"Well just think of this as compensation for my rudeness yesterday. Besides you still have to do the hardest part." Ariana said with a gentle smile. "D-don"t worry! I-I-I-I-I have not forgotten." Vanessa stammered as she paled. "Wonderful!" Ariana shouted. "We should go find Mrs. Abela, might as well get this over and done with." Ariana said as she grabbed Vanessa"s hand. Ariana dragged her to the back office and knocked on the door. Mrs. Abela allowed them in. Inside was a very modest looking office, in the center was a golden oak desk. A pair of couches and a coffee table. Mrs. Abela sat on one of the couches while Vanessa and Ariana sat opposite of her.They sat in silence for five minutes. Ariana coughed breaking the silence. "Mrs. Abela, Vanessa Brenton has something very important to you. I beg you to hear her out until the end. Once she is done I humbly ask that you find it in your heart to forgive her." Ariana said as Vanessa blushed. Mrs. Abela looked from Ariana to Vanessa and waited. Vanessa"s lips trembled as her eyes watered. "... Mrs., Mrs., Mrs. Abela, I did something really awful.... I made tasteless, ignorant remarks re-re-regarding your business and items inside..." Vanessa stuttered as she slowly rose from the couch.
"Please forgive my stupidity!" Vanessa shouted as she bowed deeply to Mrs. Abela. "What made you change your mind?" Mrs. Abela asked coolly as she stared at Vanessa. "I tried on your clothes... I couldn"t believe the difference from what I am used to wearing." Vanessa said as she kept her head down. "Oh and this is enough to change your mind?" Mrs. Abela said in a mocking tone.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
"Yes! I promise to properly promote your shop and the items! I will wear every piece with pride and treasure each one!" Vanessa shouted as she kept her gaze glued to the ground. "Well then, I can only accept your apology humbly. Please lift your head or Ariana will think I"m bullying you. Besides for Ariana"s sake I will only accept you this one time." Mrs. Abela said with a light laugh. "Thank Mrs. Abela!" Vanessa shouted as she straightened up her back. "Make sure that this never happens again. Well today has been exhausting. Ariana dear could you please deliver this letter to my little girl?" Mrs. Abela said as she handed Ariana a white envelope.
Ariana hummed as Vanessa meekly followed her out of the boutique. "So are you feeling a little bit more educated about the world and its people?" Ariana asked as she turned and faced Vanessa. "I don"t know what you are even referring too! But... as for the Abela"s shop, my opinion has definitely changed." She replied as she she averted her gaze and pouted. "Baby steps but at least there was progress was made." Ariana said happily as she spun on the b.a.l.l.s of her heels and faced forward. "ari-Miss Drake!" Vanessa said with great difficulty. "Mmmmh?" Ariana replied.
"Do you think there is some time to stop by Mrs. Abela"s father"s shoe shop?" Vanessa asked shamelessly. "Oh are you by chance interested in looking around?" Ariana teased. "Of course not! But I do need new shoes to go with my new outfits." Vanessa said with a tiny smile. "Fantastic! Let"s go then!" Ariana said as she quickly grabbed Vanessa"s hand. "This doesn"t make us friends you know!" Vanessa hissed as she stared at her clutched hand. "Baby steps Vanessa. Baby steps!" Ariana laughed wholeheartedly as they rushed towards the next shop.
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Ariana jumped onto her bed with a giant smile on her face. "So was your outing enjoyable?" Edlyn asked as she walked over to Ariana"s bed. "Why yes!" Ariana shouted as she pulled out an envelope and handed it over to Edlyn. "Did you hear anything Talisha?" Ariana asked as she sat up. "My girls are on it now." Talisha said as she gave Ariana a wicked smile. "Do you know when they will have anything?" Ariana asked as she crossed her arms. "Hopefully in a week"s time." Talisha replied. "Halina, what about your end?" Ariana asked as she turned her gaze. "I wrote my family a letter. If it"s intercepted by the church they will not be to decipher it without my brother"s help. Even if he reads it... I can only hope that he won"t fall for the trap." Halina said as she pulled her knees against her chest.
"Are you sure you want to help?" Ariana asked as she relaxed herself. Halina looked up and met Ariana"s gaze. "There is still time to get the letter back." She said slowly. "No... I want to know the truth for myself." Halina said as she shook her head. "Well we will need to move to the next phase of our plans soon if I want to achieve my goals."
"I still think we should recruit Cayden"s friends." Edlyn said as she sat down and opened her letter. "I want to wait for Cayden to come back before I make contact with the males." Ariana said as she scooted herself to the wall. She leaned back and sighed. "What did your mother say?" Ariana asked as she lazily turned her head. Edlyn started to cry, beautiful, happy tears. "She is so happy that I can talk. She thanks you from the bottom of her heart." Edlyn said with a giant smile. "You"re my precious friend, I would do anything for you. The same goes for you two, Halina, Talisha, please remember that."
It was finally Monday and the girls had another restless sleep. Ariana dragged everyone out of bed so that they could go meet Mrs. Dabney for their yoga session. In their lethargic state they were able to finish the workout without pa.s.sing out. "Even though I"m so tired... it feels good to stretch out." Halina yawned as they all walked towards the bathhouse. "I think we have b-been tooooo excited re-cently... once we start to relax we can f-finally, fi-nally, fin-ally get some sleep." Edlyn said as her head bobbed with drowsiness.