“Kneel and apologize right now!” Rich shouted at her.
Megan looked at her husband, her lips lopsided in sadness. As soon as he had walked into the store, Liana rushed and threw herself at him, crying pitifully. Her shoulders were shaking as she racked in sobs causing Rich to feel a tear in his heart.
“What happened? Why are you crying?” He asked tenderly, not understanding what the drama was all about.
Liana turned in his arms and pointed a shaky finger at Megan. “She hit me and splashed water on me”
Oooh this woman, Megan thought as she looked aghast at them. Liana had started it all but was now making it seem like she was the one who was attacked.
“Then she slapped me and humiliated me in front of everyone calling me a bitch and a husband snatcher” she wailed. “Rich, tell her that we are just friends and nothing is going on between us.”
Liana twisted things so that people could have a negative impression of Megan. She did not want to expose her affair with Rich but also wanted Rich to stand up for her just to show Megan that she was more important to him than his wife.
It was then that Rich looked up and saw his wife. At first, he thought that she might have been there shopping but as he looked closely at her, he saw a name tag pinned on her blouse.
“What are you doing here and what is the meaning of this?” he shouted. Liana, feeling aggrieved, cried even more and Rich had to hold her close to him.
“Excuse me, this is my workplace and your mistress just came here to cause a ruckus for nothing” she was angry but she was not going to cause a fight between her and her husband in public.
“Rich……..” Liana sobbed delicately when she heard Megan call her a mistress.
“Now listen here, stop slandering Liana when you know that she is a top model. How dare you hit her and splash water on her? And what do you mean by you work here?” He had heard from his mother that Megan had gotten a job but he never bothered about it.
The people who were still watching were not sure of the relationship between Megan and Rich but Liana sure was acting like a bitchy mistress.
“I am an attendant here. Liana came in and wanted to buy the limited edition wristwatch. Unfortunately, it was already pre-ordered so she can’t have it” she was neither rude nor polite, just straightforward.
“No Rich, she attacked me as soon as I entered the store and told me to stay away from you. You can ask my friends about it” she lifted puppy dog eyes that were brimming with tears causing his heart to break.
“How dare you do that to a decent lady” he shouted again, his face turning red with anger. He did not want anyone to suspect him of infidelity and yet his wife said that in public?
“Kneel and apologize to her right now” he pointed a finger at her in anger.
Megan could see the rage in his eyes and was so frightened. She turned to the onlookers but nobody was stepping forward to speak up for her even though they knew that Liana was lying. Compared to Liana, she was a nobody she thought sighing.
Giving up, she looked at Rich who was still glaring at her in anger as he held Liana in his arms. She lowered herself knowing that she had no option but to swallow her pride and apologize.
Just as her knees were about to get to the ground, a strong arm held her and lifted her. Surprised, she looked up to see her boss looking down at her.
Liana who already had a gleeful expression on her face at the thought of the humiliation that Megan suffered at work, was shocked. Rich, who did not know who the man was, felt agitated seeing another man holding his wife.
“Hey, who are you, and why are you interfering in this?” he asked, thinking that it was just a random man.
“I am the owner of this store now why are you trying to oppress and humiliate my employee?” he said as he pulled Megan to his back to shield her from her attackers.
“Sir, I don’t think that you know the character of this lady here so it is better to just fire her right now,” Rich said feeling self-righteous as if he was doing a good deed of ridding society of a menace.
Logan was going to hear none of this. He had been busy in his office looking over some contracts when one of the supervisors rushed in to alert him of what was going on. Hearing everything in detail, he came to see for himself only to find Megan about to kneel.
“Megan, why don’t you go and wait for me in the office?” he said then instructed one of the hostesses to prepare tea for her.
Rich could not understand why Megan was being given such special treatment and walked forward to Logan with Liana still in his arms.
“ Listen here, that is my wife and she is very good at manipulating people so it is better to fire her otherwise she will just ruin the reputation of this store” He did not want Megan working especially for a man that was treating her this way.
“You say that she is your wife yet you have another woman clinging to you like a koala?” Logan asked sarcastically.
Rich instantly removed his hands from around Liana and pushed her away. Liana desperately reached out to hold his arm but he moved a step away to dodge her hands. He did not want further humiliation.
“You have caused enough havoc to my clients and staff so I will politely ask you to take your people and leave or have my security detail throw you out,” Logan said, looking at them with disdain.
“Resign from your job!”Those were the words that greeted Megan as soon as she went through the door. She had had a long day at work and after picking Benny up from school and taking him to the park as usual, all she wanted was a warm bath before helping Benny with his assignment.The embarrassment that Liana had caused at her workplace lingered on her mind and right now seeing her seated next to Beth while holding her hand as if she had been greatly aggrieved made Megan to scoff inwardly.“Mother, I had asked of your permission before looking for a job and you were only with it. Why change now?” she knew that Liana had give to whine to her.“If all you want a reason to resign then I want you here, in the house to help me around. As you can see, I am still grieving my husband and I can’t be left alone in the house.”Megan felt that this was the lamest excuse that she ever heard. It had been months since father passed away and mother had even started attending social functions, acting
It was late at night when Megan finally made her way downstairs to the kitchen. She needed some salve to apply on her knee as it was already swollen.After heating some water, she used it in a small basin and by use of a face towel, gently massaged the swollen area while applying the ointment. It was so painful, she had to grit her teeth to stop the tears from cascading down her face.She heard the main door open and guessed that Rich was back home. As she was hoping that he would head to his room, she saw a silhouette by the kitchen door.Rich had just got home and checked the living room but his wife was not there. Ever since she started working, she no longer waited on him with a hot meal like she used to. He had even stopped having dinner with Liana just so he could come back to the meals and her company and was always irritating by not finding her.As he was about to go up to his room, he saw the kitchen was lit and headed there, thinking that maybe Megan was preparing his meal.
