Free Just a Kiss by Bonnie S. Mata Page B

have remembered anything in the morning, about how he got there. He just didn’t want to risk it .
    At least I know she likes me, but she regrets that I’m married. Need to work on that this week.
     

Chapter 1 3
    Lunch
     
    Celina was quiet and in her own world, as she drove. I can't keep my mind clear about me and this new life of mine , now with my doomsday list with Valeria . I feel like this is a movie. Every day it's something new with me.
    It was lunch rush hour, and she waited for a break in traffic. She needed to turn into the parking lot at Danny's Mexican Food Restaurant, where they were going to eat.
    Valeria brought her out of her thoughts. “Celina, I forgot to tell you that I asked Rebecca to join us for lunch.”
    She stepped on the accelerator, cutting it close in front of a UPS truck, zooming into a full parking lot. “Who’s Rebecca?” asked Celina, parking her car at the restaurant, getting ready to get out.
    “You remember her. She’s the one that presented the Silpada Jewelry party, at my house, a few weeks ago. Valeria rushed out of the car, trying to keep up with Celina.
    “Oh, I thought that was Sandra.”
    “No, Sandra Ortiz is from Passion Parties. That’s why I asked her to come, so I can turn some more orders in. I picked up a few more orders from salon customers,” she answered her, as they walked into the noisy restaurant of pink walls and smells of fried Mexican food.
    “Okay, I remember her. That’s cool with me. You guys can talk all you want, while I stuff my face, because I’m super hungry.” Her bracelets dangled on her wrists, as she waved her hand in front of her.
    They stood in line waiting for their turn to be seated. “Girl, I’m going to hand her the money, the order slips, and let her look it over while I eat, ‘ cuz I’m starving too. It must have been that pot that we smoked last night.”
    Celina gave her a quick elbow. “Shut up, people might hear you,” she whispered, then turned to give her a death stare.
    She rolled her eyes dismissively, “ ¿Y que ? Isn't it normal living along the Mexican border? ”
    “ Uh, I don’t think so. We are also owners of a respectable business.”
    She switched conversations. “Man, why is it that all of these restaurants are always full of people,” said Valeria, looking around to see if Rebecca was inside.
    “Maybe because the food is super good and cheap,” replied Celina, looking at her freshly manicured nails, polished a hot pink color.
    “Look, Cel .” She pointed. “Rebecca is here already. Girl, we are lucky,” said Valeria, cutting through the line with her plus-sized body, leading the way.
    “Hey there, ladies,” said Rebecca, with a smile, waving to them.
    Greetings were exchanged, with air kisses among all of the girls.
    “I hope you weren’t waiting too long,” commented Valeria, looking to see which chair she was going to sit on, then put her purse on an empty chair.
    “Hey there, Rebecca.” Celina greeted her, sitting down too, placing her purse strap on the chair. “Oh, look at this! The chips are on the table already,” said Celina, taking a corn chip, dipping it in the salsa . She was extremely hungry, having had no breakfast this morning, not even at the salon. She had overslept and had been running late.
    The server stopped by, took their orders, and left. Valeria pulled out the order forms and handed them to Rebecca.
    “Okay, Rebecca, here are the extra orders that I picked up, and here is the envelope with the money,” she said, quickly handing them over. “Celina, save some chips for the rest of us, girlfriend.” She quickly dipped a corn chip in the salsa, licking her lips from the salsa drippings.
    “Thank you, Valeria, but we’ll go over these orders after we eat, if that’s okay with you?” she said, putting them aside. “The chips do look good, don’t they?” She was eyeing the red basket and the little black plastic salsa bowl in shape of a molcajete .
    “They