Chapter 1 Pickles

Olivia was just returning from a business meeting that netted the firm a seat at the table at one of the most prestigious firms in the city but also primary representative for the CEO and management staff.

Big corporations draw big problems so it was deemed they needed an out house firm to look out for their well being and protection from problems out of their control both outside and inside the corporation. Olivia checked to make sure there were no appointments , told the receptionist to take all calls and directed her to order a temp for herself , tell all callers they were unavailable until tomorrow and ordered a lunch with champagne forr the staff. The day could not get any better.

As she returned to her office a delivery for her arrived. She assumed it was a thank you from, the new firm but discovered while there was a spread of her favorite flowers the note attached only said I expect you to join me in room 2222 and explain the significance of this. I already called your mom who will pick up the boys and keep them overnight. I have packed you a bag and Tom is waiting downstairs.. The content was a jar of sweet pickles. Olivia smiled , of course she remembered, how could she not,

She informed her staff they had the rest of the day off, told them lunch and drinks had been ordered and she had an emergency at home

An emergency, "anything we can help with?" they all chimed at once

Nope just enjoy lunch and everyone I ordered a limo , no DD arrest today.

Liv sent Fitz a txt, Leaving now

A smile spread across Livs face as her husband opened the door wearing only a smile.

"So what if it wasn't me?'

"In that case I assume they would have quickly figured they had the wrong room".

Olivia pulled the sweet jerkins out of her purse sat them on the table and said "I remember".

So tell me what do you remember about makes the jar of sweet pickles special

"You mean something that happened Four years and 10 months ago?"

Yes,

Liv Smiled , "where do you want me to start?"

" First thins first, how about a soak before we start remembering the past", Fitz said, " The bath is ready I'll open the wine."

Liv settled in the warm bath and waited for her husband who soon nestled in behind her pulling her back flush against his chest, He offered her a sip of wine but she refused saying " I just want to lay here and remember how this all started, my life, our life , our very happy life."

Olivia fumed as she turned from a two lane highway and drove along into a blacktop road that seemed to be going nowhere and from nowhere. If not for the moon she probably would have left road kill for the past 10 minutes and she wasn't sure she hadn't since without the moon it was really dark.

This was the start of her vacation and it had not started as a vacation. First there was a tip to the market because her Aunt Bess insisted she needed the last special ingredient for her infamous potato salad.

" I need the Blue Bonnet Sweet Pickles, the whole ones" her aunt reminded her as she walked out the door. Twenty minutes later she discovered she bought Sweet Pickles but not Blue Bonnet which meant she had to return to the store. . Now she was in the aisle and the container she wanted was on the top shelf with no-one in sight to help. Olivia tried standing on the bottom shelf but still could not reach the containers on the top shelf.

"Need some help" a deep voice said,

" please those sweet pickles, "'

"' which ones'?"

"The , Blue Bonnet", whole not sliced"

," Ok, , looks like someone is making some real homemade potato salad." . Tanned arms reached past her and easily plucked a jar from the shelf, "Ill make it two just in case."

At that moment a female voice said " Fitz lets go, we have everything."

Her savior turned and walked away before she could see his face or give him a proper thanks. Nice arms, nice voice and even nicer ass Olivia noted as he walked away. Olivia continued to the check out the departing figure as he walked away finally turning to pay for her shopping. , If she had turned she would have seen Fitz taking a very long look as she neared the cashier..

Now, two trips to the market and 5 hours later she was driving along a damm dark country road to bring some amps, wires or something electronic to her cousin who somehow forgot to bring everything he needed .

She wrote down the directions but she was still lost. Her cousin Harrison was filling in to dee-jay a party at a location that wasn't on google map .

She knew she correctly wrote the directions he gave but she was still lost She was told to hang a right (hang, really….. what's wrong with turn, Harrison is a Yale Graduate.) OK a right at the caution, a left at the second stop sign and follow the road about 10 minutes. Well, she took the right and the left, or did she take a left and right , shit she could not remember.

In desperation she pulled over , well not over she stopped in the middle of the road to get her bearings only to have blinking blue lights illuminate her rear window

WTF, not only is she lost now she could be arrested. Here she was in the middle of an unidentified road somewhere in rural Virginia with the local police about to cart her off to jail

Ok license, insurance, in her purse in her trunk, nice place for them. Ok stay calm after all you graduated in the top of your class from Harvard law.

The officer got out of his car, looked at her license plates and walked up to her window. She took a deep breath only to hear a voice say, "are you Olivia?"

, what's ,, they did not teach me this in law school….. that county sheriffs were psychic., but I'm going with what I got ." Yes I am Olivia"

"Harrison sent me to look for you he thought the directions might confuse you so when I saw this car pass me a couple of miles ago I figured it was you. come on follow me"

Ok, he knows Harrison , he knows who I am so its follow him or make a u turn and stay lost until daybreak.

Olivia followed his car , far too long for her but soon she could hear music and see lights in the clearing. It was the Football stadium for the neighboring town, why didn't Harrison just tell her, she knew how to find the football stadium. Why was she going down dark narrow roads when could have just told her to come to the stadium. She said aloud " Harrison you have some real explaining to do"