Angel's POV:
I looked at my costume in the mirror. "Bad Bitch mode." I said to myself. Then I rolled my eyes and scoffed. "Who am I kidding? Bad bitch mode is always on." I said, as I twirled. I turned around and nearly jumped out of my skin. There was an old lady staring at me with her husband by her side. "You certainly are a bad bitch." The old man said. The old woman hit him and glared at me. They walked away. I looked at my costume one last time before leaving.
I already paid for it but I just wanted to look at myself in it. I walked out the store and to the food court. I came to a Dairy Queen and sat down. I waited for Skylar and Riley. They both were coming to meet me here at the mall. Skylar invites us to a Halloween party and I was super excited. "Angel?" Someone called. I looked up to see Riley. She made her way over to me. "Oh my gosh. I love your costume. You got curves mama." I said. Riley blushed.
"Oh my God stop. Look at you in that amazing costume. Your curves stick out more than mine." She said. She looked at me. "What exactly are you though?" She asked, curiously. I'm Torodoki from My Hero Academia. I'm the girl version of him." I said. "Oh wow. I've heard of that show but I never got into it like that." She said. "Angel!! Riley!!" Someone called. We turned our heads to see Skylar running towards us. We hugged her and squealed. "Wow Skylar. Your costume is amazing." I said, looking at it.
"Yep. I'm Harley freakin Quinn bitches." She said. "All three of us are bad bitches. Oh I'm so excited for this party." Riley said. "Well that's the thing. My friend hasn't exactly set up everything yet and I was wondering if you guys come help us?" Skylar asked. "Sure." I said. "Why not? We can kill a few minutes." Riley said. We walked out the mall with people staring at us. "I mean dang. Haven't people heard of costumes?" Riley said.
We laughed at her. "Okay Skylar. You lead the way." I said, as I got in my car. We drove off downtown and to a house. We got out and walked up to the door. "Wait. I wanna get an Instagram selfie." Skylar said. "Oh me too!" I said. "Let me get one." Riley said. We all took our phones and took pictures. Afterwards, we posted them. We walked inside the house and I gasped. I looked around and saw decorations on the ground.
"Wow. You weren't kidding Sky. The party is not set up." Riley said. "Skylar! There you are. You disappeared on me." A girl said, as she came from behind a door. "I told you I went to go get some friends to help you fix the place up and get this party set up." Skylar said. The girl glared at her. "And I said I can handle it." She said, angrily. "Obviously you do." Skylar said, motioning towards the decorations on the floor.
"Fine." The girl said. She walked away. "Wow. Sky this is a lot of decorations."'I said, looking around. "I know but this is the first party she's ever threw by herself. Her girlfriend usually helps her but she's gone to visit her Dad. Guys please help." Skylar said. "Of course we're gonna help." Riley said. We began to set up the decorations. It turned out neat. We had trouble setting up some ribbons as we were all too small.
The girl said that she girlfriend is tall so she usually do it. But since she's not here, we had to use a ladder. I looked around. Grinning excitedly, I said, "Okay! Everything looks great!" "It really does!!" Skylar exclaimed. Just then, the doorbell rung. Skylar answered it. "Oh hey!! Come in!!" Skylar said. She moved out of the way and people filed in the house. I smiled. "Oh my God this is so cool." Riley said. I nodded.
I looked at the time on my phone. It was seven o clock. "The party started right on time." I said. We socialized with everyone who walked through the door. I looked over the railing on the stairs. I looked down as more people walked through the door. I gasped when my boss walked through. I ran downstairs and over to her. "Wanda?" I said. She looked at me. "Angel? What are you doing here?" She asked. "Oh my friend invited me." I said. She looked me up and down.
"I thought only certain people were invited." She said. "Actually no. It's an open invite." Skylar said, as she came up to us. She looked at Wanda. "Skylar, this is my boss, Wanda. Wanda, this is my best friend, Skylar." I said. Skylar held her hand out. "Nice to meet you." She said. "I don't shake people's hands. So uh, if this is a Halloween party, how come there's no food available?" Wanda asked. "Oh the food is in the kitchen." Skylar said. Wanda walked away. I looked at Skylar.
