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Gloomy Zac
Chapter 70 Gloomy Zac
REDDINGTON HOSPITAL, LOS ANGELES.
Emma knocked on the door of the office gently before making her way in. The ambience felt warm, she smiled lightly. Doctor Anthony looked up from the table to see who walked in.
“Hello.” He said.
“Good morning, sir. I’m Emma Miller, Darby Miller sent me here.” She introduced.
“Oh, you are the one Darby promised will come by. Thanks so much for coming. I’m Dr Anthony by the way. Please sit.” He gestured towards the chair.
“Thank you sir. Nice to meet you too, Dr Anthony.” Emma said, reaching for her bag to bring out her credentials. “These are my documents, I am sure you would like to go through it.”
Dr Anthony chuckled, “I don’t need to look through them. I just want to know if you can handle filing and letting me know of my scheduled appointments? We would discuss further on the things you would do. I will send you to the HR to get your letter of appointment, everything you need to know about the job will be written there. That way you can get to start next week. I will like that you prepare well before getting swamped with work.”
She blinked hard in disbelief. “Do you mean it?”
“Welcome on board Mrs Miller. I hope we get to work well together.” He grinned at her. “The HR department is on the first floor, just tell them you are from me.”
“Alright, sir. Can I go now?”
“Sure.”
“Thank you.” She smiled in appreciation making her way out.
“Mrs Miller?” He called out to her.Belongs © to NôvelDrama.Org.
“Yes sir?”
“Have met before?” Anthony asked his eyes trying hard to read her face.
Emma shook her head in doubt, “I don’t think we have met before.”
“It’s just that your face looks vaguely familiar.”
“Probably because Darby is my daughter, we look a bit alike.”
“Oh, that’s true. That must be the case. It’s nice to make your acquaintance, ma’am. See you next week.”
“Bye sir.”
The HR department visit was swift and Emma made her way to meet Darby at her store. Darby was quite busy when she arrived but it didn’t take time for her to round up and meet with Emma.
“How did it go?” Darby asked eagerly.
Emma smiled widely at her, “I got the job.”
Jumping in delight, Darby squealed in excitement. “This is such a good news. I’m so happy for you, mom.”
“I have you to thank, Darby. Thanks for vouching for me. I’m really grateful.”
“It’s fine. Have you had lunch yet?”
“No.”
“Just stay right here while I grab my bag and car keys.” Darby said but was forced to pause in her tracks when her eyes met with Zac. She had totally forgotten all about him in the past few days and it made guilt claw at her heart.
“Hey.” He mused in a low voice, nodding gently at Emma.
“Hi.” She replied waving at him.
“Can we talk?” He asked.
Darby blinked. “Sure. Come with me.” The both of them entered the office, she inhaled sharply picking up her car keys and bag. “I intend to eat lunch with my mom, will you like to come with us?” She asked looking everywhere but his face.
Zac rubbed at the back of his neck. “No, I wouldn’t want to disrupt the moment you both intend to have. I’m only here to apologize for the other day. It wasn’t right of me to call you out like that. I don’t feel comfortable with the fact that ever since we got to LA, it’s from one argument to the other. I know it’s majorly my fault and I am sorry.”
She exhaled staring at him, because of how busy she had been Darby had totally forgotten that they had any form of altercation. She didn’t seem to be exactly angry by what he did that day. “I guess I should also apologize for asking you to leave. I shouldn’t have done that, I am sorry.”
He smiled weakly. “Thank you. I will take my leave now.”
“Zac? Is everything okay?”
He threw his head to the back dipping both hands in his pocket before he turned towards her. “I’m okay. I will be fine eventually.”
“Please join us for lunch.” Darby requested.
“This should be a personal moment between you two, I don’t want to be a third wheel.”
“I insist.”
“It’s okay, Darby. I have to go back to work anyways. I would see you some other time.”
She followed behind him as he walked out of the office. Darby could tell there was something heavy on his mind and he is either too scared to discuss it or he just feels it isn’t worth discussing. He was stopped halfway by Emma.
“I thought you would be eating lunch with us.” Emma said to him.
Darby hummed, “I just invited him and he refused to come.”
Zac looked between both women, he couldn’t turn them down again considering the fact that they seem to want him there with them. “Okay, I will just get to drink and leave.”
Emma laughed lightly. “It doesn’t matter what you do, as long as you sit with us.”
“Alright then, shall we go.” Darby motioned at them.
The restaurant they sat in was just three blocks away from Darby’s store, Zac appeared more relaxed and he chose to order something to eat. Darby excused herself to visit the restroom.
“Did something happen between you two?” Emma asked when the both of them were left alone.
“No, not at all, ma.” He replied hurriedly, raising his tone.
“There is something wrong obviously. I don’t know too much about you two, but I can notice the emotions you emit towards her. It would be best if you keep your mind open, Darby seems just like me. We get glued to the one who we give our heart out to at first and as crazy as it might sound, it takes a long while to get over such person. We just can’t seem to keep our feelings neutral on time. I hope you will understand her and not think she is trying to toy with your feelings?”
He exhaled, “if I didn’t know better, I would think you disapprove of me. But I have heard Darby tell it to me several times that she isn’t interested in having such relationship with me. And even though it does hurt I didn’t want to give up easily on her. We were quite closer than this in San Francisco, ever since she returned home, it’s been one argument to the other. I just can’t help being in the wrong with her. I guess I would have to get used to her heart desires as time goes on.”
She reached for his hand. “Keep the faith up. I’m sure there is someone out there who deserves you and would love you for who you really are.”
Zac smiled patting her hand. “Thank you, ma’am.”
“Is everything okay?” Darby asked as she pulled her chair back to sit.
The two exchanged a glance smiling as they chorused a yes together. They all settled down to eat, while making light discussions.