Purple Romance

''Be careful not to fall into her trap, well, then again, foxes move together'' Amara entered the cloakroom and went to her locker.

Magdalene turned to speak and Paula stopped her. She blinked her eyes and shook her head.

When Amara didn't get any response as she expected, she turned and looked at them and sneered, ''I saw your coming in late. You two are already best friends? I will be here to watch the drama unfold when you go against each other''

''Let's go'' Magdalene said to Paula and walked in front. When she got to where Amara stood, she deliberately knocked her shoulder off before saying, ''oops, didn't see anyone here''

''You…'' Amara glared at them.

…..

After leaving the washroom, Paula was returning to the kitchen when she heard unpleasant voice coming from the kitchen. She furrowed her brows and decided to take a look. When she entered the restaurant, she saw a couple at a far end table. The woman was apparently talking to one of the waitress and her voice wasn't pleasant at all as she brought out her dissatisfaction about their service.

From her distance, Paula could clearly see the difficult position the waitress was in. The woman was almost talking in her face while the waitress had her gaze lowered down.

''No, who is the nutritionist here? Call the nutritionist over here''

Paula's ears peeked up when she heard the words of the woman. She pointed at herself and wondered what she had done. She wasn't in charge of food so if anything, she was the last person to be called if there was something wrong with the food, right?

As she deliberated on this, she saw the F and B manager walking towards her and she straightened herself up.

''Miss Paula, please we have a situation. I tried to solve it but the customer is proving stubborn. I don't know what she wants exactly, so be careful when you go to meet her. even her husband couldn't control her.

''What is the problem?'' Paula asked the F and B manager.

''Well, this is what happened'' the manager took his time to explain the situation to him. As he did, Paula's face distorted slightly as she listened. It seemed that the woman was purposefully here to create trouble. There were always some people who would leave their houses just to go out and cause trouble for others. Such was the situation at hand.

''So, she is dissatisfied with her food made because she thought that the food was too crunchy and dry and the same time oily but, isn't Italian fried pasta supposed to be that way?'' Paula said and looked at the manager who was lost for words. He had gone to attend to the situation first when the woman started questioning the waitress.

At first, she had rejected three previous dishes already and this was the fourth one, so even the kitchen was fed-up with her demands and Chef Alex who was in charge of her order had refused to prepare anymore food for her.

''You are right. She is here for trouble, but, why is she asking for me? Is not like I am the one who prepared the food?''

''Apparently, she thinks you didn't do your work well of inspecting the ingredients before they were used. She said that the pasta rolls taste like soap''

''What? This woman must be out of her mind. What exactly is her problem?'' Paula said and looked at the woman who was still going on.

''I already asked someone to call Miss Godiva, she will be here soon''

''Let's go'' Paula walked forward while the manager staled behind looking at the doo anxiously.

When Paula arrived, she looked at the woman and man politely as she spoke, ''hi, Mister and Madam. I am the nutritionist here; first I apologise for making you have an unpleasant experience at our restaurant. may I know what exactly the problem is?''

The woman looked at Paula, seizing her up from head to toe with a subtle mocking smirk. It seemed like Paula was the main reason why she was creating such ruckus.

''Are you the nutritionist here?'' she asked smugly.

''Yes, Ma'am. If you tell me what the problem…'' Paula didn't get to finish her statement when the woman pushed the plate of pasta to her side and said to her.

''Eat it and see for yourself, if this is edible or just a waste of ingredients''

''Yes?'' Paula looked at her confused.

''I came here to eat with my husband. I ordered for Italian pasta but what is this that was brought? Isn't this clearly the fault of the nutritionist who should be checking to make sure that the food is cooked correctly? What is the use of your licence and certification if you can't even do such a simple thing?'' the woman said and looked at Paula.

At the side, Amara and Ama plus a few of the other waiters stood watching the drama unfold. Amara had a smug expression on her face. She kept her gaze on the woman creating the drama as she folded her arms across her chest.

Paula looked at the woman who had just insulted her and sighed. She felt speechless and felt she was just an inch away from losing her cool but she kept quiet.

The woman took that as her chance to berate Paula better, after all, she was paid so she should do a better job and make sure this bitch was fired from this place.

''Cat caught your tongue? Well, someone as young as you taking up the position of a nutritionist in a reputable place such as this hotel must be quite stressful, right? seeing how you can't even response to anything that I'm saying''

''It's not that I am don't have anything to say to you'' Paula said and the woman frowned.

''Huh?''

''I am keeping quiet because I don't know what I am going to say will be good for a customer or not, but then again, you are attacking me personally so I shouldn't let that go, don't you think so?'' Paula looked at her calmly. Her gaze unwavering as she maintained eye contact with her.

''Are you talking back at me right now? Without honorifics?''

''You are the one who drop it first; honorifics. If you requested for Italian pasta, then why are you complaining about its dryness and oiliness? If you didn't want food that is dry and has a little oil in it, then why didn't you just order cup noodles''

''What?'' the woman's face distorted but she wasn't the only one who was surprised. The F and B manager and the others at the back all had the same expressions of shock on their faces.

''What? Does being young make me incompetent? You look like the type to cause trouble. Tell me the truth, are you really here to eat or are you here to cause trouble and gain some compensation out of it? Or did someone send you here to come and attack me?''

''This woman is brazen'' the woman said and stood up from the chair.

''Seeing how you look flustered; it must be the latter one. who sent you to come and mess with me?'' Paula's gaze turned cold and the woman suddenly felt scared. ''The kitchen has evidence of everything that you have done and I also happen to have a recording of everything that you have done. What will it be? Will you apologise to me and the kitchen chef whose competence you just insulted and go peacefully or do you want to be given a lawsuit. I happen to know a very bad-tempered lawyer who hates it when I am pissed off''

Paula finished and played the video she had taken to the woman. Earlier on, before going on, she had turned on her camera because she had a premonition that the woman was here to create trouble and not to eat. The best way to deal with such kind of people was to have evidence of their bad deeds.

'Hey, Paula. How could you treat a guest of the hotel's restaurant like this?'' Betty got up from the table behind the woman and turned to face them, 'I've been watching for a while now. Is this the best way to solve a problem?'' she asked and walked over.

Paula looked at her saying, ''if you were here from the beginning then you must have seen and heard how she treated the staff here first. Everyone is working hard to make sure that the guests have a wonderful experience but she is clearly here to create trouble''

''The guest is always right. haven't you heard?'' she folded her arms and looked at Paula arrogantly. She had been waiting for an opportunity to put Paula in her place after the café incident but never got the chance. Last night, she had overheard her sister's conversation with Andy and found out that Paula was employed as the restaurant's nutritionist. She knew going head on with Paula would result in her getting ban from the hotel by her sister, so she had come in hopes of finding fault with her but it turned out she didn't have to do anything because she wasn't the only one who hated Paula.