Angus knows that his mother is mad at him, he can tell because she doesn't say a word to him as he drives to the restaurant. She keeps sulking, staring out of the window. Angus is worried about his grandfather threatening him to drop bothering everyone about his parents' killers, but now he is also worried because his mother is mad at him. "Mum, aren't you going to say anything?" No answer, she is acting as if she is the only one in the car. "Mum, you have to understand that he doesn't want to tell me the truth about what happened with my parents. Would you like it if your son was a coward that didn't avenge the death of his parents?" Now, she looks at him. Her eyes haunt him. "Is that why you were rude to your grandfather?" She fires. "Is that why you behaved as if I never trained you well?!" Angus is dumbfounded. "Mum, is that why you are mad at me?" He snorts. "You should have, I am an adult." She takes in air sharply, her hands held together and pressed against her lips
Angus and Joanna get to the court right on time, the tension is heavy in the car. Joanna is in a light mood though, she has a smile on her face and all, but Angus wonders how that is possible when she is about to handle such a huge case. "Joanna, what will happen if the judge requests for Adams, my rich friend, and we can't provide him." "No sensible judge will ask for that." Joanna snorts. "They will surely see through her greed. Don't worry, we've got this case already." They step out of the car to see that they have just arrived at the same time as Ashley and Quinton. Angus's lips fold, and he can see the smirk on the face of Ashley and Quinton. Another person steps out of the car, Angus is taken aback when he sees the person. "Tyler?" His jaw drops. Tyler only smiles at him. Tyler is a mutual friend of Angus and Ashley, he was their lawyer too. Angus tried to contact him during the divorce, but he refused to be contacted and he worked with Ashley instead. Angus feels hi
54"Fif– fifty million dollars?!" Ashley shrieks. "Wow," Joanna whispers to Angus. They are all thrown into rude shock, everyone's jaw is literally on the ground. "What's this?! A joke?!" Ashley yells. "I came here because Angus is trying to cheat me and now you want me to pay him?!" "Mrs Goldwater, for speaking rudely to me, a figure of authority, you will have to pay the court an extra ten million!" "Okay, this is ridiculous!" She screams. She is about to go on, but Tyler quickly pulls her to sit down, he whispers a warning in her ear. "Oh no, let her go on." The judge chuckles. "someone has got to teach her a lesson and as it appears, I have a lot of time today!"Ashley starts to sob and dab the corner of her eyes with a handkerchief, even though there are no tears in her eyes. "Mister judge, you can't do this!" She cries. "I just want justice for what Angus did to me, I didn't come here to give him money that I don't have!" The judge looks over her, to Quinton who is sitt
Joanna suggests that they go to a club to celebrate their victory. Angus isn't someone cut out for that kind of fun, but he agrees to go since she wants to. The music of the club is booming so much, there are many people in the club as they make their way through the merry crowd of people. They finally get to the bar and they sit down. Joanna takes off her jacket, she looks so happy to be here. It's obvious that it's her kind of fun. Angus, on the other hand, looks like his social battery has gone down. He runs his hand through his hair as he sits on his stool. "I can't believe that you made me come." He sighs. "It's so chaotic in here." She laughs as she takes her seat next to him. "What are you talking about? We are here to celebrate." She tells him. "Did you see the look on your ex-wife's face when the judge asked her to pay you fifty million? Only that is worth celebrating!"Joanna is bursting with joy because she has always wanted to deal with Ashley, but not Angus. Angus
Ashley spends the next day in secret places of the house – in the closet, under the kitchen sink, in the attic. She is always hugging a pack of wipes which she uses to dry her nose and dry her eyes. She cries out her eyes and sobs her heart out, but it's never enough for her. She is crying because she has to pay Angus fifty million and another fifty million to the court, but she doesn't have more than a few dollars in her name. She is in deep trouble, but her new husband, Quinton doesn't even care for her. She is hurting so much because she knows that her parents aren't going to give her the money. Not because they don't care for her, but because they don't have it. What of her brother? He is no better than her. They all depended on Quinton, but she knew that he was not going to move a muscle to help her with it. Her friends are not going to borrow her such an amount of money. She won't even go to them because of the shame. She has racked her brain so hard, but she can't come
Ashley feels a chill on every inch of her body, but she still manages to be still. "What has brother Quinton seen in her?" Another asks. "She looks like a whore. I'm sure that she has been giving him sex and suddenly, he thinks that she is a good wife." Ashley feels her mind shred, she can't believe that they are talking about her like that. She knows that they hate her very much, but this is terrible. "Don't mind the foolish woman. She wants to wiggle her way into our family like the snake that she is." Nora snorts. At that instant, Ashley decides that she is going to walk in so that they can see her. She knows that the longer she stands here eavesdropping, the more hurt she is going to receive. So she puts on her brightest smile and walks into the room of almost ten young women. "Hey, ladies!" She beams and waves at him. "Oh my God, everyone looks great!" The girls gave her the cold shoulder, some of them did not even reply to her greeting. The ones that even did, didn't
It has been three days and Angus hasn't heard from Matilda, not even to thank him for taking her home the other night. It's very unlike her, Matilda is a very grateful person. He decides to call her phone, but his calls keep going straight to voicemail. His heart immediately starts to face, is she okay? What has her crazy boyfriend done this time around?He knows that her boyfriend, Greg, doesn't like him being around Matilda, but he decides to risk it. All he wants is for him to know that she is okay. He picks up his keys and gets into his car. He doesn't care what will happen, he is going to come back right home when he sees she is okay with his own eyes. He drives carefully till he gets to his house. His heart sinks even deeper when he sees Greg's car parked out front. Still, he turns off his car and walks to the front door. He raises his hand and knocks on the door, firmly beating against the door. The door opens and Greg looks down at him. "Angus Knighton, you have some
Ashley is taking her bath. She spends longer time in the bathroom than she usually does, but it's not because she wants to tend more to her body, but because she wants to drink. Each time the water drips down the drain, she drifts into thoughts. Her conversation with Mrs. Goldwater comes up in her head again and again. She has to do this, she knows that she doesn't have another choice. Mrs. Goldwater is right. If Quinton had wanted to save her from going to prison, he would have fought for the money, but he is not doing that. If she wants to avoid jail, she has to fight for herself, she has to do what Mrs. Goldwater has asked of her. With that in her mind, she turns off the faucet and grabs a towel. She doesn't look at him, but she knows that he is looking at her. She wraps it around herself as she goes back to the room. Quinton has changed out of his office clothes, he is wearing pajama bottoms and he is going to bed. She sits in front of the mirror and starts her night r