Heartstrings Of Revenge

Spoken Truth

“Are you crying?”, he shivered as he felt a drop of tears on his arm. She was crying again. It was because of him and he felt bad about it. “Charlotte I’m truly sorry please”, he said as he lifted her chin up so she could look at him. He wiped her tears and hugged her again.

“It’s just that I’m used to being maltreated by you and... it’s all happening so fast, like I never thought that there could be a day where... where you’d hug... me”, she still cried.

He wiped her tears again and sat on the bed. He pulled her close to him. “Give me a chance to make it up to you Charlotte”, he spoke sincerely.

“Okay”, she sighed as she rubbed her arms.

Her room was well air conditioned and she was already feeling cold. He dressed her bed and carried her. He placed her gently on the bed so that she would rest her head on the pillow then he covered her with her pink blanket, to an extent that he could see her head. “Please don’t cry again. It breaks my heart”, he begged. “What a night. Did Michael just say that my cry breaks his heart?”, she said in her head just so no one else could hear her.

“I won’t”, she sniffed. He stood watching her close her eyes. She drifted off to sleep immediately. She was tired and stressed out from all the crying since last night. She hadn’t slept since yesterday. She was relieved now and could finally rest. He sighed and left her room. Michael too could rest for a while before 8am where he’ll have to to go out for an appointment with Mr. Collins. He wanted to get a share in his car company. Honestly, Mr. Collins was a rich guy, Mr. Ben’s personal car dealer. He wanted to sell a part of his company for some reason he never told anyone. Luckily for him, Michael was ready to buy 25% of it. So he booked an appointment with the young man.

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“I don’t know if it’s me or is that you look happy today?”, Mrs. Devi teased Charlotte. They were sitting in the living room with french fries on the center table.

“It’s nothing really”, Charlotte blushed.

“Okay, if you say so”, Mrs. Devi took some french fries, dip it in the ketchup and ate. “So I wanted to ask you if you were able to figure out where you had seen Mr. Raymond aside that day”, she was serious now. She looked very serious whenever she had her glasses on, her short wavy blonde hair was perfect and her light skin matched her dark brown dress. ”It’s been a week since we sat and talked last”, she added.

“When I was young, I caught him having s*x with my friend’s mom when I went to her house to hand over the book she had forgotten in school, I panicked and ran away but Mr. Raymond chased me and promised to have me killed if not I’ll blab what I knew. I managed to escape and I ran home. My mom asked me why I was shaking and I told her what happened, I described him to her, luckily she knew him. She made a report to your husband and he sent for me to his office. That was the first time I ever met him”, Charlotte said calmly as Mrs. Devi watched and listened carefully.

“Hmmm”, She hummed in response that she understood what Charlotte was saying.

“He sent my mom out of the office and brought me in. I saw Mr. Raymond with him and Mr. Ben told me that if I tell anyone he’ll have me killed, I didn’t even tell my mom what he said. Well maybe that explains why he hates me so much”, Charlotte continued.

“What was the name of your friend?”, Mrs. Devi asked with a straight face.

“Umm... her name was Dorathy... uh... I can't remember her last name", Charlotte had said it, she felt kinda awkward about discussing that moment with someone she never thought she'd be this close to, because of how they related in the past.

"I hope it's definitely not what I'm thinking", She sat up well. She sighed heavily looking at Charlotte. "Quinn had a sister. The little girl is 10 now. Quinn came back from Canada where she went to stay for a while and met her unexpected younger sister, Taylor. Baby girl was... I think 7 years at that time. Her mom refused to admit who the father was because basically, her husband is dead", Mrs. Devi continued. Charlotte's face was already filled with pity.

"So what did Quinn say when she found out her mom had another child?", she asked. The whole situation was already turning out weird. If she had known she would have kept this issue to herself.

"She just came to me and I permitted her to stay here for as long as she wanted, she went back to Canada and when she came back, she came here. That's when Michael fell in love with her", She sensed the odd feeling in Charlotte that something was wrong at the mention that of Michael. "Charlotte?", she called out.

"Yes ma'am I can hear you", she answered calmly. Michael really loved his girlfriend, Quinn. In a way, she didn't like to hear it even though it was the truth.

"Please don't tell her about this. I can't stand to see the look on her face if she figures out that Mr. Raymond is the father to Taylor. She'd never talk to me and it might ruin her business opportunities", the woman begged.

"You mean the fashion modeling thing she was doing?", she knew the answer, she just wanted to confirm it.

"Yes, how did you know?", Mrs. Devi was getting surprised here.

"Nothing, I just overheard her talking to Michael about it", she already felt embarrassed.

"Hey guys", it was Michael. He just came back from the meeting or appointment with his father's car dealer, Mr. Collins.

"Since when did I turn from being your mother to your guy?.... that's what you Americans call it now?", Mrs. Devi stood up to hug her son. While Charlotte just remained where she was. She didn't want his mother to suspect that they're no longer enemies. The day had barely drifted to the afternoon and she was already tired and sweating. She just stood up and went upstairs to take a shower.

"Come on mom, you know what I mean", he hugged her too and smiled at Charlotte who seemed to be not interested in whatever he had to say, because she was going upstairs now. That was what he thought.

"I got it mom, you know how I actually aimed for 25%, well now I got 40%. Turns out everything is just working out for our good", he kissed her cheeks and walked to the stairs.

"I'll see you later my love", she walked to the living room and sat down. She grabbed the remaining French fries to herself and switched on the television. She turned off the lights and relaxed on the couch. It was gonna be a long day.