Chapter 37
Nicol
To tell you the truth I don’t even know if these fancy boutiques on 5th Avenue sells children’s clothing I mean did Chanel, Dior or Louis Vuitton even have a children range, clearly, we are going to find out today. Our first stop was Louis Vuitton off course it was Nicolas favorite brand. As we walked in the sales lady immediately approached him, clearly, she was flirting with him as well, she was blond and had blue eyes I won’t be surprise if he slept with her. I heard him ask her “Do you have children’s clothing?” “Off course not Mr. Brown.” “Oh, sorry my bad, but I’m looking for a dress for my friend here.” She gave me a look one that could have killed, she leaned into him and said softly but not soft enough “But she has red hair.” Yip, he slept with her. He just gave her a look making her disappear and a gentleman come towards us, “How can I help sir?” “I need a dress for my friend here.” Nicolas said pointing at me. Nikki was smiling from ear to ear someone was buying her mother a dress I’m sure she thought she would never see the day. “I have the perfect dress for you. Is it for a special occasion?” I didn’t get time to answer him because Nicolas answered for me “Yes we are going to see the Nut cracker tonight.” “Okay then you will need a dress and a coat.” “Just a dress is fine.” But he didn’t look at me he looked and Nicolas. “And a coat.” Fuck I thought to myself. He came out with the most beautiful red dress, I’ sure it cost as much as what I make in a year at the hospital but I told myself not to look at the price. It was a Wrap tie dress, red and the sleeves, seem and tie was black it looked stunning. “Go fit it I’ll go get a coat.” He told me. Nicolas took Nikki’s hand and they walked to the dressing rooms with me. “What do you think angel?” I asked Nikki “It’s very pretty.” I went into the cubicle and fitted the dress it was like the dress was made for me; I couldn’t believe I was in a Louis Vuitton store fitting a dress made by them. When I walked out, Nikki got up, “Mom it looks amazing.” “Thank you, Nikki.” I looked at Nicolas. He didn’t say anything but the look in his eyes said everything, he liked it and clearly, he didn’t want to admit it.
While I was showing them the dress the gentleman came back, “Wow that looks stunning on you.” “Thank you.” “Here is a jacket to go with that and off course some shoes.” “No, I have shoes.” “Fit the shoes, Nicol.” Nicolas said. I didn’t want to argue I’ll give him a piece of my mind tomorrow today I’ll play nice. I put the shoes on and they fitted perfectly with the dress as well as the Wrap black coat he gave me. “That’s perfect.” The sales man said.” “She is.” I thought Nicolas said but I must be mistaken. He got up and told the man we will take everything. I went to go and change and when I got to the till Nicolas already paid for everything and it was nicely packed in their bags.
Our next stop was at Saks, when we walked in Nikki went straight to the kid’s department, she fell in love with a Polo Ralph Lauren dress it was red plaid taffeta dress. “Nicolas, can I get this one for tonight then we get you a red tie and you we all can look like a family?” I was shocked with what Nikki said but not as shocked as what Nicolas was, I mean he couldn’t even answer her. “I’m sure Nicolas has enough ties.” Suddenly he came out of his stupor and answered “You can never have enough ties, but let’s just look for a dress for next week as well okay then we can go and have a look at the ties.” We strolled through the other cloths waiting for Nikki to make a decision, I don’t know why but I stood close to Nicolas and asked him “Are you okay?” He gave me a look “What do you think, we should have been a family all along Nicol.” “We’ll talk about that tomorrow, okay?” “Well, I don’t really have a chose, do I?” “Mom” I heard Nikki call me, thank God safe by my daughter. “Yes angel.” “I like this dress.” She lifts it and showed it to me, it was a black and silver of the shoulder dress with a black bow on the hip, one arm had a long sleeve, I thought it was pretty but the look on Nicolas’s face told me he didn’t like it. “Are your sure sweet pea?” “Yes, I really really like this one and it’s so shinny and I saw the perfect shoes to go with this dress, it's a ballerina shoe. Get it because I’m a ballerina.” “Yes, sweet pea I get it.” “Okay you lead the way and show us the shoe that goes with the dress.” She led us to the shoes and yes there was the perfect ballet shoe that went with the dress. He asked for her number then we went to the cashier. “Do we have everything?” Nicolas asked. “Yes, we just need your ties, Nicolas.” Nikki told him. “Okay we can go to another shop to get my ties.”
We got back in the car and Geoffrey took us to Georgio Armani’s shop, fuck this man really likes his brand names I’m sure the only reason he didn’t like the off-shoulder dress was because it didn’t have a name. When we walked in there was another sales lady that greeted him, openly flirting with him. He immediately introduces me to her, Nicol this is Jessica, Jessica, Nicol” “Nice to meet you.” I said. Her on the other hand said in a whisper thank God “Is she your girlfriend?” “Yes” Nicolas said. To call me his girlfriend he must really not like this girl. “Don’t get any ideas.” He said to me as we walked to where Nikki was looking at the ties. “I wouldn’t dream of it, but you must not like that girl if you refer to me as your girlfriend.” He didn’t say a word.