Magdalena’s Adventures

Chapter 4

Mrs. Bunny Needs A Cocktail

(Read chapter 1, 2, 3 )

Thank goodness Magdalena’s older brother Sam came to her dads party, at least her mother would not be furious with her and cause a big scene. She was safe, for the moment anyway.  Her mom was so delighted by her oldest brothers surprise visit to Manhattan that she couldn’t and wouldn’t let anything upset this moment.  Of course there would be hell to pay on the ride back to her family’s farmhouse in New Jersey.  That was her father’s problem not hers.  Thank God she wasn’t going in the car with them, no way, she was headed downtown to meet her friends for cocktails late night.  Now if only she could find Christopher, who somehow, after letting the big secret slip, managed to sneak away. Magdalena wasn’t about to let him off the hook so easily, what the hell was he thinking, blurting out her family’s personal business like that in front of everyone?  She was going to tell her mother she was not working for her company ‘La Maison Parisienne’ but instead heading to Kirabati to start up a green boutique hotel with her father, she just never found the right time to tell her.  Yes, she was afraid, her mom thought after having three sons her one and only daughter would handle all the business details of her company.  But that was her mother’s dream not hers.

Magdalena’s mother didn’t show for one second that evening that anything was bothering her.  Not a chance, the party must go on she was the consummate hostess and everyones happiness came before her own.  Magdalena noticed some tears in her mom’s eyes when she was hugging her brother but her mom quickly wiped them away and was all smiles greeting her family and friends.  Magdalena glanced over in the corner and saw her two other brothers Oliver and Teddy talking to Christopher and looking nervously in her direction, now was her chance to corner him.  She would do anything to be near him he was her obsession.  She couldn’t be mad at him she was too in love with him.  Just as she hoped her brothers quickly walked away leaving her alone with Christopher.  God he was gorgeous, she couldn’t be mad at him, she was staring at him not looking away from his piercing blue eyes for a second, thinking how she wasn’t going to stop until they were together. Christopher reminded her of Pierce Brosnin in his James Bond years.  Just like Pierce he came from Ireland when he was a young boy.  He had a fabulous accent, jet black hair, gorgeous blue eyes and was incredibly successful in the hotel business.  She was also happy his girlfriend Harper was no where around, he was all hers.

After a million ‘I’m sorries’ from Christopher she told him it wasn’t his fault.  It was hers, she was acting like a childish little girl not telling her mother the truth.  Her father had demanded she let her mother know her plans had changed.  She had a lot of time to think after Wharton Business school while she was traveling in Spain and she knew in her heart she wanted to work in the South Pacific.  She did her homework before presenting her ideas to her father.  She found investors, architects and those politically connected in one of the world’s most remote areas.  They all listened to her stories, paid attention to her business plan and seemed impressed by her passion and enthusiasm.  She was going to help bring more business and tourism to this country.  She even was determined to get her brother Sam to come and help figure out a way to extend the average life expectancy there. Kiribati was in desperate need of medical assistance.  Sam’s first passion is photography but he is a doctor and Magdalena knows how much he loves helping people.  Her other brother Teddy would lend his expertise in road management, bridge development and all areas infrastructure and of course her younger brother Oliver would be finishing up his studies and spending time with her parents and his friends.

She was standing on top of Christopher as she usually does when she talks to him, doing her thing.  Flirting, laughing a little to long at his jokes, flipping her long hair around and trying to let him know she was ‘his’ if he wanted her.  Harper joined them and looked a little uncomfortable with Magdalena and Christopher’s closeness.  She never thought anything was going on between the two of them.  After all Christopher is Magdalena’s father’s best friend and about 30 years older than her.  She just assumed she has a school girl crush on him.  Never the less she felt very strange watching them together, Magdalena was young, rich and drop dead gorgeous.  This girl got what she wanted and Harper was beginning to think she wanted Christopher.

The party came to an end.  Many of Magdalena’s fathers business acquaintances were there as well as his entire family and close friends.  He was very happy and thanked his wife for putting together such a memorable evening.  He was madly in love with Magdalena’s mother.  He was also dreading the hour long drive back to New Jersey with her.  As he excepted she complained the entire ride home in the limo.  She felt embarrassed to be left out of these decisions, humiliated that everyone knew but her, pissed that she had no one to help her with the business end of her company.

She also let him know she too would be coming to Kirabati to work with them.  He smiled, he knew all along she would.  It was exactly what he and Magdalena had been planning all along.

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