"That's your boss? She's seems scary and not because of her demon wings." Skylar said. "I know but she pays good and I need this job to pay my bills and get my dream home." I said. "Hey guys." Someone said. We turned around to see Riley. "Hey Riley." I said. "I see that you snuck off." Skylar said. "I didn't. I got swept away by the many people coming through that door. Also did you guys see that blonde woman? She looks hella scary." Riley said.
"Who?" Skylar asked. Riley pointed to Wanda. "That's Angel's boss, Wanda." Skylar said. There was a hint of anger in her voice. "That's your boss? Oh Angel. I feel so bad for you." Riley said. "Yeah I know but I need this job. Wanda can definitely be scary at times....actually all the time but she's still my boss. Plus she has her moments where she's nice." I said. "Oh please Angel. You're just saying that to be nice." Riley said. "Yeah. I am." I said. Someone chuckled. We turned around to see a man. "My wife can be scary. I'm Gustavo." He said, with a heavy Russian accent.
"Hi. I'm Angel. This is Skylar And Riley." I said. They both waved. "Nice to meet you ladies." He said. "Oh you're are Russian like Wanda?" I asked. He nodded. "Yes. I know my accent is hard to understand when I speak but I try. Wanda teaches me how to speak proper English but I'm still learning." He said. "Oh that's nice." Skylar said. He nodded. He looked around. "So Halloween party? Americans really love this holiday." He said. "Yeah it's one of the coolest." I said.
"So Gustavo, what brings you here? I mean know I know my friend sent out open invites but I'd doubt she knows you. No offense." Skylar said. Gustavo stared at her. "My niece knows her." He said. "Who's your niece?" Skylar asked. Suddenly, there was a loud crash. We all turned around to see Skylar's friend covered in fruit punch. "Are you fucking kidding me?!" She cried. She was yelling at Wanda. "Excuse me." Gustavo said, as he moved through people to get to his wife.
"Wow. Let me go see what happened." Skylar said. She walked past people and over to her friend. I looked at Riley. "Aw her costume is ruined. She told me she spent hours on Amazon trying to find the perfect costume." She said. I didn't say anything. We walked over towards Skylar and her friend. We followed them upstairs and to her room. "W
My whole costume is ruined, all because of that Russian bitch." The girl said.
We heard movement outside the door. "Who was that?" I asked. "It's a packed house. Probably someone going to the bathroom. The drinks are spiked. There's alcohol in all of them." Riley said. "I knew I should've waited til my girlfriend got back to threw this party." The girl said. She walked out the door and towards the bathroom. We walked downstairs to joined her party. I saw Wanda talking to a man. It wasn't Gustavo.
I walked over to her. Wanda noticed me and told the man something. He looked at me and walked away. "Wanda what happened?" I asked, curiously. She smiled at me and asked, "What do you mean?" I looked at her crazy and said, "With the fruit punch. Skylar's friend is covered in fruit punch." She smiled. "I accidentally bumped into her and the punch bowl fell. She thinks I did it intentionally." She said, as she sipped her drink.
Something doesn't feel right. Wanda suddenly caressed my face. "Oh Angel. Just leave this be. You don't wanna fires next, do you?" She asked. I grew uneasy. I shook my head. "No ma'am." I said. She smiled. "Good girl." She said. Then she leaned forward and tried to kiss me. "Angel?" Someone called. I turned around and gasped. There, standing before me was Caleb. "Caleb hi." I said. "Hey. Oh my God I didn't know you were gonna be here." I said.
"Well I am." He said. "Oh Caleb, this is my boss-" I paused and looked around. I noticed Wanda wasn't behind me anymore. I looked at Caleb. "Who's your boss?" He asked. "She was just right behind me." I said. "Hello." Someone said. A woman appeared from behind Caleb, along with a man. "Oh hello." I said, smiling. "We're Caleb's parents. I'm Calvin. This is my wife Hailey." The man said. "Nice to meet you." I said.
