Chapter 13

Frank looked at the way Athena left and was glad she ran away, he turned to Sean and smiled, "I am very sorry about that Mr. Brand, I never wanted you to see that and neither am I like that as well. It s just that I figured I should be hard on her for her to let me go. You see, I met her a few days ago and I offered her some cash but she had refused to let me go since then. She follows me around, everywhere I go, she even attended your party last night but I asked her to leave and I also made her understand that it can never work between us, who would have expected that she would stalk me to here again? I figured I had to be extremely hard for her to get the picture." Sean said nothing, all that was going through his mind was how he could easily end the man s career with just a phone call, he just needs to call Leo and ask him to fire him and the man would be jobless in the next ten minutes but what would be the point of that? That would just be the quickest ticket to hell and he didn t want to send him there so soon. He took a deep breath and forced his signature smile on his face, "oh, then that must very bad." "Very bad indeed," Frank concurred. "Yes, well, it s said that many doesn t know what they have till they lose it," he smiled when he saw the confusion in Frank s eyes, "anyway, I came here for a reason, why don t you carry on with your stuff," he glanced at the woman with him, by their looks he shall know them, she was just one of the fame seeking models who hadn t been so lucky and would grab onto any opportunity they see, "I will be on my way." He intends to walk off and then remembered something and turned to him, "how is the design coming along?" "I m working on it, I will try to have something ready by the weekend," Frank replied. Sean smiled, "very good," he might be smiling, but in his eyes, he wanted to shoot him to death, he turned and walked off immediately, following the way Athena had ran off. He didn t have to walk for a long time for he saw her sitting on the pavement and crying. Not far from her was his personal bodyguard, Smith and he knew he must have followed her, knowing he wouldn t want her to get far off. Sean walked gently towards her, he stood beside her and watched how she was sitting with her head on her knees, he sighed and looked around them, people were walking around and none seemed to interested in her and he was grateful for that. He caressed her hair softly, "how did you get separated from Tobias?" Athena didn t look up at him; she sniffled but didn t say anything. Sean sighed once more and sat beside her, "you know you failed your lectures. I told you never to cry in public and I told you to always reply to Frank s words with a smile on your face. Tell me, Athena, did you like what happened?" Athena raised her head then; she sniffled and dried her tears with her hand, "I didn t know I would see him. We came out to wait for you but TB had seen a friend and left to greet her when he showed up. I didn t want to say anything to him, he was the one that accused me of stalking him and when he said I was a beggar to his friend, I lost it. He said the same thing last night, I am not a beggar, I don t sleep in the streets, I don t beg people to feed me, so why would he call me a beggar continuously?" "I understand, he just doesn t want to admit to having something to do with you, he is embarrassed by you, Athena." "But why? We have been together for six years, everything was good until he got that job." "Yes, because he now meets famous celebrities, he is now known as a designer and he believes that being with you is nothing but a disgrace to him and his status. This is the reason you need to prove otherwise to him, Athena, you need to show him the woman you can become, you need to show him that you can be like those models as well, if not more than them. Listen, Athena, never let a man tell you otherwise, you are a woman and you are naturally graceful, all you need to do is get it out, bring it out. I can help you; I can help you show not just Frank but the whole world the woman you can be, if only you would let me." Athena sniffled and glanced at him, "do you really think I can be that?" Sean smiled, "I don t doubt it, last night already proves it, don t you think?" Athena heaved a deep breath, "why can t he see the same thing in me?" "You just have to show him." "He left me because he thinks I can t be like them right?" "Precisely." "When I become like them, do you think he would want me then?" Sean heaved a sigh, "of course he would want you, but, do you want to be with him?" He repeated the question once again for he doesn t understand why she would still want to be with him. Athena closed her eyes, she knew she might sound stupid but she really wants to be with him, all her life she had believed that they are meant to be and if it s because that she is not exposed that he left her, then she would gladly let herself be transformed so that he could see that she could be just like them, the women he wants. She glanced at Sean and asked, "would it be bad if I say yes?" Sean smiled softly and shook his head, "no, you are just saying what your heart wants." "Then yes." "I knew it would be yes, don t forget you had admitted to still loving him to me this morning," he sucked in a deep breath and let it out through the mouth, "fine, then I will make you a promise, I will help you get back with him if that's what you want but first, you have to do everything I say." Athena smiled through her tears, "thank you, for everything." "There you are, I have been looking everywhere for you," TB said immediately he saw them, "oh Sean, you are here already," then seeing the tear lines on Athena s face, he frowned, "what happened?" Sean stood up and helped Athena up, "we would talk about it during lunch," he said and TB pouted but still followed them as they walked back to the car with Smith ahead of them.