As life goes on, the world keeps spinning like nothing happened. Scars always remain, but Olivine will never be the same. She decided to continue working back at the Collectors Gallery, even if she's missing one person who used to work before. Every corner, she took a glance; her eyes always seeking her. Every high heel she heard passing by, she checked if she's Katarina's.
Longing for someone is Olivine's lifeline, like she did for her late wife. Every day she kept convicting herself; her absence is proof that she will never came back. Her brain is trying to understand, convincing herself rather denying the fact she's already gone.
This time is different; her heart skipped it's beat knowing the person is she's alive and recovering. Olivine is patiently waiting, knowing shes in a place that is safe and will be back one day soon.
Deep inside, she always wanted her to see her every day but couldn't. The space she's given and time to rest are what Katarina needs the most; she doesn't want to be suffocated or bombarded with work at the gallery.
Tapping on her phone screen, watching those paintings she made is not in her possession anymore. Watching Josh act as the manager at the gallery's makes her even more missing Katarina.
The clock is ticking; it's like a sound of melody in Olivine's ears throughout the day.
She is sitting on her desk, and get bored. She went checking staring at those paintings that are placed in the storage room, and several vaults on the auctioned jewelry are placed.
Visiting Katarina's desk filled her thoughts with memories of the way she carries herself. She always wears a skirt up to her knee length. The way she carries her dress came across as more elegant. Just like those dresses and faces on the covers of magazines.
Olivine visited the feedback wall, where she saw several messages for Katarina.Describing that she's one of the new faces of the Collectors Gallery to be a representative. Olivine smiled reading those; she's convinced that woman has a charm.
Ofelia is always working, attending to her duties and responsibilities. Throughout her position of Ferguson's legacy on the community, she mostly attends meetings, and this time it's a whole day, meeting after meeting.
Olivine got stuck at the Collectors Gallery helping Josh while no one was around.
Dealing with clients and customers is something Katarina's is good at. Olivine hid herself as an artist; she doesn't want to be seen, but faith always presents herself to the world.
Sitting there and watching the clock do its job, they make fun of it. About being a boss above anyone's else, providing time so everyone sees and command to keep moving.
Enjoying the scent of the Collectors Gallery, it travels her back in time. Where there both parents are still alive, seeing them how they trained her older sister Ofelia how to deal with clients and how negotiate with them. Her sister kept complaining about it because she was too young to do those big deals and receiving a quite huge figures of the currencies.
Olivines remembering those days and knowing that has it made it all sense. Now her parents are all gone, but not only them but the other close family relatives.
* * *
"Miss Olivine" Josh getting her attention; she didn't even hear him knock.
"Yes?" she looked at him holding the stainless door handle slightly open.
"Come in," Olivine said, looking at him.
"Do you have concerns?" she asked, seeing Josh walking inside.
"Uh, I was about to ask this, but I caught up on several things to do here,uh? can I visit Katarina?" he said.
"Oh." Olivine paused, thinking she forgot they were close also they were colleagues.
"Sure, you can visit her," she replied instantly after she heard what he said.
"I felt guilty, Miss; I never had a chance to visit her at the hospital since I took her work load in the meantime," Olivine noticed.
"Actually, we have become my best friends since she started working here," he politely said.
"Please have a seat, Josh; let's talk," Olivine commanded after she waved her hand to him.
He held his tie stick to his chest, and he sat across and started being nervous. Olivine saw it; the poor guy would be terrorized by her sister.
"Calm down, Josh, I'm not like my sister," she said.
"Okay..." He smiled, releasing his tension by holding his own hands clasped on level on his chest.
"Can I ask a question?" Olivine looked on the glass to see if there's anyone outside.
"Wait, I know that look," Josh smiled awkwardly.
"I might sound weird, Josh, but I wanted to ask if you have any feelings for Katarina," Olivine directly asked him.
"Uhm...actually I'm not into — " he paused, nodding on her with a smile. the embarrassment on his face; he can't hide it, confessing to her sister's boss.
"Ah, I get it. I get it." Olivine understood what he meant.
"Miss Olivine, thank you for saving and be there for my best friend." Josh came emotional, expressing how he felt.
"Never met a woman such as her," he said, wiping his face with a handkerchief he seemed tense.
"Me too, Josh..." Olivine agrees on him.
"Thank you so much, Miss Olivine. I'll go back to work now." He stood up.
"I appreciate that you asked permission, Josh; actually, no need to asked me to make decisions; it's yours since she your best friend and that is personal," Olivine said, watching him leave after she said those words.
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