Chapter 5 - THE WORRISOME APPETITE

BELLA'S POV

"It's Christmas' eve, Bella, and where are you off to?" Lily asked.

"To my beauty shop, where else?" I replied feeling nonchalant.

"Come on, I already told you that you would be going shopping with me today. Tomorrow is Christmas and I barely have any preparation set in place" she said.

"I hate the season, Lily, must I always remind you of that?" I asked.

I am sitting in front of the mirror, applying some makeup when she entered the room. She should know that I have better things to do than Christmas. Now I wonder why she would not let me alone.

I hate Christmas, I hate everything that it stands for. It reminds of such much, so much that I would like to forget.

"But then the shopping" she appealed.

"I did not promise to go with you. Moreover, I will have to meet Andy later tonight" I replied.

On hearing me mention Andy's name, she went to sit on the bed. "So about Andy, what have you decided? Will you accept his proposal?" she inquired.

"I don't do love, baby girl, I am only with him for the fun and that's all" I replied.

"Come on, I thought you were getting serious with him?" she asked.

"Serious" I chuckled. "Even the thought of such is making me choke. See, I think his wife is coming back" I said just to get her off me with her sermon.

"His wife, but they have been divorced for like how long, fifteen or twenty years?" she asked.

"It is a little above ten years. But lately, they have been going out with their kids often" I replied.

"Oh, you told me she just graduated, right? She should be older than you by my calculations" she said.

"Can you go for your shopping now, Lily? You don't want to be late" I said.

Right now, I am not prepared for any of her sermons. She is my best friend and I still cannot understand why she has blatantly refused to come to terms with my way of life.

"Come on, Bella. When will you get serious with yourself and date men your age?" she asked.

I sighed, there she goes again. Must we go through this every other day?

"Yes to you I might appear unserious with life. I am twenty-one, Lily. I am not a little girl and I know what I want. I have a successful beauty shop to my name and if that is not what seriousness entails, then I am sorry I am not intrigued by your perception of being serious" I replied.

"Okay, what do you gain by this? We both agree that money is not your problem. Money has never been your problem" she asked.

"I gain three things, Lily. Okay, literary two. And the third one is just like an extra topping to the two. My gains are, Good dick as I love them strong and experienced; fulfillment, you of all people should know how fulfilled I am with older men and then money. And as I said earlier, money is the toppings. When I meet a man with the two qualities, it is only natural that the third follows. It is a complete package" I explained.

I hope that for once she will understand what I mean and leave me alone.

She shook her head and sighed.

LILY'S POV

"Come on, Bella. When will you get serious with yourself and date men your age?" I asked.

We always have to go over this issue from time to time. I know I should not worry about her lifestyle anymore, but I just cannot help it. Flirting with different older men concurrently will not take her anywhere good.

"Yes to you I might appear unserious with life. I am twenty-one, Lily. I am not a little girl and I know what I want. I have a successful beauty shop to my name and if that is not what seriousness entails, then I am sorry I am not intrigued by your perception of being serious" she replied.

"Okay, what do you gain by this. We both agree that money is not your problem. Money has never been your problem" I asked.

She smiled to herself, and then went on to explain. "I gain three things, Lily. Okay, literary two. And the third one is just like an extra topping to the two. My gains are, good dick as I love them strong and experienced; fulfillment, you of all people should know how fulfilled I am with older men and then money. And as I said earlier, money is the toppings. When I meet a man with the two qualities, it is only natural that the third follows. It is a complete package"

I listened to her with rapt attention, and all I could do after she was done was to shake my head. She is a very strange fellow indeed.

"So, about the party on the 26th, have you gotten your outfit yet?" she inquired.

"And what makes you think that I would like to be there?" I asked.

"Come on, dear, it will be so much fun. Diego is taking us in his private jet to the beach villa. And I heard that great stars would be performing there on that date" she replied.

I looked at her as she explained and did not utter any word. When she saw my reaction, she continued in her persuasion. "We would be spending the night at the famous Shadow Island. You've always wanted to go there, and if you want, we can spend more days there. We can be there until the new year"

"Yes, Bella, I will go with you. I think I am long due for a holiday you know" I replied.

"This is great news. I promise you will love it. Diego's Yacht at Shadow Island is something to look forward to" she revealed.

"And how is it going with Diego? I noticed I barely see much of him these days" I asked.

"Yes. He moved his family to Mexico" she replied.

"Mexico" I murmured.

"He started a very big business over there. So he is based there now. I will go visit him sometime next year" she replied.

"I see" I nodded.

Now there was no need to go through this with her. I have a marvelous holiday to plan for, and I might as well enjoy the fun while it lasts.

"Now you get it, Lily, now you get it" she replied.

I rolled my eyes. There is no way I am going to allow my conscience to prick me. Annabel has a worrisome appetite for older men and I will deal with the issue later.