Tuesday, boy calls girl. She says she’s busy on Saturday. She has homework to do. Boy washes down rejection with a grilled cheddar and jarlsberg sandwich.

Thursday, girl calls boy. She asks when are they going out on Saturday? Surprised, Boy celebrates with a bowl of grapes, after agreeing 11 A.M. for dim sum.

That was the introduction.

Boy shows up at her door punctually and boy and girl arrives at the dim sum restaurant. The restaurant has a classy Las Vegas theme, with one wall covered with aquariums, and the other with a relief of a dragon and a phoenix, just in case there’s a wedding banquet happening. The table soon fills with diaphanous dumplings and delicate steamed desserts. She asks, how is the food? She asks him why does he look so excited? He answers, I just love Chinese restaurants. The noise, the food, the motley crew of people. He is having a great time.

By the time they leave the restaurant, hours have passed. The girl asks what should they do now? The boy is elated. He thought the date was over after the check was settled. He suggests shopping, and she suggests hot chocolate. They agree on Old Town Pasadena.

That was the character development.

They sit at a local coffee shop, sipping hot chocolate, people watching. They go shopping, and the girl comes shows him the outfits she picked out. It was the first time she wants the boy’s opinion about her outfits. The boy feels very good indeed.

Afterwards, they see a fortuneteller on the street corner near her house. Intrigued, they pay her a visit. A white lady who goes by the name of Mrs. Lin answers the door. The boy and the girl enters Mrs. Lin’s ostentatiously decorated house.

That would be the beginning of the plot twist. And the rest of the day has nowhere else to go but down.

Much later that night, the girl tells the boy, I’m glad you were here today. The boy smiles and the smile only get wider as he gets closer to home.

That, would be the resolution.