Morning Sunset - Daniela D. I. (novels to read .TXT) 📗

me what exactly happened.
- I don’t know where to start - I said, completely honestly, looking into her blue eyes. I was really hoping that she will understand me. Compared to Lucas, she always has perceived everything more easily than he did. Although Lucas was 3 years older than Leila, it sometimes seemed that she was the eldest child in the family, because of the explosive character of Lucas. Despite the fact that they were brother and sister, they were so different in character and appearance.
- Tell me everything how it was - she suggested.
I took Leila by the arm and led her across the road. It seemed to me that if I would walk, it would be easier for me to tell her everything.
- I just told him that yesterday I reconciled with ... André - I said quietly, almost whispered. Especially quiet, I uttered the name André.
Hearing my words Leila stopped - she stood rooted to the spot in the middle of the road.
- What? - She asked quietly, but the silence sounded like a thunder in my head.
- Leila, we stand in the middle of the road. Let's move away on the sidewalk until there are no cars - I suggested, and without waiting for her answer, I pulled her arm. We were already standing in front of our future restaurant, when she asked me again.
- What? What did you say? You are reconciled with André? How? When? Why? - She asked question after question.
- Too many questions - I said quietly, but she wasn't waiting for that answer.
- We made it up, yesterday ... - I began to speak, but was immediately stopped by the question of Leila.
- But why, Emma? After all that how he had behaved with you, after you've already survived everything, you again tied the noose on your neck - the same calm tone she said.
- It's not quite so - I tried to argue.
- Not quite so? - She asked surprised. - Apparently you have forgotten everything.
- I remember, I remember everything ... simply, I love him. And we should fight for the love, isn’t it?
- We should - she said confident - if this is a really love, mutual and pure love.
- What do you mean? - I asked surprised.
- Honestly...? I don’t think that there is love between you. This is some kind of obsession, I swear Emma. Sorry, but this is my opinion. Maybe you don’t understand it now, but the time will come and you will realize that I was right. Well, it can't be that love has caused such pain - Leila spoke so confident and calmly, that I almost believed her, but I quickly came to myself.
- Leila, I know that none of you like him, but I love him ... I can’t make you love him, but I ask you to support me and accept him for me, because it is very difficult to be torn between all of you and André ...
- You know that we will always support you. But I don't want to support you in something that destroys you...
- This time things will be different - I whispered as I felt how the tears were slowly but surely marching to my eyes, from the fact that at that moment I felt absolutely unprotected.
- May God give! - Leila said, hugging me, and that was what I most needed at that time. After a few seconds, I felt that someone else was hugging me and Leila.
- Girls, I'm so glad that we are all together again - I heard the voice of Amanda. When, after a few moments, we were freed from the embrace of each other, Leila said with a smile,
- I wasn’t here only 2 weeks...
- But, it seemed an eternity - Amanda replied immediately. - Well? Are you about to go inside or you'll leave all the work just for me?
- No way - Leila smiled - I just find out the latest news.
- Of which you shouldn’t speak until I tell everything myself - I slightly reproached Amanda.
- What, I wasn't supposed to say anything? - With a childish expression said Amanda - I didn't think that it was a secret.
- It's not a secret, but...
- Well, that's fine then - didn't let me finish, Amanda. I looked at Leila. She smiled and shrugged.
- Okay - I said, moving my glance back at Amanda - Next time I will say that it's a secret.
- It would be better if you make it up with Lucas and you won't tell me anymore such news like today - said Amanda and I had no choice but to agree with her, because I wanted it, too.
- And one more thing - she added - Today at lunch I'm waiting for details about your reconciliation with André and about your argument with Lucas. I want to know everything...
- Okay, I'll tell you, but now it's time for work - I said.

Once we went inside, all the talk on personal issues was over and every one of us started to do their work.
Amanda ran to the kitchen, where she spent most of the time, both here and at home. I hadn’t seen yet a person who would love so much to cook, to keep busy in the kitchen all the time and to come up with new dishes. She could stay in the kitchen all day, and if she was upset or angry, it was impossible to get her out of the kitchen. But, just then, she was cooking masterpieces.
