down, looking up at the wife of her ex-lover who had her fixed in an icy stare.
"So. You are the one. You are the little whore who my dear husband has been screwing. I knew he was coming down here to this place too often. Spending too much time away from home." She shook her head in disgust.
"Well, thanks to one of my dear friends who just happened to see you two while she was out at the island for a weekend getaway, I now know just what's been going on, so don't try to deny it."
Brandy sighed and leaned back in her chair, feeling a little queasy.
"I'm going to tell you what I want you to do, and you're going to listen, and then you're going to have two days to make up your mind and come up with an answer for me." She began to walk back and forth in the small room, pacing slightly like a big cat before it pounces on its prey.
"First, you are going to stop talking to my husband and stop seeing him immediately. I don't want any contact between the two of you at all, for any reason, at any time. That has to happen immediately. Second, you do not tell him you saw me. I don't care how or why you explain it away to him, but you break it off with him today, and then that's it. You're done with him for the rest of your life. Just don't mention my name. Third, if you do that, I'm going to give you a settlement.
“I'll give you fifty thousand dollars to disappear into the night and never come back again; ever. He never hears word one from you again for the rest of both of your lives. Lastly, if you don't do these things, I will inform your boss and demand that she fire you. I will take your immoral behavior to the attention of the state and demand that your license be stripped from you and that you not be allowed to work in massage in New York ever again." She topped pacing and turned fully to face Brandy.
"Do you understand me?"
Brandy understood her just fine. Obviously, the woman didn't know that Brandy had already broken up with Kyle. That part of it aside, she was demanding that Brandy stay out of his life for good. That was going to be hard to do with a baby. She thought of what Veronica had said about her losing her job and her license, and again, her thoughts went to her baby.
She couldn't live without a job and her career, much less try to raise a baby without those things, but she also couldn't keep the truth from Kyle and not tell him about his child. She thought about the money that Veronica had told her she'd give her for her exit and silence, and it was a good offer, but it wasn't going to allow her to tell Kyle about the baby or allow him to be a part of the baby's life. It could help her in a new life, though, a life on her own with the baby and without Kyle. "I don't know what to say yet. I am going to need some time to think about this. It's a lot to consider," Brandy told her quietly.
Veronica nodded. "I don't think there's that much to consider, but I will give you two days. At the end of two days, I want an answer. If you are a smart girl, you will take my offer. My husband loves me and he is never going to leave me, so don't go getting any romantic ideas in your head that he will ever be interested in being with you or that he will ever leave me for you, because that is never going to happen.
“He's mine, he's staying with me, and there's nothing you can do about that. If you have any brains at all, you will just take the money I am offering you and get the hell out of here. You'll never talk to him or see him again, and nothing will change that."
She walked to the door and opened it, looking over her shoulder at Brandy. "I'll be back in two days. I want an answer. Think carefully about this. The choice you make is going to affect the rest of your life."
With that, she turned and walked out of the room, closing the door behind her. Brandy stayed seated in the chair, not sure what to do, or how to go about fixing the situation. She called Alice and
"So. You are the one. You are the little whore who my dear husband has been screwing. I knew he was coming down here to this place too often. Spending too much time away from home." She shook her head in disgust.
"Well, thanks to one of my dear friends who just happened to see you two while she was out at the island for a weekend getaway, I now know just what's been going on, so don't try to deny it."
Brandy sighed and leaned back in her chair, feeling a little queasy.
"I'm going to tell you what I want you to do, and you're going to listen, and then you're going to have two days to make up your mind and come up with an answer for me." She began to walk back and forth in the small room, pacing slightly like a big cat before it pounces on its prey.
"First, you are going to stop talking to my husband and stop seeing him immediately. I don't want any contact between the two of you at all, for any reason, at any time. That has to happen immediately. Second, you do not tell him you saw me. I don't care how or why you explain it away to him, but you break it off with him today, and then that's it. You're done with him for the rest of your life. Just don't mention my name. Third, if you do that, I'm going to give you a settlement.
“I'll give you fifty thousand dollars to disappear into the night and never come back again; ever. He never hears word one from you again for the rest of both of your lives. Lastly, if you don't do these things, I will inform your boss and demand that she fire you. I will take your immoral behavior to the attention of the state and demand that your license be stripped from you and that you not be allowed to work in massage in New York ever again." She topped pacing and turned fully to face Brandy.
"Do you understand me?"
Brandy understood her just fine. Obviously, the woman didn't know that Brandy had already broken up with Kyle. That part of it aside, she was demanding that Brandy stay out of his life for good. That was going to be hard to do with a baby. She thought of what Veronica had said about her losing her job and her license, and again, her thoughts went to her baby.
She couldn't live without a job and her career, much less try to raise a baby without those things, but she also couldn't keep the truth from Kyle and not tell him about his child. She thought about the money that Veronica had told her she'd give her for her exit and silence, and it was a good offer, but it wasn't going to allow her to tell Kyle about the baby or allow him to be a part of the baby's life. It could help her in a new life, though, a life on her own with the baby and without Kyle. "I don't know what to say yet. I am going to need some time to think about this. It's a lot to consider," Brandy told her quietly.
Veronica nodded. "I don't think there's that much to consider, but I will give you two days. At the end of two days, I want an answer. If you are a smart girl, you will take my offer. My husband loves me and he is never going to leave me, so don't go getting any romantic ideas in your head that he will ever be interested in being with you or that he will ever leave me for you, because that is never going to happen.
“He's mine, he's staying with me, and there's nothing you can do about that. If you have any brains at all, you will just take the money I am offering you and get the hell out of here. You'll never talk to him or see him again, and nothing will change that."
She walked to the door and opened it, looking over her shoulder at Brandy. "I'll be back in two days. I want an answer. Think carefully about this. The choice you make is going to affect the rest of your life."
With that, she turned and walked out of the room, closing the door behind her. Brandy stayed seated in the chair, not sure what to do, or how to go about fixing the situation. She called Alice and
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