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While I was slightly curvy, with a soft, natural look, Violet was all curves and sex appeal. She didn’t try to be sexy, it just happened. It was also the cheeky sparkle in her eyes and the carefree attitude that made her so, so desirable to men.
“Sure, where do you want to go?” I asked feeling a little surprised that I wanted to leave the house.
We decided on a restaurant and then went into my room to try on some of my new clothes. On my sister’s insistence, I wore the black dress I’d worn the last time I had gone out to dinner with Nathan. It brought up mixed emotions in me, bad memories because it reminded me of Nathan but good memories because of how I felt when Nathan had taken that dress off me the last time I’d worn it.
“No point sitting around the house waiting for him to change his mind,” Violet commented, handing me the dress. “You need to move on.”
I slipped the dress over my head and sighed. I didn’t want to move on because that meant accepting Nathan really didn’t want to be in a relationship with me and I wasn’t ready to let go of that just yet. But instead of arguing with my equally stubborn sister, I just nodded and agreed with her as I slipped on the matching black stilettos.
Violet and I caught a taxi to a restaurant right in the heart of Sydney. We were ushered to a table near the back of the room where it was nice and private. I sat with my back to the restaurant, giving Violet the view of the whole room.
“There are a few cute men in this restaurant tonight,” Violet said as she scanned the room. “The village I’ve been working in is pretty remote, there isn’t a lot of single young men around.”
I laughed at my sister. I couldn’t believe how different we were. “Violet, I thought you were here to see me, not find a man.”
“I’m always on the lookout for a man, sis, and you should be too. You’re not getting any younger.”
“Gee thanks.”
My sister shrugged. “You know me, Rosie, I’m not going to sugarcoat it for you. You need to stop worrying about Liam’s life and focus on your own.”
I sighed. “I’ve been hearing that a lot lately.”
“Wow, now there is a man,” Violet interrupted, staring over my shoulder. “He’s perfect. I couldn’t dream up a more perfect specimen of what an ideal man should look like.” Violet sat up straighter and subconsciously licked her lips.
I casually turned my head to glance at the people sitting down at the table behind us. My heart skipped a beat. Nathan sat down with a man and two women. It looked like the four of them were on a double date. Nathan had sat down in the chair with his back to Violet and I, and I guess he hadn’t seen us sitting there.
I turned back to look at my sister and I could feel my cheeks turn scarlet with embarrassment. I couldn’t believe Nathan had moved on so quickly with another woman. I really had meant nothing at all to him.
“What’s wrong? You don’t look so good,” Violet asked, a frown forming on her face.
I leaned in close to my sister. “That’s him, Violet. That’s Nathan,” I whispered.
“Are you serious?” she exclaimed loudly. A few people turned to look at us and then returned to their meal as Violet ducked her head down.
“Shh, Violet. I don’t want him to see me,” I hissed.
“Why not?”
“Because, look at him. He’s on a date.”
Violet looked at the table and studied them for a moment. “Well, I guess it could be a date, but maybe it’s just a business meeting.”
“On a Saturday night?” I asked.
Violet shrugged, “Maybe...” I could tell in my sister’s voice that even she didn’t believe her own words.
I was beginning to feel extremely uncomfortable. I couldn’t see him on a date, I just couldn’t. “Let’s just go, I don’t want to be here to see this.”
“Don’t let him get to you. The best thing you can do is pretend that he doesn’t even exist.”
“But he does exist. It’s too soon and it’s too hard,” I whispered, my tears threatening to fall.
Violet sighed. “Alright, Rosie. Let’s go somewhere else. There’s a place at the other end of town that has a better chocolate cake, anyway.”
I thanked my sister and quickly stood up. I went to walk past Nathan, my head down, and just as I got behind him, he pushed his chair out, knocking me into the back of another diner’s chair.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t see you there,” Nathan apologised as he reached out to help me up. I looked up at him and noted the surprised look on his face.
