Chapter 64 Look who's here?

The venue had changed while they were waiting for the reporters to clear out. Since they couldn't go there yet, Lea had an idea and suggested that they go shopping. Everyone agreed and decided to go shopping at the nearest International Mall, where all the high-end stores were located. Lea was thrilled to the maximum. She already planned on going shopping after meeting her brothers, and now she did not have to wait any longer.

Lea loved shopping almost as much as Eva; therefore, both ladies were grinning from ear to ear as they got ready to go. Unfortunately, Ronald and Ethan were called to rescue Ann and Jeff, so they had no choice but to leave the girls in the care of the twins along with Alexa and Ria.

Alexa was not fully acquainted with Eva and Lea yet so; they didn't have the chance to be adequately introduced when they were at the gallery. Lucas took the honors in doing a short introduction.

"Miss Grant, I would like to introduce my baby sister, Lea. And the beautiful young lady here is my sister's friend who I never met before." He shyly pointed to Eva while his face was turning all red.

"Oh, I'm sorry! We forgot to introduce ourselves. Like my brother said, I'm Lea, the baby sister and this is my talent and client; soon to become very famous in Asia. Hahaha! Eva, meet Miss Grant." Lea continued the introduction for her brother.

Alexa extended her hand to Eva, who she thought was around the same age as herself. "Nice, to meet you! I hope you can give me your autograph later, so when you become famous, I could brag about it to my friends. Hahaha!" Alexa said while smiling happily to meet an aspiring actress from the Philippines.

"Oh, I'm not going to be famous! But, I'm more than happy to give you autograph later, since you're the first person who has ever asked me. Hahaha!" Eva happily accepted Alexa's handshake.

Alexa found out later on that Eva was actually not much older than she was;Lea as well. They instantly became friends and chatted like they had known each other their whole lives. The twins and Ria were happy to see that Alexa had found new friends, even though they would be leaving to return to the Philippines, she found a friend nonetheless.

The International mall was the biggest one in the whole of Washington D.C. Celebrities and personalities from all over the world always came to this place to shop. Therefore, it was not new to see rows and rows of limousines and expensive cars in the parking lot.

Team 1 of Alexa's detail had arrived ahead of them and cleared out the area where the group would be entering from. Once they entered the shopping mall, Alexa's eyes lit up like 10,000 lumen light bulbs. Brand named products were everywhere; it was totally overwhelming just to browse through the whole place.

"Whoa! I love this place, my gosh, I could stay here and window shop all day. Hahaha!" She excitedly exclaimed.

Lea thought she was so adorable and innocent. She couldn't help herself and asked Alexa a personal question. "Alexa, if you don't mind me asking, how long have you been living here in the USA? Just curious, you don't have to answer if you don't want to." Lea's face was showing kindness and fondness to the young girl.

"Oh, I don't mind at all! Is not like it's a big secret. Hahaha! I arrived here last week, and this is the first time I have been here, that is why I'm acting like this. Am I embarrassing you guys?" She looked around towards Eva, Lucas, Logan, and Ria's reactions to see if they were embarrassed so that she could adjust herself and act like high society citizens like Lea and Eva. That was not a big deal to her anyway because she liked to be who she was and not someone else.

Eva replied with a big smile on her face. "Oh, No! Not at all, have fun, and enjoy yourself. This is my first time being here as well, and it's overwhelming, don't you think so?" She directly asked Lea and indirectly asked Alexa.

"Yes! We don't mind at all. Do what you must, if you want to goo-goo and gaa-gaa, it's your prerogative. Lea interjected, feeling bad for asking such a stupid question.

However, Ria didn't like the way Lea had worded it, and her protective instincts kicked in then she gave Lea a meaningful look. [More like a murderous look] If her glance could kill, Lea would have died right on the spot already. Lea was pretty lucky that her two older brothers were there or Ria would have given her a piece of her mind. Instead, Ria stood there and waited for whatever Alexa would do in the process.

The twins saw the looks that Ria gave to Lea and pulled their sister aside to speak with her about how she spoke. She made it sound that Alexa was too ignorant when she said, "goo-goo and gaa-gaa." Ria took it the wrong way and was ready to protect her charges at all cost. It did not matter if Lea was related to the twins; Alexa always came first to her.

Alexa was not ignorant nor unfeeling. Her feelings did get hurt when Lea said those words, but she had never been short minded and simply let it go. It was the political way of understanding one's friend: never pay attention to the words that are spoken, but instead, pay attention to the action at hand. She figured that that was how Alexa talked to her friends, and if she said those to her, it meant she was considered a friend. And that was good enough for her.

"So! Where do we start? I want to be able to check out all the stores. Who knows; this might be my only chance of being here, I might as well enjoy it to the fullest." Alexa happily told everyone, while sadness was showing in her eyes as she spoke.

Eva saw the gloom that enveloped Alexa's face when she spoke, and she wondered why? However, she didn't have the guts to ask, so she did the next thing she knew, she grabbed Alexa's arm and ushered her towards the Louie Vuitton showroom to start shopping. "Let's go spend some of my hard earn money! " She then turned around and winked at Ria who was watching the whole thing without saying a word.

Ria liked Eva and gave her half a smile as approval and followed them as they went inside the LV showroom hand in hand...

Alexa and Eva were chatting happily as they walked around the showroom. Ria was following closely behind them, making sure that her charge was protected the whole time. Lea was busy checking out a limited edition purse that just came out when someone grabs the bag from her hand.

Excuse me! I don't think this purse suits you!" The person told Lea arrogantly.

Lea turned around to look at who snatched the purse out of her hand while cursing, "What the heck? I'm still looking at that purse, give it back... Bitch!" What she saw in front of her stunned her and made her speechless afterward. 'Why, oh, why? Of all the people she would meet, why did it have to be this spoiled brat? Ethan shouldn't have let her drown that day in Hawaii.' Lea thought while looking at Eva's direction to see if she was looking at them so that she could warn her.

Unfortunately, it was too late. Alexa and Eva were already right in front of them with concerned looks on their faces while the twins and Ria were right behind Alexa standing like statues ready to protect her if anything happened.

Eva was the first one to speak, "Lea, what's going on? Everything alright?"

Jane Si, heard Eva's concerned voice asking questions. She then turned around ready to give her a piece of her mind, but instead her attention diverted to Alexa.

"Well, well, well! Look who we have here. If it's not the..."