"Are you seriously taking his side right now?""I mean tell me, Is the dick that good?" Rachel deadpanned as anger and hate started to creep over her entire being like tendrils from a pumpkin fruit, she could get that Alice was heartless and an excuse for humanity but right now, she couldn't deal anymore, she had reached the peak for her tolerance to bull crap for a day."What the hell Araceli!" Alice yelled over the phone, while inside her heart was going out of it's regular beat, she definitely was sure now if she wasn't sure before that Araceli was unto both of them, I mean anyone who has much gut to spew such acclaims has definitely taken their time to dig up dirty on her."You know what, I can't talk to you when you are like this," Alice said."When I'm like what?""Saying the truth?" Rachel replied."Goodnight Araceli," Alice said, ending the call. She definitely needed a new plan, something that would eliminate Araceli quickly, before all of this blew up in her face."Yeah, I—"
"Hey," A familiar feminine light voice called upon her, something about the airy texture and the melody in which she spoke, brought her chills, the good kind of chills.Her surroundings were a combination of everything and nothing, she couldn't make out anything except the lamp post and side street chair she was sitting on."Who's out there?" Rachel called out into the nothingness around her, her voice bounced back to her like she was in a room of infinite possibilities."Rachel," The angelic voice called out to her only this time she appeared, that's when it all clicked, the airy voice, the melody, the breathiness of the voice, it was Araceli."Fuck!" Rachel cried out in awe but still remained where she was no matter how hard she tried to stand up."For some fucked up reason I can't stand up to hug you," Rachel whined as tears streamed down her face, she wiped them away quickly, still looking at Araceli like she was a burning bush and she was not worthy of her presence."It's oka
"To the surprise of Xander's life, he wasn't the female figure by the door of their mansion. She had beautiful brown hair and looked strikingly familiar, yet cheek."Mom.." Xander said in surprise. She was supposed to be at a book club meeting at the Daisy women club. Technically a snobbish club for millionaire wives."Araceli?!""In the flesh," Rachel replied, smiling at him mischievously."You won't believe it Christopher, I was just coming from my book club when I saw her ringing the bell," Mrs. Miller said excitedly."I'm so excited to be here Ma'am, It's been months but it feels like ages," Rachel squealed giving her a tight hug, she also dampened her accent a little southern to match his mother's, just so she could win her heart all over, just like Araceli did before her."Well?" Mrs. Miller hinted to him pointing at Araceli in the least subtle way possible but Rachel planned up playing dumb, winning Mrs Miller's heart and torturing Xander."What mom?!" Xander cried, exasperated
"Hello Mom—""How could you Xander?" Mrs. Miller's voice sounded broken, ashamed even. This made Xander alarmed the very instant he heard her voice.He could imagine tears streaming down her face, wailing to his father about how he had brought shame upon the family. His whole face went pale and his tongue stale, he could feel the phone slipping out of his grasp as the next few years of his life became almost as clear as a crystal sky. This was the ending for him, it was like the Jacob and Esau story they always learnt in Sunday school where Esau sold his birthright for just some stew, but in his case, he indirectly sold his birthright for a cheap hotel coochie."Mom, I can explain, I swear to God," Xander pleaded, even though he had nothing to say other than he was sorry and ashamed about the insult and disgraced he had brought upon such a prestige family name"I'm listening," Mrs. Miller replied coldly"Mom I—""Because you seemed to have a lot to say when Araceli told you, even t
Ricky saw the message as it popped up on the man's phone on the counter, just beside the glass cladded menu.His suspicion spiked when he realized the name was pretty familiar, the normal looking guy who he thought was just a stuck up rich guy was clearly not who he thought he was, he was at first worried what a man would be going through, to let him forget his phone and just take his keys and leave, I mean, if he was hungry, he wouldn't even be in venus cafe in the first place, he would have gone to the McDonalds or Starbucks for whole meals.Ricky took off his blue apron uniform and took the phone to run after the rich business dude. If he was able to tip him as much as eighty four bucks, the least he could do is hand the guy back his phone and go on about his day to day life.When he got out of the cafe, he saw him going into an underground parking lot that belonged to the Southern Millers enterprise. He crossed the road with haste and zero precautions earning him a bunch of loud h
"He's Araceli's fiancé," Amy dropped the bomb."Fuck."Suddenly, everything became so much worse in the space of seconds."Araceli, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to snoop on your husband—" Ricky was apologizing when he got cut off by Amy."Fiancé, Ricky,""Fiancé!" Amy corrected, giving him a stern look."Sorry fiancé, I didn't mean to peep in on your fiancé phone, it was a honest mistake," Ricky apologized, but the look he was seeing on her face was awfully familiar, that's the look of PTSD he saw in his cousin's eyes when they met her at the hospital, they had to find a female doctor to treat her because she won't let a male doctor touch her."Araceli, I know we aren't really that close but, do you know this person they are talking about?" Ricky asked, cautiously. Amy stared at him pointedly as if telling him not to pry further."Yes, I do Rick," Araceli replied in a low voice, causing Amy and Ricky's head to snap towards her direction in shock. Amy pulled her chair towards her as sh
Ace hopped into the car and sat alongside a man who looked like he was about the same age with his sister, Amy was on the driver's sit while Araceli was in the passenger sit, he could sense something was wrong, first this wasn't Rachel's car, secondly she had that smile she had on her face when she just came back from the hospital, it didn't reach her eyes but she tried her best to still keep smiling."Hey Ace, are you ready to have fun?" Amy asked, trying to break the awkward stares Ace was giving Rachel who was just staring everywhere but Ace. The kid may have been young but he was smart and he could sense the tension in the car even though he just arrived.Ricky taking the hint, Amy dropped about trying to break the awkward air around them, he decided to introduce himself since he hasn't met Ace yet. "Hey Ace, I'm Ricky but you can call me Rick, or my friends call me Gay Rick," Ricky joked, winking at him. He knew a talk about his sexuality would be enough to take his attention fr
"It's been a fucking week already, get yourself together bro!" Emily banged on the door as Yandel refused to come out of his room.He had been sulking for the past week staying up in his room and coming home late for breakfast and dinner and working out over time. It was something everyone knew about Yandel, whenever he was sad or felt down he would leave his apartment in the city and stay at the family house just to sulk, she wasn't about to let him sulk alone. It was hard to see Yandel all worked up over a girl, he was that type of guy, he was always focused on work and didn't let things like relationships and heartbreaks let him down, but now, she sees that he really likes Araceli."Come on bro, for real, this ain't cool," Ethan agreed with Emily who gave him a look telling him that he should shut the fuck up or she was gonna make him regret waking up this morning, but as usual, her dumb twin brother will forever remain the same Dumb Ethan."What!" Ethan exclaimed, putting his han