Two Can Play
I managed to lift my shoulders an inch off the mattress before my strength gave out and I collapsed back onto the pillows, my breath coming in short ragged gasps.
"Imelda is a good girl, Dominic. A pure girl. She comes from a wealthy family, she does not need anything from you except your heart. But those other women, the ones you surround yourself with, they are all gold diggers. Every single one of them. They are after your wealth, your name, your status. They do not love you."
I forced the words out. "Celeste is not like that."
"Celeste is the worst of them all," my grandmother said, her voice hardening. "She is married, Dominic. Married. The shamelessness of that woman. She is a disgrace