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She arches an eyebrow. “I heard that there was a housekeeper. I didn’t expect you to be so young.”
I bristle at the comment. The woman crosses her arms and taps her foot. Her gaze travels along my body and I have to bite my tongue.
“You look like the kind of woman who wants to use my son for his money.”
“Excuse me?” I stand taller, holding my head high. “Who do you think you are?”
“Beatrice Tucker. Your name doesn’t matter. What you should know is that your little tricks aren’t going to work on my son. I don’t know what you think you stand to gain from working for him, but I assure you it’s nothing.”
“Get out.”
She arches an eyebrow. “I will not leave. This is my son’s home and I’m here to make sure that the trash is not taking advantage of his kindness while he is gone.”
“Maybe I didn’t make myself clear,” I say, my voice steady as I take a couple steps toward her. “If you are going to stand here and insult me, then you can get the hell out.”
She scoffs. “You’re fired.”
Blake walks into the room, rolling his eyes as he stands behind Beatrice. He clears his throat and Beatrice spins to face him. Some of the color and indignation drains from her face when she sees him.
“Beatrice, you didn’t tell me that you would be stopping by today.”
She rolls her shoulders back. “Well, it’s a good thing that I did. This little gold digger is in Evan’s office and going through his paperwork.”
Blake sighs and crosses his arms. “Beatrice, she is doing her job.”
“Not well. She needs to be fired.”
“Well, luckily for her, Evan is the only one with the ability to fire her.” Blake shoots me a wink when Beatrice turns to glare at me. “Now, if you are going to continue overstepping your son’s boundaries, I’m going to ask you to leave. Kendall has a job to do and she can’t do it if you continue to distract her.”
Beatrice turns up her nose and brushes by Blake. A few seconds later, I hear the front door slam and I breathe a sigh of relief.
“So, she’s a delight.”
Blake chuckles. “Don’t worry about her. She tries to control everything, but she has no real power. Evan may love his parents, but he is also aware of their flaws.”
“Thank you.”
He nods and leaves the room. With a sigh, I sit down and run a hand through my hair. If that’s the kind of mother that’s going to be barging in whenever she feels like it, I might go insane.
After a few minutes, I get up and keep organizing, needing something to distract me. As much as I hate to admit it, seeing Evan’s mother only reminded me how much I miss him.
Everything I said to him before he left was for the sake of saving my own heart. Now that he’s gone, I’m not so sure that saving my heart is possible.
“Nope, we’re not going to sit around this big house wallowing until he gets back,” I say to the empty room as I pull out my phone.
I send a quick message to Zara, asking her if she wants to do movies and drinks tonight, before turning back to the cleaning.
“Okay, his mother is a bitch,” Zara says after I finish telling her what happened earlier in the afternoon. “Good on you for not sinking to her level. You have a wicked tongue when you feel like it.”
“I wish that I had said something else to her.” I take a sip of my wine as I draw my knee to my chest. “I can’t believe that she walked in here and thought that it was fine to just talk to a complete stranger like that.”
Zara shakes her head. “Some women are just catty for the sake of being catty.”
“I just have to put up with it through the summer. After that, I should have enough saved for second year.”
“I don’t know,” Zara says, leaning back into the couch. “Is it really worth staying here if his mother is going to come and go as she pleases and treat you like that?”
I shrug and look at the television where two people are falling in love, even as their families try to stand in the way. By the end of the movie, when they die holding each other’s hands, I know that I’m going to be a wreck.
