Chapter 16

Fiona's POV:

"It's nobody," Thomas answered in defense.

"No Thomas. I heard you call that person Uncle," I told him.

"Okay, fine. I was on the phone with Uncle Victor," he told me.

"What!" I said in surprise.

"Thomas, you had the guts to speak to Uncle Victor after all he has done to your family?" I asked him in anger.

"Yes. I know he did all of that but also remember that he has the ticket of bringing us out of this kind of life that we are living," he told me.

"Are you tired of all of these, Fiona?" he asked me.

"Are you not tired of having to wake up every morning to go to work? I am also tired of having to work at the coffee shop every day after school," he said.

"Thomas.. are you saying all of these?" I asked him in disbelief.

"I thought you were happy doing all of that," I said.

"No sister, I only wanted to make you happy," Thomas replied.

"We get dad's company back and we live the kind of lives we're used