Chapter 32 - 32

Kelly got a job at the café. For the past few days, she has been applying to different jobs, and a few of them had the night shifts, she didn't want to work at night, so she rejected those jobs.

The cafe had flexible hours, and it was near the college, plus she enjoyed working at the cafe because it was always filled with people. 

She always served coffee to her customers with a smile, and people liked her.

She saw a girl sitting at one of the tables and asked her what she wanted to order.

"I will let you know after a few minutes," the girl replied. She looked like she was agitated, she kept twisting her fingers in her lap, so Kelly took the other people's orders instead.

The girl was constantly checking her phone, looking like she was uneasy and was having a problem.

"Hey, are you ready to order now?" Kelly asked her, it was café policy that the customers cannot sit inside without ordering something.

"I'm just waiting for someone. Give me some time," the girl replied, she had tears in her eyes. Kelly asked her if she was okay.

"I...I... do not know what to do," the girl said and started crying.

"Here, have some water," Kelly said as she sat next to the girl, handing her some tissue paper, "Calm down, let me know what the issue is," she said patiently.

"Oh...well... I met someone at an exhibition, and the guy confessed to me. I was quite hesitant to agree because he was very old, compared to my age. I rejected him, but he pursued me constantly, then later, I agreed.

So we've been dating for three months when he introduced me to his friends at a party, and then we drank too much and had unprotected sex. I'm scared I might be pregnant," the girl said, with tears running down her face, she started crying again.

"Have you talked to your boyfriend?" Kelly asked.

"He hasn't been picking up my calls, it's been two days, and today he texted me to meet him here, I'm waiting for him," the girl explained.

"Okay, you can wait here. Just talk to him when he comes," Kelly said.

Suddenly the girl got a message, her boyfriend was waiting outside the cafe. "He's here, he said he's outside, I'll go and meet him," the girl said.

"Let me come with you," Kelly volunteered. She saw that the girl really looked scared, she wanted to offer her support.

"Thank you so much, you are very helpful," the girl said, being grateful.

"No problem," Kelly gave her a small smile. As they went outside the girl pointed out her boyfriend.

"There's my boyfriend," the girl pointed him out.

"Which one?" Kelly asked.

"It's the guy with the yellow shirt," the girl said.

Kelly looked in the direction of where the girl was pointing and saw PA Jack, he was wearing a cream-colored shirt, she was shocked. He was the same guy who misbehaved with her the other day at school. She should have known he wasn't a good person, she believed Ava when she said that he was nice. 

Ava was naive and innocent after all he must have fooled her. Jack was much older than the girl she was talking to, and they probably had sex, and he won't even take responsibility. What a bastard!

Kelly got very angry and confronted Jack. Not knowing what was happening, he smiled when he remembered this girl storming toward him was Ava's friend. "You pervert, how can you do that? Playing with a schoolgirl?" Kelly screamed.

"What? What are you talking about?" Jack was astounded.

"Stop pretending you don't know anything, don't act so innocent. You got a girl pregnant, and now you won't take responsibility? That's what!" Kelly exploded with anger.

"Are you crazy? You are obviously mistaken," PA Jack replied.

He was shocked by hearing her accusations. "Me? Get a school girl pregnant. What is she talking about, is she high?" he thought to himself. He was a 25 years old virgin, never even dated his whole life, much less have sex with a girl. He led a very clean and respectable life.

"How can you accuse me of that. Do you have any evidence?" Jack said.

"You want evidence? Then let me get one," Kelly said. She thought, typical male, pretending he did nothing wrong after getting someone pregnant.

Kelly looked back and saw that the girl was talking to a guy in a very bright yellow shirt.

"What are you doing here? Your boyfriend is waiting for you there," Kelly said, pointing to where Jack was standing.

"What? This is my boyfriend," that girl said, pointing to the guy next to her.

"Who is he then?" Kelly asked, pointing to Jack yet again.

"I don't know him," the schoolgirl said.

Jack walked over to Kelly and the girl, "Tell her that you don't know me," Jack said, commanding the girl to clear his name.

"What is happening?" the boyfriend asked.

"Kelly thinks that I am her boyfriend," Jack said, accusingly.

"I'm her boyfriend, what is this about?" the guy put his arm on that school girl's shoulder and declared possessively.

"You told me that he was wearing a yellow shirt," Kelly trailed off her sentence and saw that the guy was wearing a yellow shirt, and Jack's cream-colored shirt did not look yellow at all.

"You told me he was older than you, and he did not pick up your call," Kelly asked.

"See! I told you, you had the wrong person!" Jack said, angrily at Kelly.

"Yeah I'm in school, and he was working. My boyfriend was telling me that he went to the countryside to meet his mother and he could not get a signal," the girl said.

"Oh," Kelly was embarrassed.

"We're going now, thanks again," the girl said when they departed.

Kelly realized she was wrong. Jack didn't do any wrong.

"Now, I think you have something to tell me," PA Jack said sternly.

"Look, I'm so sorry, I jumped to conclusions," Kelly was feeling guilty for wrongly accusing him. 

Jack stood quietly staring at her.

"Please forgive me, It was wrong for me to do that. The circumstances misled me," Kelly pleaded.

Jack had always seen her bright and energetic, for the first time she looked pitiful, she actually looked kind of cute. He was not really that angry anymore, but he pretended to be.

"Look, how about I treat you to a meal, to compensate for my error in judgment," Kelly suggested.

"I'm not sure, I'll let you know when I'm available," Jack said calmly. His calm demeanor relaxed Kelly, at least he wasn't angry anymore.

"Okay, let me know," She smiled timidly and went back to the cafe.

Jack sighed, Tristan sent him to the school to inquire about something, he didn't think he'd get into trouble. He didn't expect to see Kelly, and now she piqued his interest. Accusation aside he thought she was very interesting.