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“So, we’re at dinner. Marvin and I. Then Brenda who owns ‘or so I thought’”, I use my fingers to highlight the fact that I’ve been so wrong about the owner of Silk Box.
“Bumps into me and then tells me that Marvin owns Silk Box. Not her. She’s just the ….”
I don’t even know her position.
“So the face or whatever of Silk Box?”
I nod my head, “Yes, and he owns it.”
She sighs with a puzzled look on her face, “So, how did he use you?”
“Well, he told me about the deal and that I had to go to Vegas with him to keep The Glimmer & Dazzle running.”
I’m crying, and she’s trying to make sense of it all.
“I’m lost. He owned the competitor and gave you money and a hot time in Vegas, but he’s using you?”
I feel as if I’m talking to a brick wall, she’s not listening at all.
“Yes.”
“But how Emily? He gave you money to run your company. His main competitor. How is that using you?”
I sigh, “You’re not listening.”
“I am. But it makes no sense. What did Marvin say?”
I stop crying because when I tell her this part, she’s going to think that I’m going over the top and after speaking to her. I think that maybe I am a little.
“He said to discuss it at home, and he didn’t want to talk about it on the street.”
“I see,” she clears her throat and says, “Look I get that you’re upset that he never told you. The fact that Brenda’s the face of the Silk Box, most likely means that he has nothing to do with the day-to-day runnings of the company. And doesn’t Marvin own loads of different types of companies.”
I stop facing her and put my head at the back of the sofa and sigh, “I guess.”
“So, mos
t likely this is just one of them. I bet he didn’t even remember that he owned it.”
She grabs my hand and then leans after the sofa next to me.
“Emily, you get all wound up over things all the time.”
I lift my head up, “What do you mean?”
“Well, like designing you call all crazy and obsessive and shit. The same thing.I hate to say it; you’ve been doing with Marvin. It’s been all about Marvin this, Marvin that. Before that, it was all about the designs. You get all emotional about things, which is great. But I think that we both know that Marvin didn’t do anything wrong, but I get why you’re mad at him. Just try not to be mad forever.”
I mumble, “I’ll try. But it’s going to be hard.”
She shakes her head, “It’s going to be fucking hard because you’re as stubborn as hell. Maybe just take some time out and work on the business again and then after then see how you feel about Marvin.”
“I’ll try, but it’s going to be hard.”
“As I said, girlfriend, you’re as stubborn as hell!”
I drop her hand and then hit her as my tears turn to a laugh. I know that she’s right, but Marvin kept it from me for a reason. He was aware that he owned the main competitor, the one company that I hate at the moment. All the time that we were together, he never told me, and that fucking hurts. Cuts like a fucking knife. Mainly because I never realized until that moment, that I'd fallen head over heels in love with the man.
Chapter Sixteen
