Confessions of an Heiress

Chapter 26 - Burgers and Shakes

You don't know?

Don't know....what Robi, honey?

You honestly don't know why I sent the McCarthy's home?

I am SO not good at questions like this. If blood could freeze in your veins on a hot summer day, mine did.

Here it comes

Nicholas Brettweiler owns PolyPetrol. He bought them out 3 years ago.

Nicole's father?

Yeah. He bought them out, took over, made all kinds of great changes and made himself a couple billion simoleons or something.

It was taking a minute for this news to reach full meaning. This wasn't supposed to be happening. Robi was supposed to be hating me. Leaving me. My life was supposed to go up in flames.

Nicholas Brettweiler? PolyPetrol?

He stole Ugg Bugg from us Cal. He ruined us. And Nicole had the nerve to brag to me about it.

Brag to you?

She asked to be paid in cash, and I told her that was fine. She said it surprised her that the Legalos family still had any money after her father had driven us out of business. I asked her what she was talking about and she said:

Oh, didn't you know? Daddy was the one who bought PolyPetrol. It's way more successful now. He saved millions and made billions by getting rid of all the middle men and little companies.

Oh, well maybe you didn't know, but PolyPetrol took over my family's business - Ugg Bugg.

Oh, I know. Daddy told me all about some bad business deal you had with the company. You should have been more careful.

We almost lost everything. I lost my career.

Well you look fine to me. Remember. I prefer to be paid in cash.

What was I supposed to do? I paid her and told her to get out of my house. Now I'm grilling burgers.

The McCarthy's are gone. And now Robi's grilling burgers.

If there is some kind of limit to what one person can handle in a single day.... I think I've gone past it at least twice. I can't stop shaking.

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