This Opera is Soap

I went to work this morning determined to keep Jojo at arms length. He had made me very angry and I was not about to allow him to weasel out of this like he does with his mother. When I got there he was already there and had done tons of work I suppose he was feeling guilty for his stupid behaviour at the Opener. He tried to start several conversations but I just cut him off short and walked away and I have to admit after about two hours of this he looked so miserable that I didn’t really want to continue being so cold to him but I just could not forgive him so easily for using me.

Jazz came in and Chantal started raving., waving her hands in the air and in desperation even turned to Tony for help but Tony is not likely to be any help. I doubt he has a clue what is going on in her life as he is too busy chasing bits of skirt. Speaking of skirt Nadia came in looking like a cat that ate the canary and was all humming and happy with herself which had Tony giving her sideways looks and frowning. I mean the arrogance of that guy flaunting his mistress in front of his wife like that while ignoring the crises of his daughter or Tony could have actually been smart enough to leave well enough alone where it concerned Jazz. Meanwhile Chantal was too preoccupied trying to stop the impending wedding to worry about Tony having a lover’s spat right under her nose.

Today was a really full lunch crowd after yesterday being closed and either everyone likes their routine as half the business world in Bishop Vale eat at Sedero’s or everyone came in to see if Chantal’s head had exploded from the scandal. I kept myself busy and did not let Jojo get near me at all and his face kept getting more and more gray as the day wore on. The only highlight of the day was when Gervais came in for lunch as Nadia greeted him like he was an old friend and looked as if she was about to insert herself at his table. I would have loved her to take him off my hands and for a second prayed that she had left Tony for creepy Gervais but no such luck. He turned his cold fish eyes on her and gave her the Dubois “look”, the one that Liselle had mastered so beautifully and Elyce was starting to perform on poor Royce. Anyway Nadia took fright and headed quickly back to Tony who kept giving Gervais evil side glances.

Gervais was strange today for instead of gazing at me in his creepy way he kept looking at Jojo and I started to wonder if the rumours about him being bisexual were really true and Jojo was his next seduction. Well seduction on the Gervais part, and I think some bloody violence on Jojo’s part as he is not the sort of guy who would tolerate another guy trying to sleep with him. Jojo is a bit of a guy’s guy, all muscles, sports and idiocy. As soon as my shift was over I left without a word to Jojo leaving him to the lustful glances of Gervais, revenge can have a sweet side after all.

In the parking lot I discovered Royce leaning against his car looking like someone had stolen his windsurfer. I asked what the trouble was and he said he was worried that Taryn and Elyce were cooking up a marriage for him as well and I restrained the urge to laugh in his face before telling him all he had to do was say no or get a proper job and leave home. Royce said he couldn’t do that as he and Jojo were really going to start up a business and he wanted his Dad to invest so I told him to marry Elyce on the condition he gets a dowry big enough to start his business. The thought of marrying Elyce made Royce go so pale under his tan I thought he was going to spew his guts up all over me. Then his eyes lit up and he said all he needed was a girlfriend then he could get rid of Elyce. I told him that was an ok idea if he can find a girl dumb enough to pose as his lover and he turns to me and asks that I pose as his girlfriend just long enough to get Elyce off his back

Now here is life mocking me cause two weeks ago I would have crawled over broken glass to be his girlfriend, pretend or otherwise. Today I am just glaring at him like he is gum on the bottom of my shoe and just as I am about to shout no at him Jojo comes up from behind us and asks who is going to be a girlfriend. Royce explains he wants me to and Jojo gives Royce a very angry glare and says no I am not going to do that. I get angry at Jojo for deciding what I can and cannot do and I tell him I can be anyone’s girlfriend if I want to so Jojo then gives me the glare of death, me!

I was just about to shout at him I was going to be Royce’s girlfriend and it was none of his business when I remember Coco. She was so miserable after Braith announced his engagement, I mean I know her crush on Braith was sort of like mine on Royce, unrealistic and mostly fantasy but it still hurt to give it up. She had dated Royce a couple of years ago one summer when we all hung about together and this could be just the thing to distract her and pretending to be his girlfriend would mean standing around watching the most boring extreme sports in the universe which Coco could do far better than me. I told Royce I thought Coco would be perfect, leave it to me and I would ask her. Royce looked pathetically grateful and kept thanking me as I got in my car before I left I gave Jojo one last glare of disgust just for the pleasure of it. As I drove down the car park I noticed Gervais heading for his silly Ferrari and it took all my self control not to put pedal to the metal and splat him nicely under my wheels.

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