Chapter 432 - A Missed Opportunity

~ Seattle ~

As the days trickled away and the wedding day approached, Mia was getting restless.

Things were falling into place one by one. Mia picked her maid of honor, bridesmaids, dresses, rings, Fabricio was on the phone daily with Madeline and Nathan, discussing the venue and necessary security measures, and things seemed to be under control, but Mia felt that something is missing.

Liz will be the maid of honor, and Hunter picked Mike as his best man.

Olivia was super-excited because she will go as Mike's date (well, they are dating), and that means that she will be THE date of THE best man at THE wedding of THE mysterious Hunter Anderson! If someone told her that this will happen one year ago, she would call that person a liar. But here she is, mingling with girls who are associated with the Anderson brothers, and with Quentin, and she even has a smoking-hot boyfriend (aka Mike).

What started as a side-job of a housekeeper, kicked off an array of events which changed Olivia's life forever. She is spending her days with some of the richest and hottest people in Seattle! Life can't get better than this.

In an exclusive spa, downtown Seattle…

Girls gathered to discuss options for the bachelorette's party over a session of facials, manicures, and pedicures.

As the maid of honor, Liz is in charge of the bachelorette's party, but Liz is not confident in her party-planning, so she is working closely with Brianna. Of course, that can't pass without Sabrina, Olivia also wanted in, Angela tagged for the spa treatment, and Andrea missed seeing Liz… and that is how they ended up here. They are all coming to the wedding and the bachelorette party, so it's no harm if they hear the planning part.

Liz, Mia, Bri, Sabrina, Olivia, Andrea, and Angela are having facials and manicures while sharing their ideas.

Expertly trained beauty technicians are busying themselves silently around the young ladies while not interrupting their lively chatter. Other than providing top-notch service, this spa guarantees that their employees will protect customer's privacy, so girls can talk openly without fear that the information will leak outside this private room.

"It definitely needs to be a whole day thing.", Sabrina started the party-talk.

Brianna agreed. "We should meet in the morning and do fun girls-only stuff until the evening when we will go dancing and drinking until late into the night and the party ends when we pass out in a hotel room."

Liz was not sure about the late-night drinking and passing out part. They will all look (and feel) like shit with a hangover after a day of partying. How will they pull through the next day at the wedding?

She could see a disaster looming as they all feel like puking while 500+ guests are looking at them.

"We should do something that Mia likes.", Liz shared her thoughts, with an idea that Mia is a sport-ish type so her activities of choice would involve less alcohol.

"NO!", Bri shouted. "Are you crazy? If she picks, we will end up rock climbing or playing basketball and that means sore muscles and a lot of broken nails."

"But, it's her party and it should be something she wants to do.", Liz tried to reason with Brianna.

Mia narrowed her eyes at Brianna. "Maybe I will pick an all you can eat buffet and we go and pig out for the whole day."

Sabrina wiggled her index finger in the air. "Not happening. Did you forget about your diet? If you mess it up, you won't fit in the dress."

Mia pouted. "How can I forget about the diet when I'm only thinking about how hungry I am? Eating lettuce and celery is not exactly my idea of getting full. I am losing my muscle mass due to the lack of protein! My waist is shrinking but so are my boobs. At this rate, when we undress after the wedding, Hunter will think that some look-a-like switched with me."

"I thought that you are seeing a nutritionist so that your diet is healthy.", Andrea chimed in.

"It can't be healthy when I'm allowed only things that are green with berries for dessert!"

"Oh, for crying out loud, stop whining!", Brianna exclaimed while rolling her eyes at Mia. "You are on a diet for barely three days and you are acting like it's the end of the world. Besides, you could have picked a different dress, or choose to go with a corset, or agreed to alter the waistline on the wedding dress. You decided to go with a diet, so stick to it!"

"So… what's going to be for the bachelorette's party?", Angela asked with hope to defuse the situation because Mia was irritable (due to hunger) and she was glaring at Brianna.

"We can start the morning with the spa.", Sabrina said to what Liz nodded in agreement.

"Are we going to hire strippers?", Andrea asked.

Mia bobbed her head. "I am all for a lively party, but the only man I want to see undressing himself during a sensual dance is Hunter."

