Chapter 45: The Past She Tried to Forget
Marcella stood by the entrance of her office building and took in a deep breath. Last night it was very late when they got home. Tony asked her to stay at home that day but she decided to come to work.
She didn’t want to lose her job.
Everything felt surreal for her. The number of visiting cards and business cards she received from the elites of the city was tremendous. She was yet to file them.
She didn’t think she was someone who had the clout to move in that circle. Her father never was. He was new money and the elites tried to keep him at bay. She didn’t want to fall for whatever the elites were planning.
Some of them were having good opinions about her father as he had helped them. Some mentioned that her father had helped them and she knew the "help" her father did was not legal and they don’t want it to get out.
She thought the funeral would reveal who was after the codex. But she was only left more confused. For now, she decided to resume her normal life. She didn’t want to pose a threat to anyone. The water was muddied. She wanted everything to settle down to see clearly.
Thankfully, Randy’s daughter was willing to babysit the baby. She looked smart and Marcella believed Rosy can look after Joey. She did give her pointers of everything she knew. She asked Rosy to call her if there was an emergency.
She patted her face with her handkerchief and only then she saw the glittering ginormous ring on her finger. At first, the ring felt so heavy as she was not used to wearing heavy rings on her fingers but she was already used to it in the past few days.
But...
She removed the ring and stored it safely in her purse’s inner zipper pocket. She was not ready to face the curious glances of her coworkers yet. Especially, not Gloria.