Chapter 34

Sapphire Watterson

The silence which brewed around all three of us was resounding. Everyone waited for the other to speak first and even though that was not the case, I did not know if I wanted to lead this conversation when I didn’t even know why this lady was here, without any bodyguard of some sort yet, seated in my house and scrutinizing the apartment like she was taking in even little detail about it which may give away my personality.

Yolanda once said that rich people loved to play mind games, and since with money comes power, they love to exert their influence on whoever they’re dealing with, and if anyone knew this, it was important to hold your ground and make sure not to lose to their game.

Back then, I had not thought about it. Josh, my ex-boyfriend, was rich, and although we fell off, while I mourned our separation, he gaslighted me and threw the blame like everything was my fault. I didn’t know a lot as I did now and took it all in until Yoland