he’s disappointed that I never told him sooner. I explain my reasons. His anger turns as the realisation that Hudson was more of a snake than he had ever comprehended.
We don’t finish dinner.
Roy heads out of the kitchen door. I watch him while I feel helpless and guilty about my actions. Before he leaves he gives me on kiss on the forehead. A kiss that he’s done so many times before. A kiss that said I’m forgiven for keeping a secret. He whispers, “That son of a bitch, I’ll make him pay.”
Chapter Twenty-Five
T he next few weeks fly by. I have my training sessions with Peter and I’ve lost a few more pounds I never knew existed. Every Sunday I visit Grandma and the family. Sometimes they would even come and visit me.
I finally got my results, which meant that I would be starting the Teacher Training Program.
Roy wasn’t keen at first, he liked the idea of having a kept woman. It’s something I need to do for me. Strange, at first I wasn’t keen on teaching, but as the weeks went by and I studied more about it, I knew it was the right decision for me. It’s the path I need to fulfil. Teaching kids there’s more to life and that they can be anything they want to be really appeals to me.
Nothing can stand in my way. Not status, history and most of all not family. Eventually, I want to set-up a program like Stephie did, but definitely not for the same reasons. Mine will be to help the kids, not to have an affair.
I found a flat in Bloomsbury, at first I wanted to stick to our original arrangement, but Roy laid down the law about me paying the bills and said if I was insecure about our relationship, I should save the money and keep it to use if I needed it.
The crazy part is Roy said he will only rent it, but if any time we decide to take our relationship to the next level then he intends to buy. I agreed reluctantly knowing that he would be using his money to buy it. I have nothing to contribute, just my opinion on where we will live.
I’m dating a billionaire. Shit the amount of women that would love to be in my shoes and I’m acting all independent, which at the end of the day I’m far from being able to act anything but independent.
Deborah Withers is not only going to university once in her life, but twice. It’s more than a dream come true and living with a billionaire sometimes I think that’s a dream and I’m going to wake up any minute and it will all be gone. Then, I wake up and see Roy by my side and realize this is exactly where I belong with him by my side.
Epilogue
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As I get ready for my big day, six long months of constant turmoil with Deborah, I decide that nothing will stand in our way. No more lies, no more deceit and no more Hudson. I dealt with Henry the old fashion way with a one-to-one confrontation.
Henry’s actions were one of revenge. Stephie had threatened him and used him like a dog. She promised to leak the secret that I knew and had never told a soul. He hated it. He had worked for me for ten years. He claimed the day I married her I started to be poisoned. The day she died, the cure was unleashed and that was Deborah.
He tried to get out of his arrangement with Hudson, but Hudson wouldn’t let him. Until, I dug , with the help of Henry I’d found out his trade secrets, and in exchange he vowed to leave us alone. He had no choice. One thing Hudson values more than life itself is his money.
The money he claimed that we owed him was thousands more than he ever had in his childhood. We had led different lives, but that was my father’s choice. Not mine. It made me sad at times, Hudson was my only living relative and he hated me... hated me for the mistakes of my parents. I still think he’s not mentally stable. How can he be? He wanted Deborah, my money, my business, my life. I’m not saying that I have a bad life. It’s comfortable. Sure, part of it was worked for and the other part was handed down to me on a silver platter. But I won’t apologise
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