"Awww…", Angela let out a sound of disappointment. "I always wanted to see a handsome half-naked guy jumping out of a cake."

Angela's pouty face was adorable, and it made all the girls giggle.

"Oh, oh…", Sabrina said breathlessly.

Liz's focused on Sabrina who was holding onto her belly. "What?"

"I think I peed myself…", Sabrina said dejectedly.

Liz swiftly moved toward Sabrina and observed the clear liquid that dripped from Sabrina's chair. Liz squatted and inhaled. "It has no scent; this is not urine. Your water broke."

Everyone stared at Sabrina in silence (the beauty technicians included) and three seconds later, they all started talking over each other, forming unintelligible clamor.

"Hey, hey! Shut up!", Liz shouted while waving her arms wildly. "Stop panicking! We need to get Rina into a hospital!"

Liz might not be the best person to plan a party, but when there is a medical emergency, she is the designated area expert, and no one is more reliable than she is. Liz is not a person who will lose her cool at the sight of blood, tissue, bones, or amniotic liquid.

"What do we do?", Mia asked Liz while her wide-open eyes showed how petrified she was.

"First, let's all dress up. I will go with Rina to the hospital. Mia, you call Hunter and Max. Bri, call Madeline and Nathan. Olivia, call Ashton, he is at work…", Liz instructed everyone what to do.

Andrea and Angela decided to go with Liz and Sabrina to a hospital.

"I will drive!", Andrea offered. "Liz can be with Rina at the back."

"I will get a few extra towels from the spa.", Angela said.

Liz was happy that they were all organized and on the move within seconds. They were a girl-squad on a mission.

"I have a pregnancy-bag ready in my apartment.", Sabrina said while they made their way to dressing rooms.

"I will get it!", Mia volunteered. "Where is it?"

"In my closet. It's a purple carry-on in the far right corner…"

Andrea, Angela, Liz, and Sabrina went to change first and head to the hospital.

Olivia, Mia, and Brianna stayed back to make necessary phone calls, and then the three of them will head to Sabrina's apartment to get the bag before meeting with the others at the hospital.

On her way out of the spa, in the main hallway, Liz was on the phone while walking in front of Andrea who supported Sabrina, and Angela who had her hands full with towels.

"Oh, sorry, sorry…", Liz mumbled when she brushed her shoulder against a woman.

Liz's steps paused and she lifted her gaze to looked apologetically at the woman with medium-sized black hair that ended below her ears. Liz thought that the woman looks familiar, but she dismissed that thought because half of the woman's face was hidden behind oversized sunglasses, and they were in a hurry, and someone picked up her call.

"This is Dr. Elizabeth Williams. We need a VIP room ready in the maternity ward…", Liz spoke into her phone and resumed her walk toward the double-doors. "Patient's water broke, and she started having contractions that are irregular…"

Liz didn't want to say names in the entryway of the spa where other customers were, because news that Sabrina Anderson is in labor might spread like wildfire and potentially bring unwanted attention.

"I will give you her name in a minute… Notify ObGyn…"

Irene didn't hear more than that, because Liz walked out with three women trailing after her.

Irene gritted her teeth and she cursed internally when she realized that Liz slipped through her fingers.

After weeks of simmering in anger and plotting, Irene found out that Liz is being followed by bodyguards and she had no opening to make her move.

However, Irene was confident that her luck changed when Suzy informed her that Liz will be in this spa for the whole morning.

Liz coming to the spa means that the pesky bodyguards will wait outside. Irene planned to sneak into the dressing room and get her hands on Liz's wallet and phone and mess up Liz's clothes. There is nothing like planting fear into people and then watch them jump at the smallest sound. And Irene hoped that she can find out something juicy from Liz's phone.

Unfortunately, something happened, and Liz left earlier than expected.

Irene made her way out, following after Liz and the other girls, and her steps halted when she saw that Liz was already flanked by the security guards. Irene recognized two guys as the ones who worked as security at the Alpha group while she was working there, which only confirmed that Max is protecting Liz closely.

"Damnit!", Irene cursed under her breath. She missed this opportunity. Who knows when the next one will present itself?

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