Scattered

17

Admire

Olivia watched Natasha gently move the black roses from the vase to a wet floral foam. Olivia could safely say that her friend was obsessed with the pretty flowers which had obviously cost a fortune to Keres. She never said who the "K" was to anyone. It was a mess Olivia had to clean up for herself.

She was leaving the hospital today; three days after the horrifying night. She was still having troubles with believing that Mrs. Reed was really gone. As for the supernatural events that happened the same night, Olivia chose to keep it far away from her conscious thoughts for now. She was already quite down on her sprits after Watson signed her in for a vacation that she was amassing since quite a while.

'It is mind-boggling, really.' James said in wonderment. 'Who could be this secret admirer?'

'You believe what Tasha's saying? Really, Jay?'

Olivia asked him and he shrugged. Since Olivia decided to evade her friend's question about the man who sent the flowers, Natasha had conjured up a secret admirer for Olivia.

'Well, you don't know anyone whose name starts with a K...' Amber countered with a giggle as she petted Mr. Fluffington on her lap.

'Don't encourage her!' Olivia hissed at Amber who laughed, startling the sleepy cat.

It was the yesterday that she received all the papers to adopt Mr. Fluffington as hers. Since Mrs. Reed is no more, it was only fair that Olivia opened up her home to the grumpy cat. Not that she did have a home as of right then, she was to say with Natasha and Lee for a couple of days until she can find a new home. Natasha and Lee were happy to have her and her cat home but they had warned her that Mr. Fluffington better not be Olivia's start-up cat to being a certified cat lady.

'I don't need any encouragement. I know that someone secretly digs you. Look at you, Liv! Single and stunning.' Natasha winked as she dangled a rose near her face. 'But you ain't gonna be that way forever, you know. Gotta gear up and find this guy, woman. Whoever he is, he is a real gentleman.'

'I don't need a boyfriend, now.' Olivia grumbled, 'Twenty-six is pretty young.'

'Yeah, for a cat-lady in training.'

'Do not bring Mr. Fluffington into this.' Olivia fumed.

'Ladies, ladies.' James waltzed in-between the two women, 'No brawling. Not when I don't have a bag of popcorn.'

'She---'

'Guys...'

Everyone turned to face a frowning Lee who was entered the room with the bill and Olivia's credit card in her hands. She walked in and handed Olivia her card back.

'I didn't have to use it.' Lee said, tapping the card and then handed her the bill. 'Someone paid your bills already.'

'What?!'

Olivia stared at the bill with bewilderment. It showed that a hefty five figure sum was already paid off on her account, including Mr. Fluffington's vet charges.

'Someone paid for her? Who would do that?' James muttered as he inched closer to take a look at the bill.

'No idea.' Lee said, 'They said it was a private international bank account and the account holder is anonymous.'

'I KNEW IT!' Natasha exclaimed startling everyone, 'I knew it! I knew it! It's the secret admirer; he paid off your bills! How sweet...'

'For the last time, Tash, there is no admirer!'

'Then tell me who paid for you, huh?' Natasha challenged.

'It is a mistake. It should have been someone else's payment that came in mine.' Olivia gave the card back to Lee, 'Go tell the cashiers to hold the money or something. I can pay for myself.'

'It is no mistake, Liv. I checked.' Lee said as she returned her card back, 'The payer had called in to hospital before making the deposit. He specifically asked for Olivia Summers who had been in a fire incident.'

Olivia scrunched her nose in confusion. It made no sense. Who would pay for her without asking her first? Someone who wasn't in that room? Someone who have loads of money that a five figure sum meant nothing at all?

'I am telling you, Liv. It is the same guy who sent you these roses!'

Of course.

It could be the one and only, Keres Konstantinos himself.

NEXT UPDATE: 8 July 2019