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“Shoot.”
“If you helped Kevin set this arrangement up, does that mean you know who my mother is?”
“I do, and I was instructed to tell you after the six months were up, but sweetheart,” she gave me that warm Maple smile that she was known for, “I think you truly already know, too. You know, I’m good at reading people with all of this, as you called it, mumbo jumbo, but you’re good at reading people, too. How do you do it, Damian?”
“What do you mean?”
“How do you read people?”
I lowered my brows as I brushed my hand against my chin. “It’s their eyes,” I said.
“Yes.” She nodded. “You see their souls through their eyes.”
I’d only goneinto the office when I was forced to or when I had clients to take to real estate properties. Most of the time, I tried my best to work from home, but it wasn’t always a possibility. When I showed up to my office one Thursday afternoon, I was faced with three individuals that I didn’t have the time or the energy to deal with.
“What are you ladies doing here?” I asked Denise, Rosalina, and Catherine as they stepped into my office, uninvited.
“I’m sorry, Damian. I told them you were busy, but they crashed in,” Peter, my assistant, told me as he rushed in behind them.
“It’s fine, Peter. I got this,” I replied. I was almost certain he wouldn’t have been able to fight off the three trolls of Stella’s life.
Peter glanced at the women but then retreated.
I shifted in my chair and sat back, looking at the three of them with little emotion. “How can I help you, ladies? Be quick. I’m busy.”
“Who are you picking?” Denise spat out directly to the point. “For the stepmother prize money.”
“Yes. It’s ridiculous that you’ve waited this long to tell us, especially after we’ve discovered you’ve been out with all three of us,” Rosalina agreed.
“Though, it’s not quite fair that my outing was cut short due to Stella,” Catherine grumbled. “She always had a way of ruining things.”
“You can say that again,” Denise echoed.
“I can only imagine the hell your life has been being forced to live with her,” Rosalina remarked. “Thankfully, this is almost over for you.”
My body tensed up as I sat straighter in my seat. “I’m glad you all brought Stella up. It makes it easier for me to announce the woman who is getting the money.”
“Do tell,” Denise ordered.
I clasped my hands together. “None of you.”
“What?!” they all snapped in unison.
“You cannot be serious,” Catherine said. “That wasn’t a part of the deal!”
“Actually, it was,” I remarked. “I went through the contract and will with Joe once I realized that none of you were worthy of a cent. It clearly states that if I didn’t find any of you three fit for the money, then it would be forfeited to charity.” I pushed out a fake smile. “The children will thank you for your kind donation.”
“You asshole!” Denise remarked.
“You cannot do this,” Rosalina cried. “That was supposed to be mine!”
“Oh, please, Rosalina. As if you ever truly had a shot at the money! It was supposed to be mine!” Catherine remarked.
The three of them began to bicker like the annoying shits they’d been until I called them out about it. “Take your conversation elsewhere. I don’t have time for you all,” I said.
“Time for us all? You’re practically robbing us!” Denise shot out.
“Just like you all robbed Stella of her self-esteem? She never wanted anything from you ladies except your love. All you ever did, instead was break her down. Out of jealousy, out of spite. I don’t know your reasons, but I do know that all three of you are cruel and unworthy. And I know for a fact that one of you is indeed, my mother, but I truly don’t give a damn. Because if you could be that evil to the love of my life, then I’d rather have nothing to do with you for the remainder of my time on this planet. Good day, ladies.”
