@a-museing-rps
Generally speaking, the mornings were some of the most beautiful in the city. People bustled around, either too tired to function or so caffeinated that they had a pep to their step. The bookshop was no exception, alive with faint conversation and people of all sorts coming through the doors to see what was on the shelves. Vivian was not out of place, or at least she didn’t think so. She’d done her best to seem put together, when in the past it hadn’t been very difficult at all to blend into crowds. Harold had plucked her from her youth, a woman with thick dark hair and soft features, and created something quite opposite of her. Years of happiness had come to an end once her son was born, the magnate taking to greener pastures and younger women. Still, she had little Max to carve a smile onto her face. Harold hadn’t let her be soft, or let her live a happily married life, and in the end he had taken even her sons importance from her. Jackson was born under her nose as if she would never find out, and it ripped away the thought that she was at least the only one worthy of a child to Harold. Harry could rot in his grave for all she cared, he hadn’t done her any good.
Viv dressed down for the outing, and threw back plenty of mouthwash to clear the smell of liquor on her breath. Tracking Maddox down hadn’t been difficult, she called the office and they gave her everything. His secretary even went as far as to say he wasn’t showing up to work as regularly as before, naming a woman the key to Max’s absence. As it turned out, the woman owned a shop not too far away from his office. A bookshop, obviously older than the dust that had gathered in Harold’s closet. As she stepped around other customers Vivian peered around, trying to find any trace of the shops owner. Growing frustrated, but keeping it hidden, she walked toward the register and leaned against the counter. “Can I get a little help? I’m looking for something in particular.” Her questioning was aimed at the redhead turned away from her, and although her tone was kind she looked the woman over a little too harshly while she didn’t have her attention. Was she the culprit to her son’s business’ demise? No, she couldn’t be, Max was much more accustomed to women with a bit more gumption. All the women she’d witnessed her son with on occasion were much more… well, more.


















