lunch in the daytime

"A pretty woman like you doesn't deserve to be this sad " Carissa is startled to hear a strong and firm voice. She looks up to meet Dark blue eyes and auburn hair . The man looks like he holds an office job from the way he is smartly dressed in a matching grey suit and he seems to be in those top positions too. Which immediately translates to him having a lot of money and you can tell from his straight posture without a slouch and his clothes clean of any crease in sight. Although he doesn't look very old ,he seems to be in his mid thirties. " I would like to cheer you up, make you feel better" . Carissa thinks about this and is surprised by how a random stranger would come up to her like that nut regardless of that. " I'm fine ,just having bad day nothing too bad " she tells him while picking up her bag of groceries to leave . " You can't buy me on this ,you look like you're having more than a bad day so let me make you feel better . And I swear that is all I want to do truly just let me " . She wonders what he means by this , still she tries to find a way to escape this situation .I’m not going to hurt you or anything but I just feel like you are in need of some comfort or something .Because no one just chooses to sit on a bench by a parking lot in the middle of the day to cry. Which means you are feeling really sad so let me try to make you feel better. After taking some time to think about it she decides why not cause she doesn't even have anything to do after all ,going back to her apartment would be even more of a disaster . " Okay ,I accept your offer " . Hesitantly she accepts the offer from the stranger of a man .

" Let's go get you some lunch I can tell you need something to eat " . Grabbing her by the hand and taking her groceries from her hands ,he leads her to his car .An expensive black car that only looks like it could be seen in the movies . They enter the car and he tells his driver to take them to some place that she assumes . She realizes now that it was probably a stupid idea to accept the offer from this strange man . What if he takes her to some abandoned place to kill her or maybe even worse what if he kidnaps her and she is never heard of again . Although her thinking about it ,it wouldn't be too bad because she has no one to come looking for her so she doesn't mind anyways . The car comes to a halt and the driver cone to open the door for them . " We won't be long so be close by " he sternly tells the driver .

He takes her hand and they enter the restaurant. " Mr Rivers how are this afternoon " . The doorman greets him not bothering to look at him but rather choosing to look down .He simply says nothing in return and this makes Carissa question this man's humility . From the outside of the restaurant ,she can tell that only people a lot of with money come to eat their food.

Upon entering the restaurant that is called La Boeuf . She is so surprised to see that there is no one inside apart from a pianist who isn't even playing at the moment . He leads her to table and pulls the chair for her to sit on and she thanks him. A waiter pops out of no where and offers them menus. "Welcome back sir and good afternoon mam anything you'd like to order .This week's special is legume butternut soup and spicy shrimp " he says and leaves after all that . By now Carissa is as confused as ever about everything .First of all she doesn't know who this man she's with is or what she's even doing here .With that in mind she decides to get up to leave . "I'm so sorry to waste your time but I have somewhere to be right now and its,urgent and could I just.....

" SIT DOWN ! I brought you here to make you feel better because I saw you upset and I thought why not . So just sit down and pick a meal you feel like you'll like" . He shouts at her and she feels so frightened but she doesn't show it instead she sits down and takes a look at her menu . Oh my goodness she thinks to herself how am I going escape this person who clearly has issues . " Have you decided on what you want"? he asks her and she look hat I really want to order so ... I don't know I'm sorry. " Its fine , Jeremy could you bring us a bottle of red wine and 2 plates of prawn cranberry soup with buttered bread . " he says

" I'll be right back with your orders sir " he leaves to go and get their orders .

Meanwhile Carissa is left to sit with someone she doesn't even know by force .

" So, tell me what is your name young lady and how old are you " . he asks his loud and projected such that he could be heard from afar .

" My name is Carissa and I'm 23 years old " . Carissa never like telling people about herself she always felt it was rather awkward and embarrassing to have to explain to people years your life story . And she never really liked hers anyways but this time she felt like she had no choice . " You don't have a last name you're just Carissa " .

" My surname is Jade " . Carissa never liked her surname only because it was tied down to the man that is her dad. He decided it was best if he left them because he wasn't ready to be a dad .This is something her mom was never afraid of telling her although it did shatter his image in her eyes . " So tell me something what are you doing in the middle of the day crying on a bench outside for everyone to see. Just then the waiter comes back with their food .

" her you go sir ,enjoy your... " he is cut off by him .

"Can't you acknowledge the lady here ,do you only see me" he

" Right, sorry sir and mam I hope you can forgive me too" . he says looking down. What a mess Carissa thinks to herself how cruel could this man be just because he has money doesn't give I'm the right to go around bossing people around like that . So she does something she feels is necessary , she says something to him .

" You can't just go around bossing people around ... " As she realizes that he is staring at her ,her words are left hanging in the air .

" Say what you want to say to me don't ever say something and then leave l it hanging so you were saying .

She feels as though she doesn't want to say anymore, feels as though she couldn't possibly begin to let the words come out of her mouth so she sits there feeling the intensity of his stare . Thinking of a way of this situation she thinks about the restroom and how she can use that as an excise to get some air because she feels so restricted and watched and she feels like she can't even breath with this man around her .

" Can I please be excused ,I need to umm use the restroom " .With all her courage she asks him hoping he will agree and not stop her from going.

" Yeah ,sure let me call Jeremy to shoe you the restroom ".

" Jeremy ,do you mind showing this lady the restroom " . he says in an authoritative voice that makes sure that even if you don't feel like it you will have no choice but to do it . " Yes if course sir " he replies looking down once again.

"mam , let me gladly take you to the restroom ". She stands up and follows the man ,looking around at the place she really notices how fancy and expensive it looks . " There you go mam , just enter this place and you will find the restroom .

" Umm ,can I ask something before you go is he always like this " .

" With all respect mam yes " .

"I'll be going now, o have to get back before he starts coming down here to fetch me " .

" Why do you allow him to treat you like that ?" she asks genuinely concerned for the man .

" Look, its my Job there is not anything else I can do about it ,I need the money so I'm not fired .I'll be going now " .

The man leaves and she proceeds to the restroom and she looks at herself in the mirror and tries to calm herself down . She opens the faucet and washes her face ,from then on she gets a paper towel and dries her face with it . She breaths in and out as she tries to calm down the loud and hard beating of her heart something she learnt from watching videos on YouTube of how to calm yourself down when you're feeling anxious . Feeling as if she can't handle going back. She thinks about how she can escape this place she checks all the windows and none of them are big enough for her to go through . So taking one last deep breath she walks out of the restroom.