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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knew that 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

Shirley's words. "Little Molly and I have something to do. I

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

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

around the streets. Molly's gloominess had been long chased away by Shirley's words at the cafe. She was much happier now,

anything to punish you today," Shirley held Molly's hand

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 wanted to cherish every happy moment and

look in Molly's eyes, Shirley quickly came up with a great idea. She smiled wickedly and asked,"I've heard that the Grand Night Casino is

ever been to a casino before?" asked Molly. She was surprised when Shirley

to Molly and whispered,"Let's go to

She hesitated for a moment and said,"Aunt Shirley, I

sentence, Shirley cut in,"We will just go and have a little fun. It's okay." With her carefree attitude, Shirley turned to the driver

She hated gambling. She got involved in Brian's life because her father owed gambling loan to the usurers. She had been put into

of the secret rules of the casinos, even though she

back to work there for only one day. She felt

she did not want to upset Aunt Shirley, so Molly covered up her complex emotions and said,"Okay, Aunt

some games," Shirley said. Then she grinned mischievously and asked in a whisper,"Little Molly, how about we win the casino