The Heartbreaker by Hestrin Zantya (primary phonics .txt) 📕

It was so hot outside, Lada sat at the front seat on the bus; she went to her best friend apartment Mara. Lada and Mara had met for the first time when Mara accidentaly brought Lada's shopping bag when her shopping bag was exchanged with Lada's in the elevator three years ago. They both like shopping, Mara is a shopaholic, considering of her super expensive lifestyle she might spend all her money for stuffs, in the other hand Lada only shop whenever she has a bad mood about few of things in her life. Mara lives with her husband and a fat furry cat. Mara is a fashion designer and also an editor for fashion magazine; she is a year older than Lada. Lada is a fantastic food blogger; she is studying at one of famous university in Uppsala. Lada is struggling for her Phd degree in behavioral science; she came to Uppsala four years ago from Jakarta. Lada has been traveling to some of countries in Europe in order to finish her thesis. Lada has been working out her thesis since five years ago and it seems like an unfinished business for her. So she came to visit her uncle in London to get more data about some of local foods in Europe and their histories. Her uncle asked her to go for a research about local and traditional foods all around Europe and that's why she visited one of her uncle's best friend in Uppsala three years ago.

Lada rang the bell so someone came to the door and opened it for her. "You're late Lad! Come in please", Mara asked her to come inside and let Lada sit on the couch. Mara went to the kitchen and made a drink for Lada who looked so tired and unexcited. "It's a hot day, really! I thought I would never see the sun in this country", Lada spoke and giggled. Mara came to her and gave her a glass of orange juice with a small plate of chocolate pudding. "Wow! Did you really make these meals for me?", Lada ate the pudding and drank her orange juice. "So how did you meet him?" Mara asked her about a man who broke her bicycle yesterday. Lada took a deep breath and ate the pudding still, she pretended as she was a deaf and ignored Mara's question for a little while. "Come on Lad! you need to tell me about him, you know I am worry about you ", Mara spoke and chuckled. Lada knew that Mara is a nosey person even though Lada knew she would not tell about all the secrets that she has told her to her husband, not even to her fat furry cat. "Well he hit me with his bike too, he did not even realize how pissed I was that time", Lada said. Mara turned the tv on and watch her favorite cooking program, Lada yelled at her "Stop it Mara, you did not listen to me when I told you about a man who has broken my bicycle?” Mara smiled at her and said "I have to make a good dinner for Andrew, and I think you should sue that man and ask him to fix your bicycle". Lada drank her orange juice and gasped; she closed her eyes and then said "Fine, he gave me his phone number so I could call him". Mara went to her room and took her phone, "Here you can use my phone in case you don't want him to call you back or bother you with lots of calls", she handed the phone to Lada and went to the bathroom. Mara asked her to go with her to the mall; they have read a fashion magazine last week about a big sale for their favorite clothing brands.

"Hello?" said a man on the phone, "Oh hi, my name is Lada, do you remember me?" Lada said. "Sure, how are you?" a man said, Lada rolled her eyeballs and sighed so that man heard it and said "Are you alright there?", "Of course I am alright, I call you because I want you to fix my bicycle", Lada said. "Alright, when will we meet again?", that man said, "I think we can meet tomorrow, around 4 o'clock in the afternoon", Lada said. There was no response from that man for a second so Lada said "Hello? are you still there?", that man said "Oh yes I'm sorry I was thinking about the time, can we meet at noon instead? I have to work at 4 in the afternoon". Lada felt so bad she knew that man was a little bit annoying before but then she said "Okay you tell me a place so we can meet". There was another silence for a minute until finally he said "Hambergs Fisk". Lada smiled and said "Okay!”

Mara was ready to go, "Come on Lad!", she said. Lada still sat on the couch and read a food magazine that she just bought yesterday. "I like the restaurant that he told me on the phone", she said. Mara was confused and said "Who has told you?". Lada smiled at her and showed the picture of a seafood’s restaurant to her. "Oh well I don't really like seafoods Lad!” Mara laughed at her. Lada sighed and said "Mara, that one is not funny at all, he asked me to meet him up there". "Oh the man who broke your lovely bicycle?", finally Mara recognized that man. "I see, so he seems like a good man for you Lad!” Mara smiled at her and grabbed her purse from the couch, "Let's go Lad!", Mara asked Lada to get up from the couch.

