“I'll accompany you,” Dolores walked downstairs. She took out some fruit from the refrigerator and washed it. After that, Dolores cut it up and put it on a plate. She brought it out on the table and sat next to Theresa. Dolores looked at the scabby wound on Theresa's foot, “It's getting well.”
Theresa said, “I'm going to die of boredom if it's not getting well.”
“I don't think you're idle either,” Dolores got Theresa a piece of cantaloupe with a fork, “How many orders uncle has taken recently?”
It was not a proper way to close down the store for a long time because they would lose their customers after a long time. The dropping of popularity was a natural part after the exhibition. The store was closed for a long time, and it was normal that customers would forget about the store. So Dolores thought of a solution. They opened the business online during the period that they could not go back to City C. They could design the dress style that the customer wanted according to the customer's request. After that, they could pass the drawing to Oscar, and he would issue the embroiderers and lathe workers to make the dresses.
“We have three or four orders now,” Theresa ate the fruits while said, “I can handle it alone. I drew two sketches of the design when I was free last time. Then, I showed them to two customers, and it just so happened that they like it. So I have two orders left now. To tell you the truth, this is a good idea. Now that we have resolved the hiatus of the shop, we can keep our customers. Besides, I’ll be bored to death if I were to stay at home all the time. Hence, this is indeed killing two birds with one stone.”
She turned her head to look at Dolores, “Didn't Matthew come back at noon? Where is he? Didn't he accompany you? By rights, you should not have time to accompany me.”
Dolores looked a little awkward and avoided Theresa's gaze by the action of eating fruits. She said indifferently, “He took a phone call and went outside. I don't know what's going on.”
Dolores did not directly tell Theresa because she was afraid Theresa was not ready for that. If Theresa still had affections for Armand, she should have had some emotional changes when she saw Armand. Otherwise, she probably did not have any feelings for Armand.
Theresa's mouth twitched, “Coral purposely took the child to play outside to give you two some time to get along. Matthew was so busy unexpectedly. Money doesn't grow on trees, sure enough.”
Dolores shoved some fruits into Theresa's mouth, “Shut up.”
Theresa laughed.
After chatting for a while, Theresa asked Lucy to take her sketch of design out of her room, and she showed it to Dolores. According to the customer's request, she asked to embroider red flowers pattern on green fabric. If the dress style did not look good, it would look oldish with such a color combination. So Theresa wanted to discuss it with Dolores.
“The customer who customized the dress was a lady in her fifties in City C. Do you think it's appropriate to make a suit or a dress?”
Dolores looked at the two versions of Theresa's design, and each had its characteristics and shortcomings. She asked, “What's the identity of the lady?”
“The wife of the business owner. We've made a video call earlier, and she's a lady who looks quite elegant,” Theresa replied.
“Let's make her a suit,” Dolores pointed at the suit sketch Theresa designed, “Let's make a three-piece suit with a pure white blazer. The green and red colors create a visual effect. There will be different and complex colors of flowers embroidered. So the suit will look messy if with a fancy blazer.”
Theresa nodded, “I think so too. The lady looked quite good taste in clothes. How come she like green with red flowers? What an odd taste! As the saying goes, green and red, sick the dog. What does she think?”
Dolores did not think it was something odd, “Everyone has their tastes and preferences of something, and don't judge it. I heard earlier that someone likes to smell nail polish. It's like a paint smell. How come someone thinks it's good smelling? Everyone has different looking and also different tastes and preferences.”
Theresa agreed.
The doorbell rang at this time. Dolores got up to open the door, while Theresa turned her head to look at the door because she thought it was Coral who took Andrew and Amanda back home.
However, when Dolores opened the door, they saw the driver and Matthew were carrying Armand, who seemed unconscious, instead of seeing Coral and the two children.
Theresa thought, ‘What happened to him?’
‘How come he was carrying by them?’ she pondered.
Dolores turned her head to look at Theresa, and as it turned out to see Theresa's eyes rolled with worries when she did not hold back.
“He seems to be drunk,” Dolores spoke to Theresa.
Theresa moved her eyes away, “It's not my business.”
She sat on the sofa and continued to eat.
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