Chapter 121
Nicol
We finished with our brunch I paid the waiter and both JP and I got up from our seats, as soon as I was standing, I could feel that Mimosa’s had a kicked to it. I couldn’t walk I felt so light headed. JP hooked his arm in mine, “I’ve got you.” “We shouldn’t have had so many Mimosas, I’m drunk JP.” “Don’t worry I’ll make sure you get home safely.” “No, you need to go and sleep you are working tonight. Take my phone and call Nicolas.” JP walked me to the foyer and let me sit on the coach before he took my phone, he dialed Nicolas number I only heard a one-sided conversation. “No, it’s JP.” “No no she’s fine just a little drunk.” “We had Mimosa’s with our brunch.” “Yes, she did but you know her she doesn’t eat a lot.” “Okay thanks I’ll wait with her. Cheers Nicolas.” As he disconnected the call he said “Geoffrey will be here in 10 minutes.” “Okay.” JP sat next to me and I laid my head on his shoulder. I must have fallen asleep because he woke me up, “Come on Nicol Geoffrey is here.” He helped me up from the coach walking me outside, as soon as we got outside, I could hear camera’s going off, “Fuck the paparazzi, how did they find me?” I asked JP. “Don’t worry about them get in the car.” I heard one of them scream “Is there already problems with Nicolas.” My instinct was to answer them but JP kept me quiet. Geoffrey open the door for me when I got in, I heard Geoffrey ask JP if he could give him a ride home, but JP declined. When Geoffrey got in, he asked me “Are you okay?” “I will be as soon as I sleep this off.” I heard him chuckle and then I heard him talking to Nicolas “We might have a problem.” “The paparazzi was outside they are speculating that there are already problems in your relationship because she was seen with another man.” Then I heard him say “Okay.” And then nothing.
I woke up in my bed, I didn’t have any idea how I got there but I must say I felt a hell of a lot better. As I was lying there, I heard a commotion in one of the rooms, Nikki couldn’t have been at home yet could she, when I looked at my watch it was past 2 pm so I had a good nap when I got out of bed, I realized I was still dressed only thing that was missing was my boots and my jacket so clearly Geoffrey and Isabella put me to bed. I got up in search of the noise I looked in the kitchen nothing, then I heard it again, it came from Nicolas’s office so I walked in that direction. I didn’t knock I just walk into his office; he was throwing things around on his desk then he took his phone again and had his hands in his hair. “Nicolas?” I said softly. “Oh, the girl of the hour, please come in.” He said it very sarcastically. Fuck what happened. “What’s wrong?” “Well come over here and I’ll show you what is wrong.” I walked towards him a little scared of what I was about to see. As soon as I reached him, he pushed his phone in my face, I moved his hand a bit further away for me to see what he was actually showing me. It was a photo of me holding onto JP like my life depended on it. Anyone that didn’t know JP would think that we were romantically involved and the headline read “ALREADY PROBLEMS IN THE BROWN HOUSE.” I scanned the article I read something about the “Famous bachelor Nicolas Brown that just a few weeks ago came out with the story he had a daughter and a girlfriend.” And then “It looks like said girlfriend is cheating on him, probably his own fault did he step out on her first?” I stop reading it. “I’m sorry Nicolas. I don’t normally drink that much.” “How many did you have?” “4” “4 Mimosas and it made you this drunk, did you eat?” “Off course I did.” “Not picking at your food Nicol I mean eat, like ate all your food.” I got quiet because I always pick at my food it’s something I learned to do with Nikki, to make sure she had enough when she was born. “No Nicolas I didn’t eat all my food.” “And that would be the reason the mimosa’s got you like this and that we have to deal with this shit now. What do you think the children at school is going to say?” “Nikki knows JP like men.” “Yes, Nicol she might know that it doesn’t stop children like Zoe to tease her about her mother going out with another man.” “Are you angry with me?”
He got quiet for a while before he said “Not angry disappointed. You know we are under a microscope at the moment.” “Yes, I do but I really didn’t think I would feel like this after 4 mimosas.” “Clearly JP neither.” “I was always a light weight, I never went out to party while we studied, I mean I had a baby to look after, I never build a tolerance for alcohol.” “I understand that Nicol maybe you should have stopped at 2 if you knew this.” “We were having a good time Nicolas something I seldom do with a friend.” “I know Nicol I’m sorry I’m reacting like this, it’s just ……” “Just what?” “No nothing just leave it okay?” “No, I can’t leave it we are talking about this so tell me, it’s just what?” “I’m thinking of Nikki at school she’s already going through so much.” “Nicolas you are holding back what else?” He got quiet for a while I thought he wasn’t going to answer me yet again until he said “It’s my lawyer, okay?”