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Not So Bad
Chapter Three
Olivia woke up the next morning, she saw Seth sitting in a chair in the room with her. She thought he stayed over night with her but she wasn't sure. She remembered that she agreed to go with him. She started having second thoughts, she didn't know anything about him and was worried about being alone with him. Seth was awake and was on his phone texting someone. Seth had gotten news from the police officer that showed up last night. He looked over and saw Olivia awake.
"Oh you're awake. Good morning Olivia."
Olivia smiled and kind of blushed at the sound of him saying her name.
"Good morning Seth."
"Did you sleep well."
"Yeah I guess. Did you stay over night?"
"Yeah. I thought that since we would be traveling together that it wouldn't make much since to leave only to come back a few hours later."
"Good point."
His face turned very serious.
"Olivia... there is something I need to tell you."
She became a bit concerned by the look on his face.
"What is it?"
"The police officer that showed up at the gas station last night says that the guy that took your car and all of your stuff is long gone and that there isn't really a good way of tracking him down"
"Oh..."
"I'm really sorry Olivia."
"Don't be. It's not your fault."
Olivia was released from the hospital about an hour after waking up and then her and Seth were on the way out the door to his car.
"Well... that guy didn't get everything. I still have my phone."
"I still feel bad about all of this. Even though I hate it... I'm going to take you shopping. You should get yourself some new clothes."
Olivia couldn't believe it. He was going to buy her new clothes. She still felt guilty about him doing so much for her, but she didn't want to argue with him about it. She was convinced that there she wasn't going to change his mind. She was concerned about how much he would pay for her.
"Is there a certain budget that we're on? I really don't want you spending too much on me."
"Don't worry about it. We're going to get you at least four or five new outfits. The price doesn't matter right now. Just tell me where you want to go."
She smiles at this and told him where she wanted to go. He mentally slapped himself in the head. He took her to a mall, he just knew he would end up spending hours there looking through the different stores. He was sort of worried about crazy WWE fans spotting him so he had to make himself look different. Olivia wasn't sure what he was doing.
"What are you doing Seth?"
"Oh right... I was supposed to tell you a little bit about myself. I am a WWE superstar. Do you know what WWE is?"
Olivia tried to think hard.
"I think I've heard of it, but I've never seen it."
"WWE one of the most popular wrestling programs to watch on TV. We have millions of fans worldwide. So if someone knows me and happens to spot me, lets just say we'll be here a lot longer than we originally planned. So I need to make myself look different."
"Oh."
Olivia heard the part about him being a werstler and kind of tuned everything else out. He was a wrestler, which meant that she better not make him angry. She was afraid that she would make him angry, she didn't want to be on his bad side. She had heard several recent stories about abuse with professional athletes. She tried to shake those thoughts from her head. Seth had been nothing but nice to her since the moment they met. Once he told her what he did for a living he could help but notice a change in her behaviour. She seemed quiet and nervous. He still smiled at her and was ready to go.
"Ready Olivia?"
She came out of her thoughts, and smiled at him.
"Oh yeah... I'm ready."
They make their way into the mall. Seth Just knew they were going to be there for a few hours. He wasn't really used to shopping with women, usually it was just him.
"So what are you looking for first?"
"Well... if we are going to be traveling, I may want something for warm or cold weather. Maybe a casual outfit, a dress."
She went into a store that sold dresses. There was a bench by the dressing room. Seth sat down an watched her look around the store at many dresses. Most of the dresses she came across were red, blue, or black. Those were the color of dresses most women liked to wear. Olivia didn't seemed very satisfied because it didn't seem like she could find what she wanted. Finally when she was about to give up looking she spotted the perfect dress. She didn't want just any dress in any ordinary color, she wanted a dress that looked cute. The dress she found was like a yellow sun dress that had three or four little white daisies on the front. Yellow was her favorite color. There was only one dress like this, but she wasn't sure if it was in her size. She found a flat pair of white shoes and thought it would go perfect with the dress. Seth was on his phone trying to pass time while he waited on Olivia.
Olivia went to try the dress on. The dress showed a little bit of cleavage, but it wasn't too much that made her uncomfortable. The dress hugged her curves and came down just a few inches above her knees. The dress could be a spring dress when things started blooming, a summer dress for those hot summer days, or an early fall dress when it is still warm, but when the leaves start changing colors. She noticed that there was a little white flower on the dress that could be used as a hair clip. Since she didn't have a hair brush, she fixed her hair as best as she could and put the white flower hair clip in her hair. She slipped on the flat white shoes and looked at herself in the mirror. She liked what she was wearing, but she had to get a second opinion. As she walked out of the dressing room, the door squeaked getting the attention of a few people around her. She wanted to know what Seth thought.
"I found a dress Seth. What do you think?"
Once she spoke, she got his attention. The sight of the woman before him blew his mind. With her dark hair and brown eyes and the bright yellow and white sundress, the flower in her hair and her white shoes, he could help but look at her from head to toe.
"You look very pretty Olivia. Is that the dress you want?"
She smiles and blushed and shook her head yes.
"Great! Then I'll get it for you."
