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    I spend the rest of the day catching up on paperwork and watching a film, I decide to ring for a takeaway as I can’t be bothered to cook anything. I eat that then go to bed, I switch my phone back on from silent and I see that Adam has rang a few times and there was a couple of texts, I delete them without reading them.
     
    When I wake the next morning I reach for my phone and noticed my
Mum called last night, I get ready for work and then ring my mum back
    “Hey Mum, everything ok?”
    “Hello Princess, sort of”
    I start to worry “Oh no what’s happened?”
    “It’s Uncle Bernard, he’s had some bad news”
    “Oh no is the cancer back?”
    “Yes only this time there is no hope, they say he has a month maximum”
    “Oh my God… how is Auntie Julie taking that?”
    “Not well, Bernard says he was living on borrowed time anyway but Julie is devastated, she thought they had years together”
    “Oh no, do you need me to come home? Can I do anything?”
    “No Princess there is nothing you can do”
    “Ok keep me updated and send them my love won’t you?” I hate feeling helpless
    “Will do, I will call you again Friday”
    “Ok take care Mum, love you”
    “You too” she says, I can hear the sorrow clearly in her voice, I end the call and finish off my coffee, that’s made my day miserable before it’s even started.

Chapter 5
     
    After what seems a really long day at the office, I drop my bags inside my doorway and make my way to the bedroom. I take twenty minutes to decide what to wear, then I shower, dry my hair and put my make-up on. I’m ready with half an hour to spare. I pour myself a small glass of wine, knock it back and order a taxi and think about Bernard whilst I wait.
    I arrive at the restaurant and step out of the taxi, that’s when I see him, stood outside waiting for me, ok so he looks cute… in his jeans and blazer but he’s absolutely not Adam, nowhere near.
    “Hi Tom” I say as I walk towards him, I watch as he checks me out
    “Wow Olivia, even better in the flesh than the photos”
    “Thank you” he raises his elbow for me to take and escorts me into the restaurant
    As we are shown to our table I quickly glance around the restaurant, it’s beautiful, with dim lighting and red booths. Tom stands aside and lets me sit first “Thank you” I say as I sit and watch as he takes a seat opposite me.
    “So Olivia, tell me about your life, what have you been doing since leaving college?”
    I watch as he leans forward, he has the cutest little dimples when he smiles, it’s funny how dimples look cute on Tom but on Adam they’re sexy as hell “Well, I got a job with a recruitment agency, stayed there for a few years before a friend and I decided to start our own company, he now runs another company, so I run ours, we have five people working for us and we are doing really well, what about you, what have you been up to?”
    He smiles at me again “I design software then sell it on”
    “Oh” that was a bit short “Do you work for yourself and what kind of software do you design?”
    I sit and listen all the time not having a clue what he is on about. I just don’t get computer talk at all
    “So are you married?” he asks
    “No, I wouldn’t be here if I was” what the hell does he think of me
    “Any serious boyfriends?”
    “A couple, none that I want to talk about” I look up as the waiter brings us the menu’s I’m glad for the change of subject
    We look at the menus and order, as I watch the waiter leave my eyes turn towards Tom again “What about you married any serious girlfriends?”
    “Well remember Snooky from college? We had a bit of thing for a couple of years but she went off with somebody else, there has been nobody serious since”
    “Oh that’s a shame” I say but I don’t remember her, I watch the waiter approach with our food and places it in front of us, thank goodness for that, the conversation was getting awkward I’m not sure this