Love At The Right Price

Chapter 37

As such, Tamara remained in a semi-conscious state and was eventually led to a homely little restaurant

The restaurant was hidden in the alleyway of an old street and the alley was quite a long one. There were just a few dim, yellow lamp posts lighting up their way, and the whole place looked quite run down.

Tamara stood at the end of the alley and turned back to take a look. Surprised, she exclaimed, “How did you manage to find this place? I’ve stayed in Deacon Town for more than twenty years and yet I’ve never realized the existence of this place!”

“Do you come from Deacon Town?” Frank asked despite already knowing the answer.

“Yup.” Tamara pursed her red lips and it seemed that she was reluctant to continue the topic. She rubbed her stomach and walked into the restaurant while mentioning, “I’m starving. I wonder what are some of their signatures?”

Frank quickly trailed after her as the friendly owner of the restaurant came out to greet them.

“Gosh! I was wondering who’s here. It’s you, Frank!” The owner greeted Frank with a beaming smile on his wizened face.

As for Tamara, she turned her gaze to the two guys and smiled. “Do you know each other?”

The owner nodded earnestly. “We’re not just mere acquaintances. If it wasn’t for Frank, my little business would have gone bust twenty years ago.”

“Twenty years ago?” What was he doing twenty years ago? He must have been just a child back then, so how could he have the ability to provide help?

Evidently, Tamara didn’t pursue the topic. After all, being an outsider, she knew not to comment on someone else’s matter unnecessarily.

Meanwhile, the owner seemed to regard her differently because she was here with Frank.

Although he didn’t bring up the past, his next sentence managed to cause Tamara’s heart to race frantically.

“Little missy, you must be Frank’s girlfriend, I presume? I’ve known him for so many years and yet, this is the first time that he’s brought a woman here.” The owner smiled suggestively and it felt as if he could see right through them.

Instinctively, Tamara rebutted, “The first woman? Surely you’re mistaken!”

He should have plenty of sugar mommies, so I wouldn’t be the first one!

However, the owner was insistent. “I may be old but my memory hasn’t failed me yet. You are indeed the first woman that Frank has brought to this place.”

At that point, Frank noticed that their conversation was coming to an abrupt end, so he calmly. mentioned, “Mr. Brown, please serve us my usual order.” Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

Mr. Brown instantly understood what he meant. “Sure thing. Take a seat and dinner will be served very soon.”

The duo then took a seat, and Tamara could finally take a good look at the restaurant.

The restaurant wasn’t very spacious and the place could only fit around ten tables, but the surrounding

was quite serene and hygienic.

The food tasted astonishingly yummy to Tamara, and she realized that it was no wonder someone as picky as Frank could come back to this restaurant over and over again.

After all, if a restaurant served awesome food, then it could definitely lure in customers from near and far. This restaurant served great food so it made sense that Frank would have found this obscure place.

After dinner, Tamara brought Frank back to Springvale Place.

Coincidentally, they bumped into Rita, who was just about to leave, and she greeted the two of them as she approached them, “Mr. Holt, Miss Randall, you’re back.”

Tamara’s house at Springvale place was too big yet she didn’t like to have too many strangers around, so she hired a person to pop in every day to do the cleaning.

At that moment, Tamara nodded her head slightly. “Are you about to leave?”

“Yes.” Rita lowered her eyes and she seemed afraid to look Tamara in the eye.

“Stay safe along the way.” Tamara responded politely.

After Rita had left, Tim, who was dressed in pajamas, walked out of the bedroom. He didn’t look the least bit sleepy at all.

And so, Tamara took his hand into hers and steered him back to his room. Along the way, she chided, “Do you know what’s the time right now? Why are you still up?”

“Mommy, when can I go to school?” Tim asked.

“What’s going on? Do you miss school? I thought that you found kindergarten quite boring. Why did you suddenly come to your senses?” Tamara’s eyes glinted when she said that. Truth was, she wasn’t surprised to hear Tim bring up the topic of going back to school.