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I know I can get through all of it. I just need to breathe…
“It’s been a year, babe. Isn’t it time we buried the hatchet?”
“I’ll fucking bury the hatchet up your asshole!” I hurl at him, just as another man suddenly clears his throat.
I glance over and see my father standing there, a disapproving look on his face. “Luna?”
I try to compose myself, but I’m raging mad. “Dad. I didn’t realize you employed liars and cheaters.” I wave my arm at Brian.
My father sighs like I’m a petulant child and points down the hallway. “Go wait in my office.”
I roll my eyes as I pass Brian, tempted to kick him in the nuts, but I remind myself that I’m here for a reason. Yelling and ridiculing Brian was just an added bonus.
He says something and Brian nods.
So they’re in cahoots.
To think my dad, the man who is supposed to be on my side and fucking stick up for me, hired this asshole. He knows what he did to me. How much that hurt me. How my life plans were thrown into disarray. What’s more, he even gives Brian a double pat on the arm, like he’s the star of the show or something.
What in the ever-living fuck?
I pace my father’s office until he steps inside. Shutting the door firmly behind him.
“Luna?”
“You hiredBrian fuckface Miller?” I all but screech at him.
He shakes his head, moving behind his large, opulent desk as he ignores me.
Oh, he’s used to my outbursts by now, but I don’t think I’ve been this feral in a while.
“He’s very good at what he does,” he says simply.
My mouth hangs open. “You can’t be serious? You know he was screwing one of my best friends? That I caught them in the act?”
Of course, why would my father care about that? He’s a cheating liar from way back, so I guess that saying really is true; the pack sticks together.
I am so done with men.
“Luna, just calm down. Brian’s past has nothing to do with him working for Shields Insurance. You can’t just come in here and cause a scene like this.” I’m literally foaming at the mouth, but he continues. “Now take a seat and tell me why you’re here. I’m a busy man…”
I should never have come here.
I should never have fucking come here.
They’re like vultures.
The fact that he can just belittle my feelings like this and take Brian’s side… and then give him a job? And his own office. It’s like my dad is rewarding him for hurting me. Maybe he gets off on it because he’s never been able to control me.
I’ll never understand this man. And I know I’ll never be good enough in his eyes. I’ll always be the fuckup daughter who should’ve been born a male so I could take over the family business. He’s always thought less of me just for the simple fact that I’m a woman.
“I need to borrow some money.” I may as well cut to the chase. And the words feel like poison as I speak them. I hate myself for it. I hate Gary…
He gives me a look that says he isn’t surprised. “How much?”
I swallow the words.You can do this,I tell myself.It’ll just be a short loan.
“Fifty thousand.”
