Smart Move

Vivian’s POV 

“She must be made to face the full wrath of the law!” I kept hearing Nancy’s voice the moment we arrived with the cops at the station. 

I was right after all.

Belinda glared at her, and if looks could kill, Nancy would surely be dead by now. Somehow, I am grateful and relieved that someone who looks out for me is with me to face the sharks in Syrus’s family.

“She came into the house and stole from me!” Nancy was yelling at the top of her voice. 

Belinda made to respond to her, but I grabbed her hand gently and whispered to her, “Don’t pay attention to her now, Bel. We will handle her when the time is right,” and for once, Belinda obeyed me. 

We maintained our calm and allowed Nancy do all the shouting and raving. Not too long after that, Syrus walked in with Georgia. I didn’t even notice they had come until Belinda drew my attention.

“Just take a look at them,” Belinda said. “They look horrible together. I wonder what man in his right senses would ever want to be with a woman like Georgia, but of course, it had to be that disgusting ex-husband of yours,” Belinda said bitterly and angrily.

As she talked, I looked at Syrus and Georgia, and I knew immediately that Belinda was speaking from a place of anger, because there was no way anyone could deny that Georgia looked stunning. She always did. I mean, what else would have been expected from a fast rising star who has her gorgeous face plastered in a few magazines.

“Look away, Bel. If they catch you staring at them, it would not be cool,” I whispered to Belinda and hoped she listens, but instead, Belinda kept glaring at them until they got to where we were seated.

Georgia’s expensive perfume filled the entire room, and Belinda scrunched her nose up in disgust, but then again, it was all a show simply because she did not like Georgia. Belinda would insist on Nicki Minaj being ugly if she doesn’t like her, so I wasn’t surprised.

Syrus and his baby doll went over to a ranting Nancy and tried to calm her down. Their presence actually worked, because Nancy eventually quieted down, but not before saying, “Make sure she pays for this.”

Syrus turned to me in a rage and walked over to us in a few strides. I watched the movement of his legs in his sweatpants and I swallowed hard, because I know the wonders of those legs when we made…

I shook my head to get rid of the image that was gradually forming. All of that is in the past now, and if Belinda could see my heart right now, she would definitely chop off my head.

“You cannot get your hands off my family, can you?” Syrus said angrily. “You want to be a part of my family so bad that you find yourself coming back, huh?” Syrus accused as Georgia came and stood behind him supportively.

I was done being their foot mat, and this time around, I would not let Belinda fight for me. When I was head over heels in love with Syrus and stupid, I let him walk all over me, but not anymore. I rose with pride and fearlessness, facing Syrus like he never meant anything to me from the very beginning.

“Have you forgotten that I was the one who divorced you and not the other way round?” I asked him. 

Syrus blinked, visibly taken aback by my new found confidence and boldness. I smiled inwardly, liking the feel I was getting. I wanted Syrus to feel badly exactly how he made me feel all this time.

“Then what were you doing in our home?” Syrus fired back.

“To claim what was mine, Syrus. You did not think that I would abandon something that is rightfully mine for your family to flaunt and enjoy the attention that comes from owning such luxury, do you?” I asked, looking at Syrus straight in the eyes 

Now that we are divorced, I could see clearly that he was really not all that special. My love, admiration, and adoration for him made me treat him like a god, and right now, I regretted it. Syrus never stood up for me. He never showed me off the way he was carrying on with Georgia, and somehow, somewhere deep inside, I felt the pang of pain and jealousy.

“We are divorced already. Move on, Vivian,” Syrus spat.

I scoffed in disbelief. Why wasn’t he talking about the fact that what I took was actually mine, and not a case of robbery or theft as Nancy has been so adamantly putting it.

“Oh, of course I will, as soon as your family gives me what is mine,” I told Syrus.

“Let’s let her go, Syrus, we don’t need all these drama. Plus, she is just acting out of anger and hurt,” Georgia said sweetly from behind Syrus.

I wanted to scratch her face so bad for sounding like a purring cat. It was infuriating that both Syrus and his mother continued to fall for her antics and pretense, but right from the first time I met Georgia I knew her for exactly who she was. 

She could fool everyone one but certainly not me.

“You keep defending her, Georgia. How is she going to learn the hard way? If we continue to indulge her, who knows what next she might do?” Syrus turned to Georgia and asked her.

They seemed like the perfect couple that absolutely complemented each other that it hurts so badly to watch them. It did not also help that Belinda kept breathing angrily behind me.

“We shouldn’t even be here,” she said in a way that only me heard her.

I wanted to tell Belinda that I completely agree with her, but there was no getting out of here without sorting this out first.

Soon enough we were ushered into the grand office to address the issue and probably detain me as Nancy would want, but little did they know that I came prepared for all of them.

“You are being accused of theft and breaking in, Ms. Vivian. This is not a light crime to look over,” the cop said.

“But how can that be when I only walked into the house to take what is rightfully mine?” I asked as I dropped the evidence of ownership in front of the cop and everyone else. 

The joy that filled my heart when Nancy and Syrus looked on in embarrassment would last me a lifetime.