All Chapters of HELLO, STEPBROTHER: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

RHONDA'S POV I was back to the office, back to my work after a much needed break. I couldn't remember the last time I had been off work for so long. “Welcome Rhonda.” My secretary hugged me tightly. “Leah, you're gonna choke the life out of me.” She released me immediately.“Oops! Sorry… wouldn't want Mr Addams running up here to lock up whoever harmed Mrs Addams.” She enunciated my new name with a dramatic flair. I giggled. It was good to be back.Not just to Colorado, but to the office

DANTE'S POV I didn't bother going to school today. It was finally over and I couldn't wait to begin my new journey at Wexford.  “Are you going for the graduation?” Rhonda asked as I was about to step out of the house. She had made a sumptuous breakfast to celebrate my graduation today. “Huh? Oh no! I have some things to take care of… I'll be back soon.” I really didn't feel like celebrating. Last week's altercation with Sam still weighed on my mind. We had been best friends since high school, and as much as an asshole he could be, he

OLIVIA'S POV"Barnes, can I talk to you for a minute?" I asked, approaching him behind the bar. "Sure thing, Olivia. What's on your mind?" He looked up from polishing a glass, his bushy beard and warm smile a familiar comfort. "I've decided to quit my job here at Barnes," I said, getting straight to the point. Barnes' expression turned surprised, then concerned. "Olivia, you're one of my best waitresses! Besides you're our singer for Live Show night. What's going on? Is everything okay?" Live Show was a gig I took up after the former singer quit and since I had a nice voice and it was almost time for the event, Barnes put me in for the night, promising to hire someone else but had still not d

OLIVIA'S POVIt had to be Linda.Maybe I was being paranoid or maybe my hate for her couldn't see beyond reason. Mom said I should try to get along with her, but I had tried but she was just insufferable. She seemed to always have a bone to pick with me. I ended up always in my room these days and I started staying over at Alicia's place too sometimes.As the days went by, my paranoia was now in full bloom and I was sure. My things were getting missing. It had started small and I would just think I had been careless, until they became very significant things—like my favourite coffee mug I had gotten from mom last Christmas to my late Nana' s locket (my grandma had passed away when I was seven but she had entrusted it to me), and what was the icing on the cake was my headset I had gotten to rehearse some songs for the Barnes Live Show. They had all vanished into thin air.I didn't want to make a big deal of it at first, brushing it off as maybe I had left it at Alicia's house but whene

DANTE'S POV It was another day of back breaking work and as much as I loved my dad, I still resented him a little for sending me to the factory.  My uniform was thoroughly soaked with sweat, so I had to remove and unzip my overall and tied the sleeves on my waist so my white vest was in full view. I wiped sweat from my forehead as I tightened some screws I had found loose on the line to be sent out for production.  It was quite hard at first, learning the intricacies of food manufacturing, but I think I was finally getting a hang of it. I was certainly feeling better about not doing the boring office work, but being out here with this crew, doing the manual labor which the work was really about. The sound of machines doing it's work knowing I had done that, was satisfying and I would sm