Just then, they heard the door to their parent's house open and shut, and Melody ran over to them. “I see that you have borrowed somebody's car. I know what Christopher earns, so he definitely could not afford that car. Did you buy it? Oh gods, you are letting this lowlife man leech off you. He will run your bankrupt, you just wait and see." Turning to Christopher, she said, “ I know you are useless, but if you have managed to make yourself some friends in rich places, you can come back in, and we will settle this amicably. Perhaps we can help you network with them and get you a–” “No, thank you,” smiled Christopher, forcing the words through his teeth. “We don't need to prove anything to you, and we don't need you to believe us. This is our car. We have the receipts to show it, not that it's any of your business. Besides, why do you care? You already kicked us out of your home, and we did not argue. We agreed to the suggestion, that you made all by yourself, by the way.” “Yeah mu

Spotting her from behind Christopher, the gateman bowed his head in greeting. “Good evening ma'am. ”Flustered, Laura waved her hand in front of her face. “No no, there's no need-”“Go on, ” Christopher said to the gateman, dismissing him. With a nod, the gateman began to walk away, and Laura watched his back. “Some of the boxes are too heavy for me to lift,” she frowned, “Could you come help me?”“Sure.”The couple walked into the house and finished lifting the last of the boxes into the house. Many hours later, they were settled into bed, and Christopher was running his hand through Laura's hair. “Would you be ready for work tomorrow?” “Work?” she asked, peeling herself away from his chest. “You asked me to leave- Am I going back there? ”“Oh, no, relax, ” said Christopher, “my mistake. I lined up a job for you at Mr. Davies' company. He recently fired one of his managers, and I think you would be the perfect fit for the job. If you want it, of course. ”“Of course I do! " Sque

While the Caruthers had found their footing and were carving a place for themselves in the world, at Laura's home, there wss a lot of activity going on. Rhoda and James had gotten engaged without an engagement party, and they had blamed the absence of an engagement party on the fact that Melody and Austin had been taking care of Laura and Christopher. Now that the couple had moved out, James had pushed long and hard for an engagement party, and had now gotten it. One morning while the couple grabbed lunch together, Laura mentioned that she had received an invite to the engagement party from James. The hubbub of the restaurant blocked out the sound of the cars on the road. “So I got a message from James today," Laura began.“James? What did he want? I thought he and your mother had stopped reaching out a while back.” “Exactly!" Laughed Laura, “but I don't know. I'm not mad about it. It's good news. He wants to host an engagement party for him and his girlfriend.” “Rhoda and James

As Laura prepared for the impending meeting with the heads of department, her mind was divided between her strategies to defend her department and her growing awe about Christopher's quickly growing business. Little did she know that outside of their relationship, a few people were plotting to put an end to their relationship and give them new problems in their respective areas.While all of this was going on, in his office, Christopher reviewed the expansion plan Agnes had sent him. Excitement and happiness filled him as he pictured the growth of their business empire. Unknown to him, River was making plans to put a stop to the relationship while he laughed and laughed and enjoyed making plans. River had decided on getting vengeance for what he had been through because of Laura and Christopher Caruthers. First, they had embarrassed him in front of all of the junior sales associates,which had been enough humiliation in itself–he had wanted to sink into the ground–but he had also bee

As the days passed, the tension between Laura's husband, Christopher, and her ex-coworker, River, continued to escalate. River's vendetta against Christopher had taken a dark turn, driven by his thirsty craving for revenge on the couple. Because he was determined to bring Christopher down, River had added in the help of a private investigator to the one he currently had, so he could unearth any secrets from Christopher's past that could be used against him. The first one had almost entirely focused on what had happened with the business that had failed, and now he wsnted even more dirt. The pleas from Laura had ended up making him want to do even more, and he was now angry at the fact that she had insinuated that she had attached herself to some old, petty beef. Laura was caught in the crossfire of her husband and her ex coworker felt her heart heavy with the weight of her panic about everything. The plan they had both made the night before to get River to confess seemed perfect to h