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she
had abruptly decided to go to New York without telling him. He had only found
out when he bumped into her brother a few days back on Sloane Street. He had
gone shopping on the street that had most of the high-end boutiques London had
to offer. With thoughts of Sierra on his mind and nothing specifically to buy,
he bumped into Sierra’s eldest brother who had attended Oxford during the same
time as he was there.
    The
two guys spoke and chatted for a while. Out of curiosity Sebastian asked how
Sierra was doing. To his utter shock, her brother told him she had gone to New
York to live permanently because she felt the need to start afresh and make
something out of herself rather than just depending on her parent’s wealth. He
was shocked but did not want to act too interested in her matters, so just
said, “Oh really, is that so?” And he left the conversation there.
    The
two university friends spoke some more about their favourite football team,
Manchester United, and the match they had played against their arch rivals Manchester
City, which City won 3–2. Both were disappointed but just laughed it off,
saying that maybe the manager should have kicked a boot at some players like he
had supposedly done to the old team’s captain back in the early 2000s. They
laughed out loud at their joke, gave each other manly hugs before saying
goodbye.
    After
Sierra’s brother left, Sebastian could not get his mind off why she had decided
to go to New York when he was in London wanting and needing her. He went into
lots of boutiques spending ridiculous amounts of money on things he did not
need or already had in an attempt to get Sierra out of his mind, but he still
could not shake the thought of her. She was a permanent fixture in his mind and
he wished amnesia would erase her from his memory, but it refused and she
stayed in his head. His need for her just got greater the longer he was unable
to see or speak with her.
    So
here he is in Westferry Circus eating his steak when he sees the international business
issue of the Canary Wharf Enquirer business magazine. Once in a
while they have stories of businessmen other than those in the country. In the
issue he is reading he sees a dashing young man named Chad Perry, dressed in a ridiculously
expensive ensemble, from his clothing to his jewellery, most especially the
Rolex on his wrist which glitters with yellow diamonds. Money reeks from Chad
Perry, and Sebastian looks at him as if he can smell him. Although he does not
want to admit it to himself, he feels a little jealous at how successful and
good-looking the man in the magazine is. Maybe he too should move to the United
States of America, he thinks, laughing to himself.
    The
waitress brings his dessert after he has finished his main with a new glass of
champagne and proceeds to make small talk with him. His lack of interest in her
is not because she’s unattractive, but because his mind is preoccupied with
another female who is thousands of miles away. His mind suddenly succumbs to
the thought of “What if Sierra bumps into the handsome stranger in the magazine
whilst in New York”. The thought devastates his mind, but he tries to brush it
aside by making himself believe that there are too many people in New York for
Chad Perry to be the specific man that Sierra would bump into.
    Sebastian’s
green eyes light up with envy as he fights to diminish the thoughts in his
head.
    Perhaps
he will end up going to New York after all in pursuit of his love interest, he
thinks to himself, before paying for his dinner and exiting the restaurant.
     
    ****
     
    On the other side of
the Atlantic, Sierra, whom Sebastian was losing his sanity about, has started
to settle into her new life in the Big Apple and is waiting for confirmation
from the director general of the firm she had applied to, as to whether she
would get the position or not on the infamous Wall Street. Even though she did
not feel well-qualified, she had still applied for the