spoil their makeup. Richard and Wilhelm shook hands. Wilhelm
then took Monika’s hand and kissed it delicately congratulating
them both at the same time. A waiter approached Felicity and
Wilhelm with a tray of canapés on one arm and filled
champagne flutes on the other hand, they both ignored the
canapés and reached for the champagne, then their arms once
again finding each other’s.
Wilhelm guided Felicity throughout the entire house giving her a
beautifully illustrated version of his grand designs. Felicity
couldn’t be more happy to let Wilhelm control the conversation
regarding his work, she found herself more and more fascinated
by his architectural talk, his dreamy voice was deep, mature and
his English accent was just divine, she could listen to him all
night, he was by far the most interesting man she had come
across in her eighteen years, how regrettable he was married
and had three beautiful children . She hoped her plan was going
to work regardless of his marital status.
The evening was a huge success, so romantic; Richard got down
on his knees and presented his future wife a beautiful platinum
ring with three claw set round brilliant cuts diamonds set on a
twist. Monika accepted breathlessly. As the evening came to a
close and the guests started leaving in their groups. Wilhelm
kissed Felicity’s hand and wished her the rest of a pleasant stay
in New York, inviting her to his offices to see more of his work,
the following day before her departure home to Paris.
Felicity immediately made a long distance call to the Madame
forgetting the time difference.
“Who’s this calling at this ungodly hour, speak up I can’t hear
you!”
“It’s Felicity Madame. I’m dreadfully sorry to call so late but I
can’t keep this news to myself a moment longer!”
The Madame soon changed the tone of her irritated voice all of a
sudden into a tone of curiosity.
Felicity outlined her glorious evening with Wilhelm step by step
while the Madame listened patiently; she encouraged Felicity to
stay on in New York offering her a luxury apartment of her own
nearby to Wilhelm’s offices. The Madame had even gone so far
to set Felicity up with an old colleague of hers who would be her
mentor in every aspect of architecture that she would need to
pursue her career. The Madame had also set Felicity up with a
part time secretarial post at Richard Myers and Partners, a small
Architectural company on Tenth Avenue that was several
minutes walk from her apartment.
Felicity couldn’t help thinking how incredibly cunning of the
old lady, perhaps she hadn’t lost her touch after all!
Felicity
couldn’t thank the Madame enough. The Madame had
even gone as far as opening Felicity her own personal bank
account in which she had instructed Monsieur Fredrik to do on
her behalf and deposited three hundred thousand US dollars for
Felicity to use as she saw fit, assuring Felicity that there was no
way on this earth the adopted child of hers was going to go
without anything, if she required more all she had to do was ask.
“Now my dearest Felicity it’s time to go out into the big world
and make an old lady very proud. I am counting on you to show
me you have more than your mothers skills of persuasion. I’ll
do anything to support your chosen lifestyle, it is with much of
my approval, remember if it doesn’t work with the architect,
there’s always senator Gordon, and numerous others, he doesn’t
have any children to complicate matters as far as I am aware.
Try to keep your options open my dear are we clear?”
“Yes Madame everything is clear, thank you for giving me this
wonderful opportunity I won’t let you down.”
“Be sure to call me every few days for an update my dear.”
With this Felicity hung up, hoping no one was eavesdropping on
the other end of the telephone. The next day she said her
goodbyes to the Hamilton’s, her dearest friend and parents
promising she would be in touch
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