"There are not so many people here Mara, are you sure that we come at the right time for shopping?” Lada said. Mara walked faster to the store that she liked and said "Trust me Lad!” Lada walked slowly behind her and took her iPhone out from the purse and she got two messages from a man that she has been chatting with for two years. Mara looked at her and yelled "Hi Lad!! Come on here!” Lada walked to the store and joined with Mara and other buyers there. Mara took a sweet purple purse for her, "Look this one Lad! It's Prada and the price is so affordable", Mara said lively. Lada grabbed that purse and yelled at her "Look at the price Mara? I cannot afford it, I have a lots of bills to pay this month and I just lost my part time job, do you remember that?” Mara smiled at her and said "I got Andrew's credit card and this is your birthday month so I'll buy it for you". Lada shook her head and said "No Mara it's too expensive, I don't mind my old purse, but thank you for your kindness", Mara smiled and then said "Okay then I'll put it back!". Lada smiled and said "Make sure you hide it from another's eyes", Mara smiled and nodded her head, "Lad, I have to go to the toilet but I'll be right back here, there are few things that I still want to see here, they're gorgeous!” she said.

Lada sat in a small white chair near that store and checked her iPhone, she seemed so excited because she just got 2 messages from a man that she has been talking with for a long time. They were chatting for a while until Mara came back from the toilet and surprised her with a 'boo' expression. Mara looked so curious about Lada's iPhone and she said "Well what did I miss here, Lad?” Lada sighed and smiled at her and said "Nothing!” Mara sat next to her and snooped out, Lada noticed that and said "Mara please", she got pink blushed all over her face. Mara jumped from her seat and said zestfully, "OH MY GOD, Lad!" she nearly shocked all the people at that mall so Lada asked her to calm herself down. "So tell me about him, look at him? He is super hot Lad!” Mara said. Lada couldn't help laughing at Mara's silly face expression but she could control her emotion better than Mara. Lada went to a coffee shop and bought 2 cups of Mocha Latte, "Here, drink it you need to calm yourself down Mara", Lada said and giggled.

 "So now you have to tell me about that hot man, Lad!" Lada smiled and sipped her Mocha Latte once before she told her about that man. "Well I have been chatting with that man for two years, can you believe that?" Lada said and giggled. Mara saw a happiness on Lada's face when she said that sentence. Mara said "So how dare you keep it as a secret from me, Lad?" Lada sighed and then said "Because he is so far away from me, Mara!" Mara said with curiousity, "Where does he live?" Lada said with a little doubt in her voice "Perth" Mara giggled and then said "Come on Lada! that's near your hometown!" Lada sipped her Mocha Latte and lied her body on the chair, she didn't say anything for a little while. "Lada for how long that you've been a single woman?" Mara asked her with a sad face. "I will be okay, Mara!" Lada smiled at her, Mara got closer to Lada's ear and whispered "Or maybe you want to wait for that annoying man who broke your bicycle yesterday?" Lada laughed and said "This Aussie man is much cooler than him actually, he's a great scientist and a charming prince" Lada said with a cheerful face. "Well then you have to ask him to visit you here, Lad!" Mara said and then sipped her Mocha Latte. "Alright Mara, I might ask him to come here but he is actually a busy man, so I don't know if he will come and visit me here or not" Lada gave her one wise answer. Mara winked to Lada and then smiled at her. Lada smiled when she got a reply from that silly man, Okay I don't have Skype, if we're meant to be we will meet soon in reality, Lada smiled and wrote him another comment You seem not so bad lately, why is that? I really want to meet you! Lada laid down on her bed as she waited another reply from that silly man. She checked her iPhone to find another thing on her Skype and she got lots of messages from Flyn, she read all his messages and frowned because Flyn was not as sweet as she thought. Lada got another reply from that silly man, When do you want me to cook another sea food for you? Lada smiled and giggled then she wrote back to him As soon as you can! I want to taste your Shrimp cocktail! Lada smiled and felt so happy that night, she thought about a funny imagination where she could find that silly man at Hamberg Fisk and she felt like he worked there as the chef.  Lada waited for two hours but that silly man didn't reply her last comment so she would come to Hamberg Fisk on the weekend to make sure about her intuition.