The Truth

Clarissa rushed towards Scarlett as soon as she walked in, “How did your day go?”

Scarlett exhaled, tucking her hair behind her ear, “I can’t say for certain…”

“Come on, Scar, give me something.” Clarissa pleaded, her eyes were wide like huge saucers.

“I think things went smoothly…” she replied as an afterthought.

Clarissa exhaled in relief, “Thank heavens…”

“Maybe too smoothly…” Scarlett added before plunging down on the couch.

Clarissa came up beside her quickly, “Scar, I'm goung to need more than that.”

“He didn’t refer to anything that happened that day. He didn’t mention Levi or you. The only time he acknowledged that event was when he asked why I left the job,” she explained.

“And what did you say?”

“Nothing.” Scarlett sighed, “I didn’t have a sensible reason to give.” She massaged her temples, “I mean we talked about everything, work, Lucious, even my hair but nothing about our meeting. I couldn’t help but think there was something up, like he was deliberately avoiding the subje