Seth didn't really care how long it took for them to finish shopping now, he wanted to see Olivia in more pretty outfits. The smile on her face was enough for him. Surprisingly it didn't take long to buy other outfits. Most of the time she dressed pretty casual. She found her two t-shirts, a pair of shorts, a pair of blue jeans, a jacket and another pair of shoes. Seth realized that she would need more than just clothes so they also went shopping for things like a hair brush, shampoo, conditioner, and even a bit of make up for her. It didn't take Seth as long as he thought it would. They were only in the mall for two hours. Even though it was November, it was warm outside so Olivia decided that she would wear the yellow dress, much to Seth's delight. Seth did end up spending more than he thought, but he didn't really care. Once they were back in Seth's car, he took off his disguise. Olivia was very happy and she thanked him many times. They were riding down the road in silence, other than talking to each other.
"Thank you so much Seth for all of this amazing stuff."
"You're welcome Olivia. I'm glad I could help. I'm glad you found some things you liked. I know you probably still had more stuff, but it's a start. I think you'll be ok for a while."
"Yeah. Um... I kind of hate to ask this, but how much did you end up spending on me today?"
"I told you not to worry about it. I get paid here in a few days. Trust me Olivia, buying this stuff is not going to make me go broke."
"Ok... but I'm still just curious. How much did you spend?"
Seth didn't want to look for the price tag so he said what he remembered.
"I think it was about five hundred and thirty dollars."
Olivia's mouth dropped open in shock. No one had ever spent that much on her. She had never even spent that much on herself.
"Five hundred and thirty dollars?"
"Yeah, I think so."
"I can't believe it. How could you spend that much on me? Why do you feel so sorry for me? I don't deserve all of this."
Seth was starting to get annoyed with all the questions about money that at some point he raised his voice at her.
"Stop worrying about how much it cost! I didn't do all of this just because I felt sorry for you. I got all of this stuff because you needed it Olivia, because I thought it would make you happy!"
It was quiet in the car. Neither of them said anything else for about five minutes. Olivia almost broke down in tears. He started to raise his voice at her, and she was sure he was going to cuss at her or even hit her. Seth noticed the look in her eyes. She was terrified. Did she really think he was going to hit her. He was mad at her, but he knew he would never cuss at or hit a woman no matter how angry he got. He felt bad about yelling at her. He was supposed to be there to protect her. He even told her that he would hurt her. He hadn't physically, but he had mentally or emotionally. After five minutes of silence he had cooled down and couldn't take the silence anymore.
"Olivia... I'm sorry ok. I'm sorry I yelled at you. I was just getting tired of all the question about how much money I spent. Money really doesn't matter to me Olivia."
"I'm sorry I made you mad Seth. I shouldn't have kept asking."
"I know I shouldn't have raised my voice at you, but you acted like I was going to hurt you."
"Well... you did say you worked for a wrestling company so I couldn't help but worry a little."
"I'm a trained professional. I know how to handle situations like this. If I ever put my hands on a non WWE employee, I would lose my job. I wouldn't put my hands on you anyway, no matter how angry I got."
He could see a sigh of relief and a small smile cross her face, but he could tell that there was still something on her mind. She was curious as to where they were going.
"So you travel with WWE. Where are we going?"
"We are going to Miami Florida. That is where they are doing next week's Raw."
"So aren't you supposed to be with them right now?"
"I am, but like I said before... somethings are just more important. I had to get a few things for you to get you taken care of."
Olivia didn't like the fact that they were going to Miami. That was where she was trying to get away from. She had heard of WWE before, but only because her ex boyfriend watched it. If by some chance he found her, what would he do to her? Seth could tell that there was something wrong.
"Olivia... something is bothering you. Are you still upset about me yelling at you.?"
Olivia didn't really want to tell him this, but she thought it would come out sooner or later.
"No it's not you Seth. It's Miami."
"What about Miami."
"Well... I didn't really want to tell you this, but I when you found me, I was trying to get away from Miami."
"Why?"
"Well... it's not really Miami that's the problem. It's who's in Miami that's the problem."
"Who's the problem?"
Olivia sighed. She knew there was no turning back. Soon Seth would know her problem.
"My ex boyfriend... Well I didn't tell him he we were through because I was afraid. I was living with him and I was afraid of breaking up with him because I was afraid of what he might do. He would cuss at me, and sometimes even hit me. I had been in several abusive relationships like this before. Look at this..."
Seth looked at her arm for a second and saw several places that looked like scars.
"What happened?"
Olivia started crying a little. Seth couldn't take it anymore. He pulled off on the side of the road out of traffic. He looked at her. She tried to avoid his eyes, but he turned her head to look at him anyway, he spoke in a calm yet concerned voice.
"Look at me... Tell me what happened Olivia."
She wiped the tears from her eyes, took a deep breath and started talking to him again.
"Sometimes he would get drunk, I didn't like it when he got drunk. He tried to act like he owned me. He had anger problems, and when things didn't go his way he took his anger out on me... One time I told him that I was going to break up with him... he got really mad at me. He didn't just hit me that night, he started kicking me in the stomach... but the worst part was when he cut my arm... that's how I got this scar. I was so happy when I got away from him. I finally ran away yesterday when he went to work. I've just been so scared that he would find me. He told me that if I ever tried to break up with him... that he would kill me."
Olivia didn't say anything else. She didn't have anything else to say. She couldn't hold it in anymore and she cried long and hard. She didn't think Seth would care, but she was wrong again. Seth was shocked. As she cried he wrapped his arms around her in a comforting hug and pulled her close to his chest. She couldn't help but hug him back. She cried, neither of them wanted to let go.
(To be continued. So Olivia's secret is out. Now what? Review)
