but it has something about it, doesn’t it?”
“It does actually. So, are you ready to go? I hope you’re hungry,” he said.
“Please, I’m always hungry,” she replied.
“Oh really?” he asked, while she grabbed her cardigan and locked the door behind them. “Is that because of your old job? Did you guys have to always stay skinny or something?”
Delilah laughed, “I can’t speak for the other girls – they might’ve done that – but not me. I’m always hungry because I love food – probably far too much.”
“My kind of girl.”
James took her hand and she smiled at him. “Is everything okay?” she asked as they got to the car. She climbed inside, and he answered once he was inside.
“Yeah, I think so. I’ll explain on the way.” He started the car and began to drive. Then he explained that the video had gone viral very quickly. “Everyone was talking about it, Lilah. Everyone. My phone has not stopped ringing, and I can barely go onto social media anymore without seeing my name everywhere.”
Lilah hadn’t realized this. She wasn’t even on social media, so she wouldn’t have known. She told him this.
“Whoa! You’re not on social media? Not even Facebook? Twitter?”
“Nope. I tried once but I didn’t see the point. I mean, I have no family, and the only friends I have are at Betsy’s. I didn’t want to socialize with the outside world while I was still working there, and I sure as hell didn’t want to see any of my old school friends.”
“Maybe you did the right thing – because let me tell you, the internet world is brutal. Wow! I actually thought you would know all this, so I’m going to have to fill you in. Everyone was talking about it, and everyone wanted to know who you were. They dubbed you ‘The Mystery Girl,’ and it didn’t take long for someone to mention you were from Betsy’s.”
Delilah could feel her heart begin to quicken. “What? They already know? Oh no! I’m sure that didn’t go down well.”
“Well, it wasn’t what I wanted, but we both knew that the truth would come out, so I was prepared for it. Anyway, I got called by so many magazines and newspapers that I finally agreed to sit down with one and have an interview.
I chose more of a high profile magazine rather than a gossipy one because I didn’t want them to twist my words. And I’d done an interview with them before, and they were very nice.”
“All this has happened since I last saw you?”
“Oh yeah. The internet doesn’t stop for anyone. It’s been madness. But that’s what it’s like – you’ll see, once we’re together a while it will all die down. When we break up, they’ll go a little crazy again with the media, and then they’ll forget about it and move on to the next person. Trust me – I’ve been in the limelight long enough to know.”
“So how did the interview go?”
“It went well. I told them the truth. Well, the truth that we had decided on. I told them that we had met at a café where we were both getting coffee. I said that we hit it off immediately and ended up sitting and drinking our coffee together. I mentioned that I then asked you out on a date.
Only after that did I find out where you worked and how you only worked there because of a family tragedy and the huge debt that came your way. And then I said that you had quit because you wanted to make the relationship work.”
“It’s a good story. Did they buy it?”
“Well, we’re in the papers this morning. And the headline was: ‘James and his Pretty Woman,
“It does actually. So, are you ready to go? I hope you’re hungry,” he said.
“Please, I’m always hungry,” she replied.
“Oh really?” he asked, while she grabbed her cardigan and locked the door behind them. “Is that because of your old job? Did you guys have to always stay skinny or something?”
Delilah laughed, “I can’t speak for the other girls – they might’ve done that – but not me. I’m always hungry because I love food – probably far too much.”
“My kind of girl.”
James took her hand and she smiled at him. “Is everything okay?” she asked as they got to the car. She climbed inside, and he answered once he was inside.
“Yeah, I think so. I’ll explain on the way.” He started the car and began to drive. Then he explained that the video had gone viral very quickly. “Everyone was talking about it, Lilah. Everyone. My phone has not stopped ringing, and I can barely go onto social media anymore without seeing my name everywhere.”
Lilah hadn’t realized this. She wasn’t even on social media, so she wouldn’t have known. She told him this.
“Whoa! You’re not on social media? Not even Facebook? Twitter?”
“Nope. I tried once but I didn’t see the point. I mean, I have no family, and the only friends I have are at Betsy’s. I didn’t want to socialize with the outside world while I was still working there, and I sure as hell didn’t want to see any of my old school friends.”
“Maybe you did the right thing – because let me tell you, the internet world is brutal. Wow! I actually thought you would know all this, so I’m going to have to fill you in. Everyone was talking about it, and everyone wanted to know who you were. They dubbed you ‘The Mystery Girl,’ and it didn’t take long for someone to mention you were from Betsy’s.”
Delilah could feel her heart begin to quicken. “What? They already know? Oh no! I’m sure that didn’t go down well.”
“Well, it wasn’t what I wanted, but we both knew that the truth would come out, so I was prepared for it. Anyway, I got called by so many magazines and newspapers that I finally agreed to sit down with one and have an interview.
I chose more of a high profile magazine rather than a gossipy one because I didn’t want them to twist my words. And I’d done an interview with them before, and they were very nice.”
“All this has happened since I last saw you?”
“Oh yeah. The internet doesn’t stop for anyone. It’s been madness. But that’s what it’s like – you’ll see, once we’re together a while it will all die down. When we break up, they’ll go a little crazy again with the media, and then they’ll forget about it and move on to the next person. Trust me – I’ve been in the limelight long enough to know.”
“So how did the interview go?”
“It went well. I told them the truth. Well, the truth that we had decided on. I told them that we had met at a café where we were both getting coffee. I said that we hit it off immediately and ended up sitting and drinking our coffee together. I mentioned that I then asked you out on a date.
Only after that did I find out where you worked and how you only worked there because of a family tragedy and the huge debt that came your way. And then I said that you had quit because you wanted to make the relationship work.”
“It’s a good story. Did they buy it?”
“Well, we’re in the papers this morning. And the headline was: ‘James and his Pretty Woman,
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