Contrary to his words my husband vanished when the day breaks and I only found out when I came out for breakfast.
"Where did he go?" I asked the person that had passed on the message to me.
He looked away and couldn't respond for a few seconds.
"Never mind, it's fine". I said with a smile at him and he excused himself in a rigid manner.
Now, left all alone, I have time to do everything I want to.
Before anything else I need to go to the company, before everything had I believed in came crumbling down like a gingerbread house–i worked in the finance department of the company. And today I need to know if I was being thrown out of the family completely.
With the help of the maids, I got ready to leave for the company. Gerald had also assigned a driver to me and I paused for a minute in front of the car that he brought out. It was an Infiniti QX60 in mineral black colour.
This was too much for the company, it would put me in more trouble than necessary.
"Isn't there a less extravagant car that we could use?" I asked the driver and he shook his head with a frown.
Probably wondering what was wrong with me.
He shook his head and waited for me to make up my mind but I chose something else, a safer option for now.
"Call an uber for me". I said to him as I pondered on my choice.
"Uber?
The boss ordered that I drive you anywhere you want to go". He replied with a pained expression, it was clear it doesn't sit well with him to disobey his boss.
"I am fine, I will be fine". I smiled at him and just walked away while calling for an uber.
I got to work slightly late, I had just stepped into the lobby when several eyes turned to watch me.
"Oh, how could I have forgotten my humiliation was publicised?".
I slightly dropped my face, and hurried to the elevator but the states and murmurs didn't stop.
"She is the chairman's eldest daughter that was dumped for her younger sister". Someone whispered behind me in the elevator and my fist balled up.
I breathe in and out to steady my emotions, when would this stop?.
I was relieved when the elevator stopped at my floor, I hurried out with my head slightly bowed.
I need to work in peace if I am still allowed to work here.
"Catherine". A voice called out as I hurried towards my office.
I stopped and turned to her, it was my team manager.
Flashing me a smile, she gestured for me to come.
The rest of my colleagues were all sneaking peeks at me. I sighed and moved towards her. I didn't kill anyone, why am I being treated like I committed a crime?
"How are you doing?" She asked as we got to her office.
I know she wasn't really asking because she wanted to know, she had always hated the fact that I worked with her and would never pass on any opportunity to remind me how I am only benefitting from nepotism.
"I have an order from the chairman". She started and my heart dropped to the pit of my stomach, definitely he won't stoop this low right?.
"Okay?" I asked as I hated the smug look on her face.
"This is for you". She said and handed over an envelope.
He wouldn't be this heartless right?
I thought as I returned to my office, I ripped open the envelope once I was alone.
The employment termination letter that sat inside confirmed my suspicion, definitely he was being heartless to the very end.
I didn't bother reading it, I tore it to multiple pieces angrily and threw it in the bin.
It was hard to remain calm and my hands trembled while I paced my office for several times until I finally calmed down.
Now, I have lost three things, my family, job and the one man I had loved all my life.
I stormed towards my Dad's office. I had no idea what I wanted to say to him but I intended to say everything that came to my mind.
"The chairman is in a meeting". His secretary informed me and asked me to sit and wait for him.
Sitting was difficult, I paced with different thoughts going through my head.
"Why am I being treated this way by people that claimed to be my family?" I bit on my nails nervously.
An hour passed before the door to his office finally opened and he walked out, another person closely behind him.
It was Dane's father. They were laughing with each other and I contemplated on meeting him or not.
"Dad". I called softly where I stood and he stopped immediately, turning a pair of cold eyes at him.
The look of disapproval on his friend's face didn't go unnoticed by me.
"I was told that I have been fired. That is a lie isn't it?" I asked in a hurry.
"It's not a lie, don't come here again or ever call me your father. I fathered no useless human. Is that clear?". He bellowed loudly.
His voice startled me and I moved back a few steps in shock.
"Useless? What exactly made me useless? That I couldn't keep a cheater from cheating or what?" I yelled back at him after recovering from the shock of his words.
"What?" He yelled in disbelief. He raised a hand to strike me across the face but someone stopped him, and I didn't even flinch or move.
"Don't hit her, it's better you get someone to throw her out instead". Dane's father said as his face looked at me with disgust.
Nodding at his words, I watched everything in daze as my father called the securities to throw me out.
I stopped fighting and just let them drag me out. There was no need for that.
If he would raise his hand to strike, this was nothing.
My life plummeted further as I saw few people take pictures and videos of how I was thrown out by the securities. They threw me to the ground like a sack of potatoes