Chapter 4

Previously:

Odafin shuffled from one foot to the other, "So is there is someone else in her life?"

"Not that I know of...except for Nevaeh"

"Nevaeh?. Who is Nevaeh?" Odafin asked.

"Her Daughter"

The news hit Odafin like a ton of bricks. "She has a daughter?"

Don looked at Fin with pride as he became to talk about the little girl he called his granddaughter

"Cute little angel too. That little girl is her world." Don informed him.

"Excuse me Don, there is something I have to take care of. I'll be right back" Odafin excused himself and hurried back inside.

Ladies Room

In the lady's room, Olivia washed her face and reapplied her makeup. She had sobbed her mascara right off. The dance with Odafin still fresh in her mind caused her to lose it again. As the tears rolled down her face causing her to start over. "Damn you, Odafin Tutuola, why do you do this to me." She cursed.

"Olivia!" a familiar voice barked at her.

Startled, Olivia whirled around to find Odafin standing just inside the door one hand in his pant pocket and the other resting against the door jam.

"This is the lady's room Fin"

"I know. I put an 'Out of Order' note on the door, so we are all alone." He locked the door and then turned and walked towards her.

Olivia turned toward him as he came closure and began to move away. She noticed lust with a hint of fury in his eyes. Without another word he grabbed her and pulled her back towards him. "Now, tell me about your daughter!" He demanded. "Or should I say our"

"How...How did you find out"

"Tell me!" He insisted, ignoring her question.

"Fin," she began but quickly feeling unnerved by his insistence as Olivia looked at him.

"There is nothing to tell," she brushed past him, her back now to him. "She isn't yours. It was a 'one night stand' after I left you, and I got pregnant." She lied, hoping that he would buy it.

"You slept with someone else?" He said grabbing her arm and turning her to face him.

"What difference does it make Odafin," she flared, "it's my life, I can do what I please. And I certainly don't need to explain myself to you."

Fin licked his lips as they stood for what seemed like an eternity. When he didn't say anything Olivia took a deep breath. "I'm not having this conversation with you. I left. I had a child. It's done. We can go back out there, explain to Cragen how we know each other and let that be it"

He straightened, his lips pressed tightly, his eyes blazing with fire. "So that's it, it's your life, you don't care who you hurt, just as long as you get your fun?" He was having a difficult time controlling his anger.

"I didn't hurt anyone!" She fired back.

"Me! You hurt me Olivia! Or did that not occur to you?" The pain in his voice was unmistakable.

Olivia shrank back like a whipped puppy. "I didn't mean to cause you any pain. I left you because it was the right thing to do. I had no choice."

This really blew Odafin away. "The right thing? No choice? The right thing for whom Olivia? It certainly wasn't the right thing for me. Or were you just playing me for a fool? Telling me that you loved me and then throw me away like yesterday's trash!" His eyes swam with anger. "You took my heart and ripped it to pieces, and then you ran all over it with your five-inch high heel. And for what?"

"I had my reasons, just accept it?" She walked towards the door.

"Oh no, you're not getting away that easy. You're not leaving till you tell me why you left me." He took hold of her arm and held her tightly.

She winced when he squeezed tighter. "You're hurting me!"

"Soooorrrry!" He said sarcastically as he let go of her arm.

"Why are you doing this?"

"This is why..." He grabbed her once more and pulled her into his arms. Then he pressed his sweet soft lips upon hers. His kiss was fierce and full of anger but love at the same time.

Olivia pushed against his chest and struggled to free herself, but she was powerless against him. The more she struggled, the tighter he held her. His lips roaming over her, demanding total surrender. Soon her knees weakened under his ambush of kisses, he assaulted her senses, unlike anyone she had ever known. Olivia quickly gave in, parted her lips, and surrendered to his kiss.

Fin pushed his tongue into his mouth cause her to gently suck on it while pulling him closure. Feeling his hands slide over her curvacious body began to raise her body temp. She moaned in his mouth as Fin began sliding her dress up so his hands could grip her thigh. Without missing a beat he moved his hand towards her center allowing his fingers to slip into through her folds causing her to gasp.

"You're the only woman who can make me crazy with anger and crazy with desire at the same time." He finally said thrusting his middle and index finger in and out while his thumb plays with her clit.

"I love you Olivia"

Olivia started to feel her body build with anticipation as her orgasm crept closure. She couldn't think straight. His words began to sink in and she pushed him back at arms length.

Olivia moved away trying desperately to put some distance between them. "Odafin Please." She pleaded, "This is all too much….."

Feeling like she has just dumped cold water on his head. He stepped closer, "Too Much? After all this time, you owe me more than what you're giving me. I want to know why, why you left me? And I want to know where you got the insane idea that I would be better off without you. You had completely changed my life Olivia. I used to be a player, lots of women, then you came into my life and completely rewrote my entire existence. You're the reason for my career choices and money moves. Then one day I woke up with a smile on my lips, rolled over and hugged an ice-cold pillow. I remember being so angry, I completely trashed the room we stayed in."