I looked up and saw Skylar and Riley looking around. I called out to them. They immediately ran over to me. "There you are. You disappeared on us." Riley said. "Sorry. Guys, this is Caleb's parents." I said, introducing them. "Oh wow. So where's Kyle?" Skylar asked. "Right here." Kyle said, as he appeared from behind Caleb. "I'm here too." Ramón said. We all chuckled. "So I see most of town is here." Caleb said.
"Yeah this is an open invite so a lot of people showed up." Skylar said. "Why?" Hailey asked. "Why what?" I asked. "Why send out an open invite?" She asked. "I didn't actually. My friend did." Skylar said. "Well still. You need to be careful who you let in your house. Anyone can just waltz in and they can be crazy." Calvin said. I looked at the girls. Okay red flag. "Anyways where is this friend of yours?" Caleb asked.
"Oh she's upstairs getting changed into a different costume. It got ruined." Skylar said. "How'd it get ruined?" Ramón asked. "Uh my boss accidentally spilled the fruit punch on her." I said. They stared at me then exchanged looks. "So tell me there's plenty more drinks?" Calvin asked. "Yep. Just a heads up, they're all spiked. There's alcohol in there." Riley said. "Good. I could use a drink." Calvin said, he walked away.
Hailey looked at me one last time before following her husband. I watched as she walked away. Why am i intimidated by her? Oh yeah. She's a fucking goddess. She's so beautiful. "Angel?" Caleb called. "Hmm?" I answered. "You okay?" He asked. I shook my head. "What's wrong?" Skylar asked. "Caleb I feel intimidated by your Mom. She's so gorgeous." I said. He stared at me then shivered. "Ew." He said. Kyle and Ramón laughed.
"I don't know man. I've been wanting to fuck your Mom since I met her." Kyle said, laughing. "Me too. She's a baddie." Ramón said. Glaring at them, Caleb chased them off. I looked at Riley and Skylar. "You know Angel, now that you mention it, she is fucking gorgeous. I feel....inadequate next to her and I'm a fucking model." Skylar said. "Yeah. I can't believe I'm jealous of this lady and I don't even know her." Riley said.
We stared at Hailey as she talked to Calvin. "Guys don't be jealous of my Mom." Caleb said, as he joined us. "Where are Kyle and Ramón?" I asked. "Right here." Kyle said, as he came up behind Skylar. Caleb punched his arm and punched Ramón's as he cane up behind Riley. "Both of you are assholes." He said. I noticed something. "Caleb are you Irish?" I asked, curiously. He nodded. "Yeah how you know?" He asked.
"You sound like you have an Irish accent." I said. "Only when I say certain words." He said. He looked me up and down. I grew uncomfortable and walked away. I went upstairs to look for Skylar's friend. I walked up and down the halls, looking for her. As I approached the bathroom, I heard voices. They sounded like they were speaking Russian. I couldn't understand them. Suddenly, someone pushed me back.
I looked up to see a man staring at me. "What are you doing here?" He asked, harshly. "It's all right. It's just Angel." Wanda said, as she came out of the shadows. She smiled at me with her ruby red lipstick. She put her arm around me and walked me back downstairs. "Wanda, where did you've earlier? I was gonna introduce you to someone." I said. She sipped her martini. "I'm not one for meeting new people without my husband." She said.
"You do it all the time at work." I said. Her grip on me tightened. "Not that kind." She said. I just noticed her words slurred a little bit. "Wanda are you drunk?" I asked. She scoffed. "I'm tryna get there. Lord knows I need to loosen up." She said. She pulled me off towards the backyard. We saw a lot of other people all chilling outside. We sat down on a swinging bench.
She sighed. "I've always wanted one of these at my house." She said. "So why not buy one?" I asked. "I would but I have a toddler. She climbs on and she might fall off." She said. She sipped her drink. "Wanda can I ask you something?" I asked, curiously. She looked at me. "You're not about to tell me you're quitting are you?" She asked. I shook my head. "Good." She said. I stared at her. Something in her eyes told me that I was smart to say no, even though I wasn't gonna quit.
