With the sound of the breaking glass, the maid who had served the whisky grabbed cleaning tools to take care of it promptly, but with one glare from Richard, the poor girl scrambled away with her hands on her chest. The other maid she had been working with, took the cue, and they left the living room temporarily to the kitchen. For they had worked with the Wanky's for enough time to know when they had to dismiss themselves.
Richard's mother was the first to get to the living room upon hearing the sound. The click-clack of her four-inch heels was heard as she rushed into the room. Even at home, the woman was dressed as if she was ready for a board meeting. She had on a chick pale green skirt suit but moved with surprising agility as she rushed to find out why her forty-year-old son had dropped a glass!
Joy Wanky gave her son a sharp look with a frown. "What is going on here?" she demanded. "I have told you several times not to be watching these shows!" she said as soon as her eyes took in what was being broadcasted on the TV. At that time, the cameras were on the second guest, Ashley, the influencer, so she had not seen the object of her son's agitation.
Her face softened a little when she noticed the glass fragments on the floor, and she asked Richard, "Are you okay, baby? Did you get hurt?" Joy still addressed her son as if he was still a toddler.
Richard ignored his mother just as his father, who had followed his frantic wife, appeared to find out what was going on. It was then that they all saw Thalia Mirabel as the camera had zoned back to her, and their faces echoed that of their son, priceless!
"How is she there?! When did she get out, and how come we did not know about it?! She is supposed to be there for a few years yet. What are we paying them for?!" Richard's mother, Joy, shouted angrily. The smallish woman had her nostrils flaring, and she was shaking so much that it looked like she would lose consciousness soon.
The only one who looked calm on the surface was Ky Wanky, Richard's father. The only thing that gave his emotions away was his ashen face. His dark hair was still wet as he had just stepped out of the shower. He still had his bathrobe on with a towel in his hand that had now dropped and was lying carelessly on the floor beneath his feet.
Those who knew Ky very well could see that he was fuming inside, but like the good businessman he was, he had learnt to mask his feelings from people around him. The only giveaway will be the tight clench of his fists by his rigid side.
Ky Wanky, walked up to his wife, Joy, and guided her to the sofa before anything 'terrible' happened to her. The room had turned gloomy as they all watched the ongoing show.
The young woman on the screen was just as they knew, and there were no doubts about it. The only difference to the Wankys was that the girl in their memories always had a smile on her face, and her naivety had been glaring as well.
Her present look screamed maturity, wild, and her way of dressing had changed to the point where Mrs Joy Wanky frowned at, even in her apparent anger. For she disapproved of such 'uncultured' outfits. The tattoos on her further showed that the young woman, Thalia Mirabel, had indeed changed from what they knew. Gone was the innocent girl from their memories.
Joy Wanky thought back to the first day she had met this young woman. It was about six or more years back. It has been a gloomy day generally. The clouds had hung heavy, and rains threatened to fall as well… but for now, and the events that had happened after she had met this wench, she had now come to associate that memory with an ominous sign from the heavens, which she had ignored. But could she really have done anything to prevent any of those occurrences then?
Joy sincerely doubted because when her other son, Charles Wanky had decided to introduce his girlfriend, Thalia Mirabel Thebes, to them, the girl was already heavily pregnant!
Joy and her husband, Ky, had already noticed the subtle excitement on the face of their youngest, Charles, months prior but waited patiently for him to give them the news, even though it had been one beyond their wildest dreams or reality for that matter. Charles had been their strength and fort as he was very responsible, and they had groomed him from a young age to take over their family's company.
They minded his choice of a future bride then because that person could have a significant impact on him and their business, but the last thing they expected was for him to bring home a lying and deceiving wench who had the smile of an angel as a mask! The one girl who nearly destroyed everything!
When Thalia Mirabel confirmed on the show that she was married to Jorge Trimshaw, it pulled Joy out of her revere to her surroundings once more. The family of three grew angrier with each passing second!
"As expected of that bitch! She trapped another rich man! A contract? Huh?!" Joy sneered.
It was understandable that Ky and Joy were angry because of what had happened to their youngest son, but what they did not know was that their eldest child, Richard, was agitated for a different reason!
Finally, Joy could not take it anymore and grabbed the remote to put off the TV.
Ky Wanky picked up his phone and called his assistant, "find out what happened to the Thalia Mirabel girl and why she is out! I want the report by tomorrow morning!" He stated calmly on the phone and hung up. Turning to his family, he cautioned, "This should stay between us three. I do not want you running your mouth to Charles about this. He has just recovered emotionally and agreed to go on a blind date this week! I want it to stay like that!"
Just then, a young man in a wheelchair rolled into the living room; the red-haired man, Charles, who had been the subject of their conversation, had a slight smile on his face as he asked his parents, "Why is the atmosphere so solemn? What has happened?"
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