Missed Connections // Gone with the Orchids

"How are you supposed to define the look in the eyes of a child, Elliott?"

"What?"

"I saw that kid when I was buying these Orchids from Huvina", Jenna says, taking out a chocolate from her handbag. "She carried a monkey-faced tiny backpack, the one which parents give to the children while travelling."

"Who was she?", he inquired.

[Jenna still continuing without giving much attention to what Elliott asked]

"I was late for the meeting that day with a new client, and Huvina Market was on my way. You know a day before when I was leaving for home, I saw that your desk looked bare. So, I stopped to buy Orchids; your favourite ones, white orchids.”

“That’s so sweet of you, Hun.”

"No, Elliott. Sweet was her smile. That smile I saw when I gave her the flowers. At first, she looked so confused standing there at the florist; just when I turned to her with flowers, her face lit up, as if she got her answer for which one to pick.”

“Well, what makes you worry then?”

“Name. Eyes. Connection. The Missed Connection.”, Jenna murmured.

“We barely uttered a word and her parents came, taking her away. She was looking at me, still, with orchids in her hands and I was looking at her, still, with orchids and a chocolate bar in my hand.”

“This is that KitKat, right? She gave you?”

[Jenna nodded, keeping it in her treasure box.]