After 10 minutes, Hope changes into a comfy pajamas and wrapped her wet hair in a towel. When she came to the dining table all the food has been set neatly and even the kitchen has been cleaned.
"As always, you have cleaned after the mess I created in the kitchen. Isn't more like our school days when we were living together in the villa with Emma?"
"Speaking about the devil. She has been so excited to know that you were back. The main reason I searched all hotels is her. She didn't even let me sleep and calls frequently to ask whether you have contacted me. If she knows that I met with you today without her, she would just kill me."
"Actually, I was going to ask about her. How is she doing? You have no idea how much I missed you guys."
"First sit and have some food. You said you were hungry. After the meal I will tell you everything you need to know."
The two of them ate the dinner Hope prepared and Ric was praising her cooking skills throughout the meal.
After finishing the food, Ric went to do the dishes when Hope stops him "Hey don't. I was just kidding, someone will come for cleaning in the morning you don't have to worry about that. Just come and sit we have a lot to catch up."
When they both were going to sit there was someone ringing the doorbell. she thought that it would probably be Liam and unlocked the door without checking through the security camera. When she opened the door a girl with pink dress top and a white jean was standing there with eyes full of tears.
Hope was very much surprised to meet her. She didn't expect her to come here. When she realized that she was standing there for a long time, she invited her into the room.
"Hey Emma, what a surprise? How have you been? Just now we were talking about you. How come you are here?" Hope threw a series of questions to her friend.
But Emma didn't say anything for a while and stood there silently with her eyes full of tears threatening to fall any moment.
After a few moments, she just slapped Hope hardly and cried a lot. "How can you leave us without even a word? Is that all what we meant to you? You bitch you have been here for a week and you didn't even try to call me but here you are having a happy meal with this idiot completely ignoring me."
After saying that she started to cry uncontrollably. " shouldn't it be me crying now ? that was a painful slap you know" Hope stated jokingly with a pout.
And she continued "Anyway I didn't invite this idiot, he came unannounced and I offered him a meal. I didn't ignore you. You have always been special to me."
After hearing that she was more important than Ric, Emma childishly grinned and hugged Hope drying out the remaining tears left in her eye sockets with the back of her hand.
Meanwhile Ric stood there dumbfounded by these two leaving him out. "you bitches, as soon as you two met you were leaving me out. I was the one who searched each and every hotel for you for two days."
Liam who was going to his room saw that the door to his boss's room was open and went to see what happened.
When he entered the room the three were hugging each other happily with happy tears in their eyes not even realizing that the front door was not closed.
To preserve the moment Liam took out his phone and took pictures of them hugging. "If you have hugged each other enough can you please show me your faces so that the picture would be even more beautiful."
That's when they realized that Liam was there taking pictures of them and they felt embarrassed being pictured crying. But Liam didn't miss this chance and took a few more pictures of them.
"Enough Liam. What are you doing here?" asked Hope.
"Boss, I was just passing by and saw your door was open. So, I just came to make sure if everything was okay. I will take my leave; my boss is all yours now. Bye!"
Liam left the room and closed the door after him. Then the three settled on the living room and started talking. "By the way how did you find this place Emma?"
"It was Ric. He texted me that he found the hotel you are staying and is now eating with you. Fortunately, I was nearby so, I just dropped by to see you."
The three of them were talking about random things from the past and time just flew by. All the three fell asleep on the couch in the living room while chatting and having beer.
When Ric woke up in the middle of the night, he carried the two girls to the main bedroom one by one and tucked them in with the blanket. He realized that it was too late to leave so he decided to sleep in the guest bedroom.