Chapter 135: Odd Meetings
Celine had dropped their bags, afraid to be with those two girls when they end the stream. She was following Viviana closely. Viviana decided to help her at least to get away from the mall.
Just as she stepped out of the salon, she saw a middle-aged woman walking opposite her, holding a lot of bags from different brand stores. Wearing a properly fitted dress accentuating her tall, slim figure, she walked with a slight hunch characteristic of her age.
She looked familiar.
It was one of those things when you remember someone’s face, you’ll remember them closely, and yet you won’t be able to put a name to that face. Her old teacher, maybe? Or... a co-worker’s mother...?
She tried to think of different possibilities of where she could have met that woman, but she couldn’t remember. Also, it is impossible she knows someone who could shop in this mall. It only confused her more.
Martha saw Viviana staring at that woman and she leaned toward Viviana. "Do you know who she is?" Viviana asked without taking her eyes off that woman. Maybe Viviana stared too long at that woman, and their eyes met.
"She’s..." Martha was about to speak, but the thud made Viviana walk toward that woman.
The woman stopped in her tracks and one of the bags she was holding slipped and fell.
Viviana walked to the woman as she struggled to get the bag along with her other bags. When she got closer to the woman, she could see her face clearly and that odd feeling only intensified.
That woman stared at her weirdly too. Maybe she doesn’t remember her either? Or maybe she remembers her?
"Here, Ma’am..." With an awkward smile, Viviana gave her the bag. With a slight nod, she tried to walk away to get away from this awkward meeting.
"You..." the woman held her forearm. On her broad forehead, perspiration was scattered. She looked a bit troubled.