"I’m from Falkirk, you?"
"Livingston, quite far from Falkirk."
"What about Miss Karin?" William turns his gaze to the left.
"Oh, I’m from London, even farther."
"Haven’t you two graduated yet?"
Billie answers in a rush, "We have graduated from master programs, and now studying for PhD. Degree."
William smiles, "Great, quite ambitious."
"Ambitious? If it weren’t for…" She thinks for a while and swallows the rest of her words.
"For what?"
"Nothing."
William stops asking and points to the counter in the front and says, "Would you like to drink something?"
"Anything except alcohol." Karin says first.
"What about Miss Billie?"
"Oh, don’t call us Miss. It sounds weird. It’s a fate that we’ve met. Just call us by our names."
Billie has a cheerful personality, and she doesn’t like to address others as Mr. or Miss.
"Okay."
The waiter starts serving the dishes, and William says, "Bring us some bottles of beer and other drinks."
"I would definitely drink beer. A woman who can't drink can't get married nowadays."
Karin stares at her, "Nonsense. Women who like to drink can't get married. Who wants to marry an alcoholic home?"
"You don't have to be drunk. Drinking is a lifestyle, am I right? William?"
Billie raises her eyebrows and asks, but he remains silent with a smile on his face.
"I want to grow old with you, cherishing every moment of love, until that day you and I will become old, and the stars will still shine although our hair is white…"
Karin’s phone rings. She stands up hurriedly and speaks in a low voice, "I'll answer the phone."
Staring at her back, Billie smiles ambiguously, "The man calls. Look how shy she is."
"What man?"
"Her boyfriend."
quite surprised, "She
closer to his ear, "Don't say I didn't
"No, I’m just asking."
calm, but a flash of
finds a quiet place
you
She is a bit embarrassed, "But
"So early?"
into a senior, and he treated us to
"What senior?"
from him, "The one on the blind date last
at the other end. After a while, Troy
"What?"
expected,
on a
carefully, and finally she says,
"Tell me."
especially those who claim to be alumni or old folks at
"And?"
will not write the
"And?"
vigilance against
"Good."
satisfied, "Keep these words firmly in mind. I am not against you making male
"Okay, got it."
hanging up the phone, Karin returns to her seat, and finds Billie shouting at the waiter, "I asked you to bring beers and other drinks long ago, but we waited so long. What kind of efficiency and
forgot because I was so
keeps
your manager over. Who will come to a restaurant
don’t embarrass her for such a trifle." William says
just bring it now." Karin hurriedly
two sing a duet
that girl, she almost cries because
have a bad temper. She is
you have a bad temper. Why
smiles, "Billie is saying that girls of Edinburgh have a
talk and laugh, and the lunch is
Mia during a meeting. He glances
answer the phone, then she will text him. Though it is only a few words, it’s
and Mia has been waiting for a long
"Please have a seat."
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