Chapter 130
DEMI
I sit quietly at the breakfast table, eating alone while the news channel is turned on. No one else came down for breakfast today. Since father’s cheating scandal hit the news, a cold chill went through the entire mansion. It’s been awfully quiet and empty like a ghost town.
Brett and his sons keep having closeted meetings. Mrs. Rollins, as Halle tells me, has been a shadow of herself and shuttles between her bedroom and her sick son, Asher’s. Save for the domestic staff who I run into regularly; I am mostly by myself.
The stocks of the Spellman Group skyrocketed on the capital market today. I bet father must be biting his fingernails in anger. I must admit that I honestly didn’t expect this move of mine to hit the Rollins family as hard as it has. What then would happen when I use up all my trump cards? Josh’s paternity. The death of my parents. The truth about Tobias, Olivia Dunn and all other secret crimes the Rollins family have been involved in over the years. How terribly they will crash makes my heart hum with anticipation.
Inwardly, I want to do a happy dance because I finally hit the right nerve and hurt them but thoughts of my uncle weigh heavily on my mind. Nevertheless, I allow a small smile as I watch the news on my phone. Kristy Randall is hounded by the paparazzi on her way out of a supermarket and bombarded with questions about her relationship with Brett. Of course, she refuses to give a comment but what she doesn’t realize is that her silence only fuels the rumor.
"Oh Kristy, you’re not that dumb. This must be your ruse to torture Barbara Rollins, isn’t it? Sly fox." I mutter quietly to myself. I have to visit the Randalls soon and fan the flames. I need mother and son to drive the wedge of my revenge plan through the hearts of the Rollins.
Liam texts me to ask how I am enjoying the show. I reply with a happy emoji and tell him not to let the heat go down so soon till Brett starts sweating bullets. Anna’s call interrupts me.
"Anna, hi."
"The hospital staff are all acting weird and not letting me see Asher. Could you come over and talk to them?"
I slap a hand to my forehead. "Oh shit, Anna, I am so sorry. It completely skipped my mind given everything that’s been going on here at the mansion. Um, Asher is back home. His parents insisted his treatment continues at the mansion." I wait a moment for her to digest that. "Do you want to come over here instead?"
"No." She replies. "How is that going to be any different from visiting him at the hospital with the entire family present. I can’t show up there with everything going on."