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The Bargain Hating Spencer Sherrod
The couple left for work the next morning with a plan on tackling their problems. Racheal would try to find out how Zuri was related to Malorie, and Steffan would try to find out what Ben knew about the Sanders.As Racheal walked down the stairs, her hand in Steffan's, her mind wandered to the globe. She wondered if it was right to not tell him. She dismissed the thought. She told him about her father already, and has made up her mind to destroy the globe. There was no need to talk about it. Now she knew her father had nothing to blackmail her with because Steffan would bear her witness.She would destroy the globe the first chance she got to be alone.“Your phone?” Steffan asked. They were now standing in front of their cars.“My purse.” She said with a smile. He had insisted on setting everything up before they went to bed last night. It still felt strange to have a smartphone.“Keep it close, baby. I want you within easy reach every minute.” She could not see his eyes behin
The Bargain Zuri loses her job
“You called me ma’am.” Zuri said.“Twenty minutes ago.” Racheal responded, looking up from the chart on her desktop. The chart showed all the expenditure from the visit to the camp. Supplies, and insurance. All a waste now. Zuri was frowning at her. “I had to finish up on one of your many assignments.” She said,“You do not even bother to hide it.” Racheal said, looking at the woman. Zuri’s anger and hate towards the Sherrod was so big she had difficulty pretending. Although she did not look like someone who could pretend anyway, she wore her heart on her sleeves.She reminded her of Jade. Maybe if they had met under different circumstances they would have got on well.Zuri said nothing. If she understood the meaning of what Racheal just said, she did not show it. Her face remained in a perpetual scowl.“Sit please.” Racheal said, watching her. The woman took one of the seats in front of her desk, and stared at her.“Sister or friend?”“What?” Zuri asked.“Was Mallorie your sis
The Bargain This is a genius idea
Racheal stepped out of the car.“I won’t be long.” She said to Isaac.He looked at her confusedly.“I told you we were going somewhere.” She said, stopping briefly to look at him. “And don’t let Steffan know. I mean it.”She went into their house, and hurried up the stairs to their bedroom closet. She noticed that Steffan had brought in even more of his clothes and other personal belongings now. She wondered what the other house he said he had been living in looked like as she scanned his side of the closet for the item she was looking for. She heard her phone beep, and slid the screen open.—--------------------SteffanWhere is this secret place you are headed again. 🤦♂️11:15—---------------------RachealDon’t ruin your own surprise 🙄🙄11:16—---------------------She sighed. She should have known that her guards would never keep their mouths shut. Everyone was scared to get in trouble with Steffan.She pulled out a drawer and picked one of his wrist watches carefully a
The Bargain A message from Skylar
Racheal stared at the glass-covered pool, thinking about Zuri. If Steffan was the one who wronged her, why was she transferring all the aggression to her?And that threat she had made? She had to tell Steffan about it.“Would you like lunch served?” Luna asked, standing behind her. The sun was beaming down brightly, and the air outside was hot.“Not yet.” Racheal said, turning back to look at them. “If someone tries to touch my stuff next time, please call me. If you cannot get to me, call Isaac.” Her maids bowed. She watched them leave, and stood on the balcony a few more minutes before returning to her bedroom, sliding the balcony door shut behind her. She dropped her phone on the bed, and went to the closet. She pulled the globe from the back of the closet, impressed at how her maids had put it in the same spot it had been in the old suite.She held the globe, looking at the pretty doll within. Her father was cunning, but such a cold-hearted man to use her favourite childhood
The Bargain You are her target
“Did you get enough rest?” Steffan asked as soon as he came in through the door. Racheal was waiting for him in the living room upstairs. She preferred it to the one downstairs. This one with its glass walls, felt more cosy than the larger one below.“Yes.” She replied. as he pulled her into a hug. He still smelled good after such a long day. And he looked like he was in a slightly better mood. He took his sunglasses off, the bruise around his eye was slowly clearing up.“You stayed up waiting for me?” She nodded. She would not have been able to sleep anyway. She had a lot to worry about. Skylar’s phone was still out of reach. She had called over ten times at this point.“Did you have dinner out?”“There was not enough time,” Steffan said, taking his jacket off. His head guard stepped in, and dropped Steffan’s bag on the coffee table. He gave her a quick nod, and left the room. “Good. I did not either. Racheal said, and stepped to the side so he could see the table behind her
The Bargain I was just angry
“How did you learn of this daughter?” Racheal asked in a small voice.She pressed the call button for her maids to come clear the table.“From one of the cops who was present when Delbert interviewed Ben.” Steffan replied, rubbing his head in exhaustion.“So you found out Delbert was not fabricating lies.” She teased.Steffan looked at her, and said nothing.“What are you not telling me? Why are you so irritated?” She asked. She missed the playful Steffan who could take a joke. He seemed to have disappeared since they returned to Yin, just like she had suspected he would.“It has nothing to do with you.” He said, standing up and walking around the table.He helped her up, and planted a kiss on her forehead. “Thank you for dinner.” “I did not make it.” She giggled.“It does not matter.” He said. “Come.” He took her hand, just as her maids walked in. They bowed to the couple as they walked past them, headed towards their bedroom.“Let’s soak together again.” He said, as he helped her
The Bargain Spencer Sherrod's property
“I had no idea you would be able to go to work today.” Steffan said.He was watching Racheal get dressed alongside him for work.“Third time's the charm. That was the magic that revived me.” She declared loudly, raising her hand like she was giving a recital at a play.Steffan clapped at the performance, and they both laughed.“Where did you learn that?” Steffan asked, coming up to stand behind her as she looked in the mirror, combing her hair.He took the brush from her, and started to gently brush her hair back.She smiled. “The play thing?”He shook his head, and stared at her through the mirror.She looked blankly in his blue eyes for a few seconds, then she remembered his eyes widening in the bathtub last night.“Oh.”‘Did you and your ex used to..” He did not finish his sentence.She would have been offended, but he did not look angry, he was almost shy.Her eyes widened, he had never struck her as a man to get shy. His cuteness made her smile.“No.” She said, shaking her head.
The Bargain An important decision
Isaac appeared with a tray, not long after Racheal took her seat behind her desk.“Ma’am. He said.She nodded toward the sitting area, and he went in with the tray and dropped it on the table.She turned back to the desktop, and finished looking at the sheets from yesterday.She was happy to mark the project as complete. She did not want to have to look at anything that reminded her of that camp.It was too painful.She hoped Spencer Sherrod would reap the fruits of his wickedness.First the journalist, now a whole camp that housed thousands of people. He had killed even his own citizens.If the news ever got out he would be cooked.Maybe she would do that, when she and Steffan were safely out of Yin, she would turn the information of what Spencer did to her father.If anyone would be able to make the man pay, it was her father.She stood up, and went to the sitting area.She took the napkin covering the tray off, and saw the usual breakfast. Toast, eggs, bacon, coffee, fruit juice, b
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