“Alright, everyone, if there are no issues, I am so glad that things have been running smoothly and that no one has experienced any difficulties in my absense. You are all dismised now. See you tomorrow.” I say to the employees.“Umh, just one thing, Miss Irma.”I was about to hike outside when someone spoke. This one. Where has she been since the meeting started that she is opening her mout at the last time when the meeting is over. She better have something important to say. Sigh! “Yes?” I ask, hoping that it is not something that will take even just more than a minute because I need to know what is happening with Ray and his family and that bitch.“I am not complaining, Miss Irma, but we have not had a salary increament for the last two years. Maybe you can mention that to our new boss?” The lady says, a couple of voices backing her up.“I will do that. But let us all keep in mind that we have a new management now. we might have to wait for them to strategize things out before they
I finish preparing Angel for school, and I am also all dolled up for work as well. I have no plan of being a lazy ass at my word. Never been one. Never will there be one. But on top of that, the curiosity of meeting Ray today to finally know what my crime is is fueling me. I really want to know, honestly. My head needs to be cleared of all these banging questions.I try calling him to ask if he would still be able to take Angel to school today, but the call goes unrequited. Sigh! Where is he now? After placing Angel and my bag on the seats, I excuse myself to go see whether Julie is done with breakfast.“Mommy?” Angel speaks before I can take a third step. I walk back.“Yes, baby?” I respond.“Daddy didn’t pick me up yesterday, and he hasn’t picked up your call just now. Are you sure he is coming?” She implores. She is not in her mood today because her dad failed her yesterday.“I know, but I did explain why Daddy couldn’t pick you up yesterday, baby. Something urgent came up that he
“And what makes you think I am that desperate?” I fire at her.“No. Don’t get me wrong here. I didn’t call you desperate. I just think that this dress is too constricting. My! Even if your intentions are clean, everyone will think that you are trying to seduce your boss with this.” She says, eyeing my brownish-red dress, which, honestly, does not look as seductive as she is making it look.It is just a bit higher above the knees, and well, not too tight, but... dang! I know, I know. It is so clinched. It curves me so well. So what?“I think I have told you time and again that people’s opinions mean nothing to me at all. I know what I am wearing and why I am wearing it, and that is all that matters.” I state.“So, why exactly are you wearing it?” She asks, as if the dress has a vague motive. For goodness sake, I just wore a dress that I felt like wearing today. Why is she dragging the whole world because of a simple dress?“Why don’t you just stop beating around the bush and tell me wh
“Good morning!”Ray greets me after a long decade of axenic lulls as I bathe in dismay, trying my best to understand if the man in the wheelchair is the same man that I know. But how can it be? I mean, how?“Can you stop looking at my husband as if he is a ghost and just let us in? You look like you are casting a spell on him like the one you cast on my son!”I am sorry.I got so absorbed by looking at her husband that my vision blurred her image completely. I don’t even recall noticing her presence. But now that she just puked her arrogance out, I avert my gaze from her husband and fix it on hers. The old man must have found my intent gawking behavior too embarrassing. But what should I do? I am still tempted to think that my eyes are judging me. How can the vibrant Mr. Mazur be confounded in a wheelchair and look so debilitated? What happened?“Didn’t you hear?"“Mother, please!” Ray screeches at his wicked mother, shutting her up while her husband throws her a glance of disapprova
“You both must be so sick in the head and stupid enough to think that I will let you inside my house. Let me wake up your empty brains—there is no way that is happening! Turn around and leave on your own if you don’t want to be embarrassed.” I warn.“You wouldn’t dare.” Mrs. Mazur says:I wouldn’t? why exactly? Because I fear them? Because I cannot?“Watch me!” I scream the soldier's name, and he comes running in the split of a second.“Yes, miss! Is there a problem?” He asks while cruising his eyes around these two fools, who, on the contrary, look like they are suffering from the most horrible shock of their lives. They exude nothing but trouble. Nobody with functional eyes would need to be told that they are nothing but walking trouble.“Yes. I have some intruders here. Please take them, and be very careful. They are poisonous snakes, and their poison is very dangerous.” I say.“Poison? A whore who is stealing someone else’s husband and calling other people snakes? You are the moth
Ray and I stride to where his father is playing with his grandchild. We have been watching them for minutes, and Ray is beyond enthrilled seeing his father this way. It seems like he has given them quite a scare for these two years that he has been ill. What I find amzing is that Angel has brought about this sudden cganhe in his that can’t keep Ray’s lips sealed. Blood is really thicker than water, huh. Just like it happened with her daddy, the connection between Angel and her grandpa is obvious. It was automatic.“Umh…Mr Mazur, may I take her now?” I say, gesturing at Angel to get off the man’s lap.“I know my son has told you that this old man is soo weak, but he is exergerating. I am perfectly fine with my beautiful grandchild. She is quite heavy, but this man is not as old or weak like my son thinks.” He says, hugging the little girl so tight.I look at Ray to ask for help, but he shrugs his shoulders slightly, but gives me a wink that his father can handle it. I guess, I was worr
