“Bella, as of now, you’re officially no longer employed by my mother. You’re fired.”
“Aiden…”
“Don’t fuckin’ play me, bitch. I know you used that fuckhead security guard to get into my apartment and you lucked out and got my phone. Did you also know he then came back and helped himself to Carly’s laundry? Took all her used underwear and a family heirloom out of my condo.”
“Aiden, your mother promised me another $10K. She pays me, and I’ll be happy. I’ll consider my contract with her complete.”
“She’s not paying you. I told her to stop. She’s got no choice but to listen to me. You have no choice but to listen me.”
“Meet up with me. Let’s talk about this.”
“No. You see me on the street, you cross to the other side. You run into me face-to-face, you turn around and walk away. We’re done.”
“In that case, $25K. $25K or I expose everything.”
“Expose? What the fuck are you talking about?” I’m standing up at this stage. Is she fucking kidding me? I see a few people are in the office, so I close all my blinds and shut the door.
“Your mother’s DUI? Her assault charge? I’ll go to the press. Have the money to me by Tuesday or that’s what happens.”
I laugh. “You’re trying to fuck us? Don’t know how you even know about that shit, but you fuck with my family, you’ll fuck up, bitch. And whatever problems you have now that has you scampering around like a cockroach will seem like nothing.”
“I was protecting my own interests, so I had her watched while I was waiting to get paid.”
The fuck?
“You can afford to pay someone, you aren’t that hard up for cash.”
“No, Aiden, listen to me…” she sounds panicked now. “I’m in trouble.”
“I’m done listening to your shit!” I bark. “Go fuck yourself.”
This chick is fucked in the head.
“Aiden, please.” Now her voice is shaky. She obviously knows her jacked-up play failed.
“I… I am in financial trouble with a loan shark. I told them my payday was coming and they wanted proof. I told them about my arrangement with your mother so one of them followed her that say day. The loan shark’s henchman saw her get arrested and wants me to blackmail you guys. Just ten k will get them off my back. Twenty five k and I can get out of town and I will no longer be your problem. I don’t want to do this, but if you don’t help me, my hands are tied.”
Is she whacked or something?
“Why is your loan shark problem suddenly my problem?”
“He’s your problem, because I have a problem and I need to solve it, so I’ll solve it however I can. If that means I have to shake you down to make that other problem go away, I will. It’d be much easier on all of us if you’d just help me out. It’s a drop in the bucket to a rich prick like you!”
“Go to your parents for help.”
“They won’t. They… cut me off.”
“You know what, Bella? Do what you want. Just remember, you fuck me over, certain videos get posted to YouTube and the link shared by email to your parents and their closest friends. If that doesn’t stop you, you don’t wanna see the lengths I’ll go to, to shut you down.”
“That’s another reason I messed with your phone. You no longer have that leverage, Aiden. I had it deleted from your iCloud. So, really, you have no leverage over me.”
“That’s too bad, Bella. Shit. Oh well. Still not payin’ you,” I bite off and slam the phone.
“Ai---”
I hang up before she can say anything else. The thumb drive with her videos are in my safety deposit box. Along with a few other thumb drives of various bitches who I figured may try to fuck me over.
My blood is on the verge of boiling. I got loud there. I don’t give a fuck, though. It’s early and my door is shut.