Broken With My Mother In Law

Linda’s POV

I am a girl who has been searching for love for many years without success. I have several jobs, one of which is walking dogs. I also have two good friends, Dylan and Elena. We are very happy together.

I also like hand-painting. I love life, so in my spare time, I will pick up a drawing pen to draw what I like at will, calm down and draw a picture, which can completely relax myself. So if I could say it, I am just your normal, average girl. 

Early in the morning, I looked at the back of a girl I drew in the drawing book as if there was something missing. I picked up the pen again and filled in a few details on the drawing.

“Hi, this is Linda. Please leave a message.” I heard my phone ring. 

“Hi, Linda, this is Carol from the Temporary Employee Agency Center in Los Angeles. Listen, Dr. Berthaire needs you tomorrow, okay? Please contact me as soon as you can. Goodbye.” I glanced at the phone message and didn’t care too much. I continued to paint on my drawing book.

“Good morning, neighbor.” Dylan greeted me as he ate a piece of bread in his hand and a cup of coffee in his other hand. 

“Hey, help yourself.” I looked at his laziness and ignored him.

“Oh, thank you, I’ve eaten it all.” Dylan spread his hands and told me that he had finished his breakfast. It was really rude. I would like to tell him that it was rude but what was the point? He will do it again and again. I knew him already. 

“Oh, why should I ask for trouble? You know, Dylan, I gave you the key for an emergency, very, very urgent, not for you to get used to something like this.” I don’t know what he came to my room to do again. I was a little helpless. The little girl who had been painting for a long time lost her fragrance in an instant. I tore it off and kneaded it into a ball. When I walked out of the room, I threw it at Dylan, and then he received it.

“Yes, I need coffee,” he cheekily said. He came over because he wanted coffee. He didn’t care. He sat on my bed. “I don’t know. It’s good. I want to be here. Thank you.” He opened the picture or the drawing I crumpled and looked at what I drew on the paper. Well, it’s a good compliment.

“Well, I have to go to my first job. I’m going to be late. You stay, have some breakfast, take a shower and rummage through my drawers.” Leaving Dylan alone in the room, because I found my first job, I was in a good mood when I went downstairs, and I ran down in a hurry, not forgetting to send them a kiss in the photo.

I was walking on the roadside when I saw an elder couple having breakfast outside of one of the local shops in town. The old man is slicing the pancake on his plate, dipping it on the syrup and giving it to his wife to eat. I saw them smile at each other after that. It was very heartwarming and I felt a little jealous. 

I asked myself, would I be able to find a love like that in my life too? A love that would last, a love that is not selfish, and a love that would make my heart melt just by the stare of my partner. Am I the only one who is wishing for that kind of love, or am I just really a hopeless romantic person? 

I am so busy with my thoughts that I did not see a child running towards me. When I noticed him, it was already too late for me to dodge so he collided into me. 

“Oops, I’m sorry miss. Did I hurt you?” He asked like he was a gentleman but his tone was still like a baby. He is so cute. I want to pinch his cheeks. 

“I’m fine, little man. Just don’t run next time okay?” I replied, pinching his chubby cheeks a little. 

He nodded then waved goodbye at me. I could just smile at him and think of my day so far. 

“Hi, Linda, good morning.” Pushing open the door of the building I am working at, which is the door of the dog walking restaurant, I heard my aunt’s familiar voice. 

“Are the children ready?” I asked, pertaining to the dogs. I’m going to walk the dogs, so my aunt will feed and chain the dogs in advance. They have grown up with fear of the scary pedestrians outside.

“Dragon! Zorro!” Aunt called two cute dogs. It is estimated that I will walk them every day. When I see them running excitedly, I squat down and rub their cute heads, and then take them out.

“Hey, kids, let’s go.”

“Goodbye.” I said to my Aunt then walked out of the building. My part-time job every day is to help my aunt walk her dog. As soon as we went out, they ran happily, as if they hadn’t come out for a long time, and almost broke the chain.

“Goodbye.” I heard my aunt say back to me from a distance.

I just waved my hand as a sign of goodbye then went on our way. The two dogs are so hyper that I think I will be pulled too. They just ran wherever they wanted and I was being pulled. I was right. I just sigh at my situation. 

After a few minutes of them pulling me and me pulling them, I think they are exhausted so they just walk. 

“Darling, children, oh, slow down.” In this way, I took the dogs to the beach by the sea. The sun was shining. There were many people on the beach. They were walking, basking in the sun, and the family was playing games together. 

“Today, the air is filled with romance, no one can refuse your charm, today don’t leave home too late, don’t desperately search, love is in front of you.” I sat on the beach basking in the sun, looking at the latest newspaper. There was a very beautiful scene, a few lovely dogs lying around me. 

It is so peaceful today and there was no unusual news in the newspaper. I looked at the scenery around me and could not help smiling. I wish everyday was like this. Everyday is peaceful and perfect and it will be much better if I also have someone beside me, right? 

Speaking of someone, I remember my future husband again. I asked myself, when would I meet you? I wish you were as handsome as I imagined you would be. I am already imagining things so I hurriedly busied my mind and read the newspaper in my hand. 

“Hey, what’s going on?” A little dog suddenly got up and barked at a place I didn’t know.

I squinted into its sight. There is a charming man who is running on the beach side with a bare upper body, his vigorous muscles look really attractive. He appeared like a beam of light suddenly illuminating all around. I saw dementia. I should feel my burning eyes. He also looked at me, smiled at me with a white teeth, and continued to jog forward. I responded with a smile and looked elsewhere in panic.

“I ordered skim creamy coffee, and now I eat all the fat.” When I came to the cafe for coffee, I heard a guest angry at the waiter, which attracted me. I turned to look at the guest with glasses and orange sportswear, who didn’t look very friendly or good-looking.

“I’ll be happy to change it for you,” the waiter told him hastily but he did not even let him finish speaking. 

“Can’t you even make a cup of coffee well? I have eaten fat. Is it difficult to make such a cup of coffee?” There were many people in the cafe, but this didn’t stop the customer from arguing and scolding the waiter. He was still adamant. It was the ringing of the guest’s phone that stopped them from arguing. He took out the phone in his bag, but he didn’t notice what fell on the ground.

“If you like, I can make you another one.” The waiter patiently offered him another one, maybe, as a courtesy and to provide good customer service. 

“Hello? It’s okay, you’ve done enough, thank you.” Finally, he took his cup of coffee and went out on the phone.

“I’m sorry.” It may be because of being scolded by the customer but the waiter still looked at his back and apologized to him, a little disappointed.

I went over and picked up the twenty dollars that the guest had dropped on the ground, put it in the piggy bank, and said “It’s karma, cheer up.” to the waiter, and then backed away from the door because there was no one behind me.