Beautiful Disaster

Chapter 3

There was something about Mondays that always seemed to drive Christian up the wall, but this Monday had to be one of his worst Mondays he had ever been through. The day had started off the same as any other. He had been making breakfast for him and Elizabeth before he dropped her off at school and he had to go to work when s knock sounded at the door.

Elizabeth's eyebrows raised in confusion as Christian mimicked her look. They really didn't have many visitors in their home and when they did they usually called first. Who the hell could it have been?

"I'll be right back." he said smiling at Elizabeth and heading towards the door.

When Christian answered the door, A woman he had never seen before in his life stood there in a suit that probably cost more than his whole house did alone. What the hell was she doing here? Had she had gotten lost on her way to her first day of work and needed to stop at his house for directions? And then he saw it, the envelope she held in her hand. What the hell was going on?

"Good morning, Mr Ozera, My name is Sydney Sage and I'm here on behalf of your ex-wife Mia Rinaldi. "

"What the hell does she want? More money for her drug habit?"

"I can assure you that that's not the case here Mr. Ozera. Consider yourself served." she said handing him the folder she had been holding before she left the house getting into her even fancier car.

What the hell did Mia want? Hadn't she done enough when she almost killed Elizabeth?

Opening the envelope that Sydney had given him, Christian scanned it quickly before boiling hot anger spilled over him. The nerve of that fucking woman. She wouldn't get away with this.

Stalking into the kitchen, Christian grabbed his phone and dialed the number in anger. He had no real clue if Mia's parents would still pick up for him, but he needed answers and he needed them now.

"Hello?" Mia's mother answered.

"What the hell is your daughter doing?"

"Ah Christian, Long time, no talk. Well fortunately for you, Mia is sitting right here next to me and she can answer that question herself."

Rustling sounded on the other end of the line as Christian's patience was wearing thin.

"Hello, Christian. Did you and Elizabeth miss me?"

"Are you out of your mind, Mia?"

"No actually Christian, I'm perfectly in it. And I've realized that you've kept something that's been mine from me for too long and I want it back."

"You can;t do this to her Mia. Not after what happened."

"But you see that's where you're wrong Christian. I'm Elizabeth's mother and I know I fucked up in the past, but I'm going to try to make that right with her whether you want me to or not."

"Than why not joint custody? Why go for full when you know you won't win?"

"Because I can. You see Christian, I;m on the straight and narrow now. I got myself a decent job and my parents are helping me pay for a rather fantastic lawyer who is more vicious than you can imagine. She can twist this case in any way you can imagine and believe me when I say you won;t come back fro that. Not to mention that I know you've been down on your luck lately and can;t afford a great lawyer like my parents can, so you might as well give in now."

"I will never give her up as easily as you did Mia and trust me when I say this. You might think you've won the battle, but I will win this war."

She laughed her cold laugh that he remembered so well. "We'll see about that. See you in court, Christian. That is if you an even find a lawyer to begin with. "

The call ended there as Christian slammed his phone to the kitchen counter. That stupid bitch had another thing coming if she thought she was taking Elizabeth from him, but she was right about one thing. Her family was loaded. How the hell was he supposed to get a lawyer that was as qualified as this Sydney Sage girl?

"Dad? What the hell is going on?" Elizabeth asked, her face suddenly washed of all color.

"It's your mother."

"You mean the tweaked out druggie who almost let me die? What the hell does she want?"

"She's suing me for full custody of you."

"No way in hell am I going with that stupid tweaker. I don't care what you say, she's never been a mother to me and there's no way I'm letting her start now."

"We might not have a choice Elizabeth."

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"Your grandparents are helping her. She's got a pretty great lawyer."

"Than we'll get a better one! Please dad, You can't let me live with her. I won't survive if you do." she cried as he took her into his arms.

How the hell could Mia be so selfish?

"I'll do everything I can to keep that from happening Lizzie. For now I need to get you to school. I'll start looking for lawyers after work. We'll get through this. We always do."

Elizabeth nodded stepping out of Christian's arms and back to her place at the table. They ate in silence as Christian thought of every plan possible. He couldn't let Mia take Elizabeth, so he needed a great lawyer. But where the hell would he find one at his price range? Sighing he finished his breakfast and finished helping Elizabeth get ready before he dropped her off at school and went to work with a unsettled mind. He had no clue how the hell he was supposed to get through this day with all that was on his mind.

When he was at the halfway point of his day. Four hours before he had to go meet Lissa for their interview of the night, when Dimitri stepped into his tiny corner office with a look of concern on his face.

"Is everything alright Christian? You seem a bit upset today."

"Why would you say that?"

"Because if you sharpened that pencil for any longer you won't have any pencil left to work with." he said pointing to the pencil sharpener that Christian had been using for the past hour.

He dropped the pencil onto his desk and looked back to Dimitri.

"I'm just going through a really difficult time at the moment."

"Anything I can help with?"

"Not unless you know of a really kick ass lawyer that can beat Sydney Sage in a custody case."

"Custody case?"

"My junkie of an ex-wife is suing me for full custody of our daughter. The only problem is that she has a lawyer who has more experience than any lawyer I can afford."