"What is it Angel?" She asked. "Okay say you have a crush on a guy and you don't know how to tell him. Plus he doesn't do social media like that. He rarely posts about himself and what goes on in his life but he has millions of followers. What do you do?" I asked. She looked at me before looking up at something. "Honey, I never have crushes. I don't chase men, they chase me." She said.
She grabbed my hand. "Angel, whoever this boy is, leave him alone. Don't give in to his advances. Let him chase you, not the other way around." She said. "Is that how Gustavo married you?" I asked. She snapped her head at me. "How do you know about Gustavo?" She asked. "He introduced to me." I said. As if on cue, Gustavo came over to us. "Wanda there you are. I leave you alone to handle business with that girl and you disappear-" he paused when he saw me.
"Angel." He said. "Angel here has told me you introduced yourself to her?" Wanda said. "I did." He said. "Why?" She asked. "What you mean why? We introduced ourselves like adults." He said. Wanda spoke something in Russian and Gustavo responded in Russian. They really went at it because he got loud. He must've said something harsh because Wanda slapped him and stormed off. He sighed. "Is everything okay?" I asked, curiously.
He nodded. "Yes and no. We've been having problems lately. And Wanda here won't give me break." He said. "Anything can do to help?" I asked. He sat down and sighed. "Angel what all do you know about my company? I know Wanda likes to keep things about my company private but I'm sure she's said something about me owning it. What all do you know about it?" He asked. Apparently I didn't answer fast enough because he grabbed my arm harshly.
"What do you know about it?" He asked, angrily. "Not much sir." I said. He stared at me. "You're my wife's assistant yet you don't know?" He said. I shook my head. "No sir. I just get her coffee and she gives me paperwork. It's usually bills and appointments. I swear." I said. He scanned my face for something but I didn't know what. He relaxed his grip on my arm. "I'm sorry. Me and Wanda think there is a rat in my company." He said.
"If there's a rat, you should call pest control." I said. He slowly looked at me. "Not that kind of rat. A snitch. A spy. We think someone is spying on my company and taking our secrets. So now Wanda has become paranoid and she's been firing people left and right." He said. "And as a result, you're losing money and progress." I said. He nodded. "Exactly. Now I'm not saying that we have a rat, but I do think me and her need to keep our eyes open for anyone who acts funny around the company." He said.
He looked at me. "And you too. Angel, have you seen anyone doing anything suspicious? Have you seen anyone who acts funny towards Wanda?" He asked, curiously. "Well, to be quite frank with you Gustavo, everyone certainly has something against her. She terrifies us. The other day when she was firing people, everyone has been careful not to get on her bad side. She does mistreat us but after hearing that she has kids, I think I understand why." I said.
I sighed. "I'm no parent but I know it's no walk in the park trying to raise kids and run a big business." I said. He shook his head. "No it is not. That's why when I'm away on business, I'm afraid Wanda might just fire everyone who works for us. I need that company. I bout it from the ground up and she's firing people, tearing it all down. That company is what's bring in money and she's letting it all out." He said.
"Well I'm sorry Gustavo but Wanda seems to be doing a good job in my eyes." I said. He slowly looked at me. "You truly are an Angel." He said. He touched my arm. Why are people touching me so much tonight? "I'm so glad Wanda has you as her assistant. Hopefully she doesn't fire you next." He said. Then I heard what sounded like static. He put his fingers up to his ear. "Everything okay?" I asked. He nodded. "Yeah. I just have a neck cramp. I need to go find Wanda." He said.
He stood up and walked back inside. Well that certainly was something. I stood up and walked back inside the house. I looked around and found Riley and Skylar by the stairs. "Hey guys." I said. They both hugged me. "Oh my God Angel. I'm so glad you're here." Skylar said, worriedly. "Why? What's wrong?" I asked, curiously. "Skylar's friend was just murdered." Riley said. I gasped.