Novels by elizabethbasseymfon

SiennaI straightened, clutching the documents to my chest like a shield. Maybe there was a time when I thought of this woman as a mother, or something close to that. But now, I knew that was never going to happen. As her son said, I was useless to this family. “I…I came to pick my things,” despite myself, I stuttered. “I’ll be gone in a few minutes.” “Your things,” Margaret laughed humorlessly. “When you came into this family, you brought nothing and you’ll leave with nothing. Don’t think you’ll be taking a anything from this house.”“Mother,” Vanessa said softly, stepping forward. Her voice was gentle, almost apologetic but there was an amused look in her eyes. “Don’t be so harsh on the poor girl. Look, she’s already going through a lot. Drey divorced her and she has no family.”I gritted my teeth, clutching the document tighter. Every part of me wanted to walk out on them. Wanted to say something as hurtful as the words they threw at me, but I couldn’t. My mouth wouldn’t move an

SiennaI stared at the phone in my hand. At the unknown number I didn’t recognize it no matter how many I recited in my head.His name was Charles. That was all he gave me a first name and five words that landed like a punch in my gut. What did he mean ‘It was about the Stanford group’? The Stanford group had gone bankrupt three years ago. The Stanford group no longer existed. I have wanted to hang up. I should have. I was bone-deep tired and the last thing I needed was a strange riling up of my feelings and emotions at a time like this. If it was a prank call…I brought the phone back to my ear. “What about the Stanford group?” As though he’d been waiting for just that question, his voice intensified. “I know this isn’t the right time. And I know how tonight must have felt, watching that press conference. But Sienna, I want you to think about what happened to the Stanford group, it wasn’t what you were told it was.”I frowned. “What are you talking about?” I knew I shouldn’t be e

SiennaI didn’t want to go back to Drey’s house, but that was the only place I had to go back to. After my parents’ company almost went bankrupt, I’d sold almost all of our assets to keep it floating. Two years later, I had nothing. Not a place to call home, not a penny in my account, not even clothes and jewelry I could sell off. Even the company I sacrificed everything for. I decided to check into a hotel for the night. I still had some little money I’d saved for rainy days. After checking into the little room the motel gave me, I began to regret my decision not to return home. The motel room was the size of a small cubicle with barely enough space to stretch my legs and that wasn’t even the worse part. The bed looked and smelled like it had been around for a thousand years and maybe home to… well at least a dozen different kinds of insects. The bathroom didn’t have running water. Still it was better than returning to Drey’s house where all that waited for me was silence and the

SiennaThe single document which sat on the table between us was the expiration of our loveless marriage. The anxiety I felt clawed at my insides, pricked my intestines and made me nauseous.Or maybe I was nauseous because of something else. The main reason I had felt the need to visit my husband was the beautiful news I carried in my pocket. A single test strip I thought would change the dynamics of our marriage.How stupidly naïve I was.Drey didn't care about me, or our marriage. Neither did he care if I was pregnant or not. All he cared about was getting what he wanted, and right now Drey Falcon wanted a divorce and I was not sure I was ready to give that to him.Not when… my hand traveled to my stomach and stayed there."What do you mean…?" I started, confusion swirling my thoughts. "I came here to… did I do something wrong? I didn't think we had any issues and if we did, getting a divorce doesn't solve it, Drey…""Sign the papers, Sienna. Don't ask me any unnecessary questions."