41 I Cant Help You (1/2)
La Maison Restaurant.
Samantha was staring out of the window in their usual spot. She wasn't looking at anything in particular, her mind was blank like she didn't know what to think about.
”S! Are you listening?”
”What did you say?”
”Forget it. Have you talked to Daniel yet?”
Samantha shook her head as she played with the broccoli on her plate. 'Talk to him? What exactly am I supposed to say? Are we even still together? Also, what the f*ck did he mean by he's getting out of my way?! What does that even mean?', she thought.
She didn't really understand what she's feeling at the moment. Her heart was heavy, she didn't like what she heard yesterday but she couldn't blame Daniel for saying all those things too. Was she angry? Hurt? Confused?
”Okaayyyy..... so what? Are you just gonna wait for him to contact you first?”
”I don't know.”
”Gosh, Samantha I didn't know you could be this ... ughh.. annoying.”, Hannah said while her face contorted. She is going to have a headache soon.
”What about you? What are you gonna do about Joon?”
”What??”, Hannah was startled by Samantha's sudden interrogation. 'Isn't your problem here more important?'. ”What do you mean what am I going to do? I don't need to do anything!”
”Why are you so jumpy? I'm just asking. Also, you're very suspicious, your tone rose an octave higher!”
”There's nothing going on between us. And nothing happened, okay? Let's not talk about it anymore. We're talking about you here. You're more important.”
”Really? You're very eager to avoid the topic, and you sound like you're even disappointed that NOTHING happened between you two. Do you like my brother?”
”Oh shut up, S!”, Hannah blushed like a tomato. ”Can we please not talk about it anymore. It's very weird and awkward! He's like a brother to me.”
”Mhmmm.”, Samantha answered sarcastically.
Later that evening, Samantha received a call from her friend Carlos.
”Yow, what's up Chica?”
”Exhausted. You?”
”Same. Same. I have good news for you, the friend that I told you about? He came back to the country 2 days ago and he's currently working on your video.”
”And??”, Samantha listened carefully.
”He was able to recover about half of it.”
Samantha did not hesitate, ”I'll pay him double the fee of what I promised, let him work overtime.”
”Got it.”
It's been 2 months since that incident and Samantha had waited for the results for a long time. Now that she's been given hope, she couldn't wait to know what really happened that night. She was almost certain that she knew the person. Why else would that man help her?
The next day, while Samantha was having lunch with Alexander at a restaurant near their office, a black Maybach was parked on the opposite side.
Daniel didn't stay long and decided to leave.
Inside the restaurant, Alexander insisted on paying the bill and just after they finished paying, Samantha received a call from Carlos.
”Samantha, it's done. Where do you want to meet?”
When Samantha heard Carlos from the other line, she was surprised. His friend is surely fast!
”I'll text you the address.”, she said before she hung up the call.
”You need to go somewhere?”, Alexander asked.
Samantha nodded, ”Yes, you can head back to the office. I will see you later.”
Because Alexander drove them to the restaurant, her car was still at the office. She hailed a taxi and headed to the Busy Bean Cafe. When she arrived, good thing Hannah was there. Samantha wasn't sure what she would see in the footage, she'd feel safer if Hannah's with her.
The two friends sat at a corner table. Samantha played with her necklace looking nervous.
”Why are you so nervous?”
”I don't know... I don't like waiting.”
Right after she spoke, Carlos arrived, ”Sam!”, he called by the door.