We were familiar with Amanda since childhood. Our parents have lived and still live in the neighborhood. We attended the same school, then I went to university, to the Faculty of administration of hospitality, and she enrolled in the cooking school. Despite the fact that we were busy, we always found time to meet and tell each other the latest news from our lives, or just to complain about something.
Approximately in a year of study at the University, Amanda told me she met a great guy, who then studied at the Medical University. If there is such a thing in the world as "meant for each other", it could be said about Amanda and John, because from the moment they met, they never parted anymore. Sometimes, I even envied them, in a good way. It was always nice to look how they treated each other with love and care. Perhaps it can exist such love, which completely plunges you in a world of happiness and pleasure, and doesn’t require from you any effort or struggle for your happiness.
When, a few months later, Amanda told me that she with John was throwing a party on New Year, I realized that they had a serious relationship. It was at that party, when John introduced me to his friend and colleague from the university - Lucas. As it turned out later, John and Amanda were hoping that I and Lucas will fall in love, but unfortunately for them it didn't happen. But, to my happiness, that night I found a wonderful friend. Then we talked with Lucas all night and it seemed that we had known each other for a long time. In general, we immediately became friends, even though they say that there is no friendship between a man and a woman.
After some time, Lucas introduced me to Leila, who turned out to be a wonderful person - kind, understanding and caring. Lucas is very lucky with his sister, however, as Leila with her brother.
And then, with time, we all developed a very friendly, almost related, relationship, and each of them for me became as a brother or sister whom I have ever had.
I looked at Leila, who was looking through all the accounting records and was calculating some amounts. She was so fascinated by that, that I involuntarily smiled. "Yes, the finances are her passion", I thought, then looked at the clock to check that the delivery of furniture wasn’t too late.
Making sure that I had in reserve a few more minutes, I decided to go outside and call Lucas. I madly wanted to talk to him, hear his voice, to know how he was, but at the same time I had no idea how to start a conversation after yesterday's argument.
I was standing in the street and was spinning my mobile phone in the hands, not daring to call him, as I was very afraid that he wouldn’t answer my call. Having stood on the street for 5 minutes, I finally decided and dialed his number. When I heard the beeps, I immediately became nervous, just at the thought that he might at any moment respond. But, the beeps were still going, and Lucas wasn't still answering. The only thing I heard at the other end of line, it was the answering machine of his mobile phone. I dialed his number again, but the result was the same.
Suddenly, I was so hurt that he didn’t answer my calls, that he didn't want to talk to me, because I have always supported him in everything, and now he just turned away from me. "Or maybe he is just busy? Perhaps at this point he makes some sort of operation to the next patient, and then he will call me ", I thought, trying to calm myself.
My thoughts were interrupted because of the truck which was driving up to the restaurant and having realized that it was the same truck with the furniture that I was waiting, I immediately switched to the job and the next few hours I was fully engaged in work. I was so absorbed with work that I simply didn't have time to think about something else. All my feelings remained somewhere behind and I was just glad that I was occupied by my favorite job.
When all the employees went to lunch and Amanda suggested we take a break in our work and have a snack, I reluctantly agreed because I knew that she won't leave me alone until I agree. She prepared a delicious lunch as usual and we were sitting at a table and enjoying it while I waited when Amanda will begin her questioning. The first question wasn't long in coming.
- Well, tell me what happened yesterday - she said impatiently.
- What is there to tell - I said - I and André are back together, again.
- This we know - Amanda said - you know our opinion about it, I won’t repeat it to you. It's your choice, and perhaps you are ready for the consequences. I am interested in what happened with you and Lucas.
- Yes, I want to know it, too - Leila agreed.
- He was very angry - I gasped, recalling his reaction - he was furious. And now, it seems that he doesn't talk to me and doesn't respond to my calls...
- Give him some time - quietly said Leila.
- You have to understand him - Amanda has already started to defend him - he needs time to calm down, to get used to the idea...
- I just don't understand why he had such strong reaction to this. It is not right - I began to speak, but somehow my words began to totter and it seemed to me that no one understood me - This is my choice, my life and he has no choice as to live with it. I don't tell him with whom to date and with whom not to. Yes, I have suffered, yes André had behaved not in the best way, yes,