Chapter Hundred and forty two

“Are you saying I am a bad influence for Chole?” I asked with a cracked voice. I was shaking and not expecting Damien’s response to be direct. “Yes! Yes Irene. I expected so much from you”. His words are like vinegar on injury. I was crushed. It was the last thing for me to imagine, being a terrible influence on a kid that calls me mommy.

“Irene, I got a call from your dad. I heard your best friend quit her job because of you” he applauded me. “You are doing great, wife. What is actually going on in that small skull of yours?” He asked, yawning. Damien was mean with his words. His words reminded me of Damien I first met. “Are you also saying that it was my fault she left?” I asked, sobbing. My sobbing had nothing on Damien. He walked towards the water dispenser and got himself a glass of water.

“Whose fault?” He asked, taking another sip from the glass. “Irene, twice you had fought with Maddie she didn’t quit or stop working. This time she resigned after a meeting with