Jack goes to a convenient store to meet someone. He is on his way to the restaurant to collect some documents when he bumps into an old time friend, Patricia.

"Wow! Trisha is this you? Such a long time." Jack surprisingly asks her as he is surprised to see her. Patricia just keeps smiling as she is also surprised to see Jack.

"You are all grown up. I mean look at you. Wow. How have you been?" Jack asks her as he draws her in for a hug then exchanges a handshake with her.

"I've been good and you?" Patricia replies back.

"Your boy is all robust. I'm good darling, I mean it's been so long. Do you live around here?" He asks her.

"Not really. I came to get a dress for someone at a boutique nearby." She replies.

"Oh that's beautiful. Are you having some feast going on?" He asks her as he can see the dress in the jacket bag which she is holding.

"Yeah…we are throwing a party tonight." Pa

"Wait…how did you know that?" She asks him as she is baffled.

"I know you are going to a party that Patricia invited you to. I am also going there so I came to take you with me." Jack replies.

"Wait…how did you know which party it was? Who told you or have you been snooping around my affairs lately?" Clare asks Jack as she is suspicious of him and a bit annoyed that he knows stuff about her.

"No dear. Have you forgotten that Patricia also went to the same school as us?' Jack reminds her as she blinks her eyes, remembering he is right.

"Oh…that explains it." She replies.

"Here, have this and put any of them on." He tells her as she gives him a smile and takes the dresses then goes into her room.

Claire enters her room and closes the door as she looks at the three dresses. The pink rhinestone dress, the white lace dress, the orange exaggerated bow.

Claire feels that Jack's understan

Claire gets into her car and drives away. She stops over by a friend's house who has a beauty salon. She parks in front of her house and gives her a call.

"Hi Sandra, are you in the house?" Claire asks her as she picks the call.

"Hey, what's up Claire? I'm not in but I'm on my way home. Is there any problem?" Sandra asks from the other end.

"Not really. I'm at your house, I'll be waiting for you." Claire replies.

"I don't want to keep you waiting. Why don't you just pick up my lock and wait inside? It'll take like thirty minutes for me to get back home because I'm stuck here with an old client who I have to finish working on before closing." Sandra explains.

"But you just said that you are on your way home. Alright, I'll be waiting for you." Claire replies as she hangs up after her friend replies to her. She gets down from the car and goes to the front door of her friend's house and

Jack goes to a convenient store to meet someone. He is on his way to the restaurant to collect some documents when he bumps into an old time friend, Patricia.

"Wow! Trisha is this you? Such a long time." Jack surprisingly asks her as he is surprised to see her. Patricia just keeps smiling as she is also surprised to see Jack.

"You are all grown up. I mean look at you. Wow. How have you been?" Jack asks her as he draws her in for a hug then exchanges a handshake with her.

"I've been good and you?" Patricia replies back.

"Your boy is all robust. I'm good darling, I mean it's been so long. Do you live around here?" He asks her.

"Not really. I came to get a dress for someone at a boutique nearby." She replies.

"Oh that's beautiful. Are you having some feast going on?" He asks her as he can see the dress in the jacket bag which she is holding.

"Yeah…we are throwing a party tonight." Patricia says.

"That's awesome. You are still the type that loves partying…" Jack commends as Patrici

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