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 Married
woman with a well-off standard of living, Olivia Welles is above all an
abandoned woman, with for only friends fur coat and jewels. Olivia
arrives in Santa Barbara a few days before the opening of The Lair to
invest some money. In reality, she came to find her former lover, this
man whom she intimately met in Tahoe, between ski courses. Olivia's
words and intentions are clear : she will invest big sums of money in
the club in exchange for his favors.
Under
a new appearance, Olivia Welles returns to Santa Barbara the day of the
inauguration of The Lair. She takes advantage of this party to offer to
herself again the services of her official gigolo, and to know why he
showed himself so rude with her friend Evangeline Williams. As a good
friend, Olivia had recommended him to her friend because she thought
that she could count on his discretion and his courtesy in exchange for
her generosity.
Feeling
that her protégé is escaping her, Olivia shows herself scathing and
arrogant towards T.J. : his only quality is to be a gigolo, a good
gigolo, but in the end nothing else than that. She comes back later to
see T.J. in order to apologize for her behavior. She does not wish to
remove The Lair from him. This is why she leaves him the key of her
bedroom. And T.J. has no other choice because it is his investment which
is at stake. This confrontation shows all the bitterness which exists
between them : T.J. refuses himself to her and Olivia offends him by
belittling him.
They
will see each other again twice. The evening of December 24, Olivia's
strength fails, letting see to T.J. the depth of her ill-being : her
husband left her. In front of her distress and her solitude, T.J. reads
her The Little Match Girl.
Their last meeting will occur a few months later : Olivia then wishes to
get back her money. She will leave empty-handed, because The Lair has no
liquid assets. We will never hear again about Olivia, this part of T.J.
Daniels'
past.
Portrait
written for this site by Lilian
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