Closed; The Final Act - Part One
There was something off.
It was precisely quarter past seven and Cecilia was standing in the middle of a buzzing dining room with neither Daphne nor Pansy in sight. They were all incredibly timely individuals, most of them teasing if the one was even a minute or two late. So now, as it was fifteen minutes past the time they were scheduled to meet and neither of them was there, Cecilia was beginning to grow a bit worried.
She tugged at the scarf around her neck, moving back toward the hostess stand, her brow furrowing as she tried to manage a polite smile.
"I'm sorry, my friends should be here waiting for me and I don't see them-" she said, catching the girl's attention.
"Oh? I'm sorry, can you describe them? We've been so busy tonight-"
"Um- well, they're both brunette? Fashionable? One a little taller than the other-" Cecilia paused, chewing on her bottom lip. "One has a fantastic engagement ring-"
"Oh- no, I most certainly sat them in the back corner-" she said, pointing to a small four person table in the back.
Cecilia could see coats and purses but no one there. She nodded at the hostess before making her way back to the table. So, they were here, but not here. She raked her hand through her hair as she walked toward the bathroom, wondering why her head was beginning to ache. Everything was fine- they were doing their make-up or something, gossiping over lipstick re-application.
But the bathroom was empty.
Cecilia grabbed their coats, their purses, nodded a tight smile to the hostess and left.
It was precisely quarter past seven and Cecilia was standing in the middle of a buzzing dining room with neither Daphne nor Pansy in sight. They were all incredibly timely individuals, most of them teasing if the one was even a minute or two late. So now, as it was fifteen minutes past the time they were scheduled to meet and neither of them was there, Cecilia was beginning to grow a bit worried.
She tugged at the scarf around her neck, moving back toward the hostess stand, her brow furrowing as she tried to manage a polite smile.
"I'm sorry, my friends should be here waiting for me and I don't see them-" she said, catching the girl's attention.
"Oh? I'm sorry, can you describe them? We've been so busy tonight-"
"Um- well, they're both brunette? Fashionable? One a little taller than the other-" Cecilia paused, chewing on her bottom lip. "One has a fantastic engagement ring-"
"Oh- no, I most certainly sat them in the back corner-" she said, pointing to a small four person table in the back.
Cecilia could see coats and purses but no one there. She nodded at the hostess before making her way back to the table. So, they were here, but not here. She raked her hand through her hair as she walked toward the bathroom, wondering why her head was beginning to ache. Everything was fine- they were doing their make-up or something, gossiping over lipstick re-application.
But the bathroom was empty.
Cecilia grabbed their coats, their purses, nodded a tight smile to the hostess and left.