Tiffany Story – Falling in Love
It is really an awful day for Ben. He is too tired to even curse the terrible day. Ben is a lawyer in a law office named Justice. There is an important court hearing in the afternoon. However, his Volvo conks out at the highway and thus he gets late for the count. And bad things never come alone. After apologizing for his late to the judge, Ben searches his briefcase for a piece of essential material that he intends to show in the count while in vain. The fact is Ben forgets the file in his office. Due to Ben’s carelessness, the judge angrily ends the count and decides to open it in another day.
Ben goes out the count with his heart down and calls a cab. When he gets home, he finds that there is nobody home. The two sons have arrived hone yet. His wife, who intends to cook in the kitchen, is not there either. Feeling so tired and lonely in the empty house, Ben lies on the sofa and goes into a nap. It is a quite long and sound nap while a sudden phone call breaks the quiet of the house. Ben picks up the phone that from his wife Joanna who is now sitting in a French restaurant with fury. The phone call reminds Ben that today is their wedding anniversary and he is late for the dinner for about an hour. Ben runs out home and takes a cab to the restaurant. However, he does not prepare a gift for Joanna.
On the cab Ben called to the French restaurant La seine, Ben thinks about a justified excuse that can make Joanna less angry. But, no matter what will he explain, the least thing he want to say is the terrible things happen to him for the whole day. Once he goes into the restaurant, he sees Joanna in excellent red dress, seating on the seat that they engaged. And in front of Joanna, there is a delicate box on the table. Ben slowly goes to Joanna and tries to comfort her by tapping her shoulder. However, what’s out of Ben’s expectation is that Joanna cries out in the quiet restaurant when Ben tries to touch her. Seconds later, she runs out of the restaurant, leaving Ben stands still there. Instead of running after Joanna, Ben sits down and opens the box Joanna left on the table. He opens it, and in the box, there is a pair of cuff button form Tiffany. Ben looks at the cuff button and falls into the memory.