Lying prostrate on his bed, Rich stared at the ceiling in the dark. Megan's words still rang clear in his head, the guilt banging back and forth. Was he really about to take his wife by force? He loathed Megan but never in his wildest dreams did he think that he would be capable of such a despicable act against her.Megan in the other room was curled up in bed, her teeth firmly biting into the bedsheet as tears soaked her pillow. Her heart was been torn apart by pain but she did not want her pitiful cries to wake up her son who was peacefully sleeping on the bed next to hers.“Why is life so unfair to me?” she asked herself as her mind drifted to the past.*****Benny who was still a toddler was at his grandparents for the weekend. She was in the kitchen busy putting the final touches for dinner.It was their third wedding anniversary and she wanted to surprise her husband with a romantic dinner. She wanted the weekend to be a memorable one, wanting to reignite the fire that they once
She had to stay in the hospital for two weeks. After Dan left, she eventually crawled to where her phone was and called her Dad who rushed over. Seeing his daughter in that state, he drove her to the hospital then reported the incident at the police station.Dan was arrested while on his way to work. His lawyer came to see Megan to convince her to drop the charges, claiming that Dan was too drunk to realize what he was doing.Megan, feeling sorry that her beloved husband was locked up, went behind her father’s back and dropped the charges. For the next few months, Dan was the perfect dotting husband, rushing home after work to take care of his wife. The home was once again the perfect life that Megan had sacrificed her life for, the cheating incident totally forgotten.Her father was so mad at her. He had never wanted his daughter to get married to Dan in the first place, feeling that he was not worthy of her. She had graduated first in her class and even had an accolade.He thought t
Liana needed drastic measures to get on Megan’s nerves. She called her best friends and asked them to meet up in the afternoon. Megan had just got off work and was walking to the parking lot. It was a hot summer afternoon and she was planning on giving Benny his favorite ice cream as a treat for earning stars in his school assignment. Benny was not just an obedient boy but was so well disciplined and industrious despite the chaos in his young life. He had watched his father humiliate his mother and sometimes even physically abuse her.There were times that he would try to stand up for his mother when things got physical but due to his young age, he also ended up getting a slap or two from his father. Many a night, he would curl up in bed with his mother trying to give her comfort after such incidents occurred.His young mind could not understand why his family was so different from others as he would often see his classmates being picked up by their fathers whereas for him it was on
Rich had just come from a meeting with his shareholders. They still had doubts about his leadership and felt that he was deviating from the path that his Dad had set. Already he was accepting collaboration with companies that his father had rejected to work with in his time because of their substandard work. Rich was more interested in enlarging the company and not thinking in the aspect of whether they would make profits or losses.One shareholder had walked out vowing to sell his shares because he wanted nothing to do with the company if Rich took on the latest project. This project would end up bringing a huge loss for the company but Rich refused to see reason.Taking some painkillers from his desk drawer, he poured some wine into a glass and was about to take it when his assistant knocked on the door.“Sir, we have a problem,” he said as he came him holding his phone.“Please deal with whatever it is. I don’t want to hear it” Rich said as he swirled the chair to face the window.
Two days later, Megan was summoned to the living room. She had not fully recovered from the attack so Logan had given her some days off to attend to her wounds. During that time, she had locked herself in her room to avoid the family and had organized for the maid assigned to her to take Benny to school and pick him up in the afternoon.As she came down the steps, the first person she saw was a disheveled Liana, hanging on to Rich's hand like she was an undetachable part of his arm. With unkempt hair and a haggard face, she looked like she had just been snatched from the pits of hell. Megan sighed, knowing that the drama was about to unfold.Beth, the matriarch sat on her seat, a rocking chair that had been gifted by her late husband on her birthday last year. The chair was custom-made for her and had a therapeutic massage control for her neck and back. Cindy who always had her headset on was lying, relaxed on the sofa next to her mother. Thankfully Buckley and Aaron were missing, ma
Liana had noticed the change in Cindy. She needed to get back to her good books because she was the only one that she could depend on to get rid of Megan. If Cindy was to lean toward Megan then Liana would have lost a very capable ally."Can I help you with that?" She asked as Cindy washed some fruits to prepare more fresh juice for Megan. Cindy was feeling terrible for having treated Megan so viciously before, all in the name of supporting Liana but now felt like the darkness that had been surrounding her had been shattered and all she saw was light; Megan's light of suffering."It's okay, I got this," she said just as Liana reached for the knife in her hand.Liana could feel the distance widening between them and panicked. "You know, I love your brother so much and I know that once we get married, the two of us will be like sisters. We can be twinning every day and I will introduce you to my circle of friends. I am sure that you will like them." Liana's friends were all socialites w