After her shift was over at the diner, Olivia went home to bed. Waking up at seven to get ready for the day she dressed in her knee high boots, fitted black skirt, and her cream professional tank top. She pulled her hair into a tight bun and grabbed her jacket heading to the firm.
"Henry, here's the rest of the intakes. The rest were rather declined. I think I made the right choice on these, let me know what you think," she informed him in a rush.
"What's the hurry? It's only 8. I'd say have some coffee but I think you've had about twenty cups already," Henry said.
"First day and I need to be there soon. I have to get going, text me if there's a problem okay?"
"Sure, but I know there won't be."
Olivia went to the café down the road before going off to her first class.
The first class went great. A professor she'd have every term since she arrived, one that she loved. Second class was good, a professor she'd had a couple of times before but he didn't like her.
"Last class," she prepared herself with Amy. Liv and Amy had been best friends since Henry invited Olivia over for dinner four years ago.
"It's the last class of the day and you are still nervous? I'd be so excited, you have a busy schedule," Amy replied.
"But I work hard and get the job done. Let's go."
Olivia led Amy to the lecture hall and begged her to sit in the front with her. Amy actually was able to convince her to sit in the back and assess the new professor. No one had met her yet or even knew her name. Olivia had heard that the new professor was good and worth every penny the school was paying them to teach from a couple of the other professors.
Everyone stared at the clock awaiting the arrival of the professor.
"They're ten minutes late, we can go and not be in trouble for ditching. The rule book says so," Amy told Olivia.
"It's only 4:09, maybe she's lost. Give her another ten minutes and if she isn't here then I will leave, you should stay too," Olivia said.
Amy looked at her and mumbled something Liv couldn't hear but ignored anyway.
"For those of you who stayed, thank you for following the rules. For those who left, they aren't worth my time anyway. I assume all of you have read the first five chapters of the book required and are prepared to discuss," a male voice came.
Olivia froze the second she heard his voice. His voice haunted her in her sleep sometimes and at others, she could hear it only in her head. Each time, she ignored that voice and went on with her life. But this voice was one that, this time, she couldn't ignore. He was actually here in person and not in her mind.
Quickly she sank down in her seat at the top of the room so he couldn't see her.
"Liv, what are you doing?" Amy whispered. Olivia quietly put on her jacket zipping it all the way up and pulling the hood over her. "What's going on?" She sank down just as Olivia had so she could hear her.
"The debates we have in here will remain civil and appropriate. It will become intense at times but you all still have to remain civil. Each time the class will be divided into the prosecution and the defense that I will choose and you will argue that side," he continued.
Liv started to pack up her things as quietly as she could.
"You stay and listen to this, I have somewhere I need to be," Liv whispered to her.
"Unseen?" Amy questioned.
"Don't worry about it, I'll tell you later."
When Fitz turned his back to write on the board Olivia made a run down the stairs out to the hallway. Fitz turned when he heard the click of shoes against the floor and turned to see what was going on. He caught a good glimpse at someone leaving his class but didn't see who it was.
Amy pulled out her phone texting Liv.
He saw you leave.
Olivia went and hid around the corner catching her footing after nearly falling several times in her heels. She read the message and went to the firm.
"Liv, what are you doing here? Class over so soon?" Henry questioned her arrival.
"No, no, it's still going. Amy is coming over to my apartment after the class so we can regroup about it. I just had to… um… just see what you said about the new clients. What did you think about them?"
"You're lying."
"What? No I'm not."
"I'm a lawyer, Liv. I can tell when people are lying and you, my dear, are lying. What's the real reason? You look like you've seen a ghost."
"No, just someone who is a ghost to me."
"Care to elaborate?"
"Too complicated. Let's just go with 'I came to see your thoughts on the clients'. It's much easier."
"It's a great intake. Thirty new clients will keep us all busy. And since they are evenly distributed to every department I think it will work well. Everyone keeps their job, and gets a pay raise. Very good, Olivia. Thank you."
Olivia finished her conversation with Henry before heading to work at the diner. An hour into her shift, Fitz showed up sitting in the corner booth. Luckily for her, she was able to avoid being seen by him for the second time that day. Liv asked Bella, another waitress, to take her shift because something important came up. When Bella agreed, she went out the back getting into her car to go home. Liv knew she was lucky the first two times to avoid him but luck wasn't on her side. The world is a big place but not big enough to avoid him forever.
