CHAPTER 27

Roberto had waited for more than three hours and Lucia was yet to appear at the shop. He initially became worried that she was probably somewhere alone trying to drown in the pool of her pains.

When he expected her for a long time and didn't see her still, his worry became anxiety. He began to feel anxious for her. Has she gone away from the city? Perhap,she had left the place.

It was very easy for her to do that, Roberto thought, since she was an orphan and had no one or anyone to care for her in this vast city. He mur some inaudible words praying that she hadn't done all she thought of her.

He didn't bother to get angry. He told himself he was done with getting angry. Anger had brought him to this position he was in. He should have been reasonable enough to let his ang4 take control of him.

He had ordered a lot of things which he distributed to the other diners in the cafe most of the time. Having waited for her to no avail, he gave up and resigned himself to his fate. He mentally t