Page 123 of The Right Kind of Wrong

I glanced at my sister. Her ears were red and she was tapping her fingers on the table impatiently. “Lastly, with all that being said, I'm resigning. I am not fit at this moment to guide the company when I am in no position to make any sound decisions. Therefore, I am entrusting the company to Kimberly. She is more than qualified to run the company and get it on the right track.”

Murmurs filled the room while everyone processed the information. Hannah appeared shocked as if maybe she was expecting for me to name her.

Of course she was.

“It's been very nice to meet all of you. If there are no questions, then you may be dismissed.” Everyone stood, including Nathan.

He squeezed my shoulder, letting me know he'd be waiting for me in the lobby. David closed the door before my parents and Hannah could leave.

“I need a moment with you,” I said to them.

My mom glared, eyes narrowing on me. “For what? You're going to explain why you had an affair with your sister's husband?”

I shook my head, smiling sadly. “Oh, mom—”

“Better yet, how you had it recorded and—”

“Take a seat, please. I promise you won't be here too long.”

Hannah sat, followed by my parents. Their frustration was evident and with that, all my doubts erased. They would never change.

“I know you all are biting your tongues to tell me off so, please, go ahead. Say what you need to say. Let's start with you, Dad.”

My dad snorted, shaking his head. “I don't have anything to say.”

A laugh bubbled up in my chest, one that I probably should have avoided but I was far too amused. “That's precisely your problem, Dad. You've stood all these years on the sidelines, simply watching how the world crumbles around you, never daring to say anything.”

My dad's jaw tightened. “I'm simply minding my business, Evelyn.”

“Or perhaps being a coward,” I said. Just as he was about to open his mouth to counter the truth to my words, I turned to my mom who looked like she was just waiting for her turn. “Go on, Mom. I can tell you are just biting your tongue.”

“How dare you send this whole company to hell?” she sneered, standing up. “You've thrown away all our efforts, everything. I always knew you wouldn't be able to handle big responsibilities, Evelyn, I knew it from the start. Your grandmother babied you—”

“Nana did what you weren't capable of doing,” I interrupted her, slamming my hands on the table. “You can say whatever the hell you want about me but you will keep your mouth shut regarding Nana. She was more of a mother than you ever were. You have no right to bring her up, not when you weren't there for her, not when you know absolutely nothing about my relationship with her. I'm your daughter,” I snapped. “And despite you leaving me alone, despite you being the selfish woman that you are and not being there for me when I needed you the most, I still love you, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sit back and listen you degrade my grandma, not when she's the one that raised me.”

My mom looked at me defiantly, glare blazing with anger.

“Say something else, I dare you,” I hissed. When she didn't say anything and simply crossed her hands over her chest, I continued. “Besides, your precious daughter, the one you've always protected is the reason the family name is ruined.”

My mom raised an eyebrow, looking between Hannah and me. I was right to assume that Nathan didn't say anything about that, he was much too cautious to drag my sister's name down no matter how much she deserved it.

“Hannah installed cameras in my bedroom and Nathan's to use as leverage. Stupidly, she asked Josh Nicholson to put them in, and he sent the recording out so blame it on her. On the smart one. The one you have so thoroughly raised to be a businesswoman. She failed the biggest lesson, which is thinking ahead.”

There was tense silence between us until I took a breath to try to relax. I had to keep it together.

“You, sister dearest? I'm sure there's plenty you have to say.”

Hannah smiled, one full of resentment and hate. “I thought you'd be giving the company back to me.”

Give her a chance.

Maybe she'll apologize.

“That's it? There's nothing else you wish to say?”

She shook her head, pressing her lips together.

Of course not.

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