Chapter Eight

Mason was a wreck this morning. He was embarrassed and ashamed. He had acted like an idiot especially when he confessed his love for Olivia. What was he thinking? Be had embarrassed himself, Olivia, and Cassidy. Couldn't he do anything right? Staying in bed was the only way for him to keep his emotions in control. If he was lucky, no one would remember that night let alone what he said. He said some pretty awful and truly disturbing things. He wanted to apologize to Olivia that night but when she came downstairs she ran out the door and down the block.

He slumped in his bed thinking all of the horrible things people were probably saying about him. His phone run at the exact time he put his head under his blanket. It was Billy.

"What do you want Billy?" Mason asked. He had his face pressed against his pillow.

"Just wanted to check up on you," he replied. "Look man, I read this article in People's Magazine and you won't like what they have to say."

"Just tell me now before info face the world unprepared," said Mason.

"Okay," Billy huffed. "Mason Montgomery writes and directs the best movies but I have a feeling that his latest movie will not be all that fantastic. Instead of working hard he has been crushing on his unknown assistant. After getting drunk at his own party, he was reported to have confessed his love her. And then goes on to say something about your movie."

Mason sighed, "So that is how everyone sees me. Do you think I have wasted my time worrying about that girl?"

"Dude she's hot!" he exclaimed. "I would have done the same thing."

"Thanks man," mason said. "What should I do about it though?"

"Go apologize to here. I know you are lying in bed moping but you should really go talk to her about it and then apologize to Cassidy. If you want, I would be happy to take Cassidy."

Mason made a choice. Even though showing his face to the world would embarrass him, he had to go and fix things between him, Cassidy, and Olivia. Although what he said last night was the truth, it was just a bad way of saying it. He acted like an idiot and for that he was truly sorry. He would say that exact thing to the girls. They would accept the apology and he could finish making his movie. Which was in the process of being a flop because of him.

He combed his hair, brushed his teeth, and took a shower.  He hasn't done any of those things since the party Friday and today was Monday. It would be remarkable if he could truly get the stench of wine off of him. Mason picked out a shirt in the color of brown because that was Cassidy's favorite color and he picked out a tux because Olivia once told him that he looked handsome in a tux. He knew where Olivia would be and that would be at the nearest coffee shop. She was most likely working on some last minute movie arrangements. He would go there first and drop by the movie set to apologize to Cassidy last.

He drove right up to the coffee shop and immediately saw  Olivia typing on the Montgomery Employee Laptop. She could only use it if she had gotten permission from him which she did. "Um hey, may u sit?" he asks as he stood above Olivia.

"Sure as long as you don't start drooling over how much you love me," she murmured. He sat down anyways. "Why did you come?"

"We need to talk," he replied.

"There is nothing to say," Olivia commented. There was something she should say but right now wasn't the perfect time. "You said everything last night."

"No I didn't," he countered. "When I said I liked you I meant that I liked you as a friend."

"But what if I didn't want to stay friends," she said. Olivia continued typing. She was typing her resume for a new job. Being an assistant was not as glamorous as she first thought. "What if I wanted you to like me?"

Mason stopped himself from saying something that would be out of line. The paparazzi was already taking photos of them. He couldn't lose his temper of press her angry button. "I'm sorry for embarrassing you last night. It was wrong and out of line and I promise I want do it again."

Olivia stared at him. She leaned across the table, slow at first but sped up and kissed him. There was a blinding of light coming from the persistent paparazzi but they didn't care. They was enjoying the moment. They didn't break apart for what seemed like hours but was actually just a few minutes. Olivia gripped his hand and reassuringly smiled up at him. "I know you are lying. Billy told me." They both laughed.

Cassidy Golden was a very dangerous girl. She liked playing with fire when she was younger but miraculously she never got burnt. She was the perfect evil genius and she knew it. Although the only people who knew her past didn't mean it couldn't resurface. Cassidy did her best eliminate anyone who knew her past. The whole state of Kansas had to be silenced. Cassidy suffers from a personality disorder that makes here criminally insane. She knew that she has this but she though after years of meditation that he had just disappeared but it is never that easy. 

Cassidy gathered Milo and they went to Olivia's home. She had brought some gasoline and a match. She poured the gasoline around the house. She didn't know that there was someone inside. She didn't know that Olivia lived with her parents. All she knew was that this was Olivia's home. Milo dropped the match. They watched the house become engulfed with flames. They laughed but quickly stopped when they heard screaming and yells of pain. They bolted leaving behind a note saying: It Had To Be Done.

That night when Olivia went back home she cried. The fire was being put out by firefighters. The neighbors happen to see the house on fire and called the firefighters. Then called Olivia. She never like her mom and dad but she didn't want them to die like this. She had a clue as to who did it but it was too late to blame others. She called Mason an asked if she could stay with him. He agreed.

Cassidy and Milo dashed home. No one must know why they did.