Chapter 444 - : Slower Than A Rabbit, Faster Than A Turtle (1) (1/2)
Chapter 444: Slower Than A Rabbit, Faster Than A Turtle (1)
The sky in don Los Angeles tonight turned purple as if sorapes The stars disappeared fro shone like stars The shadow of a luxury sedan passed by the street and a ho a wheelchair behind it
There was a bar iht darker than a shadow on the dirty and messed-up street The atht have felt it would be h sohedthe bar clients full of affectation and pretense tonight were a loomy and dispirited The woman who casually shook her black hair loose over her leather jacket, Janet, stared at the glass full of tequila with blown pupils, then poured it into her mouth
“I don’t understand…”
“Even if you don’t understand, nothing will change Stop being stubborn and just accept it”
“How can you say that so easily? Man, you’re really dumb!”
“I don’t think you can tellhis lips with beer whose froth was colared resentfully at his indifferent expression, then took the glass to her lass she quickly e at the bartender, she slurred her words
“Hey, please give ”
Usually, at this point, Anderson would have told her to drink moderately, but he didn’t stop her today He looked at her quietly, then put beer in his ain
He said pretty slowly, compared to Janet, “Reet drunk”
“I’ because I want to feel unco so much Seriously Otherwise, I can’t endure this nausea…”
Janet bit her lips Her face, always looking proud, was distorted with shame and humiliation
She had tears in her eyes, which see coldly forever, and there was even resentuish on her face when she tried to control her sobbing
When the bartender poured another glass of tequila for Janet, she drank it without hesitation She then turned to Anderson, but he didn’t cast a glance at her
Watching hian to lament
“I really wanted to have a sous chef position I wanted to get ahead of hiuess so”
“I really tried hard Yeah, I did everything I could to get this position Why am I so miserable now?”
He couldn’t reply to her question Actually, he didn’t even want to He held the glass in his hand tight and looked at the froth ruefully
She said, staring at him, “Answer me, Anderson”
“…”
“Answer ry and drunken voice resonated throughout the bar,other customers look at her for a moment But even then, Anderson didn’t look back at her The rabbed him by the collar, then forcibly turned hirowled and opened her mouth
“Don’t avoid my eyes Look at me Why should I feel so miserable like this? Why?”
“…”
“I’m qualified, cos”
“Then stop the nonsense and just accept that position,” Anderson murmured “You are now Rachel’s sous chef”
When he said that, she helplessly took his hand off his collar
She burst into silly laughter then ht I’athered her deether and announced briefly that Janet would be her sous chef It was definitely so she wanted to hear But when she heard that, she couldn’t be happy Maybe that was because she knew deep down that she was not better than Anderson in any way She obtained the position thanks to her tireless efforts until now, but she didn’t feel that proud of it
So, she asked Rachel why she didn’t give the position to Anderson She asked Rachel how she could be the sous chef of Rose Island’s main store instead of Anderson But Rachel didn’t reply as if she had nothing to say, or it was not the right time to tell
Honestly, Janet didn’t even like the way he stayed calet mad at her She could coht be full of anguish deep down, but he didn’t try to express it And that hy she got drunker and more upset For some reason, Anderson wasn’t so annoyed by Janet’s provocations Rather, he even thanked her
She asked as if she could not understand, “Why are you so cal to be calm?”
“Well, I’m not sure either”
“Hey, don’t act stupid like that”
“Because this is not the path I have to walk my whole life”
At sonized by Rachel than succeeding as a chef In other words, he caredhimself,
he admired and liked Rachel Because of that, however, he found hie Was it because of that? Now that he was kicked out of the cage, he felt rather strange than angry, for he felt that even though his life was off the tracks of Rose Island, he was still rolling so to do in the future?”
“I’ soon”
“Oh, I see”
Janet drank for a long time after that So much so that she could hardly ith her pupils blown and her legs wobbly Eventually, he helped her walk out of the bar, reeking of whisky She looked up at hiot alert because he felt her face was close to his
“Hey, stay away froive you even if you ot drunk”
“What if I want to make a mistake…?”