Chapter 22

“Oh! I forgot to ask. When will you wire the money? Like I said earlier I'm done but I need my payment.”

Pearl looked up to see Rose walking back in. 

"What do you mean you're done?!"

Pearl stood up and started pacing up and down her huge sitting room. 

Pearl paused her pacing and turned to fully face Rose... Elizabeth, whatever her name was. 

"What do I mean?" Rose exclaimed. Pearl was going to call her Rose. That was the name she knew her by. Rose gasped and ran her fingers through her hair. "That woman knew everything about me, Pearl. Every last detail! And you're asking what I mean by "I'm done?!"

Pearl scoffed. "Are you kidding me?! You're scared of that bitch?!"

"Yes. Yes, I am scared of her. She can destroy me....she can destroy us!"

"She's just bluffing! There's no way she knows anything! She's doing this to make you feel scared! And you're falling for it!"

"Aren't you scared too?" Rose said in a whisper. "