Sinners and Saints II

Chapter 12

"Nanny Benita?"
Olivia called from the kitchen the moment she heard the door bell ring again. It was the third time.

Why wasn't anyone getting it? Where were Benita and Lucy anyway?

"Nanny Benita?" She called again, walking away from the kitchen. Olivia turned to the stairs, there was no one in sight. "Lucy?" She called again, trying so hard to not be too loud.

No one was coming. Olivia exhaled. It looked like she just had to see who was at the door herself. Olivia hurried to the door as fast as she could the moment she heard the door bell ring again.

"I'm coming!" She yelled like whoever it was could hear her from the other side of the door. Who was it anyway? She could have sworn they weren't expecting any guests and even if they were, why didn't the gateman or security say anything?

Olivia quickly reached for the knob and then turned it. She opened the door.

"What on earth took you so long?"

Olivia squinted her eyes for a second as she felt a hard push on her arm as the lady in front of her let herself into the house without saying anything else. Olivia didn't understand. Besides the smell of her Michael Kors perfume, Olivia wasn't sure she recognized anything else about the woman.

She turned around slowly the moment she locked the door just so she could take a quick look at the light skinned woman standing a few paces in front of her, her eyes taking quick scans around the house like she was looking for something. Her shinny gold necklace glittering right above her silver Vera wang dress that fitted her extremely perfectly curved body, her red louboutin shoes complementing her really long legs.

"I'm sorry, " Olivia took a step forward in attempt to find out who she was that why she had just willingly let herself into her home without any sort of introduction. "Who are you?"

One, two seconds.

The lady slowly turned to Olivia, a huge frown covering her beautiful face, shooting invincible lasers from her face shield. Olivia had never seen someone so beautiful in a long while. Her skin was flawlessly complemented by the tiny freckles on her nose and under her eyes, God her eyes were the prettiest Olivia had ever seen. They were so bright and so familiar. It was as if Olivia had seen those pair of eyes before. She looked older and still so young at the same time. More like she looked younger than whatever age she actually was or was it the make up?

"Excuse me?" Olivia raised her gaze from the red lipstick that adorned the woman's perky lips, up to her really pointed nose and then rested back in her eyes. The lady squinted them. "Who are you?" She asked Olivia.

"W-What?" Olivia asked almost in a whisper.

The woman shook her head.

"Anyway, it doesn't matter." She said and then threw her black matte Prada purse at Olivia. Olivia caught it quickly on reflex. "Keep this." She ordered. Olivia slowly turned to the bag. "And go get my son." She added.

Olivia gasped. Did she just hear the woman say the words "my son?"

What son? Who on earth was she referring to?

"Chairwoman!"
Their both attentions drew front the moment they heard Benita's voice as she and Lucy rushed to the door.

Chairwoman?
Olivia gasped. Was she really the chairwoman? Was the woman standing in front of her really Rafael's mother?

"Benita?" Olivia watched the woman exhale in relief the moment she saw Benita. She slowly walked to Benita.

"You didn't tell anyone you were stopping by?" Benita added.