Lahat ng Kabanata ng TOO GOOD TO LEAVE TOO BAD TO STAY: Kabanata 71 - Kabanata 80

Cameron, Darby, Sally, and the kids were home when I got back. Darby was in the kitchen doing what she knew how to do best, which was preparing us a sumptuous meal. Cameron was tending to the twins, and Sally was busy sleeping off her drunkenness. When she woke up, I had planned to tell her how angry I was at her for not being there with me at the board meeting. I had a long day; I felt exhausted, hungry, and also satisfied. I had made the board get another picture of me, one that they would not be getting out of their minds any time soon.And I had also begun a war with Andre and his family, and for the first game, I was winning. I felt fulfilled. If all went according to plan, then by next month, I should be out of this damned town and back to BlackBrick. I wondered how Paula and Esther were doing. Cameron had said they were doing great when I asked, and when I asked if they looked like they missed me, his reply was yes. “We aren’t actually buddies, Lana. I can’t go asking them st

Kathy has been caught doing many things. It was hard to keep track of her many sins, but let’s see: she has been caught cheating both in school and on her husband; she has been caught pointing a gun at someone, although she intended no harm, merely to intimidate the person into paying her the money they owed her. She has been caught snatching other women’s husbands; this one is no fault of hers. The women just couldn’t hold their husbands tight enough.There were many other sins, which we couldn’t mention here, but we know that Kathy is one hell of a sinner, and she has been caught many times, but one thing she hasn’t been caught doing is ‘not getting what she wants’.Kathy always gets what she wants, and now what Kathy wanted—or whom, rather. Kathy wanted Cameron, and she was going to get him no matter what. Even if she had to team up with that self-centred, egotistical, and misogynistic jerk, André,.She hated that she had to put up with his new obsession for Lana; it was hard to und

Freda wanted him to spy on Ms. Lana. It was a tough spot she put him on, and he was ready to decline, yet as he stood in front of the kindhearted and smart Lana, he froze. Madam Freda was not someone he could betray like that, and he was sure it would be hard to shake her off. His heart wanted to do the right thing. Then do it, a voice in his head muttered. But fear held him down. He glanced up at Lana’s expectant gaze and looked away immediately. He had entered here, announcing that he had an important confession to make, and she had dropped all of her work just to listen to him. What was he doing, wasting her time?What would she say after he confessed? Give him a pat on the back and say, Don’t be a naughty boy again. Definitely not, but it was definitely better than continuing to work for that witch. All the guilt was beginning to eat at him. He did not used to feel guilty about all the others; they deserved what they got, but Lana was different. She was fighting for all of them.

Cameron’s POVI walked into the shop with my heart in my mouth. This was something I wanted to do, something I’d been putting off for a long time now, and with the speed at which my relationship with Lana was going, this time seemed like the best time, or I could just wait till never.But I was not sure. Would she want this? Was she ready for this big step in our relationship? Everything in my body screamed a very big no, but Darby said, “Yes!!!”“Christ! You don’t know Lana like I do.” Darby said, admiring the various assortments of jewellery and rings in the shop. She almost cried when she saw one, and she wiggled her fingers dreamily. “I think this one would suit me just fine.”I scratched my head. I could still remember the first time I asked Lana out and the look on her face as she turned me down. I shook my head, clearing the memory from my head. That experience had left a bad taste in my mouth, and I did not want to go through it again.But I also wanted to do this. I wanted to

I was weak to the knees when I returned home. My meeting with Kathy got me thinking about a lot of not-good scenarios. Possibilities of a future, and none of them ended in a good way. I would die before I let André take my children from me.Darby and Cameron were back, and they looked like they had a good time. They kept smiling at each other and whispering behind my back like high school sweethearts. I did not even want to know what was going on between them. I was already in a foul mood, and I didn’t want to soil it any further.I retired to the children’s room, where they were with the nanny. They were already asleep, and the nanny was reading a page from a children’s book. “Thank you, Page.” I said it with a tired smile. “Did they eat before they slept?”Page nodded. “Yes. I made sure to feed and bathe them.”“Thank you.” I said again, peering into their cots. My little joy-givers. They looked so small and so beautiful. Don’t worry, my darlings. I won’t let anyone take you away fr