Chapter 22
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Inara
“Two weeks!” I yelled back at him with my eyes most likely looking like they would fall out of my eye sockets.
“Yes, two weeks. Why?”
“Oh no, WORK!” I yell as I start to look for a phone ignoring the pain that was shooting all over.
“Woah, calm down princess.” He says as he pushes both my shoulders very softly but with enough force to make me go back to having my back on the bed again. Once I was back where I was he continued.
“Now, tell me what’s wrong. What about your job? I have already informed the restaurant that you will be out for a long time and they were fine with it. Don’t worry.” He did what? How in the hell was that job okay with it? Krystal is not one to just “be okay” with this.
“You don’t understand I need to call my JOBS. As in more than one.” I say still freaking out. I mean how can I not? I need them to live.
“Jobs? How many do you have?” He asks confused. I nob to his question.
“Yes, jobs. I have four. Now Give me a phone so I can call my bosses and explain to them what has happened. Maybe I’ll be able to keep them.” I said but then thought for a second.
“Well, maybe not what happened but something that they will believe. I don’t think anyone will believe me if I told them what happened to me. What will I tell them? I know they will want me to come back right away. When do you think I will be able to leave? They will want me back soon. I’ll tell them I will be back in two days.” I start rambling on, not noticing Bryan’s frown and his brows creasing together while his blinking picks up with every question like he is trying to process everything I was saying.
“You will do no such thing.” He says very firmly which snaps me out of my rambling, snapping my head to look at him.
“You are still hurt and will be for a while. Even once you can leave here you still will not be ready to go back to any job that has you doing anything that will require you to hold heavy items or move around a lot. That means no hard work and I have a feeling all your jobs are just that, hard work.”
I sit there blinking at him with an emotionless face on trying to process what has just been said. Once I do I start to get upset at him. Who is he to tell me that I can’t go to my jobs and make the money I need?
“And who are you to tell me what I can and can’t do?” I ask, giving him a sharp look.
“I need those jobs, Bryan. If I lose them how will I pay for everything I need. Once I get better and I have my sister I will have to have some way to live. This world is not cheap and even with four jobs it will be hard to make a living for the three of us.” I say as a matter of fact tone.
“Well, I guess that only means one thing. If you must work then you will work at my company.”
“What? Your company?” I ask back, completely confused.
Trent
Crap! I can’t believe I let it slip that I have a company. I could say I meant the company I work at or something and try to cover it up. Screw this, she will find out sooner or later and if I lie now I don’t think she will forgive me. She is a nice person and very caring but for some reason, she doesn’t seem like the kind of girl that will forgive someone if they keep lying to her. f**k it, here goes nothing.
“I might not have been a hundred percent honest with you.” I say looking away from her. No way I want to see the look of disappointment or betrayal look on her face.
“Well do explain.” She says and I can hear something in her voice but I didn’t look down at her to know just what it was. I just kept looking up at the wall.
“Well to start my family owns a few companies and by a few, I mean a ton of companies that are all around the world. Which in turn means we are crazy rich.” I stop there and look at her. I can see she is trying to figure me out, ha good luck on that one.
“Is that all you haven’t told me?” She asks but right when I was about to speak my stupid-ass brother Mike comes in without knocking.
“Yo Trent heard you figured out where our Luna’s sisters are. How did you do that, mister I’m not leaving this damn room?” And that’s when he looks over and sees Inara looking at him with a blank face.
Not good. If a girl has that kind of face you run. Like book your butt out of the room and wait for her to explode without you there. I couldn’t though and thanks to Mike I know she probably thinks I didn’t tell her the full truth just now.
“Oh s**t, sorry bro. I’ll just be, um going now. Bye.” He says and runs out of the room. Yes, he runs out. Lucky.
“Trent?” I hear Inara say which makes my head swing back to her where I see she’s getting annoyed. I’m going to kill Mike.
"So there’s that too.” I pause for a second and continue. “My name is not Bryan. It is Trenton, Trent for short, and the stupid person that just came through the door at the wrong time was my baby brother, Mike.” I can’t help but be nervous that she will get pissed off at me.
“Anything else?” She asks with one of her brows raised.
“Yes there is something else but I can’t tell you right now. It’s something I have to show you.” I say as I press my lips together in a flat line waiting for her to explode.
“Oh.” Oh? What? Is that all?
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