You're not him

Arella pov

"Okay, girl calm down",joan held my hands.

"Hello".

We raised our heads and saw theo elvis.

"I see a spare chair here, may I sit".

I nodded and he sat close to me, I motioned sam with my eyes to look at him and see if he doesn't look like alex.

He understood and looked away.

Theo looked at sam, "miss george, is this your lover?, sam or Alex, which one?".

"That's sam and he's not my lover, he's my best friend"."Theo meet sam, sam meet theo",I motioned with my hand.

" It's a pleasure to meet you",they said to each other.

Sam drank the wine from his glass," so you are theo? ".

Theo rested his back on the chair and raised an eyebrow," so you are sam? ".

What's wrong with them?.

Sam dropped his glass," it looks like you knew my name, before now, did she tell you about me, while you both were dancing? ".

Theo smirked as he swirled his wine," she mentioned your name in my car and Alex, on my bed,I see your best friend didn't tell you about it".

Joan choked on her drink when he mentioned bed, her face read"damn girl, you've already gone that far with him?".

Sam and theo stared at each other. I felt tension in the air.

" And now,we will call the best employees for the year to take their awards!".the host said as he was giving an envelope from the person beside him.

I thanked the host,in my mind.

The host called people from the TV stations,to reporters,to journalist,including cleaning staffs and finally the radio broadcasting area.

"Henry hathaway",the host said with enthusiasm.

"What the fuck,what the hell,even though I wasn't the one called but I know conan deserve it",I frowned.

The party went on,more drinks were served, colleagues talking to one another and people dancing.

Comedians showed up.

Joan was with her colleagues and I was with mine chatting while sam and theo sat on the chair quietly.

I walked to joan and told her am leaving,I walked back to tell Sam I need to leave

"Let's leave together,then",theo said as he carried my purse.

We walked out of the building.

"Sam thank you for driving me here today,don't worry I'll get a car soon",I smiled at him.

"Take care,mr elvis",I entered sam's car. He droved me to my apartment building,told me goodnight and he drove off.

I heard a car horn,I recognized the car and I turned,the person wined the front seat window,it was theo.

I walked to the car and looked at him,"so you stalked me".

"Let's talk" he said,looking serious.

"I also want to talk,hold on let me change my clothes",I entered my apartment, changed to a crop top and sweatpants and I entered the car.

"Let's go to the public playground,it's not far from here",I glanced at him.

" A playground?sure",he tries to help me with my seatbelt but I told him I can handle it.

We reached the playground and I ran to the swing and sat in the chair.

He laughed as I ran.

"What?,you haven't seen an adult swinging,do you think it's only for kids?"." Come,join me,mr elvis".

He sat on the second chair nervously.

"Are you embarrassed,Mr elvis?",I asked,looking at him.

He chuckled,"no and you can call me theo".

"Well let's talk as we swing,theo"."so,theo,do you know anyone in your family called Alex Christopher,dead or alive?".

"Is that the Alex,you mentioned before",he asked

I nodded.

His demeanor changed,"Alex Christopher,no,a christopher yes,maybe this Alex is a family,I don't know".

"Who's the christopher,you know",I asked.

I stopped swinging and came down,he stopped too as he saw me come down.

I stood in front of him,"his first or last name".

"Last name,but I don't want to talk about him",I barely know anything about him,I haven't met him since I was born,but I inherited some of his properties".

" Oh,am really sorry for asking that,so you're the only child of your mother".

" Yes",he answered.

It's not him,I hard a glimpse of hope that a miracle could have happened that day,I thought Alex changed his name to theo,but it was wishful thinking. Alex had two older sisters called theodora and amelia. And though his parents were divorced,he and his father met many times.

"Theo,I need to go home am very tired,please can you drive me back" I asked as my head was pounding.

"I wanted to talk to you about other things but it's okay,I'll drive you home,we will meet again".

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~AAfter theo drove her home,he drove back to his house.

As he was coming out,he saw Arella's purse.

" Well,well,it looks like cinderella lost her purse after the strike if midnight",he smirked.