The Mysterious lady

*STAR-BUCKS CAFE*

The quaint café buzzed with the gentle hum of chats of the people, clattering cutlery, chaperoned by the aroma of freshly brewed coffee looming through the air.

The pale ray of the morning sun jetted through the windows, radiating amiable rays onto the patrons dispersed across the comfortable space.

In a confidential niche closer to the window, Lorenzo was sitting with his barren eyes looking at the passing pedestrians outside.

Seated opposite him him was Lucinda who reluctantly joined him, her expression was mirroring a mixture of discomfort and resentment.

She despised Lorenzo so much, and the fact that he, her rapist, was now mated to her own sister only stepped up her contempt for him.

Lorenzo turned his head to Lucinda, intently breaking the uneasy silence. "Lucinda, I wanted to talk to you about what happened all those years ago," he said, his voice filled with a mix of tension and genuine curiosity.

Lucinda's eyes narrowed, and she let out a bitter chuckle