A Moment in Destiny novel Chapter 99

Susan rushed to leave. Sherry chased her out of the restaurant and said, “Sue, are you ok? Celia is always talking before thinking much, but she did not intend to say it. Please don’t take it personally.”

Susan shook her head and saw a car coming near them. She said to Sherry, “It’s ok. Sherry, my car is coming. I have to go.”

Just that moment, a black BMW stopped and the window was swift down. Sherry saw a good-looking man of middle age was in the car. She should meet him before. She went blank for a moment to try to think where she had met him.

The man said, “Come on.”

Susan was going to do it right now and said, “Sherry, bye.”

It was dark at night. Sherry could not see the man clearly, just saying, “Sue, see you.”

After the car leaving, she was still thinking about something.

In the BMW, Susan sat on the passenger seat next to the driver seat with silence.

The man just checked, “Who is the woman?”

Susan answered, “My friend.”

“How do you know her?”

Susan said, “Are you interested in her? I suggest you not to work her. She is William Rowland’s girlfriend.”

The man was more than fifty years old, mature but still good-looking. “Good to know. But what’s her name?”

“I don’t know!” Susan answered unhappily.

The man asked again, “How about making a deal with me? You can leave me forever if you agree.”

Susan asked him with great surprise, “Will you let me go?”

“You know me! Ha-ha…”

Who was he?

Susan seemed to have a fear of him.

Sherry thought again in the mind; she did not understand why Susan and Leon had so difficult time even though obviously they loved each other deeply.

And what did the man get to do with Susan?

When Sherry kept thinking there, William popped up to ask, “What are you doing here?”

“You came back so soon.”

William said, “I didn’t leave for home and just gave a call to Samuel.” He was worried they would have a fight if going home then; that would certainly irritate daddy. Besides, he was unwilling to leave Sherry alone here.

Sherry asked with care, “Is he ok?”

“Not happy. But I told him that he is a good boy and I will pick him up soon. He feels better now.”

Sherry was also upset. She said, “Samuel must be sad. I am sorry. This is my fault.”

William said, “Don’t take all the responsibility by yourself. I am hungry. Let’s go to eat something.” He did not have any food on the past day, neither had anything prepared in the flight. Then he was eager to eat something.

Sherry said, “Great! I didn’t have anything. I just said goodbye to Susan here.”

William was curious, “Was she also here?”

Sherry asked with a worry, “Do you know what happened to Leon and Susan? They probably had a misunderstanding.”

“It’s none of our business. They are old enough to deal with it. Now we only need to mind our trips; let’s talk about where to go.”

“Samuel is with your daddy. I am afraid…”

“Don’t worry. My daddy might think again these days. Well, he loves to have many kids at home. He will be much happier if we can have more babies. It’s your urgent job!” Then the smiling William cuddled Sherry to walk to a restaurant.

What William said astonished Sherry whose face turned to be red. She didn’t know what to say, just replying, “Are you serious?”

William said jokingly, “Of course. I’d love to.”

“You…” She was too silly to say anything.

They took the lift to get to the second floor. Sherry raised her head to see Leon who was cold and unconcerned about anything.

He sat with Ashley beside a table; Ashley was talking with him.

Leon looked unhappy.

Ashely glanced at William and Sherry, calling them, “William Rowland?”

Leon turned to look at William and said to him, “Have a seat please.”

The waiter helped arrange the dinnerware for the five customers on one table.

Ashely said happily, “Wow, William, this is your girlfriend?”

Sherry lowered her head and tried to deny it, but William said, “Yep.”

He did not understand why Ashely was also here to be with Leon. So, Leon and Ashely got to know each other on that dating dinner?

Leon appeared to be zoning out just then.

Sherry saw him have a cigarette; he was too depressed to concentrate on the talk on the table.

William had a look at him and asked, “Leon, was Susan here?”

Leon was smoking with nothing to answer soon. The smoke in the air covered some of his face, letting him look grimmer.

After a while, Celia said, “Hey, Leon. There are plenty of choices for you in the world. Don’t take her so seriously. It’s over.”