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Ian knocked on the door that he had been wanting to knock on for some days.
He was tapping his foot on the ground as he nervously anticipated what was on the other end of the door. It was an apartment. It was not even a rich building but it was something that could be afforded for a person who'd have a little below an average income.
The outside walls were painted white.
Suddenly, Ian's loud thoughts came to an end when the door opened, and a lady who looked to be in her 40s appeared in front of him.
"Mr. Ian Renner?" She asked right away as she realized the young man in front of her.
"Oh, yes. Can I come in?" Ian asked back and the lady nodded immediately letting the young man walk in.
"I hadn't expected the interior to be this good when I first heard from Valerine. But, I think this is comfortable and pretty safe to stay right?" He asked the maid as he took a seat on the comfortable couch that was placed in the living room.
The house which he had visited was introduced to Sarah by Valerine. After Ian let Valerine take care of Sarah, on the condition of never letting Sarah come in contact with Ian.
But after seeing Lilian and coming in contact with the little kid, Ian himself felt like he wanted to associate with Lilian while she grows up.
"That's so true. Sarah is not a bad mother. I witnessed how hard she tries for Lilian within these two days. And this place is something that they could not be able to find if it wasn't for your help, she wouldn't have been able to find this place," the maid who smiled with her wrinkly face admitted.
"Don't mention it-"
"You have a big heart, Ian. You're doing something that any other human could never do, not even think to do. After everything you went through, this is… pure gold," the lady said while her eyes glistened in respect she kept for Ian.
"Eh, how can you even just walk away after getting into something like this? How is Lilian? Can I see her?" Ian asked as he got comfortable where he sat.
"Oh yeah, let me bring her. I'm sorry I just started talking without doing what I was supposed to," she said and hurried her way to bring Lilian.
After Sarah had gotten the job, without waiting further under Valerine's instructions she had taken a maid to take care of little Lilian.
"Here…" She said while bringing the little Lilian in her hands as Lilian giggled while being in her arms.
"Come… Here…." Ian said as he took the kid from her hands.
Lilian was—a piece of work. This was the first time that Ian had gotten a closer look at Lilian, and as soon as he saw her closer, he noticed how cute the little being was, and it warmed his heart.
"Am I even holding her correctly?" Ian asked as he tried his best not to crush the baby.
Ian wasn't a slender man. By his strength, it was a given that he possibly could crush the little girl, which he tried his best not to.
"Yeah, I still need to do the dishes before Sarah gets here, so, do you think you would be able to manage?" the lady asked and Ian nodded.
Ian's lips were tight closed as he took the little girl and rocked back and forth. Surprisingly, even Lilian wasn't scared of Ian anymore.
"Who is the good girl?"
"Who is the cutest?"
"Who is the cutest baby?"
Ian made funny faces which made the little girl laugh even harder. He tickled her softly and kept her on the ground.
Lilian stood weakly from her wobbly feet, but her tiny hands were clasped to Ian's as they both were laughing at how she was trying her best to walk.
Ian was laughing at how cute the entire scene was, and Lilian was simply loving the interaction she was having with the stranger.
After almost half an hour, the lady who cleaned the entire apartment floor walked back in, while drying her hands with a white towel.
"I was expecting Lilian to cry after a while, but the sound never came. Glad to know she is comfortable around you," the lady said and walked closer to take Lilian away.
"Yeah, I'm surprised too," Ian said as she got closer.
The lady then tried to take Lilian away, but this time Lilian cried louder than ever not wanting to get away from Ian's warm hands.
"Shhhh…. Shhhh… It's okay… It's okay, Lilian," Ian took the little girl back and started rocking back and forth while still she was in his arms.
"Wow… this is going to be harder than I thought now," the lady said while her eyebrows raised to reach her hairline almost. "Can I ask something out of curiosity?" the lady asked after a while, seeing how they blended so well.
"Yeah, ask please," Ian replied and looked at her.
"Why did you want to meet Lilian? Even after all of this?" she asked the question that bugged her ever since Sarah claimed that Ian would be coming around quite often to see and play with Lilian.
Ian smiled at the question.
-
After the interaction with Lilian in the entire morning, Ian headed back to his office knowing he still has a shit ton of work to do.
"You met Lilian?" Mason asked as soon as Ian walked inside the office.
The old man was standing in the lobby area of the office floor, and it took Ian by surprise as Mason normally is not the type to hang out in the lobby area.
"Yeah, I did actually."
"So, how is she doing?" Mason asked and followed Ian.
They both walked inside Ian's office, and Mason sat right in front of Ian.
"She's doing a lot better. I think what we did is for the best. Sarah would have a happy life, and so would Lilian. It's nice to know that the kid's life wouldn't be in vain or something. So, how is everything going?" Ian asked while texting Murphy.
[Send me my usual coffee, please. Thanks]
M: Ok sir.
"I'm in the arranging process of buying shares from three media channels. I have a meeting scheduled tomorrow with the top board of Nwitter. It wouldn't take long, but in no time, we'd be settled with it. And I wanted to say that, that was a really good step."
"Yeah, I know. I bet things would happen all in good time, so we've got nothing to worry about. I also have another movie idea in mind, I'd like to run it by you," Ian said and was interrupted by the knock at the glass door.
"Come in Murphy!" Ian shouted enough for Murphy to hear.
"Murphy brought coffee. Can you read his mind or what?" Mason asked back which made Murphy smile.
"I asked for it, I texted him as soon as I got here. Whew, going without coffee can be a tough task and a challenge. Maybe I'll challenge myself someday to go a day without coffee," Ian said and he took a sip from the burning coffee.
"So, what is the idea about?" Mason asked while ignoring the childish side of Ian.
Murphy walked away silently and closed the door behind him.
"Well, it is another romantic comedy."
"Oh," Mason said looking rather disappointed.
"What's with the reaction uncle?" Ian asked while giving a funny look.
"I was expecting something from a different genre. Like, maybe horror, thriller, or something opposite of what we did?" Mason asked back.
"All in good time, hopefully. But listen to this… This movie is going to be about… anti-authority. I know what you might be thinking, but that's not it. This is going to be about a certain character who has an uncanny skill at cutting classes and getting away with it," Ian said and took another sip from his coffee.
"That sounds pretty interesting. High school boy?"
"Yeah, yes. Exactly. So, he somehow ends up ditching school once again, and would take a pretty notorious journey across Chicago, which would end up him having pretty cool experiences with his girlfriend and best friend, outwitting the principal," Ian said and smiled with a shrug.
"Something easy and natural, I think I like the idea. You're going to start writing the script right away?" Mason asked.
"I've to do some research, but after that, I think I will."
-
The night approached as Ian was still scrolling through the internet.
Although every time he started going through social media he reminds himself that he shouldn't visit social media again, he ends up doing it and enjoying what people keep talking about Ian and his works.
It was a fun pastime for him to be honest.
Keeping the phone away, he grabbed the laptop which lay miserable on the edge of the bed, opened his usual tab which he always used to write scripts, and started typing.
'If you feel like you can't work, just start and see how it goes', Ian told to himself as he wrote the title of the movie.
MOVIE TITLE: FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF.