The lost child

Weird

"Ma'am please how is my friend, will she be okay? " Olivia heard a distant voice asked eagerly.

"She'll be fine...she just hit her head hard somewhere... " The nurse muttered and left.

Wait? I just hit my head hard somewhere?? crap I didn't!!

Olivia thought and frowned.

She opened her eyes, slowly and saw Charlotte sitting down beside her, her eyes were red and puffy.

"Char...lotte?" Olivia called, slowly.

"Olivia? oh my God, what happened to you? did you fell down or someone bullied you? " Charlotte asked, worriedly.

Olivia smiled sadly and lowered her head,

"I...i can't remember... " She muttered, softly.

Charlotte furrowed her brow, confused,

"Are you sure you're okay? what is... "

"Olivia, crap! what happened to you? " Adrian who had just ran in cuts Charlotte off with a puzzled look.

Charlotte frowned and hissed out loud, she stood up and folded her arms under her boobs,

"Like seriously?! when the f**k did you start caring about Olivia huh? she is like this because of

your shitty A4 group! please kindly leave! " Charlotte snapped, rudely at Adrian.

Adrian only glared at Charlotte and Olivia without uttering a word,

"Olivia... he's my friend...sorry I forgot to tell you" Olivia muttered, calmly.

"You've heard from her South African girl, we're friends and I mean no harm" Adrian uttered coolly with a small smile.

Charlotte scoffed and stumped her feet angrily on the ground.

"FYI boy, my name's not South African girl...it's Charlotte! " Charlotte warned and sat down.

"Geez, you have quite a temper" Adrian murmured and sat down beside Olivia.

"How are you feeling now, do you feel pains anywhere? " Adrian asked, softly.

Olivia shook her head, signifying no.

"What really happened? " Adrian asked, seriously.

Olivia bit down on her lip,

"It... it was nothing, I don't really remember but I think I just fell down" Olivia stated, slowly.

"Are you really sure? it seemed unreal " Adrian retorted, suspiciously as he took Olivia's hand into his,

Charlotte studied Olivia's facial expression and rolled her eyes, of course she knew that Olivia was lying.

The door jerked open and Alex strolled in with a cold look on as he went through his phone.

Olivia lowered her head,

"Oh? Alex you're here, is it time? " Adrian asked, calmly.

"Hmm" Alex hummed and turned to stroll out of the ward but paused when his eyes met with something,

Adrian held Olivia's palm as though her palm was a gem,

he felt anger and jealousy rose up inside him and he wondered why, he scoffed and finally left the ward.

Charlotte who had been holding her breathe since quickly struggled to catch her breathe,

Olivia continued staring at the closed door, sadly but she was surprised to see that he was wearing the blue bracelet!

Adrian chuckled and roughed her hair,

"Surprised? you'll reward me because giving him the bracelet wasn't easy" Adrian whined with a cute smile.

He stood up and straightened his clothes,

"Get well soon and I'll come visit when am chanced" Adrian muttered and left.

Charlotte hissed and glared Olivia, eagerly for explanation.

"It's a long story Charlotte " Olivia muttered, tiredly.

"No! I want the details now, cut it short! can't you see am dying of curiosity " Charlotte snapped.

"Fine... he just came to me one day and told me that he wants to be friends with me, at first I was scared but then I had to accept, he's really nice and kind" Olivia uttered with a small smile.

"Come on girly don't tell me you're trying to use him to get close to Alex, it will be really bad! " Charlotte stated, seriously.

"Geez that's not what am doing but all I know is that if am close to Adrian, I'll also be close to Alex " Olivia mumbled and smiled, sweetly.

Charlotte rolled her eyes,

"Happy now that your crush is putting on something that belongs to you" Charlotte retorted lazily.

Olivia giggled.

"So tell me...what about your mom? dad? brother? and sister? " Charlotte asked, coolly but Olivia's facial expression changed to a sad one.

"Oh... sorry if I just intruded...i–"

"It's okay... I just... it's okay " Olivia cuts Charlotte off, calmly.

"I don't have a brother, sister and I don't know anything about my dad.... I have only a mom... " Olivia muttered, sadly.

Charlotte felt her heart ached for her,

"Have you ever seen or heard anything about your dad before?" Charlotte asked, interested.

Olivia shook her head sadly.

"Mom refused to tell me, whenever I ask her, she would always yell at me, flare up or answer me with silence " Olivia mumbled, sadly.

"What about when you were small, were you able to see him? "Charlotte asked, eagerly.

"No...i can't even recall anything..." Olivia said lowly.

"But I still pray that she would open up to me some day " Olivia uttered with a sad smile.

Charlotte caressed Olivia's cheek,

"You know I've always hated myself for coming into this world being a black... " Charlotte muttered and scoffed.

