\'t know her will mistake her for your daughter because of the way you relate...,"

"And is there a problem with that?" Mrs Parker cut in meekly.

"No," Leah shook her head in denial. "I just want to know why you care so much about her".

"Do you believe that because everyone despised her I should join them in their stupidity?" Mrs Parker asked meekly.

She shifted her gaze to the door which a customer just entered.

"Joanna is a nice girl. And she is respectful too. Actually, I am having trouble understanding why her father and stepmother hated her so much...," Mrs Parker let her words linger in Leah\'s ears.

"I mean it\'s a blessing to have such a lovely daughter like that. And I am thrilled that she sees me as someone she can trust and I don\'t care to know how she feels about this".

Mrs Parker didn\'t hesitate to confess how she feels despite knowing that her vampire and werewolf customers overheard all she said.

Leah watched Mrs Parker walk into the brown door close to the counter.

"Although Joanna can be a weirdo at times, I must admit that she is not bad at all. At least she is not a bitch like all the vampire and werewolf ladies I know," Leah mumbled.

She concentrated her attention back on the customers having a great time.

At the locker room, Mrs Parker met Joanna putting on her work shirt.

She didn\'t jump into a conversation immediately but she took her time to study the lady who was frowning throughout as she went on her thing.

"Are you alright?" Mrs Parker started in a soft tone. "Has the two of you not made up yet?".

She waited for her to say something but Joanna continued doing her thing. The way she acted was as if she didn\'t hear Mrs Parker\'s question.

"If he isn\'t listening to what you have to say then do you want me to talk to him on your behalf...,"

"Don\'t!" Joanna shouted, her fierce glares shot at Mrs Parker.

After she blurted out those words she didn\'t need anyone to tell her that the tone she used was rude.

"I am sorry. I must have been out of my mind to shout at you," Joanna apologize politely.

"It\'s ok. I know you didn\'t mean it," Mrs Parker smiled at her and walked closer to where she stood.

"I know you meant well that is why you offered to help me," Joanna started in a calm tone.

"Although I am aware of your good intentions, I wished you would not do anything. I was the one who hurt his feelings so it\'s only right I put things back to how they were," She played with the tips of her hair as she spoke.

Her eyes which lacked confidence as she talked didn\'t escape the observant woman\'s notice.

"I need to do this on my own...,"

"Are you sure that you don\'t need my help?" Mrs Parker interrupted, her eyes not moving from Joanna\'s unhappy expression.

"Yes. If I want our relationship to work, I need to start resolving issues like this on my own. Relying on you or any person for help might prove to be dangerous," Joanna replied confidently.

She averted her gaze to where Mrs Parker stood.

"Don\'t worry. We will be fine," Joanna smiled brightly at Mrs Parker to put her mind at ease.

Together Mrs Parker and Joanna returned to the main cafe. Despite that, she was still sad but Joanna felt a lot better after her conversation with Mrs Parker.

She was able to concentrate on her work more than she would have done if she didn\'t share her problems with someone.

About two hours later Joanna was at the counter when Audrey arrived at the cafe.

"Anna...,"

"As you can see I am swamped with work. I will suggest you save whatever you want to say for later. That is if I will have the time to spare when that time reaches," Joanna muttered.

Her nonchalance and the way she won\'t take her gaze off what she was doing made Audrey clench her fist.

"Are you so angry that you won\'t spare me a glance?... How long are you gonna keep avoiding me...,"

"And whoever told you that I am avoiding you?" Joanna hissed. She finally raised her gaze and looked Audrey in the eye.

"As far as I know, I committed no mistakes so why should I avoid you...,"

"Because you don\'t want to talk to me. You won\'t even give me the chance to explain myself...,"

"As I said, I am busy. I would appreciate it if you leave now," Joanna said those words so easily that Audrey found it hard to believe that the one standing in front of her was the best friend she knew all her life.

"Standing here will only hinder my work so I would love it if you excuse me now," Joanna said. She carried the cup of coffee she just made and walked out of the counter.

As she approached the table the order was made Joanna didn\'t spare Audrey a glance.

"Did you guys fight?" Mrs Parker asked the lady whose eyes were following every movement Joanna made.

Audrey shifted her attention to the woman standing at the inner part of the counter.

"I thought her fight with him was the reason she was down I guess I was wrong from the beginning...,"

"Did she fight with someone?" Audrey asked as if that was the only part of Mrs Parker\'s words her sensitive ears picked up.

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