Rachel continued. "Ma'am, if you think I am here to maltreat or control your son then you are wrong because I will never do that. I love Chad so much"
Mrs Torres sneered. " I will make sure my son won't get married to you" she said in a threatening voice. "I will make sure you suffer if you don't leave my son"
Rachel laughed. "Suffer? I have suffered enough in your hands and I am already used to it. Anyways, you are not the one I will get married to" she retorted
Mrs Torres face turned red in anger. She couldn't believe that this Rachel would talk to her this way. Who gave her the guts? Mina was shocked also. This Rachel has really changed since she started leaving with them in the mansion, she thought. She couldn't believe that Rachel would talk to Mrs Torres that way.
"Don't you have any respect for your elders. Didn't your mother teach you how to respect those who are older than you? What's wrong with you, Rachel? Have you forgotten you are in our mansion not in your small old house?" Mina said angrily.
Rachel looked at her. "Shut up! I wasn't talking to you and who do you think you are to lecture me on what to do? You should know your place in this mansion" she said coldly.
Mina was taken aback. She couldn't believe that this was Rachel. Maybe she was dreaming and she needed to wake up now. She placed her hand on her thigh and pinched herself.
No! This is not a dream.
No one has ever dared to talk to her this way and Rachel... How dare Rachel, she thought.
Rachel turned her head to look at Mrs Torres. "Ma'am Torres, from now on, you should consider me as your future daughter in law" she said while smiling.
"Future daughter in law my foot" Mrs Torres growled. "Not In this life and not in my next life will I consider you as my future daughter in law. You bitch"
Rachel narrowed her eyes and looked at Mrs Torres for few seconds before bursting into a laughter. "Ma'am Torres, don't worry, you will get used to seeing me as your future daughter in law"
"Auntie will never take you as her future daughter in law if that's what you want 'cause you don't fit our status" Mina couldn't take it anymore.
"Miss Mina, shouldn't you be thinking of getting a boyfriend for yourself instead of poking your nose into things that does not concern you?"
Mina's face turned red in anger. "You..."
"Are you planning on waiting until Chad notice you?" Rachel laughed. "Babe, I am very sorry because Chad does not notice that you live here in this mansion with him. It will just break your heart if you later heard that Chad has married me. Tsk. Tsk. There are other fishes in the water, go get one for yourself"
Mina's pupil dilated in shock hearing her words. Before she could open her mouth to talk, she was interrupted by someone's voice. "Rachel, you are here?"
They turned their head to see Chad coming inside. Chad looked at their faces and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Rachel smiled before walking over. She held his hand and said, "I was just talking to my future mother in law"
Mrs Torres and Mina were both flabbergasted.
Future mother in law?
Mrs Torres clenched her fist involuntarily. She glared at Rachel and felt like smashing the cup on her head.
"Future mother in law?" Chad was surprised. "What were the both of you talking about?" Chad asked and glanced at his mother.
"Just normal talk. We were just talking about my relationship with you" Rachel said and turned her head to look at Mrs Torres and smiled, "Right? Ma'am Torres?"
Mrs Torres did not respond, but she continued to glare at Rachel.
"Ma'am Torres? Why don't you call her mother since you are her future daughter in law and you also have to respect her also" Chad said, while smiling.
"Of course, I will" Rachel answered.
"Okay, let's go" Chad said and held Rachel's hand. "Good night mom"
Rachel turned her head to look at Mrs Torres. "Good night mother" she said and winked at her before leaving the kitchen.
Mrs Torres couldn't stop herself from trembling. She took the glass cup from the table and smashed it on the ground. "That Rachel... I will kill her" she yelled.
Mina quickly went to her and said while patting her back slowly. "Aunt, calm down"
Mrs Torres was very angry. What was even surprising her was the way Rachel talked to her. She couldn't believe that Rachel will say all this things. The Rachel she used to know is clearly different from the Rachel now. God knows where that girl got her courage from, she thought.
When she thought of Rachel's words: From now on, you should consider me as your future daughter in law" she rejected it. She would rather die than have Rachel as her future daughter in law. She won't even allow her to marry Chad.
***
In Chad's room, Chad came out of the bathroom. A towel was wrapped around his waist. He took a small towel and vigorously dried his hair and then with a hair dryer.
"I see you are becoming kind of close to my mother?" Chad asked as he continued to dry his hair.
Rachel rasied her head to look at him and answered. "Mhm"
Her gaze rested on his body. She found herself admiring his body and forced her attention on the book she was reading. She rasied her head to look at him and he was already in his pajamas. He sat on the couch and picked up his phone and started browsing through it. Rachel raised her head to look at the man sitting on the couch. "Chad"
"Yes?"
"What do you think people will say if they heard that you bought a new house for me and my family?"
Chad asked, "Why?"
"People might say I forced you to buy the house for me or something like that"
Chad raised his head to look at her. "Let them say whatever they want the say. Don't tell me you are scared of them?"
"Em... NO..."
"Then stop complaining. on the outside you appear to be a confident woman when needed to be, so why are you scared of what they are going to say?..." he hesitates, "Well... you are kind of stubborn too" he finished.
Instantly, he began back peddling. "No, no, I mean strong willed. You are strong willed. No. That's good. It serves you well" he laughed waiting for her reaction.
Rachel's eyes narrowed and fixed on him. In a smooth motion, she reached for the pillow beside her and whipped it across the room in a lightening speed thumping him squarely on his chest. Chad's eyes widened in surprise and he shot the pillow back at her. She caught it and fired it back again. He put his foot to stop it and it bounced to the floor between them.