Olivia gazed at her surprised,

"Why? but there's a saying, black is beautiful " Olivia uttered, softly.

Charlotte smiled, faintly.

"Yes I know....but I was adopted when I was ten, I had nowhere to go, I would always feed on

trashes, condemned foods which are meant for animals, I think I was abandoned maybe because my

parents didn't like that fact that I was a black that was why they threw me away... " Charlotte uttered and smiled bitterly.

"I have always tried to encourage myself that they would come back to look for me someday but am twenty now and I still haven't

seen them...but now I've grown to love my new family at least they took care of me, tend to my needs and treated me with love.

Even if my real parents comes back for me, I won't go back to them, instead I'll stay with my new family. " Charlotte uttered, sadly as tears rolled down her cheek.

Olivia pulled her into a hug as she felt her heart ached for her, Charlotte is really a strong girl.

"How are your new family, do they all love you?" Olivia asked, softly.

Charlotte disengaged the hug and wiped her tears,

"I wish so....her name's Violetta Armstrong, she's really a kind and caring woman even her husband

Michael Armstrong, they love and cherish me like their own child.... but... " Charlotte said and paused.

"What? " Olivia asked.

Charlotte laughed, sarcastically.

"I thought everything was okay not until the day her son Vince came back from the state to visit his parents, he was so angry and

told my parents to send me away that I was already a grown up lady and I could take care of myself but they refused, he grew angry and

when his parents weren't around, he came to me and warned him to stay far away from him and his parents and called me a black

monkey, that he hates blacks with passion. he even stopped staying with his parents because of me, I

wanted to leave but his parents never allowed me, they said that they were okay with it." Charlotte muttered and chuckled, bitterly.

"He's really a racist! how could he call you a black monkey?" Olivia murmured.

"I hated myself because of him, I wanted to opt for a surgery but his parents warned me not to, that he would accept me as his sister someday " Charlotte muttered and shut her eyes.

Olivia frowned and itched her nape, confused.

"Why will you change yourself because of him, I mean he's not even your blood brother, you could've just moved on with your life after all he's staying somewhere far away and not with you....except you're.... " Olivia uttered and paused.

Charlotte sniffed and answered Olivia,

"You're right, am in love with him... I've been in love with him since the first time I was adopted into that family, he's caring, kind, handsome, responsible...he's a

man with big dreams, visions and goals...but too bad he doesn't love me nor like me... he hates me with passion" Charlotte muttered with a bitter smile.

Olivia pats her back, trying to calm her down,

"But am happy, scared and nervous at the same time, he'll be coming back this weekend to stay with his parents" Charlotte uttered and smiled.

"Then if he's coming back make him fall madly in love with you so he won't ever think of leaving

because you will be the only thing on his mind. " Olivia uttered, happily.

Charlotte smiled and itched her nape, shyly

"I don't really know how to do such but I'll try my best " Charlotte uttered, shyly.

"What made you wear a blonde wig and glasses, you look like a nerd! " Charlotte stared, coolly.

Olivia smiled awkwardly,

"My mom wants me to wear them... I don't know why " Olivia muttered.

"Your mom's weird... but I hope Adrian doesn't have any ill intention towards you, I just feel that we shouldn't trust him" Charlotte uttered, seriously.

"Don't say that Charlotte, he has good intentions " Olivia said, coolly.

Charlotte raised her hands up in surrender, she took her phone and scrolled through it,

"This is Vince, he's cute right? " Charlotte uttered, shyly as she showed Olivia her phone,

Olivia felt a longing feeling and felt her heartbeat increased when she saw the picture, he had a short black, shiny hair which

covered one of his eye, his lips was pink and plump, he had muscles and abs! he was kinda familiar but she couldn't remember where she saw him.

"Yup he's cute but not cuter than my Alex! " Olivia said and giggled.

"Yah!..don't you dare compare him to Alex, Vince is the most cutest of them all! " Charlotte snapped, childishly.

"It's Alex....! " Olivia uttered and rolled her eyes.. .....

"You're filled up with energy today, what's the secret? " Lucas the bartender retorted to Olivia coolly..

Olivia smiled but didn't answer him, she took her note pad and strolled to some highschool students,

"Whoah, this one's hot! " One of them muttered and whistled.

"Her curves are in the right places unlike some which are in the wrong places " Another said and chuckled.

"Good day sir's, what's your order? " Olivia asked, professionally.

"How about if we want you, you know you got a nice butt, I would love to have a taste" One of them

uttered, seductively and tried to touch Olivia but she took a step back with a frown.

"Please if you guys aren't ready to order i'll find my way to another table" Olivia retorted, politely.

"Give us vodka" One of them uttered, coolly.

Olivia rolled her eyes and went to get their order,

"The b***h is a tough one " Another uttered and chuckled.

