Olivia leaves the art club with tears in her eyes, she wonders how she is going to explain to her parents that she would only be able to take care of Daniel's medicals for two days before the hospital sends them away again. She is deeply lost in thought that she almost steps into a ditch but a car horns loudly behind her making her collect herself together,regaining her composure
"Hey little girl"
She looks and sees that there is a black SUV parked by her side, she recognizes the man that called out to her as the one that kept on staring at her back at the club. She moves closer to the car "Can I help you with something?" The man steps out of the car. He is dressed in a well tailored and ironed suit, she wonders why a man like this would be in such a neighborhood.
"I am Ignacio Castillo" he says as he extends his hands for her to shake, she ignores the gesture
"Can I help you?" She asks again
"I see you have no manners. Do you know nothing about respect?"
"Not to strangers, no"
"I guess we have to fix that. As I said my name is Ignacio Castillo, you have probably heard of me"
"No, your name doesn't ring a bell"
"I see, well I will cut to the chase, I am a multibillionaire who owns several companies and assets…"
"So what is a multibillionaire like yourself doing at a neighborhood like this?" She asks cutting him off
"First of all, I don't like being interrupted" he says looking her squarely so that she would know that she is serious. Olivia gets scared for a moment but realizes that they are in public and nothing can happen to her here.
"I am sorry about that, carry on" she says
"I am looking to purchase the art club you apparently work at"
"Ohh"
"Yes, but I got mesmerized by your beauty when I saw you working on stage"
She mutters under her breath "what a pervert"
"What?"
"Nothing"
"Okay, so as I was saying, I would like to get to know you and eventually get married to you"
She laughs so hard, tears begin to cluster in your eyes, she wipes them off and eyes him.
"Did I say something funny?"
"Oh, yes. You are a fucking comedian. Are you insane? You barely know me and I will never get married to you"
"Because you don't know me?" He asks
"No, because you are twenty or more years older than me, old enough to be my father and you just met me"
Ignacio laughs and shakes his head
"Oh, little girl" he chuckles
"What are you laughing about?"
"You are very tenacious. Most women would be begging to be where you are now, standing and talking to Ignacio Castillo"
She looks at him, annoyed at the way he addresses himself in third person
"Well, I am not them, never will be"
"Oh, but you will be, very soon"
"What are you talking about?"
"If you can't tell already, I am a very powerful man and what Ignacio Castillo wants, Ignacio Castillo gets"
"I don't care who you are, you can't just waltz into my life and claim me"
"Oh, but I can"
He enters into his car before she could say another word
"Olivia Reynolds, we'll meet again" and he zooms off.
Olivia looks at the car at a distance confused by what just happened.
"I must be dreaming because what the fuck just happened?"
She checks her wristwatch and realizes she has about twenty minutes before the bus leaves the station, she begins to run as she can't afford any extra expenses if the bus leaves her. She gets there with about five minutes to spare, buys her ticket and takes her sit. A young ma, dressed in casual clothes sits beside her, she looks at him and wonders why he is wearing sunglasses at night inside a bus, he notice her staring
"They are medicated glasses"
"I did not say anything"
"I know, your eyes did"
"I am sorry, I did not mean to stare"
"No, it is fine. My name is Derek" he says extending his hand for a shake, she shakes it, smiling.
"I'm Olivia"
"Well, nice to meet you Olivia"
"Same here"
They smile at each other and make small talk until she gets to her destination.
"This is my stop"
"Oh, okay. It was nice to meet you again Olivia"
"Same here"
She alights from the bus and walks to her gate, smiling thinking how cute he is when she realizes she forgot to ask for his number.
"Fuck, I probably would never see him again" and steps into her house.
Olivia had left the art club quite early, she had taken special permission from Stella to go see her brother in the hospital, Stella had kept on saying
"Olivia, you know how we run things here, you can't just decide when to leave and when to stay. I have told you countless times, I don't mix my personal life with business. This is going to be the first and last time I would let you do this"
"Yeah, I know. This is an emergency. You know I won't ask if it was not important"
"Yeah yeah, whatever. You may go. Just know you are working throughout next week to make up for time lost today"
"No problem. I will, thank you" she says and leaves the office.
The doctor had told her, Daniel was not doing too well since they were not consistent with the chemotherapy treatment
"I know it is hard for you and your parents but you need to do something about it real fast or else Daniel would be in really grave danger"
"I know Doctor, we are trying our best. I have deposited the money for two days, just work with that for now, I'll get something before then"
The Doctor nods and leaves. Daniel reached out for her hand as he lays on the bed,
"Thank you Ollie"
"It is fine, don't talk, try and conserve as much energy as you can get"
Daniel nods and falls back to sleep. She carefully packs her things and heads home.
She gets to the front of her house and observes a car parked opposite her house. She realizes it is Ignacio Castillo car and wonders what the hell this man was doing in her neighborhood, she rushes into her house and her fears are confirmed, she sees Ignacio having tea with her parents.
"Oh, darling, come sit" her father signals for her to sit down"
She sits down angrily, shooting daggers at Ignacio with her eyes.
"What are you doing here?" She asks him
He smiles but completely ignores her
"I would be taking my leave now, Mr and Mrs Reynolds. Please I would be expecting a positive answer as regards to my request"
"Oh, most certainly" her mom says
"I will walk you to the door" Mr Reynolds says as he stands and escorts him outside.
"What the fuck is going on here?" Olivia screams
"Young lady, language" her mom says, looking at her sternly.
Her father enters and sits down, he switches off the tv and looks at her.
"How is your brother doing?"
"Not so good but I have handled the treatment for another two days"
"Okay. Mr Ignacio has decided to have your brother flown out of the country to get better medical treatment"
"Isn't that great, Ollie?" Her mother asks, looking excited
"I guess so"
"All you have to do is get married to him and be by his side as his wife"
"What?"