Lunch time on Thursday, the restaurants and cafes are filled with people as usual, but not Dominguez Cuisine.
I can see Jamie through the glass walls, he is sitting at the table in the middle. He waves at me when he sees me walking to the door. I smile and wave back at him.
The receptionist seems to recognize me from the last meeting with Jamie, he lets me enter the restaurant and proceed to Jamie’s table by myself.
When I am with Jamie, indeed, who doesn’t remember me? Jamie is famous around here, he likes to reserve a whole unit just for a meal with someone, everybody remembers a man like that, and his wallet and Centurion Black Card of course.
Jamie’s smile turns brighter when he sees me pull th
People on the street keep passing by this beautiful glass house. Some of them have been craning their necks peeking inside from the door, talking to the receptionist, trying to figure out why can’t they enter and have lunch in their favorite Mexican restaurant.“Luck is bad. The rich ones again.”I can vaguely hear them sighing in disappointment when they walk away. I guess Jamie and I sitting inside all alone is what makes people think rich people are selfish.We occupy the whole place, we block them out, take away their chances to have a wonderful Mexican meal of their afternoon.It was undoubtedly a great meal though, that is one thing, to my surprise, I feel glad that I happen to know one of th
After sending Jamie off, I drive Jamie’s Mercedes Benz S-Class back to my place. I bring Marie up to my penthouse.I take a quick bath and put on my robe. I hold a glass of champagne in my hand and lean on the black marble countertop.I observe Marie as she walks around the house, sniffing everything she can, trying to get familiar with the new environment.After wandering around for quite a while, she comes to my feet and rubs her face on my leg.I put the glass on the countertop and squat down. I pat her head, gently.“Meow.” she meowed, rubbing her head on my palm and blinking slowly and languidly at me.
It is when I feel a tiny tongue licking my face when I return to my senses.Marie gives my face a few licks and climbs on me. When she finds a comfortable spot on the back of my bare shoulder, she sits down and starts to clean herself with her paws.I slowly turn my head to the side to get some air. I figure I should stop sleeping with my face facing downwards, I’ll eventually bury myself in my pillow instead of the grave.I squint my eyes into the morning light to find a brand new day has started.It is Friday, everyone gets up early and gets to work as usual, excluding me.My boss is not around, I can lie on my comfortable bed until whatever time I
The high efficiency of the workers behind the counter made the customers’ morning easier, it just took a few minutes for me to take over the lead of the queue.I put up a smile when I see Daniella as I come to the counter.In a great spirit I greet her, “Hey.”Brightly Daniella smiles back at me, “Hi, what would you like to have?”I take out the point card from my wallet, I hold it in my hand as I say, “As usual.”Yeah. Daniella knows what I always order.Yet…“As usual…?”
After I’ve gotten my fruit juice from Juicy Punch, I proceeded to the cantonese breakfast shop I usually have breakfast at, as Henry.“Look who it is!”The owner of the shop comes to the front and greets me when she sees me walking in.She always looks so spirited and energetic. Her eyes bend like crescents as she puts up a welcoming smile for me. The dimples in her cheeks never fail to make her look even more amiable.“Madam Chan.” I put up a big bright smile and wave my hand at her as I walk to her.Madam Chan pats on my back like how she always patted her sons’, “It’s been a long time since you last visited
After I dial the number, I put my phone next to my ear, with my eyes remaining on the two fun cards which I am currently holding in my hands.“Hey Henry Baby, what’s up?” Victor’s voice came in as soon as the phone was connected, “You need to be quick, I’m in the middle of a photo shoot.”“Hey Vic.” trying not to waste his time, I bring him to the point as directly as I can, “Do you want to go to the amusement park?”“Amusement park” in a curious tone Victor asks, “Which one?”Straightforwardly, I reveal, “Deno’s Wonder Wheel.”“The one in
As promised, Victor came to fetch me from my penthouse and we proceeded to his villa for a party.This villa is his second owned property after his luxurious condominium unit. He bought this land and told me that he wanted to build a 2,500 sq ft villa on it. And so, as his best friend, and an architectural designer, I designed this villa for him.The public area of the villa, or in Victor’s words, the party area, takes up over half of the built area; it was designed in an industrial loft concept.The front half of the area is a double height ceiling gathering area, or sometimes as a dance floor; at the end half of it, above the mezzanine floor is an open concept movie theatre, while underneath it, I’ve designed a swimming pool and a bar for that party beast.
The party Victor threw yesterday was amazing, it made me feel so lively and young again.It hooked me up, but not for too long.This morning I woke up earlier than usual. I put myself in Henrietta’s clothes, left my place with my luggage, and picked Daniella up. We then arrived at the O’Hare International Airport.It’s our vacation day to New York City.And of course, we brought Marie along too.After around two hours of flight, we’ve finally arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport. We grabbed a car and headed to Coney Island straight away.Right after we checked in