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He rolls his eyes. “You are NOT my mother.” He takes a sip of his water. “Could you leave now? Jade and I are trying to have dinner.”
“What do you want, Garret?” she hisses. “Just tell me what you want to keep quiet. Another car? New golf clubs? A trip?”
Garret looks at me. “What do you think, Jade? What do you want?”
I’m taken aback by the question. I don’t want to be part of this. I’m just observing the scene. I’m already more involved with his family than I want to be. I don’t want to be part of their family blackmail.
“I don’t care. You decide,” I blurt out.
He looks at Katherine again. “You have to be nice to Jade. And not your usual fake nice. You have to actually be nice. No more rude looks. No more rude comments. You’ll make her feel welcome when she stays at the house. And she gets to see Lilly whenever she wants.”
Katherine glances at me, then back at Garret. “That’s it?”
“You also have to apologize to her for the way you’ve acted.”
This is totally unnecessary. I don’t need Katherine to be nice or apologize. I’ve accepted she’s a bitch and moved on.
Katherine turns to me and forces out another smile. “Jade, I’m terribly sorry if you felt that I was treating you poorly in the past.”
“Katherine?” Garret says, calling her on her sarcasm.
She sighs and tries again. “I’m sorry, Jade. I was rude and unwelcoming to you. I will do my best to be kinder to you in the future.”
“Are you satisfied with her apology?” Garret asks me.
“Yes,” I say keeping my eyes on him and not Katherine. Truthfully, her apology wasn’t that great, but I just want the woman out of my face.
“Goodnight, Katherine,” Garret says, not looking at her.
She quickly gets up and exits out the back door.
And here I thought this Valentine’s Day couldn’t get any better.
CHAPTERTWENTY-TWO
“Well, that was interesting,”Garret says, looking at the menu.
“Interesting? That was like watching a soap opera played out live at our table.”
The waiter cautiously approaches us. He’d stopped by a few minutes ago when Katherine was there, but she gave him her famous death stare and scared the poor guy away. We order and Garret acts extra friendly to put the guy at ease.
“So who was the man she was with?” I ask Garret after the waiter leaves.
“Stephen Reinhart. He’s the CFO at our company.”
“CFO. What’s that?”
“Chief Financial Officer. The money guy. He lives in New York and works out of our office there. He and his wife have been at our house a bunch of times for dinners and parties. My dad’s going to be so pissed when he finds out.”
“I thought you weren’t going to say anything.”
“I won’t have to. Katherine’s not that smart. She’ll screw up and say or do something that will give it away. Plus, my dad’s already suspicious of her. He’s probably having her followed.”
“Why would he be mad that she’s cheating? He’s doing the same thing.”
“Doesn’t matter. He’ll still be furious. Especially since it’s with his CFO. A guy he plays golf with. The guy he trusts with the company finances.” Garret puts his phone away. “Stephen better start looking for a job. Did you see his face when he saw me? I thought the guy was gonna have a heart attack.”
“Why do you think your dad and Katherine called off the divorce? She said they’re not even separated anymore.”
