Page 72 of The Phyre that Burns
“Nothing. This is all on me. Can we start our meeting now?”
An hour later, our meeting was over, and everyone began to head out. Since I didn’t have anything to do, I was in no rush to leave. As I prepared to go over some paperwork, I heard the main door to the office open and close. Assuming it was one of my staff members coming back, or Lennon, I didn’t bother budging.
“Phyre, where are you?”
I heard the familiar voice and cringed, thinking,What the hell is she doing here?
I rushed to the waiting area and bit the inside of my bottom lip when I saw my least favorite person.
“What the fuck do you want?” I asked Kavia.
“I guess I should expect that kind of greeting from you.”
“Every single time. Why are you here?”
“I wanted to see how you were since finding out such devastating news.”
“What news are you talking about?”
“The news about your precious Ginae aborting your child without taking your feelings into consideration. I know that’snot the kind of woman you want to spend the rest of your life with. You should be thanking me.”
“Do you remember when I almost choked you to death?”
The evil smirk she wore disappeared. “Maybe I should go.”
“Nah. Have a seat,” I said in such a way that let her know I meant business.
I sat in the first seat I reached in the waiting area, and she followed, sitting across from me.
“As long as you keep your hands to yourself,” she warned nervously.
“Don’t act like I abuse women, because you’re the only woman I’ve ever put my hands on in an aggressive manner. As a matter of fact, you’re the only woman I’ve ever considered murdering, and I would happily turn myself in and serve my time with a smile on my face.”
“I didn’t come here for this. I’m?—”
“Sit down, Kavia,” I barked as she attempted to stand.
“I don’t want to sit here and listen to you talk about killing me.”
“I hate you, Kavia Black. Maybe I wouldn’t feel that way if you would leave me the fuck alone. Don’t you get tired of spending your days and nights crafting ways to make my life hell?”
“We barely see each other,” she responded dismissively.
“And that’s intentional, but somehow, you’ve managed to disturb my peace too many times lately.”
“Whatever, Phyre. Why am I still here?”
“I’m sure your visit had nothing to do with checking on me. Why don’t you tell me why you’re here?”
She huffed as she removed her phone from her purse, swiped her finger over the screen, and seconds later, I received a text.
I took my phone from my pocket, unlocked it, and opened the text from the unsaved number. It was a picture, and I recognizedthe younger version of Ginae immediately. Although her face was a bit puffy, she looked like the beauty I fell in love with.
A man and a woman were on either side of her and appeared to be consoling her. I studied the picture a bit longer and concluded that they were probably her parents.
“Where’d you get this picture?”
“I had to do a little digging since I’ve had several phones since then. Luckily, it was saved in the cloud.”
