what next??????

Amira couldn't believe Jared was still sick. She'd come to depend on him. Or was that the owner had come to depend on her.

She got some help from Diago and Char, as well as Ste. Sometimes, she felt she was a one-woman show, but people came to drink her bubble tea these days more than the sandwiches. Well, there were the regulars who needed both. The shop only opened at eleven in the morning and closed by three so they could get by with two people although, it would have been nice to have four or at least a backup.

"What do you think happened?" Diago asked.

Amira shook her head. "Maybe he found a fulltime job. Maybe it's my fault." That's when she told Diago how Jared confessed to her that he wanted to be with her. "He wanted us to move in together," Amira winced. "How did he ever get an idea like that?"

Diago smiled. "He probably wishes he was more like you. You've shown you're really talented. You're independent."

Amira didn't believe that, but she did get by renting a room where she'd lived since being at the University. She sighed, thinking maybe now was the time to finish up her major in Marketing. Although, she couldn't see herself anywhere but here.

Actually, she didn't see herself with Ste, either. He'd wake up soon enough and realize she wasn't the one for him. She knew even now how heartbroken she would be. Still, she felt there would be sad days ahead. She'd get used to it, somehow.