So,their name had no stain, until I decided to stain it. They were stainless untill Irma decided to show up and now she is dragging their name into the mud. And they can not allow that. He is here to ask me to stop this war that I have started because it will stain their name more than it has already done.“I would like to know, do you have any proof of what you are accusing my wife of? Because if you don’t…”“I do have.” I cut him off, nicely, though, after remembering Ray told me not to abset him. “I would also like to let you know that I was not planning on causing any trouble for your family. I was minding my business and doing perfectly fine with my daughter without you all of you in the picture. Believe me, there was no way I would have chosen all this mess over the peace I had.” I explain.“I know. But now you are in this mess. What do you plan to do?”He asks.“I am sorry, Mr Mazur, but that I can not tell you. All I know is that your wife and your daughter-in-law will not leav
“I was a very vibrant man when you last saw me, Irma. I was the man of the house. I held the sole authority to make you marry my son, and you two could be living happily with each other. No one could have dared go against my word. You wouldn’t need to sneak your hands under the table just to hold each other like your heart wants.”Shieeet! Damn! How does he know? I told you this man is so sharp-witted. I try to yank my hand away from Ray now that we have been caught, but I guess he is glad that we have actually been caught because he does not let go. He pins me more on him, and since I don’t want to arouse any more suspicions, I just let him have his way.I blush as I gaze I look back at Mr. Mazur, though. This is so embarrassing. The old man might be thinking about what we would be doing if there was no one around. But if only he knew that we had already sampled that sin. Sigh!“Instead of choosing what was right, which was my son’s happiness, I put my interests first, my legacy, my
“Umh, my dear?” His father calls, and I turn to her, leaving Rey’s eyes scorching my skin. “I think it is time. And forgive me once again, but hold nothing against your friend. She is a good soul. I just needed to get to the root of all this, and I knew she was the only person who had the answers that I sought, aside from you, of course. She means well.”I knew it was. “So, this happens to be the evidence that you have been telling us, Irma? What is this all about? Where did that come from? Why do you have an old check for this huge amount from our company?” Ana asks.Well, I had not anticipated this happening any sooner, but I guess my father-in-law and my friends planned this well. I can’t lie anymore.I turn to Rey after looking at these two women, who look like they are about to pee in their pants. “I am…”“She asked me for the money. She blackmailed me!” Kathering snaps, confusing everyone.Even I am confused by her guts! I blackmailed her. Whith what? Or for what? She is so sham
The three of us once again trade quizzical glances. There is more.“What?” We all trace our heavily pregnant gazes to Katherine as she whimpers, “This joke is the worst of the pains, so what more is there, Mazur?” She asks.A joke? She is still refusing to believe that he is divorcing her, even with the divorcing headline in bold and staring right through her eyes. Not even his serious tone is enough to convince her. Poor woman! I wonder how she does not collapse after the next blow, and I am also eagerly waiting to know what it is.“I have frozen your cards, Katherine. From this moment on, you have nothing. You are barred from coming close to any of my companies because I have erased your name from everything that has my name on it. As for your children, I will leave it to them to decide. I want you to sign these papers and get out of my house.”Mr. Mazur’s words hang in the air like a heavy cloud. Silence has been the only sound for a long time. Fear and quiestions linger in the roo
“You can’t do that!” Tarah screams, sprining to her feet. “You know that you need us. You need the support of my family for this business. You can’t terminate this agreement. You can’t…”“Your parents and I, young lady,” Mr. Mazur cuts the hysterical parrot off, “have already talked. We agreed that this agreement was a mistake. It is not working. Since this mess has also touched their family because you are in the picture, they agreed to end it in peace and set our children free. We will refund all the investments that your company made in our empire once we do our calculations, and that will be the end of it. For now, all you both need is to sign the papers and go your separate ways.”Hello, to the moon and starts. Here I was thinking that I would be the one to have this bitch divorce my man, but it seems like the stars and the moon were working on my case. Blessed be unto the heavens, and to this man as well. God, please restore his health so that he can witness and be a part of the
