MY SCAMMER MOMMY AND HER BABY WINGMEN

CHAPTER 7

The night sky hung deep and dark,dotted with faint stars and a slender crescent moon peeking though wispy clouds.Below,rows of buildings stood with warm yellow lights glowing from their windows,silentwitnesses to the conversation that had just unfolded.

''You found this card at the auction?!''The surprise in the voice was sharp,echoing the shock of realizing what exactly had fallen into their hands.

Inside a bright,cozy living room,Hazel sat on the plush sofa,her fingers tightly gripping a black VIP card embosed with golden letters.Her long lavender hair spilled over her shoulders,and her golden eyes were wide with worry,beads of sweat glistening on her forehead.Next to her,Paulo sat cross-legged,absorbed in a pink comic book tilled a naughty CEO.He didn't look up,but his ears were turned in to every word she said.

''The people at that auction are their rich or powerful beyond measure, ''Hazel rambled, her voice trembling a little. ''If they find out i took this and demand i pay it back... where on earth am i supposed to get that kind of money? I'll be ruined! '' She stated at the card, as if it were a tricking time bomb, then glanced at the laptop open in front of her. It's back marked with a silla little banana sticker, a shark contrast to her havy moon.

A mischievous ginto sparked in her eyes, and a wiked little grin tugged at her lips.Her head popped up,small red devil horns seem,appearing out of nowhere,tiny black wings fluttering playfully behind her back.She learned toward the boy,fingers hovering over the laptop keyboard.''How about...we hack it?''

Paulo finally looked up,his expression dead pan.''I think you're challenging the authority of the law,''he said flatly.Blue text floated in the air beside him.Hacking an information system is a serious crime you could go to prison for this!

Before Hazel could argue,sharp ring cut through the air.Her phone lit up on the table,the screen showing an incoming call.She frowned,reaching for it with a bad felling setting in her chest.

''Hello? This is Hazel Chan who is...''

''Hazel! It's dad!'' The voce on the other end was oud,overly warm,and utterly fake.

On the other side of the Sia Kim stood in a sleek,modern office,holding his phone to his ear.His hair was ricatly combed back,steacked with gray,and he wore an expensive gray suit that did nothing to hide the calculating look in his eyes.Beside him stood Jessica Tan, her dark hair style perfectly, dressed in a purple cheongsam adorned over her chestnut, a small, cold smirk playing on her lips as she listen in.

Ronald Kim put on his best perfomance,his voice dripping with fake concern.'' I have n't heard from you in five years,baby! I've been so worried about you-where have you been all this time?''

Hazel's grip on the phone tightened,her face hardening memories flooded back-her moother's lonely,painful death the car accident that had left her fighting for life,and the way her father and Jessica Tan had vanished,not a single call or message to check on her.Her voice turned icy,sharp with years of su pressed anger and hurt.

''You didn't care at all when mother died.You didn't even show up when i got into that accident and almost died.You dessapeared for five whole years,not a single thought for me.And now...How you suddenly call,saying you're worried? what do you really want?''

Silence stretched across the line,and Hazel knew she'd hit the mark.The fake concern crumbled away,and the real reason for the call was about to reveal itself.The real show,it seemed,was only just begining.

Hazel's eyes narrowed,her expression turning cold and mocking as she held the phone to her eat.Is it possible for scum like them to grow even a little bit of consience in five years? She wondered silently,her lips curing into a sharp,knowing smirk.Ofcourse not.

''Oh really?'' Her voice was calm,almost sweet,but every word carried a bitting edge.

On the other end,Ronald Kim's smile widened,greedy and self-satisfied.He didn't notice the mockery in her tone at all,or perhaps he simply don't care.

''Great! Come home tomorrow.It's your aunt Jessica's birthday,and were throwing a big party!'' He paused,putting helpless,fatherly act.''I honestly have no idea what kind of gifts women like these days.Hazel,be a good girl and help dad pick out something special for her,won't you?''

Hazel's eyes flashed with dark amusement.Her fingers tightened around the phone,and her smile turned cold and cunning,red-tined words echoing in her mind.No problem.I'll definitely give her a surprise she'll never forget.

After hanging up,Jessica Tan leaned eagerly toward Ronald Kim,her eyes sharp and calculating.''What did she say? Is she coming?''

Ronald Kim chuckled,tossing the phone aside like it was a travel thing.''Ofcourse she is I'm still her father.She wouldn't dare refuse me ''He spoke with absolute confidence,as if he still held the same power and control over her life that he had years ago.

Jessica Tan's lips twisted into greedy smirk , her eyes glinting with malice. ''I heard from Sia that she got her hands on a top level-card. After all were done for her all these years, it's only right she give us some money as a think-you gift. ''She voice dropping to a cold hiss:''I'll make sure she pay's us back every single cent, by any means necessary.''