25 Driven Mad (1/2)
Weeks had come in gone in a blink of eye and Olivia made no progress in her efforts in trying to figure Agni Masama out.She spent more time with the Masamas then her own family and the only thing she could find out was that Agni Masama was a good mother.
The women was amazing she had her own jewelry empire that ranged from fashion accessories to high end jewels, gems and diamonds.She personally went to inspect mining operations, visited each of her boutiques regularly and still had time to act as a CEO at her own head office.
Olivia could not believe the stamina of this woman!She wondered if she slept at all with the pace she had been going.Her guess was maybe three hours of sleep every night, yet her face never showed the fatigue one would have when running on fumes.
Agni even had time to go to Olivia's house every Thursday night for a family dinner with her and her father.So the only thing she could think of doing was asking the twins what they thought of their mother.She wanted to believe in her friend and make sure that her father was not making a big mistake.
Olivia needed hard evidence before she could even tell her father anything, feelings alone could easily be brushed off as jealousy.She wished she could use Edmond for this task but he 'belonged' to the head of the Steel family what could she do?Especially if her father caught wind of what she was doing, the disappointment that he would have in her would be devastating.
She needed an excuse to ask out the twins but every time she wanted to hangout with them their mother always came along.It seemed that the Masamas were a set deal, even if you asked out one person for some reason the whole family had to come and do the activity.She pondered for a few moments when it finally hit her!
The debutante!The event that all the eligible nobles, socialites, heirs and heiresses would gather and appear before the public as the new faces of the adult world.The event was to be held the first weekend of August and she was sure this would probably be the only time she could pull aside at least Laila and ask her what her mother was like.
Summer vacation was going to start soon and she was relieved to be away from the attention she was getting from her class mates and the boys, namely Eli and Porter.She had gotten used to their open displays of affection and had developed a poker face to combat with their 'playful' personalities.
As they sat under their favorite tree for their last lunch of the school year, they started asking one another of their plans for the summer.It seemed everyone was going to be busy with their family businesses, going into camps or just vacationing in other countries.Olivia felt a little lonely knowing that she was not really doing much but scrubbing toilets to earn money.
Once the bell rang to call everyone back to the Academy, Olivia tried to do her best to get through the day with a smile on her face.
It was the end of the day and people were rushing to get home to start their summer vacation.Autumn and Blair had planned a date with their boyfriends, so they gave their farewell gus to each other and promised to saty in touch over the summer.Olivia wasn't in the mood to actually go home right away so when she had seen her friends disappear from sight she quickly pulled out her phone and called her driver to cancel her pick up.
Once she confirm that the driver was no longer coming, she started to walk.She wasn't sure what her destination was but she let her feet take her where ever they wanted to go.It had seemed that Olivia had been walking for a couple of hours stopping ever once in a while to try some street food and treats.She did some window shopping and stopped at a book store to see if anything new had come out.
She decided that she wanted to make her final stop of the day at Cherry Coeden Park.Olivia felt at ease here, despite some awkward and sweet memories, she still wanted to sit within the cherry tree forest.Even though the cherry blossoms were now long gone and all that stood there were big, green trees with cherries ripening within its branches.
Olivia gave a big sigh as she sat down on the bench that she first laid eyes on Eli.She leaned her head back and closed her eyes as she hugged her bag to her chest.It felt like it was so long ago and so many things happened from then till now.She was left with so much confusion on where she stood with Eli and what everything meant to her.
She didn't want her friends to know that she was noticing the small changes in her.From what she had gathered from her talk with Blair and Autumn about their realizations of love, she wondered if she was actually falling for Eli.
Nothing was wrong with her medically, but her heart did pound against her chest every time he was alone with him.She cried when she thought he had someone else, she became dazed when ever he flashed her the tiniest of smiles and worst of all she could stop thinking of him!
She groaned loudly, not wanting to admit anything to herself.She had to much on her plate now and trying to figure out anything that had to do with Eli was a headache she could do without. Suddenly a husky voice whispered into her ear ”You ok?”.
Olivia's eyes shot open and she jumped to her feet.She slowly turned as she faced Eli.He was happily leaning on the top of the bench while his eyes watched her in complete amusement.”I'm ok...” she muttered as she took a few side steps.”You don't seem ok, you were just groaning about something.”