The Talk
Chapter Four
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At the R.W.H.C…..
"Lu what am I going to do? Everything was on that bill and now it's gone," Peter said. He couldn't believe this was happening. First, he comes up with the most amazong proposal ever and then he loses it.
"Why did you write it on there anyway?" she slapped him on the back of the head. "You didn't think that you would lose it? You know, use it to pay for something?"
"No," Peter said.
"No? That's great Peter," Lu said. 'What an idiot!' "Do you remember anything that you wrote?"
Peter sat down and tried to remember the words he wrote only an hour or two ago. He ran his fingers through his hair, "It's all a blank. I can't remember anything."
Lu felt bad for him. "Maybe it's not gone."
"What?"
"Okay. You said that you only lost it an hour or two ago, right?"
"Yeah."
"So come on. It's not lunch time. There aren't a lot of customers. What makes you think that they've given it out?"
"I left it on the table for a tip."
"Who was the waitress?"
"Tina."
"Tinam" Lu said nodding her head. "Tina who demands crisp new bills up front. Tina who refuses to clean the tables because she doesn't want to get dirty."
"Yeah, so?"
"How many times have we seen her go up to the register and exchange bill because they were either dirty I wrinkled or ripped?"
"Okay, what's your point?"
"My point is that the bill is probably in the register," Lu said. She grabbed Peter's hand and pulled him to this feet. "Come on."
"Where are we going?"
"The diner."
"Come on, Lu. It's probably gone by now."
"You want to marry her, don't you?"
"Of course I want to marry her. I love her more than anything in the world."
"Then, do this. What could it hurt?"
"What am I supposed to do? Go in and say give your money?"
"See, you're thinking, right."
"I don't know, Lu," Peter said. Just then Kayla walked into the clinic with Andy. Kayla saw him and smiled. She walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"Hi," she said.
"Hi," he said brushing a stray piece of hair away from her face.
"How was your lunch?"
"Good," Peter said looking at Lu hoping that Kayla wouldn't figure out that something was wrong.
"That's good."
"Yeah."
Andy cleared her throat. "I hate to interupt, but Kayla we need to go finish the thing."
"Look, I have to go to something with Andy," Kayla said apologetically. She stood up on her tiptoes and kissed Peter on the lips. "I'll see you tonight."
"See you tonight."
"Bye," Kayla said before walking away.
"Bye," Peter said as he watched Kayla walk away. Peter grabbed Lu's hand, "Come on."
"Where are we going?"
"The diner."
As they ran out of the hospital, Lu said laughing, "This is so exciting."
At the diner...
As soon as Lu and Peter got into the diner, they headed directly for the register. "Do you have any dollar bills?" Peter asked.
"What?" Joe asked.
"Do you have any dollar bills?"
"This is a diner."
"What does that mean 'this is a diner'?" Lu asked exasperatly. "Do you have any dollar bills or not?"
"Of course we have dollar bills," Joe said snottily.
"Good, let me see them," Lu said.
"What? Why?"
Just as Peter was about to explain, Lu decided that she was going to expedite the situation, "Look, we don't want to take any. We just want to see them. Now open up!"
The cashier opened he register and took out all of the dollar bills. Lu looked at the two large stacks and proceeded to go through each one bill by bill back and front. She went through them twice and found nothing. "Peter, it's not here."
"What? No it has to be here!" Peter took the stacks of bills and went through them three times carefully scrutenizing each one.
"Peter, it's not there," Lu said again.
"You're right. You're right." Peter handed the stacks of bills back to the cashier. "Thanks for your help."
As Peter and Lu were about to leave the diner, Peter saw the waitress who took care of him at lunch. He ran over to her, "Tina, I need your help. I was here earlier. Do you remember me?"
"Yeah. Tuna salad on rye with a side caerar salad. Sat here for like two hours and left a horrible tip," the gum-chewing watiress said.
"Good. You remember me," Peter said. Maybe there was hope after all. "I need to see your tips. Specifically, the one that I left you."
"You mean the dollar bill with all the scribbling on it?"
"You remember it?" Peter asked hopefully. Maybe she still had it?
"Yeah."
"Do you still have it?"
"No, I gave it to Joe in exchange for a new one. You know, you really should keep better track of your money."
"Tina, it was a special bill."
"I'm sorry. I didn't know that.," Tina said trying to sound apologetic. "Did I help?"
"You were a big help. Thanks," Peter said his voice dripping with sarcasm and annoyance.
"You're welcome," Tina said with a tone of fake cheefulness. She made a mental note to spit in his food the next time he was in."
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