All other items were sold, soon the auction came to an end, with guest leaving the avenue. I came out of the auction room, and had to wait a minute for lily to get whatever she forgot inside.
Fidgeting with my phone in annoyance it fell off my hands, I picked it up, just then I caught a glimpse of lily's dress, she was going through a door. I rushed over to her but as soon as i caught up to her, I missed a footing and accidental fell on something. I knew it wasn't just anything, because I could hear gasped of everyone present in the hall.
"Isn't that the emerge painting that was just sold" even if not clearly, I could still hear what they were saying. 'What did I just hear, Emerge painting? Wait, I'm I hearing well or is there some other accident?' I thought, more of a scream in my head. I stood up with the help of lily. I then turned to look at what I fell on, well, lo and behold I fell right unto the Emerge painting.
'Oh no! This is bad.' My inner mind screamed at me. I held onto lily for stability I knew that if I let go of her I would definitely panic. Stating at everyone hateful gaze, some thought I did it on purpose, I whispered into lily's ear"Lily, what do I do now?"
"We would go straight to the owner, and compensate him for it" she adviced. "Are you kidding me!" I exclaimed, but just for her to hear me. "I don't have a billion dollar, lying around in my bank account, do I?" I asked in gritted teeth.
'Oh no no no no!" I exclaimed, as I saw a raging man striding towards me and lily. "Do you think that the owner of the painting?." Lily pinched me back to reality, as she noticed I didn't hear her. "Ouch! What was that for?" I turned to face her.
"Ohhhh!!' The person beside the raging man ( liam ) exclaimed. "What the fuck happened here?" The friend questioned the courier men, who were standing beside the broken painting. I could see the owner eyes turn red from anger. I knew he was the owner, coz no one would get so angry over another persons item.
The courier guy explained what happened, but the other guy with the angry face, wanted to see the CCTV, to know if it was a deliberate act or an accident.
"You see, I slipped." I said in joy, as the CCTV has just saved me, but what I didn't know was that it never did. "This way ma'am." one of the body guard lead us into an empty hall.
"I didn't mean to destroy that painting, it was an accident but I'm willing to compensate you with anything that you ask." I said with, remorse by action. 'Where do I amount such amount to give?' I thought.
"Did you say compensate?. The angry fellow, stood up from where he was sitting, while walking towards me.
"Yes I did." I said with a straight face and without stepping back, heavens know I was shaking in my heart, he looked so angry, if only looks could kill I would have been dissected into multiple parts.
He strodes towards me in slow steps as he spoke, I noticed ta burn scar on his left wrist which became clearer the more he came close.I didn't care to listen to what he was saying, my attention was focused on his wrist.
"Hey, are you listening at all." he yelled at me, which jolted back to reality. I could see lily giving me a puzzled look.
"It was you! It was you" I said in realization. "You must be a very dense human being" he cursed at me. "Alexander Sage Grey." I called out, i could see that he and his friend were taking aback by me calling his full name.
"Are you stalking me" he asked with crease brow. "No and yes" I replied. "You bastard. You want compensation, while don't you compensate those you ruined their lives." I yelled in anger. "What the fuck are you talking about." I heard him say in confusion.
"What are you talking about?" Lily whispered into my ears. I explained to her everything that transpired in one breathe, as I was now very angry
"You mean he is the one?" Lily asked me in a whisper, I could see he anger raising. I nodded in affirmation. "Mister we are so sorry for what happened, accept our deepest apologies" lily apologized on my behalf. I dropped my business card with them so as they would contact me for the compensation, before leaving.
"I told you I didn't want to come for this auction, now you see what has happened!." I told her. "I'm sorry, how would I predict that you would destroy a billion dollar painting?" She teased. "It isn't funny, lily" I turned my face out to the window. "C'mon, stop sulking. You and I know we can get a billion dollar but it wouldn't be easy though" she looked at me with hopes fulfilled in her eyes. I rolled my eyes at her, I know it was a smart but dangerous idea she would com up with. "Let me hear your ideas?".
She giggled like a child before staring them. "We could fake a kidnap, where I kidnap you and hold you for a ransom while your father pays 1 billion dollar. It's that simple, I know your father loves you so much to leave you to Dir in the hands of a kidnapper." I stared at her for a while not knowing what to say to her. "I wouldn't want yo be the cause of his death." I told her, we both laughed at the other silly suggestion which was never going to work.
Back home, I had Mrs mercy prepare the guest room for lily, but knowing the kind of person lily is I had to make extra arrangement for her in my room, which turned out to be of good help. Lily was always scared of the dark and would always want someone to stay with her in her room till she falls asleep, but since I was her best friend, and I also have a spacious room, she found a comfortable spot in my bed where she layed and snuggled me in her sleep. I smilled to myself, seeing her sleep like a baby 'she just doesn't change'.