DECISIONS

"EVERY DECISION FOR

SOMETHING IS A DECISION

AGAINST SOMETHING

ELSE"

"Hello ? Chris! Where're you right now ?" , "i'm at the bakery!" , " ok good , i'm coming" Maya declined the call , and asked driver to drive towards the swirls and pearls bakery , Christina runs this bakery , after some time Maya reached there and came inside the kitchen directly ,"hey , Maya! Come here and try this!!" Christina passed her a freshly made pastry , she took a small bite from the dessert ,

"Woahhh...! It's so good , i've to say , it's really tasty!!"

She continued to eat the dessert , they came out of the kitchen and sat at the table near a big glass window ,

"so , how's the work going , printing work i mean" , "not yet we still have 2 days to go! All thanks to you , if you were not there then this wouldn't have happened!!"

"it's not like that , anything for you"

They were talking when Maya's phone ranged indicating a call , she picked it up,

"yes Tia" , "Ma'am there's this lady Auretta , she wants to meet you and also booked appointment....after 20 minutes from now!" , "alright , I'll come!!"

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Maya declined the call and said to Christina ,

she'll be leaving now cause an important meeting came up and left from there,,,

And after 15 minutes she reached her office , she saw the same lady in her cabin whom she met last night and greeted her ,

"hello , Ms Winslow , i wanted to meet you and thank you personally , about yesterday!"

"Oh! It's nothing"

"i'm sorry , i don't even remember what i've said to you in that drunken state"

"you just told me about your son"

"yeah , my son" , "i'm sorry for your loss''

"it's not fault anyway ,, but it was really nice meeting you" there was a calm silence ,

"it's you , right , the CEO?"

" yeah..it's me!" , "you're really young , i heard you made this company on your own , in such a small period!! That's amazing!!" Auretta said remarkingly in amusement ,

"you know , i don't really like making friends or you can say that i didn't allowed myself to have a friend , but now , i thinking to have one" Auretta said with a sweet smile ,

"so , friends?" She asked , Maya replied her with a smile and nodded , Then Maya excused herself and came towards a shelf in her cabin's room and took a small bottle of perfume and gave it to Auretta and said ,

"A gift for my new friend!!"

"thank you soo much!!" They chatted for a while then Auretta left from there , Maya kept staring at her back until she left from the room and exhaled deeply and smiled.

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Meanwhile Alden's parents were having lunch with their family friends , Mr and Mrs smith , suddenly said ,

"Elsa's anniversary is around the corner , i'm thinking of inviting some people-" , he was cutted by Mr Yarrow ,

"we're not mourning over anything" he said shortly and continued eating his meal , there was an awkward silence when Alden stood up and excused himself , he came out of the restaurant and took a deep breath , he looked at the sky with his moist eyes,"i wish i didn't pushed you that day , just beacuse of an ice cream" he sighed and thought of staying there at the balcony for a while , till his parents are off to home...After 2 hours , he was about to go but bumped into some girl , she apologised and left , he too was about to go but saw she accidentally dropped her ID card , he picked it up and read her name "Christina Winslow!!?" He looked up but she was no where to be found , he decided to check the restaurant , perhaps she would be finding her ID , he saw that same girl and goes to her , he tapped her shoulder twice , and gave her , her ID and said "Miss , you dropped this outside!" ,"oh! Thank you so much", "it's alright , you're welcome" ,"umm...would you like to have a cup of coffee with me? As a thank you!" Christina pleaded , "sure!" Alden said awkwardly , they ordered coffee and sat on a table near balcony with less crowd around , "i didn't even asked you name , what's your name?" , "my name is Alden Yarrow" "you read my name earlier , still myself Christina Winslow" waiter came with their coffee and Christina asked another question , "what do you do , like what are your interests?" , "i work as an accountant" , "Oh! That's a good job , in which company?" , "Dark Lady" ,"That's my sister's company , she's the CEO" "Oh! That's great , what do you do , by the way?" , "Oh! I'm a patisserie , in Swirls and Pearls , that's my parent's company!" "i really like their chocolate swirl cake!!" , "thank you , that's my recipe!" Christina said that while giggling , that's how two strangers become friends , unknowingly Alden was slowly opening-up himself , and was feeling heard and comfortable.

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They were walking by beach , suddenly Christina sat down on sand and asked Alden to sit with her,"you know , you're the very first person who tried to befriend me , in last 17 years" Alden says , "17 years? Why-i mean what happe-ughh what am i saying" Christina was mumbling after hearing Alden , "why no body befriended you??","everyone thinks that i killed my sister , even my parents thinks soo" Christina was shocked after hearing his words ,"but no body tried to understand that , that was an accident!" ,"can you tell me what exactly happened?" Christina asked , "should i tell her and lift this weigh from my heart or should i just avoid it , i've always been bad with taking decisions" he was thinking hard when Christina called out his name and asked where's he lost , he decided to tell her his story.

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"17 years ago , on my birthday , me and my family were going back from the restaurant after celebrating my birthday , my sister was asking something to my mother by bending forwards , but i was forcing my parents for ice-cream , we couldn't find any shops of ice-cream as it was really late , but finally got one shop but he only one ice-cream , my mother asked me to share that with my sister as she was a little younger than me but i refused and tried pushing her away but then suddenly a truck come in full speed in fornt of our car and father tried to turn the car and accidentally i pushed her and her head bumped on the car's front windscreen and died on the spot , but i didn't killed her , it wasn't my mistake , right , she got disbalanced because of the truck and the sudden turn , everyone got hurt but only she died and everyone blamed me for that , no one wanted to play with me , said that i might kill them too , my parents still think of me as the murderer of their daughter"

while saying all this he didn't realized that he was a crying mess , Christina tried to make him stop crying , "Hey , it's not your fault , it was just an accident nothing more , stop crying now , stop!".

She said comfortingly , "i'm sorry , we just met some hours ago , and i showed you my pathetic side , maybe because I'm not used to it , the comfort of a friend , that's why i just couldn't control myself , sorry !" ,

"it's nothing to be sorry about , we're friends right , so it's okay !"

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Suddenly Christina's phone rang and she picked it up , it was her mom , she excused herself , and came back after 5 minutes and said ,"it was my mom , i need to go now , it's getting late , i've to go somewhere too , soo give me your phone number , we'll talk later!"

They exchanged their numbers and Christina left from there , Alden too was about to go but a thought came in his mind , a doubt , was his decision was correct , he didn't made any mistake by saying everything to a stranger called friend , it was the first time someone listened to him without judging him or his past , she accepted his past , maybe it was a right decision to tell her , to free his mind from this darkness , to let it out and see the results , he got a friend , he didn't made in 17 years , with that he smiled and left for his house , without noticing a enchanting blue rose pearl with a silver chain holding the beautiful pearl delicately shining under the moonlight.....

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