“Oh, Ladies, meet Susan Malcolm, she is my childhood friend and classmate, and we met in middle school.” Oliver introduced. He seemed excited, judging from his facial expression.
“Oh… Hi,” Rosie muttered and extended a handshake proposal.
“Hello, nice to meet you,” Susan replied and shook her hand.
Aria didn’t seem to be in a mood for a handshake, she just said hi in a whisper. She had a bad feeling about this Susan lady, was their meeting a coincidence or was there something more to it?
“Susan, this is Rosie… Sammy’s soon to be wife, and this is Aria, my ex wife, finally… this is my daughter, Princess Lena,” he introduced the others to her.
Susan was silent, she stared at Oliver scrutinizing, like trying to find out if he was telling the truth. “Wait, what? I understand the part about Sammy getting married, but when did you get married, have a child and even divorced already?” she queried, then she turned to Aria. “Um… no offense,” she said with a smile.
Aria nodded and looked away, she wanted this reunion to end quickly so that they could proceed, but Oliver did something different.
“Oh, it is a long story, come along with us and I will narrate everything to you,” he offered. “Wait… you are here alone, right?”
Susan chuckled. “Do you mean to ask if I have come here with a boyfriend or hubby?” she queried and smirked.
“Well, something like that,” Oliver replied and smiled. Aria clenched her fist in anger, she wished she could leave the rest and go off on her own but she knew it wouldn’t be right, she shouldn’t act out of anger.
“Hahaha Oliver, well I am still single and searching, you don’t know of any handsome young man interested in a biochemist young lady, do you?” she queried with a smirk.
Oliver and Sammy chuckled. “You are still the same Susan, you never let go of the humor,” Oliver replied. “Don’t worry, I am sure you will find your man soon, come on, let’s fill each other up,” he offered a hand and she accepted with a smile.
Aria did not like where this was heading at all, she hated the sound of this; so this Susan lady was single and searching, and Oliver is assuring her of a husband soon? What was that supposed to mean?
Oliver walked ahead with Susan and the others followed suit. Rosie stared at Oliver and gave him a curious look, like asking what was going on. Sammy spread his arms in the air, like saying that he has no idea.
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“So you are saying that you two got divorced, but you are still friends?” Susan asked as they walked out of the palace.
“Yeah, I mean we have a daughter, so we have to be friends,” Oliver replied. He was conscious of the fact that the others were right behind them, so Aria could hear everything they were discussing.
“And how does your daughter feel about it? Sorry if I am asking a lot, it’s just so much to take in,” Susan apologized.
“It’s no problem, I don’t mind sharing, but now isn’t the right time, we can discuss that some other time, now that we met again, I am never letting you go Susan,” Oliver said and they chuckled.
“Really? Well you should start by taking my number,” she replied and he smiled. He brought out his phone from his pants pocket and gave it to her immediately.
Aria felt like cursing the both of them from behind, she was glad that they were out of the palace now, which means they would go their separate ways with Susan. She was already coming up with a plan to delete that number from Oliver’s phone.
She didn’t like the way they were relating with each other, they might claim to be friends but she does not trust the Susan lady. Oliver is alone and broken at the moment, which means that the Susan lady can lure him easily.
If she succeeds in making Oliver fall for her and even asks to marry her, then Aria fears that she would lose Princess Lena to them. She was not going to let that happen, not when she was still alive.
“Alright, it was nice meeting you again, Oliver.” Susan said with a smile and hugged him.
“It was nice meeting you too,” he replied, he held on for a minute before breaking the hug. She smiled at the others and Sammy nodded, then she turned to leave.
She took a few steps away and Aria sighed in relief. She was glad that she could finally feel at ease now that the lady is gone.
“Susan, wait!” Oliver suddenly called her and she halted, then turned back. Aria crumpled her face, she wondered if the lady had left something behind.
“Um… I was wondering, where exactly are you going from here?” he queried.
“Oh… I was heading back to my hotel room, I told you I lodged somewhere close right? I will be there for a few more days before I travel back to Las Vegas, so I guess I will see you back there,” she replied.
“Well it sounds to me like you have a lot of time on your hands, if you don’t have anything much to do here in Hawaii, then you can join us on our vacation, we are actually heading up to Wailua falls, do you want to join?” he asked.
“Oh, wow… That’s so nice of you. Yes, I did like to join you guys as long as it is not a problem, I mean I got nothing to do anyway.”
“Of course it is not a problem, right guys?” Oliver asked the others behind him.
“Sure, it’s fine.” Sammy smiled.
“Yeah, it would be great,” Rosie replied and Aria shot a mean glare at her, she seemed disappointed.
“Yeah, let her come along with us, I do like her dress,” Princess Lena said and they all laughed.
“Aww… thank you dear, I love your bow too,” Susan said with a smile.
Oliver then turned to Aria. “What about you Mrs. McQueen? You are fine with her coming along, right?” he queried.
Aria felt like punching him on the nose. He had referred to her as Mrs. McQueen, that was the first time since forever, which means he had really given up on them. She didn’t like the presence of this Susan lady but if she opposed, Oliver would ask her why and she wasn’t sure if she had any.
“Well, why would I have a problem with that, Mr. Gomez? Of course she can come with us,” she replied and forced a smile.
“Great, what are we waiting for? Let’s get in the car already,” Oliver said excitedly. He took Susan’s hand and led her to the car, while the others followed behind.
Rosie chuckled softly and Aria turned back to face her with a stern face. “What is it?” she asked in a cold voice.
“Nothing, it’s just the look on your face, I know that look,” she replied in a whisper.
“Shut up Rosie, you know nothing.” She shut her down. Lena chuckled softly as she understood what was going on. Her dad had really done it this time.
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They drove up to Wailua falls where Oliver and Susan spend a lot of private time, viewing the waterfall. It was a great view but they tried not to get too close to the cliffs, the waterfall was high up to the sky.
The Wailua falls is a waterfall on the island of Kauai, part of the U. S state of Hawaii. The 173 foot falls are located on the South Fork Wailua River near Lihue.
Aria could not stand the fact that Oliver and Susan took a distance from them, now she couldn’t hear what they were saying, while the others were enjoying the view of the waterfall, she was continuously staring at Oliver and Susan.
After sightseeing at the waterfall, they all proceeded to Original Roy’s where they had dinner as it was late already. Aria was glad that night had finally come and Susan would have to leave for her hotel room, but the worst she could expect happened when Oliver invited Susan to join them on the next day’s tour.
To be continued!!