"What the hell are you doing here." Valeria frowned. She couldn't understand why that woman was there!
"Relax. I'm only here to support my kids." Andrea said, then turned to face Mrs Belinda. "Uh, ma'am, let's begin."
"Your kids? They're my kids!" Valeria snapped.
Meanwhile, Dali wasn't too happy her mother was the one who would represent them. "Mother, we're going to be asked what our parents do. You don't do anything!"
"But we still love you." Little Jose said while he hugged his mother.
"I have a job--"
"Besides being a stay-at-home mom? Ha!" Andrea teased.
Valeria's eyes glistened with unleashed tears that she quickly blinked away.
"Unlike me, my dear," Andrea turned to face Dali. Some other kids had arrived too. "I work at a big firm where we cover celebrities and interview them too. It is a fashion company but most of the people who can afford our designs are billionaires alone, but I can definitely buy you lots of faccy cloths and do lovely makeup like mine for you!" She smiled, satisfied with the excited expression that was on Dali's face.
"Really? Oh my God, where do you work?" Excited Dali asked.
"Have you heard of JT designs?" Andrea asked.
A soft gasp escaped from Dali's mouth and as well as other children too. "Yes of course I've heard of him!"
"Well, he's my boss." Andrea said proudly.
"You know him??" Mrs Belinda said, completely surprised by Andrea's statement.
Andrea nodded. "Of course I do. I am one of his sales manager."
"Wow. You must be rich." Dali said.
"Well guess what, everyone?" Valeria said, and they all turned to look at her. She recalled Jose saying that he would love for her to work with him and she took it as her moment to brag as well. "If Andrea gets a salary of 20k dollars, I get triple the amount."
"What? How?" Mrs Belinda asked.
"Mother, what are you saying?" Dali rolled her eyes.
"Yes, please tell us what you mean by that." Asked Andrea.
Valeria stood tall. "Because I'm his P.A."
More gasps escaped from people's lips as they were shocked to find out what she'd just said.
"Liar! She's lying. JT doesn't have any P.A!" Andrea yelled out. "And I would know that."
"It's true! I have an offer. It's only a matter of time before I become his personal assistant, officially!" Valeria tried to convince the audience but they didn't seem to believe her.
"You know what? Don't lie to the poor kids. I'll just continue with the session, okay? You can go home."
"Yes, mom. Please go home." Dali frowned.
"Can I speak with you privately?" Valeria asked, and Andrea hesitated at first, but she later agreed to go with her.
"Hey, darling?" She said to Dali, smiling. "I'll be back for you, okay? I think we have a lot to talk about."
Dali nodded excitedly and this somewhat made Valeria to be angry, but she said nothing.
Once they were outside, Valeria slapped Andrea so hard that she hadn't seen it coming. "I regret nothing, you whore! How dare you just walk into my life and try to ruin it! And now you're here for my kids too?" She yelled out in rage.
Andrea's hands clasps on her cheeks, gently caressing it. Her mouth was wide open in shock. "How dare you?!" Without waiting for Valeria to respond, she slapped her back.
Valeria gripped her hair tight and pulled it so hard that Andrea began to scream in pain. "Let go of me, you psychopath! Arrrgh!"
"You thought you can just walk into a married man's life and scatter his family, is that it!? We were happily married until you came into our lives and tried to wreck us! How dare you!"
Andrea was about to turn it into a real fight and give it all her best to punish her when she sighted Dali coming out. She used it as an opportunity to increase the volume of her screaming. "Help me, please!"
Dali rushed forward and got in their midst. "Please mummy, stop it. Stop hurting her!" She screamed at the top of her voice. "You don't want Jose to see you like this!"
Valeria quickly let go of her. She couldn't believe what she was turning into. "Go and get your brother. We're leaving."
"What? No way!" Dali protested.
"Go!" Yelled Valeria. She watched Dali pout, then ran off to fetch her little brother. Once she saw that Dali had left, she turned to face Andrea again. "Stay away from this happy family. And think again about what I said. The only reason James is with you is because he's using you! Perhaps maybe because of your medical history record too."
"I don't have any mental sickness! Stop saying that." Andrea corrected.
"I mean it. Stay away from us! Once James breaks up with you, accept your fate!" She saw Dali and Jose come out, but so did Mrs Belinda.
"Ma'am, please you cannot take them home. It's not their closing hour yet." Mrs Belinda said.
"Good day, teacher." And with that, Valeria held her kids hands and turned to take her leave. No one could stop her.
Andrea picked up her phone and instantly began to dial a number. It rang for a few seconds but soon, he picked up.
"Hey love, I'm sorry it took so long to pick up, but..."
"Your wife is crazy, James. Our plan did not work. She has left with the kids again!"
"Did she hurt you? Are you okay?" James asked from over the phone.
"No of course not. I'm sick and tired of this situation I'm in. Just divorce her already!"
"Calm down. We'll think of another plan now, okay?." James said.
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