Chapter 32: Bruised Ego

The phone call took fifteen minutes.

Athena made sure of that.

She smiled when she saw Fiona’s red scrunched face and hard eyes, when she noticed Fiona’s quaking limbs.

She wondered if she should fake a call, maybe stretch it for twenty minutes, to see how long Fiona’s facade would last.

Fifteen minutes didn’t seem long enough again.

After all, hadn’t she knelt for hours in the rain, under the strict orders of Fiona and her mother?

So, she had the right to make another long call!

However, she had some work to do. She also had to pick her children from school.

"How are you feeling, Fiona?"

Fiona stamped down the urge to flare and cuss. She rather sighed, as if she was near the gates of death.

"Athena, I feel sick, to be honest. I’m sorry for kneeling in the first place. I should have asked for your permission. Can I stand? I think I will die if I stay in this position longer."

She placed her shaking hands on Athena’s table as she spoke.

When Athena glared at her, she took it down.

"Please, Athena, I’m sorry. Have mercy on me, please. Forgive me of my wrong behaviors. I had only been an overzealous youth then..."

"So, you are a mature woman now?"

Fiona bobbed her head.

"So why did you cause a ruckus the last time you were here?"

Fiona stayed silent, having no defense anymore.

Instead, she started sobbing very loudly, a few seconds later.

Athena was mildly startled at the swift change of events.

She snickered when a knock sounded on her door, and Ciara popped her head in.

"The doctors complain that the woman is noisy."

"Did you hear her, Fiona? You are noisy. You shouldn’t be that, especially when you are seeking a favor."

sorry for that." Still weeping.

in derision, and

flowers too. Let the past remain in the past." Athena finally spoke, tired of the charade. She had work

back a smile of victory. "So, will you treat my

little faint, but she needed Athena’s

Ewan after

position on the floor, not believing what she

you just say?" She murmured,

fell from

they weren’t false, but

deep anger and

bother with a reply, knowing

She was right.

saw red at

her eyes, for a weapon, any weapon at all, to end

her phone rang then, breaking

It was her father.

her mission. She already knew why he was

Athena, the latter was

what to do

and got up on her feet, as she bowed to Athena and wished

though, she turned to look at Athena. Her nemesis

you coming to

I want." Athena

her knees were still shaking. "She might die before the week runs out. You have to come as soon as possible." So that I can

another sick person. Go away,

knowing that if her mother died, her father would be too grieved to partake in

Fiona. I said I will come. Now, go. Don’t make me

how things had degenerated to

had she gone from ruling Athena to begging for mercy from the

she consoled herself with the knowledge of Athena’s upcoming death, and walked away from the

her bag, and

for more

before placing the cigarette on

Athena went

herself imagine the different torture techniques she will use on

and an energy for the next phase of a plan

already made a deal with Ewan, she would

latter now, she will work on sowing more tares between her and

the cigarette under her shoe, hailed

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