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Chapter 21

“What did you say?” Mike nearly yelled at him. He was furious!

The maitre looked at him astound. He did not expect such a reaction from a customer, let alone a blind one. In his little universe he finally had a work position, where he could play god and everyone would succumb to his will.

“Sir there is no reason for you to get upset, like I said we will assist you to your every need, you will feel no need of your helper here.”

“She is my date you arrogant rude scam! I demand to see chef Moore immediately.” Mike wanted to deck him. It was one of those times he wished he could see so that he could grab the man from his neck and throw him to the other side of the restaurant.

“There is no reason for you to be upset like that sir or to call chef Moore. There is a dress code to this restaurant and we all most adhere to that. I am sorry if you feel I offended your date, but if you could see how she is dressed I am sure you would agree with me.”

Mike felt like a bull in a shop full of glass ornaments. He was ready to break everything he could reach, starting with that piece of sh…t that posed toady as a maitre. He had planned the whole date to a T and he could feel all his plans and dreams crumbling in front of him. No way Nicky would accept going out with him after that. As he was ready to pounce on the douchebag, he felt Nicky’s hand clasping his arm.

“It is alright Mike, we don’t have to dine here. I am sure we will be able to find some other restaurant to eat.” Mike felt her hand tremble in his and like a wave her embarrassment, encompassed him. He extended his hand to her shoulders and hugged her close to him. She was right, chef Moore was a good man and a dear friend, he didn’t deserve to have a bar fight in his restaurant, but someone had to fire the arrogant pr...k in front of him. He was giving this place a bad name.

“Shhh don’t worry my sweetness I will take care of this. No one has the right to speak to you like that.” He turned toward the maitre again and with calmness he didn’t feel he told him. “I said I need to speak to chef Moore, and we will not leave until I do.”

Thankfully they didn’t have to wait for the maitre to make the decision of calling chef Moore. A waiter that recognised Mike as a frequent customer and a friend to the chef, had gone to the kitchen to call him about the problem that had rise. So before the maitre had a chance to give any reply, chef Moore’s deep rumbling voice was heard.

“Mike my friend what seems to be the trouble? Is the table I chose for you not to your liking? We wouldn’t want to disappoint you, or my daughter will never speak to me again.” That last part was part warning for the maitre to keep his trap shut, if he knew what was best for him.

“I wouldn’t know if it is a good table or not, since this man here won’t allow us to enter. Apparently we are not good looking enough to enter your establishment my dear chef.” At that statement Nicky saw chef Moore’s eyes bulge out of their sockets.

“Excuse me? Who said such a thing?” He growled and looked towards his employees trying to find the guilty party. The maitre was looking at his feet and he was red as a tomato, obviously wishing he could be invisible. His chances of remaining a maitre in this restaurant were pretty slim at this point.

“I believe it is your new maitre that disapproves of us.” Mike said.

“There is no problem with the gentleman Chef, the lady with him is not attired according to the dress code of the restaurant so I just assumed she is the hired help. I was just doing my job, keeping up with the rules of the restaurant. I didn’t do anything wrong.”

“Insulting my customers is not on your job description. Mike is a dear friend and his friends are mine too. You should have seen on the sheet I provide that they are seated on the special area of the restaurant, reserved for special occasions only, and I demand they are treated accordingly.”

“But Chef you have to see it from my point of view. Look at her. I couldn’t let her get inside looking like that. What would the rest of our customers think?”

“Passing judgement on your customers from their attire is shallow and utterly rude. Nicky is a hard working girl and proud of all she has achieved by herself. Just because the restaurant provides you with classy attires is not because you deserve it but because chef Moore wants the best for his customers and his employees. You certainly haven’t earned it!” Mike kept defending Nicky.

“Mike please accept my deepest apologises, please come in, your table is prepared for you as we have arranged. I will take care of the problem with my staff, be certain of it.” Chef Moore said and smiled at Nicky, his hands in a welcoming gesture towards the inside of his restaurant.

“Maybe we should take a rain check for another time. We really didn’t mean to cause any problems” Nicky said and grasped Mike’s hand in a pleading gesture for them to leave. She felt so embarrassed as it was. If people started looking at her like she was some kind of trash in the restaurant it would be too much. Mike still holding her hand hugged her with his other hand. Engulfing her in his embrace he whispered in her ear.

“Sweetheart I promise you nothing like this is ever going to happen again. I have arranged everything for tonight, but the change in the maitre here was something I didn’t anticipate. Try to forget the last ten minutes ever happened. Don’t let this incident ruin our day together.” Nicky shivered and even though she wanted to run away from the restaurant, the thought of disappointing him was even more heartbreaking.

“OK” She mumbled and turned to face chef Moore.

“We are ready to be escorted to our table” Mike said full of confidence, his hand never leaving Nicky’s.

“Right this way” A waiter said and Mike recognised the voice of the waiter that usually waited on him whenever he came to eat there. He was probably the one that notified chef Moore about the behaviour of the rude maitre. The waiter moved towards the far end of the restaurant and Nicky guided Mike to their table. While they were distancing themselves from the entrance they heard chef Moore telling the maitre to follow him to the kitchen. Nicky, kind hearted spirit she was, couldn’t help but feel sad about the maitre that would probably get a post change if not lose totally his job.

 They were seated to a secluded area with a decoration that screamed romance and love, and Nicky felt both relieved and embarrassed. Relieved because no one would be able to see her and judge her clothes and embarrassed because the whole scenery made it look like they were in a secret date. Apparently he had pulled many strings to arrange what looked like a very promising date for them. And with that thought all her insecurities rushed back to her mind. Did she deserve to be with such a man?

“Hey I can almost hear you thinking again. We came here to have a relaxing meal together. So no more ugly thoughts for you today. Now tell me how was your day at work today? Anything weird happened? Did I lose some interesting stories?”

“I didn’t notice much of what was going in the cafe today.” Nicky admitted.

“You had so many customers today to serve you didn’t get to notice any of them?” Mike asked worried she might be too tired.

“No, I was wondering why you didn’t show up all morning.” As soon as she said that, Nicky sealed her mouth with her hand. But it was too late; the words were out there for Mike to hear. He gave her one of his brilliant smiles.

“I am glad you were thinking of me this morning, because you were all I could think of too. I wanted everything to arrange our meal or else nothing could have kept me from being with you.” Right on time the waiter came with a bottle of wine and their starters. When he left Nicky trying to change the subject asked him.

“How did he know what to bring? We didn’t see any menus yet.”

“Next time we’ll come here again, you can choose whatever you want. This time I’ve chosen for us what I thought you will enjoy” She was speechless at his thoughtfulness.

“Please say something. You are not mad are you?” He asked anxiously. Not being able to see, he didn’t know if she liked his surprise or not.

“It was very sweet of you to go to all this trouble for me. No one has ever bothered to do so many things for me. I am not sure I deserve them.”

“Nicky you are a breath of fresh air in a rotten world. I hope you’ll allow me to do more for you. You deserve more than I can ever give you. It is a wonder no one snatched you up till now. But now that I met you, I won’t let anyone take you from me Nicky. I didn’t plan to make such declarations today, not that I don’t believe every single word, but I didn’t want to scare you away from me. I just can’t stand anymore this cloud of insecurities that is over your head all the time.”

“Whhhhhat?”

“I am falling in love with you Nicky!”

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