“That much?!” she said shocked, referring to the amount of money Peggy was willing to give.

            “That much” the blonde fierily smiled.

4

Chapter

Anything for business

            The next day was as busy as always, and something else was increasing the stress among the employees. Apparently, Bette Porter was going to move the mall and it will cost most of them their jobs. The word spread quickly between the workers, and Tina was one of them.

            “What the hell? Are you serious?” an incredulous Tina said.

            “Apparently that’s the truth” Dana replied. She sighed, “What are we going to do?”

            “That’s unfair. They can’t do that!”

            “I wish I could rip that bitch head’s off”

            “I would help you, happily” Tina added, “God, I can’t lose the job; I have a daughter. Fuck!”

            “I know honey, some people really don’t know what it means to have someone to care about”

            “They only care about themselves, such hypocrites”

            Tina decided to leave work earlier, after learning the news she was too upset to work and she was worried she was going to do something wrong and mess things up; she almost sold a very rare porcelain doll, at 4$ instead of 400$. And this talks for itself. She got back home to her wonderful baby girl and decided to spend the rest of the day with her. Going out, just mother and daughter. Enjoying the company of one another. But the blonde woman’s mind was still taken by the news learnt earlier that morning, and Angelica knew, by seeing at the look on her mother’s face that she was struggling with something.

            “Mommy are you okay?” the little girl asked concerned.

            “Yes, baby. It just had been a rough day at work” she smiled, “Don’t worry”

            “Oh look! There’s a puppy” the kid started to follow the little dog and almost forgot about her mother.

            In the meantime, at the other side of the road, in a large and Victorian house, there were Bette and her friend Alice trying to build up a plan. The brunette needed a family. A wife and a child, as soon as possible, since Peggy Peabody was going to be in town in two days. And the fact is, you can’t find things like that in stores… even if you are one of the richest woman in the US. That’s not something you gain overnight.