Love Began with the First Meeting

"Richie will give up soon and go look for her himself," Brian said, confident that his father would take care of things.

Eric grinned and went on to ask,"What about Little Molly?"

Brian halted in front of the door and glanced over his shoulder at Eric. His dark eyes rippled and he maintained a casual voice,"She has you, doesn't she?"

"Are you entrusting her to me?" Eric asked as he left the bar counter. "Aren't you afraid that she might really become my wife one day?"

"Please ask me this question again when she agrees to become yours." Brian left with a smug smile on his face.

He thought to himself, 'Molly, don't you want to leave me?

Let's wait and see if you will really be able to leave me even if you have Shirley's help.'

**

Molly and Shirley stayed at the cafe for quite a long while. It was past dinner time and their table was in quite a mess. They had ordered too many different ice creams and they had melted before they could start eating them. The table was now a colorful mess of melted ice creams.

The entrance door to the cafe was pushed open suddenly and Antonio rushed in.

Shirley wasn't surprised at Antonio's arrival, but as she expectantly looked behind Antonio, a dash of disappointment flashed through her eyes because she couldn't see the man whom she was expecting.

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Wing was hoping to be the mediator. Wing would surely put in a good word for Richie during dinner. Shirley was aggrieved that Richie hadn't come to get her himself. She was surely acting a little bit wayward this time, but why did he have to be so serious with her? Why hadn't he come to

Shirley's words. "Little Molly and I have

the waiter and paid the bill. Then she took Molly's hand and left the cafe. Molly

do was watch them get into a taxi and leave. With a sigh, he shook his head and left the

been long chased away by Shirley's words at the cafe. She was much happier now, but still, she was worried that Brian would get even

won't let Brian do anything to punish you today," Shirley held Molly's

felt quite uneasy. But she nodded with a firm look in her eyes. She realized that it was pointless to worry about the unpredictable things that might or might not occur in life. She

quickly came up with a great idea. She smiled wickedly and asked,"I've

a casino before?" asked Molly. She was surprised when Shirley shook

and whispered,"Let's go to Brian's casino and win

She hesitated for a moment and said,"Aunt

Molly could finish her sentence, Shirley cut in,"We will just go and have a little fun. It's okay." With her carefree attitude,

because her father owed gambling loan to the usurers. She had been put into such a miserable situation all

rules of the casinos, even though she had only worked there for a short

after she had been back to work there for only one day. She felt horrible about it. It would be embarrassing to go back to the Grand Night Casino because

to upset Aunt Shirley, so Molly covered up her complex emotions and said,"Okay, Aunt

do there? We are just going to play some games," Shirley said. Then she grinned mischievously