The moment she was pushed inside Paixao, she dropped her new journal and her parasol. Furious, she picked both items up and glanced back at the man at the gate. What the hell did he do that for? She thought, angry. I had no intention of coming in here. Jerk.

She was about to go back and try and tell the man that she did not want to go in (and use her charisma to get him to apologise). However, her attention was caught by the voice of the young girl who came up to her.

She looked up and saw a red-haired girl in her teens in some really...ridiculous-looking dress. She also seemed to be quite polite and friendly, which made Dahlia feel slightly sick. Dahlia never liked nice and cheerful people - they were irritating and stupid. However, if the girl was willing to help then maybe older redhead could take advantage of that.

"Oh, um...thank you very much," she replied, pretending to be horrified. "I didn't want to come in here but that horrible man pushed me!"