"Shit!" I cursed under my breath, I hadn't thought of that before I pulled my first prank on her.******After Amber had finished picking up all the popcorn from the floor, Mrs Laurette made dinner for the two of them."Mum," Amber called to Mrs Laurette."You can call me mum too, I raised you," Mrs Laurette gave Amber a warm smile, then a questioning look."OK, my mistake, sorry Mum, I just wanted to ask you a question," Amber said."Alright, go on," Mrs Laurette said."Since Aunt Matilda is my mum and Mr Nathan isn't my dad, who is my dad?" Amber asked.Mrs Laurette paused for a moment, then straightened and met Amber's eyes."Honey, that was a long time ago, and besides, I was only dating Mr Oliver then, I didn't know much about this family," Mrs Laurette said."All right, that's fine, I just wanted to know, thank you for dinner, I'm going upstairs," Amber said as she stood up."Amber, wait," Mrs Laurette held Amber's hand."I don't want you to stress about whoever he is, he left y

"I'm sure she hasn't told you anything, but how about I tell you a story that will make you hate your grandmother forever," the man said, leaning back in his seat."You see, a long time ago, before you were born, I was deeply in love with your mother, Matilda. Our love was so strong that it felt inseparable. Nothing really stood in our way, except that your grandmother didn't like me because I didn't come from a wealthy background, but I didn't care what she thought of me, I was willing to do anything to show her that I truly loved Matilda.On the day you were born, I was on my way to the hospital when this group of guys attacked my car, took me to an unknown warehouse, tortured me and warned me to stay away from your mother. Obviously it was your grandmother. But I didn't give up, I wanted to see my little girl, and no matter what it took, despite being covered in blood, I drove to the hospital, only to find out that she had been released the same day.I went to the Coopers' house fo

MRS LAURETTE."Darling, have you heard from her?" Mr Oliver asked over the phone."No I haven't, I've been trying to reach her but she's not answering, she's supposed to be back by now, gosh! I'm so worried, I barely slept last night," Mrs Laurette grumbled."What are we going to do now, I haven't told anyone yet, they might scold her if she really did run off to see a boy, I know my father wouldn't take it seriously," said Mr Oliver."But I don't think she ran off with a boy, we both talked about investigating your mother's case.""Case? What do you mean?" Mr Oliver sounded confused."Uh, I think we should meet first, I'll be on my way soon, I'll tell you everything at the hospital," Mrs Laurette said, then hung up."Oh God, what has that girl got herself into?" Mrs Laurette dialled Amber's number again, but there was no answer.TALIA AND THERESA.Talia woke up to her phone ringing, she had left it on in the middle of the night in case Wayne really wanted to hug her, Talia lazily rea

They all stood there, speechless, astonished and, most of all, slapped in the face."What the hell just happened?" Mr Oliver muttered."No! Somebody tell me this isn't true, Wayne agreed to buy us three Ferrari's and not two, he has that much money?" Mrs Laurette was stunned."But how did he make so much money? How did he become richer than us in less than two years, how is that possible?" Mr Oliver wondered."That fool broke my hands, he'll pay for that," Mr Natham grumbled."Get a nurse to fix your hand, your fingers look badly twisted," Mr Cooper said to Mr Nathan.Mrs Laurette looked at Amber, she was lost in thought, Mrs Laurette approached Amber."Does it hurt a lot?" She asked Amber, which got Amber's attention."Of course it hurts, but why did he say I tried to kill him once, why did he bring me here, why did he fucking save me if he really wanted to pay me back?" Tears began to roll down Amber's cheeks."Mother tell me something," she said to Mrs Laurette, Mrs Laurette nodded

Hello dear readers (besties!), thank you all for making it this far, and most importantly, thank you all for supporting this book, I'm so grateful to each and every one of you. I love you all! Muahh!------------------"Hello," Talia said."Hello?" Talia said again, because she didn't get an answer. And Theresa hung up without saying anything. Amber was stunned, maybe there was bad reception and she couldn't hear Theresa properly.Talia typed a message and sent it to her."YOU CALLED, I HOPE THERE'S NO PROBLEM?" Talia sent the message to Theresa, it was marked read, but there was no reply.It was so, so creepy.MR OLIVER AND MRS LAURETTE: MRS LAURETTE FACES MRS EMILIA."Father, please let's ignore Amber, we have to get back to Mother, we'd be lonely by now," Mr Oliver said to Mr Cooper. He turned to Mrs Laurette who was standing next to Amber."Darling, let's go," Mr Oliver said."Uhhh...you should go, I'll meet you both there," Mrs Laurette muttered."Why are you trying to feign ign