The moment the words left her mouth, the household bodyguards closed in around me.
The message was clear. If I wouldn't swallow the pills on my own, they would make me.
I had given ground again and again, and every inch I yielded they took a mile.
The fire inside me was getting harder to contain. I locked my eyes on Dale. I needed an answer before this went any further.
"Dale, I'm curious. What exactly does Noreen have that I don't, for you to be this heartless?"
"Good in what way?" Mrs. Fleming laughed. "You really have the nerve to ask. Do you even know who Noreen is?"
"She's the daughter of the richest man in Cloudridge. She's the kind of person who can take Dale's career to the next level."
"What could you possibly offer compared to her? In six years, what have you ever done for Dale?"
"All you do at your age is fuss over your health routines. You're just some hick from the middle of nowhere. If I didn't know better, I'd think you were some kind of heiress."
The disgust in her eyes was undisguised. "Besides spending Dale's money, what else are you good for?"
Zoey chimed in right after. "My mom's blunt, but everything she said is true. You and Noreen aren't even in the same league."