All these while, a pair of icy blue eyes was watching her from the VIP area which was upstairs,

Good day ma'am and sir what's your order? " Olivia asked, politely without sparing the new

customers a glance as she prepared to write down their orders.

Seeing that they weren't answering her, she raised her head up and flinched when she saw the way the lady was

staring at her, the guy beside the lady was glaring at her coldly.

Olivia smiled, politely

"Sorry.. is there any problem?" Olivia asked, calmly...

"Am sorry... am just thinking about something... am Violetta and you? " Violetta asked, softly.

Olivia pushed some strands of her dirty blonde hair which fell on her face,

"Am Olivia, you look so pretty ma'am...you and your husband look so good together " Olivia

muttered with a small smile and saw how the guy seated beside the lady stiffened and coughed, awkwardly.

Olivia furrowed her brow, confused.

Violetta chuckled, embarrassed.

"Child this is my son Vince not my husband" Violetta muttered, softly.

Olivia smiled and soon her smile faded when a thought hits her hard,

How could she forget this Vince guy, he's Charlotte's crush and this lady here is Charlotte's mom.

"Hi Vince nice to meet you" Olivia waved at him and he only gave her a small nod.

"Get my mom whiskey and get me water" Vince muttered coldly.

Olivia smiled at Violetta before walking off to get their orders.

Violetta rubbed her forehead tiredly,

"She looks somehow familiar and seem so friendly, I wish I could get to talk to her again " Violetta muttered with a pout.

After serving all the customers, olivia sat down on a stool as she sang, softly to herself.

She suddenly felt as though someone was watching her, she glanced around the bar till her

eyes landed on a pair of ocean blue eyes which where staring immensely at her, she sat down frozen on the stool as they both held each others gaze,

It was Alex Donovan but wait? what was he doing in a place like this and why was he here?

He continued glaring at her as he sipped from his wine, gently.

A man in black who looks like his bodyguard whispered something in his ear,

Alex shook his head and dismissed his guard,

Olivia continued gazing at him

and saw him turned to leave, he glared at her one more time and released a faint smirk before scurrying off.

Olivia continued staring at the spot he stood minute ago with a small smile,

"Blonde baby, take this to that table over there " Lucas uttered, lazily pulling Olivia out of her reverie.

Olivia took it, slowly and left.

Soon it was eight o'clock, Olivia quickly went into the changing

room and changed into her school uniform so her mom wouldn't find out that she's working.

She closed late because work was much today and they had so many customers, one of the

waitress had pleaded to her to stay because she needed a helping hand.

"Here is your pay and that's an extra 1000 dollars for lending me a helping hand" The waitress known as Ava uttered, happily.

Olivia bowed, slightly.

"Thank you so much" Olivia muttered and took the money, she counted it and shoved it inside her school bag.

"Go now before it gets too late, the road is not safe anymore " Ava retorted and went in.

Olivia smiled as she hit the road with her legs, she knows that her mom might be looking for her, she doesn't even know what she would tell her mom..

Olivia halted her steps when she felt like someone was following her, she strained her head to see if she would see anyone but saw nothing.

"Aish am I going insane? " Olivia murmured to herself and continued walking.

She felt someone running towards her with speed, before she would turn to see who it was,

a big and rough hand covered her mouth, she gazed at the intruder and saw that it was a scary looking man.

"She was right you're really a fresh meal" He muttered with a sexy smile showing off his yellow teeth.

Olivia struggled against him, but he was too strong, she gave him a hard kick on his private part,

He roared and bit her hard on her hand, Olivia shrieked in pain.

He pushed her down on the floor and tried to unhook his belt so he would f**k her right there,

"Stay still you little b***h! " He snapped angrily.

Olivia sobbed as she prayed for God to send a helper to her, it felt as though it was planned because the road was quiet and dark, no being was seen around there,

"Help please!! " Olivia managed to scream, he tried to take off her shirt but she bit down hard on his

hand, he screamed in pain and stood up from her, Olivia used that opportunity to run away.

"You b***h!! " He roared and chased after her.

Olivia continued running and saw a black sedan parked by the side of the road, the glasses were tinted.

Without caring who was inside the car, Olivia rushed towards it and banged on the tinted glass, helplessly.

"Please help me!! help me please! " Olivia sobbed and kept on hitting the glass, seeing that the man was almost close to her,

her sobs grew louder as she banged hard at the window,

The door flew open, a hand pulled her in and the door was shut, Olivia's head hit the person's chest, hard and the person's hand was wrapped, tightly around her waist.

Olivia felt the strong scent of vanilla mixed with rose perfume hit her nostrils hard,

She froze when she had a slight idea of who it was, even if she was in her deathbed she would still know that he's the one.

she raised her head up and met with those pair of ocean blue eyes which could melt one's soul. . . . .. .