was my cheating on Arthur Jacob, which was totally untrue, but he used the excuse of the date and the fast start of the affair with Caroline on top of his cheating. It was obv

oom, my father was in an emergency meeting with Mr. Jacob taking care of something in the company, I heard from my mother that they had bo

living room until my father came, which was quite a long time coming. My mother was also waiting anxiously in th

the company and that from today on we would live in a simple life, which might be a problem for me since I was living a life o

the family for five years, came thro

Mr. Jacob 一 She hande

eyes watered, I tried my best to stop laughing so my stomach wouldn't hurt anymore, but it was in v

laugh so mu

do you

ouldn't be asking 一 I said ob

ust a teenager 一 I explained why I was la

so much, and drinking at

h of us, but it was not a normal smile, it was the sm

oo, mom. 一 I spoke w

nt, that's ver

as clear on my mother's face that she had taken a liking to Arthur, which didn't put me at ease since she would invite

something gave hope and light to his pro

if nothing worried him 一 But I will help the Edwards Company with

directly, because nothing in life

ll work for the

to be a lawyer

Arthur, and don't y

she loved the parties that the companies offered, but all

father answere

dly in need of m

e point Beatrix

u tomorrow here at your hou

hower and change into my school uniform, lunch wa

was always a good economist and investor, there was n

ng his foot as if something was making him nervous and anxi

nt. My father said, leaving the

wards' evil was to let anxiety invade yo

to the mall? 一 My mom

uld be gr

now, retire and yo

ee you in t

you in te

le clothing store and that's where we shopped when we had no idea about dresses. My mother was a very vain woman who took a break from her job as a lawyer to dedicate herself more to her h

She was wearing a black midi skirt and a white blouse, I would say that even the greatest fashion designers could not surpass m

we go,

es

ed the car. The trip was thirty minutes to the mall, the road was full of trees and few buildings and this I thought was great, I liked green places with many flowers and thi

ing the mall, we noticed a new beauty salon. My mother looked at me in an appealing way and my gaze was no different from hers,

s and hair. A counter was at the entrance and it was then that my mother surpris

terically and I smiled excitedly, unti

't afford it

ed showing me a card

you have this? I

you just did

here was no one there we were the first ones to be seen. The hairdresser was a ki

ght about what

and my eyebrows in a

est is my

he hair. She started bleaching my hair, which I didn't think was necessary, but she was the professional and after 30 minutes my hair was alr

fter I finished my nail, my hair was already done. Sheila removed all the excess dye and then washed it with some product that made my hair smell good, and the last step was the

were there too. I couldn't describe what I was feeling, whether it was anger, envy, jealousy, several mixed feelings that made my stom

ore owner spoke loudly drawing their attention to

spoke without caring who was in the rest of th

w couple, but it was almost inevita

, we are all at your servi

nowing my mother as I do, she was likely to be the most fake person in th

reeting only my mother when he arrive

d at the girl cowering behind Felipe from head to toe and those wh