“Who was that?” Olivia asked. 

"I have no idea. All I know is that whoever is on that side either have a bad connection or is very annoying. Switch off your phone, or are you scared the hospital might call?”  

“No I forgot to tell you, I am not working tomorrow. Dr Lawrence asked me to change shifts with him because it’s his anniversary. I’m just sorry that our night turned into such an awful evening. We were supposed to enjoy ourselves and now one annoying bastard has ruined our whole evening.”  

“Oh… but I am enjoying myself tremendously.” James said, and out of the blue, bent over and kissed her full on the lips. It was totally unexpected but Olivia did not stop him. She rather enjoyed their interaction and got totally carried away until there was a soft knock on the door.  

“Are you expecting anyone?” James asked and then realized it was a stupid question to ask.  

“No I’m not… and whoever it is can go away because I have much better things to do…” Olivia said and pulled him closer to kiss him again. A few seconds later there was a second knock on the door, but this time it was louder.  James jumped up and opened the door, but there was no one to be seen. 

There was no one in sight, and he realized that it must have been someone delivering a package. Right in front of the door there was a package wrapped in brown paper. He picked it up and handed it to Olivia, who was trying to peek over his shoulder. 

She was giggling and far past being sober.  “Oooohhh I love presents! “ Olivia shrieked and grabbed the package. She tore open the package and was startled to see that it was the painting that she bought at the art show earlier that night.     

“I should have listened to you, I don’t want this anymore” Olivia said and wanted to throw the painting into the fireplace.  James stopped her. “No, don’t be hasty, you loved this painting…”  

“Yes, but that was before I knew who painted it.” Olivia said sarcastically. She put the painting down on the couch opposite to where they were sitting.  Olivia stared at the painting and sighed. 

“I honestly loved this painting so much when I saw it tonight. It was like it was painted just for me…which it probably was, now that I know that Jean Pierre is still not over me.”

“Well there is no way that Jean Pierre or a stupid painting is going to ruin our night. Where were we?” James said and kissed her again.

“Oh I know exactly where we were” Olivia said and once again pulled him closer to her. They kissed for a while and then Olivia said.  

“Do you want to go to my room? It is getting very warm in here all of a sudden…” She got up, grabbed her wineglass and pulled James towards her bedroom. 

She took off her stretched out jersey and dropped it on the floor… James smiled at her and was fixated on her beautiful body, and he realized that he was falling completely in love with her.  

She put down her wineglass next to the bed and gestured for him to come closer.  James was standing next to the shelf with the dolls and suddenly felt very awkward.  

“Wait” he said. “I can’t do this while your dolls are watching us.” 

She laughed, told him that he was silly,but threw him a blanket to cover the dolls.  The blanket got stuck on the shelf, and when he tried again, he knocked the one doll off the shelf. It was the last doll in her collection, the one sent by Jean Pierre.  

James tried to catch the doll, but the porcelain doll hit the wooden floor and shattered into a thousand pieces. Right in front of his left foot, lay a tiny little camera that was hidden inside the doll.  

Olivia was stunned.          

To be continued

Chapter 1 - https://steemit.com/fiction/@giantbear/the-blind-date 

Chapter 2 - https://steemit.com/fiction/@giantbear/the-blind-date-chapter-2-fiction 

Chapter 3 - https://steemit.com/fiction/@giantbear/the-blind-date-chapter-3-fiction

Chapter 4 - https://steemit.com/fiction/@giantbear/the-blind-date-chapter-4-fiction

Chapter 5 - https://steemit.com/fiction/@giantbear/the-blind-date-chapter-5-fiction

Chapter 6 - https://steemit.com/fiction/@giantbear/the-blind-date-chapter-6-fiction

Chapter 7 - https://steemit.com/fiction/@giantbear/the-blind-date-chapter-7-fiction

Chapter 8 - https://steemit.com/fiction/@giantbear/the-blind-date-chapter-8-fiction

Chapter 9 - https://steemit.com/fiction/@giantbear/the-blind-date-chapter-9-fiction

Chapter 10- https://steemit.com/fiction/@giantbear/the-blind-date-chapter-10-fiction