An Hour later, we arrived at a restaurant.
I noticed Aunt Luciana holding Ace's hand tightly, and Ace had his head low.
"Hey Ace, you're not a mummy's boy, are ya?"
"I-"
I separated their hands.
"Let my mom and her best friend have their alone time."
"By the way, Aunty just came back from overseas. I bet she and my mum have a lot to catch up on, right, Aunty?"
"Yes, yes, Amelia is right."
I smiled
"But I-" Ace turned to look at Aunt Luciana.
"No, buts, come on, sit with me"
My mom and Aunt Luciana both linked arms as they sat together with smiles on their face.
"Don't be nervous around me, I'm a very friendly person." I smiled at Ace, who was fiddling with the hem of his shirt.
Is it just me, or was this guy just acting weird like he was nervous about something?
While my mom and Aunt Luciana were ordering food, I asked Ace a question.
"How old are you, ace?"
"I, I'm 21 years old."
"Really? I'm just four years older than you," I smiled.
"That doesn't mean we can't be friends."
"You want to be my friend?" he turned to face me.
"Of course, yeah, I'd love to be your friend, you can also be friends with my cousin, Sofiya."
"She's a very crazy person," I chuckled.
(Meanwhile, Sofiya, who was drinking at a bar, suddenly sneezed.
"who the fuck is cursing me now!" she rubbed her nose)
Ace chuckled…
"But that doesn't mean we aren't friendly people," I winked at him.
"Ace darling, what would you love to eat?" My Mom asked with a smile.
"Uhm, I'll eat anything My Mum eats." Ace's cheeks turned pink when he said this.
"Oh"
"Yes, he loves to eat whatever I eat," Aunt Luciana smiled at Ace.
Why were they like this? God help me cause I'd never eat whatever My Mom eats, I will puke out everything I've eaten since the day I was born.
"Aw, that's lovely. Amelia can't even smell whatever I eat."
"That's because you're a vegetarian, Mum."
"Well, vegies are good and healthy for the body," My Mom said
"Eww"
We all laughed.
While we were eating, I noticed Ace fidgeting.
"Hey, are you ok?"
"I'm fine."
At this moment, I noticed a man walking towards our table. My mom, Aunt Luciana, and Ace also noticed the man at our table.
"Luciana?" he had a look of disbelief as he gazed at Aunt Luciana.
"Uncle Mads?" he was the ex-husband of Aunt Luciana, he looked different as well, it's been years since I last saw him.
"Amelia...you're all grown up." he turned to look at me with a smile as he stretched his hands to hug me.
"Don't you dare touch my daughter!" My Mom slammed the table, I was startled. I knew my mom resented Uncle Mads because of the pain he caused to her best friend.
"Stella, I know you still hate me, but-"
"Dad?" Ace was trembling slightly as he looked up at Uncle Mads.
Uncle Mads was also in shock when he heard Ace call him Dad…he turned to face aunt Luciana.
"Luciana, is this my, my Son?" he hadn't seen Ace ever since he was a baby, but where was Ace's own mother and why did Aunt Luciana take him in.
"It's me, Dad, it's Ace. Don't you remember me anymore?" Tears welled up in Ace's eyes.
"I fulfilled your wife's wish to take care of her son, you're just here to see him and leave," Aunt Luciana said with a straight face as she sipped her red wine.
"You can't give me conditions about my son, Luciana!"
Aunt Luciana clenched her fists as she stood up and poured her glass of wine on Uncle Mads' white shirt.
"Did you just raise your voice at me, Mads?!" Aunt Luciana looked scary when she was angry. Uncle Mads looked at her in disbelief as she spilled wine on his shirt.
"Luciana!" he raised his voice, attracting everyone in the restaurant to turn their heads.