He inhaled sharply and shook his head to clear his mind.. "Look at me,"She raised to meet his gaze,"After the most incredible night together, and believe me Olivia, I have played it over and over in my mind. Too bad I didn't have the good sense to bring my camera along then, I may have saved myself a lot of mental grief with some actual visual images." He smiled at the thought.

"Are you still into that silly old game?" She retorted annoyed at his tasteless idea of 'good sense'.

"Only with you, my dear." He replied, enjoying her obvious discomfort.

"What happened to Theresa?" Olivia asked, trying to change the subject.

Odafin straightened up and smoothed his rumpled suit. "The Ice Queen? The only thing she ever gave me was frostbite. Every time I approached her, her fangs would drip and she would snarl like a pit bull. I always love a challenge, but I am no fool, I had no doubts that she would pull a 'Lorena Bobbit' on me. I really don't know what any man sees in her. He probably has to sleep in a parka."

Olivia covered her mouth with her hand to hide the smile at his choice of words. He always had a hilarious way of putting things.

"Anyways, I told father that I refuse to marry her. He was furious with me and tried his best to bully me to change my mind. But one look at Theresa's nasty disposition and I knew that I had made a sane decision. Besides, her head was in a fog anyway. Most of the time she was daydreaming, I assume about another man, finally when I told her it wasn't going to happen, she gladly left. I think she felt more trapped by father's arrangements than I. Where she went I dont know". Odafin shuddered at the thought of her.

"I'm sorry things didn't work out better for you." Olivia offered.

Odafin gazed at her, "Not nearly as sorry as I am."

Olivia looked at the floor nervously, knowing that he was speaking of her, and not Theresa Randall. "Well sometimes things just don't turn out the way we want. Things happen that can change the whole course of your life. One day you think that you have it all, and the next it is all stripped from you."

"What happened Olivia, why did you run away from me? Did I do something to hurt you?" His eyes filled with concern as he reached out to touch her.

Olivia quickly moved to avoid his hand, not trusting herself to give in if he were to pull her into his arms. "I can't talk about it Fin, just know that you did nothing wrong, you just loved the wrong woman." She said sadly.

"The wrong woman, there is no one on earth more right for me," he pressed.

"Do you really think that your father would have allowed you to…." Her voice trailed off.

"Do what? Marry you?" He grinned at her hesitation with what he was sure she meant.

"Yes…..I mean…..a white Mrs. Tutuola? Think about it Odafin, I can see it now, the headlines, calling it scandalous." Tears suddenly flooded her eyes.

"Hey," He brushed the tears from her cheeks. "I think it would have been the most wonderful moment in Tutuola history. Nothing would have made me happier than making you my wife Olivia. I don't care what people say, all I know is how you make me feel inside, you have made me a better person, without you I am nothing."

"That is all very wonderful Odafin, but it changes nothing. I can't be with you, now… or ever." She pulled from his arms and fled from the bathroom her body shaking with sobs.

Odafin punched the door in frustration. 'What the hell is going on with her? It made no sense. Worrying about the tabloids? No, there had to be something else, something you are not telling me." He rubbed his knuckles thoughtfully to relieve the pain. 'If it is the last thing I do, I will find out why you left me Olivia. And then I promise you, you will be mine. One way or another my desirable beauty, you will be mine again!"

Odafin made his way back to the party, his mind racing. He had to come up with a plan, something that would ensure that she didn't disappear from his life again. Suddenly he smiled, a wicked grin spread across his face, "Olivia my dear, it is only a matter of time, only a matter of time." With renewed confidence, he strode purposefully to find Don Cragen. The man would set his plan in motion.

An emotional wreck, Olivia located another bathroom and tried to clean herself up. She had to get out of there, she couldn't afford to run into Odafin again, her life, and her daughter's life depended on it. With trembling hands, she wiped her face and took an elevator to the daycare to pick up Nevaeh.

Thankful not to have run into anyone she knew, Olivia quickly dressed a 'not ready to leave' little girl.

"No Mommy," she cried, wanting to play some more.

"Shhh, sweetheart, mommy has to go now, you will see some of your friends tomorrow ok? She brushed the tears from her cheeks and then picked her up and rushed out the door. "Forgive me, Dad." She breathed into the breeze as she hailed a taxi and quickly made her escape.

From the balcony above, Odafin watched her intently, 'Run my sweet, but you can't hide anymore. This time I am in control of our lives.' He turned and shook Don Cragen's hand as well as the Chief of Police. "For this, you have my full support on the upbringing of the police stations. Just name your price, and it is all yours." Odafin smiled gratefully, having assured Don that his intentions toward Olivia were nothing but honorable. "Thank you it has been a pleasure being here but I must call it a night."

Don shook Odafin's hand, his heart going out to the guy. 'He sure seems to love Olivia.' He thought, feeling guilty for his part in this elaborate scheme of Odafin's. And for Olivia's sake and little Nevaeh's, he sure hoped that it worked.