We all get to Mr. Mazur’s room with fear and curiosity gnawing within the deepest parts of our souls. I know we are all worried. For instance, I have come to love this old man like a father. He adores my child and is excited to welcome the next one that is on the way. He has justified my stay in this house and my love affair with his son with sincere intent. How can I not love him?“Father? We are all here. I thought we had a party next week, which you were preparing for. What is with this sudden meeting?” Ray asks.And I know how much he adores his father. I remember how badly he pleaded with me not to harm his father. Our paths crossed in this second phase, and my hurt was pounding with waves of vengeance and wrath. He was willing to do anything, even to take up his father’s punishment on his behalf. And in the months that I have been in this house again, I know how deeply he cares for him. He and another love him so much. He may be rendered incapable of anything right now, but I se
Katherine remains mute, but her expressions ooze hurt and pain. It is like this is a bitter pill that she has to swallow.“Next time, don’t you dare go high and mighty on me, Katherine. You don’t want to cross, or else...”“Shut up!” Katherine shuts her up, her voice coming out between gritted teeth. “Don’t say something that you will regret,” she hisses again as they stand before each other like two antagonistic lions.I feel Rey shift beside me, and before I know it, he is standing up, taking me with him as he approaches them. They drop the rage when they sense us. As if we have not been watching the entire show. As if there is anything new with them. I know their secrets. I know they were together in that blackmail attack against me years ago. The person I pity is Rey, because I still have not found the courage to do what she did.I know that he deserves to know. I know that he has all the rights to know what his mother is capable of. I know he needs to know what his mother thought
I join the annoying party, hugging my fury at my claws because I am supposed to be having the best of this moment with Rey and not burning my arse here watching some manner of less arses drink their already inbriated arses off. Why did this b*tch even need us here? All they have been doing ever since we sauntered from the kitchen is just drink and pick on Rey and me. And she—I don’t understand why she had to stay this close to Rey. She annoyingly pressed against him on the left side while I was clinging to him on the right. The poor guy is so unconfortable and lost at the meaning of this whole thing, just as I am. And you, if all she wants is to show off, then I don’t need to succumb so low. I know who it is that matters to Rey. I am serious as fuck about where I stand in his life.I unbandage my hand from him and shift aside from him, an action that causes his to reach for my hand and shift closer, pining himself on me and wrapping his arm around my shoulder. With ease and care, he g
She cloaks her anger for a minute, putting on her signature bitchy crown. But today, her act is not working decently. Even through her iciness, you can still pick up the pecks of anger, hurt, and shame. Bingo, Irma Rose! You are serving this diet, which is the recommended diet. Thumbs up! Stuff her more!“Do not be too sure. And, by the way, how did it feel to see me kissing my husband, whom you can’t stop swooning over? I saw how you almost collapsed with utter stupor and hurt. Did your heart break into pieces after witnessing us kissing?” She asks, almost emitting a smirk.Sha! This witch is so cheap at deriving plans. Was that the only way she could come up with to rile me? My! My! She should have asked me for some advice to spice up her rubbishy, unsuccessful plan. She couldn’t even pull off something to equal a kiss. Such a pathetic loser!“I admit I was thunderstruck and hurt at first seeing Rey’s lips on your disgustful ones for a second. But then, reality slapped me—that was a
After a moment, she clears her throat myriad times, scraping the back of her neck as if she has an itchy skin disease. She is still dreaded in ignominy and bewilderment, and her friends are still looking at her with dismay and shock. She could have prepared them instead of trying to showcase something that isn’t real.“I will just get some glasses. Feel at home and make yourself comfortable on the seats.” She is still battling with her conflicting sentiments.Her friends start dragging their confused bodies to the seats where Rey is perched, while she starts towards me. I was about to get out of her way, but she grabs my hand and drags me inside the kite with her.The door slams shut behind us, the fresh scent of our raw sex with Rey minutes ago slams our nostrils, and we stare at each other like two antagonistic lionesses that we in reality are.I roughly jerk my hand away from this bitch!“What in the devil’s name were you doing in here with my husband?” Tarah screeches after I snat
“What were you doing in there? Been screaming your name for minutes, hun!” I hear that bitch’s voice as I finish cleaning myself up with the Soviets.Hun? Since when? And what is that annoying cheeselike tone? Trying to play some lovey-dovey games to fool her fucking guests? I reckon she is even clinging to my Rey’s arm or fixing the nothingness on his tee just to show off. Bitch!“Uuuu! Spare us, will you?"Spare us?From what?Silence!There is no voice from that witch, and these parrots of hers are just cheering; only the devil knows what. I detest those shrieking sounds! They are making my ears itch! I fix my hair and walk out feeling so raw and content, and...And dumbstruck!The heartbreaking visual visage of my Rey and Tarah together with their lips pressed so iniquitously against each other impairs my visual sense for a minute.Holly fuck!I slam my back on the closed kitchen door the minute it closes. A tinge of stinking jolts down my spinal tube, almost paralyzing me. My who