"I know several lawyers who could help you."

"I can't afford them."

"Then I'll help you. Call it a bonus for managing to get Vasilisa Dragomir to talk to us."

"I can't let you do that."

"I don't think you have much of a choice in the matter. At least not when it comes to your daughter."

"Thank you."

"Don't mention it. Now go ahead and go meet Vasilisa. I'm pretty sure we can mange without you for the rest of the day."

"But the interview isn't for another two hours."

"It's a strip club Christian, I;m pretty sure you can find plenty of things to do in your spare time. Now get out of here, I have some more pressing employees to see at the moment. " He said sneaking a glance over at Rose as she smiled.

That was all Christian needed as he exited the building leaving Rose and Dimitri alone to their own business.

The club was in the middle of practice when Christian entered the building with his eyes on Lissa. She did a funny dance around the stage as the song 'Dancing with Myself' by Billy Joel played over the intercom.

Usually when Christian met with Lissa it had been strictly business with her, but today he had got to witness her not so serious side and he had to admit that he liked this side of her way more than the past two times she had been hostile with him. It was breathtaking.

When the song ended, Lissa looked over at him with shock and a tiny bit of anger in her eyes at his invasion of her privacy. He knew he would be in trouble for it later, but for right now he was a customer here. He wouldn't be a journalist for another hour.

Lissa waved off her coworkers as she strutted over to Christian with the twinge of anger still in her eyes. Since Christian had an hour to be as unprofessional as he pleased he caught himself sneaking a peak at what she really looked like.

When he was here on business he kept things strictly professional and stared at Lissa's face, but he had no such obligations at the moment as he really saw her for the first time. For it was at this moment that Christina realized why Lissa was so popular with the men here.

Lissa stood taller than most girls as he watched her five foot ten figure strut towards him. Her pale blonde hair swayed in movement with her body as the curves of her body were enhanced with the red corset that she had chosen to wear today causing her breast to pop out more than they probably would normally. He wondered what it would be like to touch them. To taste them along with those gorgeous plump lips of hers. What he wouldn't give to slip between her wet folds, to see if her skill set went further than what she could do on that pole. One thing was for certain though, he would probably never find out, but hey at least he could still have his fantasies. It wasn;t that hard to imagine what she would look like naked while she was only wearing a corset along with a matching pair of red panties that just barely covered her butt.

"You're early. We weren't supposed to meet for another fifty minutes." she said as he watched her red lips move and her jade green eyes fixated on him with suspicion.

"Actually I'm technically not here right now."

"What is that supposed to mean? You're standing right in front of me."

"As a client. Not as a reporter."

"Well in that case, What can I do for you darling?" she asked switching to a more seductive tone that made him want to bend her over and take her right now.

He had had a shit day and right now all he wanted was some way to forget for a while, so right now he would chose to be one of the guys who enjoyed his life a little bit more than usual.

"How about a good old fashion lap dance?" he said pulling her closer to him and stuffing the amount he knew it was into her pantyline like he had seen so many guys do before.

"Your wish is my command."

Before Christian knew it Lissa was on his lap as a song played and she matched her hip movements to the beat. Sometime during the song she had taken off her corset and now Christian was staring at the set of tits that were bouncing in front of his face. He yearned to touch them, but it would probably cost him extra if he did what he desired. As is it was hard enough to deal with this as his length hardened the longer she was on him. It had been years since he had had sex, he wondered if he still knew exactly how to please a woman. God knows he probably couldn;t please this one even if he did get close enough to her for her to allow him to do that.

To his surprise, Lissa unlatched the back of her bra exposing her full breast to him as she placed his hands to her breast letting him feel her now fully erect breast. God how badly he wanted her at that moment. His fingers traced over her erect nipples as she smiled, a hint of mischief in those jade eyes of hers. She placed her lips so close to his as if she was going to kiss him fro the heat of the moment, but turned her head slightly so his mouth was closer to his ear instead.

"You know if your down for it we have a place in the back where I can help you take care of this." she said sliding her hand on his erect penis. One he knew she probably had been feeling for a while now.

God. How tempting her offer was as she kissed the side of his neck pressing her full body to him. Her nipples slamming onto his chest as she tempted him to say yes, but he knew that she wasn;t really lusting after him. She did this with guys all the time. Money. It was always about money for them. He wondered when was the last time she had ever had sex just for the pleasure of having sex.

Moving his neck so that she was now out of reach. He moved her light blonde hair as beautiful as the summer sun and bent towards her ear. Her breath hitched as he leaned in and whispered.

"I'm not sure if I can afford you."

Her eyes went wide as the song ended and she got off of his lap suddenly stunned. He guessed she hadn't had many guys reject her like this, but God knew that if Christian ever was to have sex with this gorgeous woman in front of him, he'd rather it be on their own terms and not for money like it would be right now. He was better than that. They were better than that.

Shaking her head, Lissa stumped the rejection on her face and replaced it with a smile.

"Well than I guess I'll see you in thirty minutes. Enjoy your time off, Mr. Ozera."

And before he could say another word, Lissa was gone.