CHAPTER THREE

Fiona Reece woke up at six in the morning, she had not noticed the stack of money on the bed just above her head and just like anyone who thought they were in love her next line of action was to try to find Miguel. She looked at the table still full of food remembering that she hadn't touched it because she and Miguel were too distracted by each other to focus on eating. The thought made her laugh but that quickly changed into a frown as she noticed that his keys and clothes were nowhere to be found and then it downed on her that he had left without a phone number or a word, she tried to find her clothes when she saw money " who does he think I am, some prostitute he can pay for? how could I have been so stupid to think that there was something more" she was angry now but her rent was due and she needed the money, it was enough to cover her rent and get any other thing she needed at least for the next month, realizing that she was a bit shocked. Her shock did not erase the anger she felt, if anything she was more angry than shocked. She wore her shoes and off she went, out of the hotel and into a cab heading to her apartment, she had a night shift at the coffee shop later that day. Getting to her apartment she called her landlord and made the rent payment. She let out a sigh of relief as she lay in bed still thinking of the night before, still thinking of Miguel. She closed her eyes and said to herself "he'll reach out to me somehow". She ordered pizza while letting those thoughts drift away from her mind. In a few minutes, the pizza delivery was at her door she paid for it and delved into the pizza, feeling very full she lay in bed and slept until it was almost time for her shift. She rushed out of bed took a shower, got dressed and in no time she was at the coffee shop, she was very focused on working, she wasn't as sweet as she always had been and at the end of her shift her boss had noticed. "Ready to leave?!" He called out to her "Oh yes " in his usual fashion he got to the car before her, and she closed the shop and joined him in the car. "Fiona my dear, are you okay ? I bet the red lipstick did its magic or it didn't?" a little unsure he tried to pry her mind. She immediately went on explaining to him all that had happened and how he had just disappeared "Can you believe all that? What type of man is that papa!" She was almost yelling at him out of frustration. "First I'm your boss, not your papa can we get that straight" he was trying to make her laugh, she smiled and said "Sorry sir", "well glad we are on the same page, well if this is Miguel guy is as interested as he seemed to be last night, then he will find a way to reach out to you and this time try to have a conversation you kids just jump into bed these days my God! In my days we had conversations first, try not to let it bother you, you'll be fine " . They had gotten to her apartment now "All alright have a good evening my dear" "Thank you " she smiled and went to her apartment.

Day after day, Fiona went to her regular job hoping that Miguel Pharrell would somehow not have forgotten about her and that he would reach out to her but for five weeks he hadn't done so. By the sixth week, she got a call at the coffee shop where she worked "Hello is this Fiona Reece?" "Yes, it is" "All alright my name is Simon, I might have found something that belonged to you, it's a pair of silver earrings, I would like you to come to pick it up at Club Monet tonight if it's of much importance to you" . She still had a lot of work to do and without taking much thought to it "oh thank you so much I'll be there to pick it up".