By admin -Thomas‘ POV:
I was almost at the Crests estate when I decided to call Rabena, as expected I received a generic message. Clearly she had blocked me. I could feel my irritation starting to rise. Why had Danielle lied about that business deal? If I had known it was Rabena I would have treated our marriage better.
What was really troubling Thomas was HOW Rabena managed to pull it off. That proposal was immaculate, was she really that business savvy and talented? How was it that nobody ever knew? Suddenly, it dawned on Thomas that someone DID in fact know, his grandmother.
“Thomas you fool, that girl you’re sniffing around is nothing but a spoiled brat. She holds no value, all she does is cry. Rabena will be the one to elevate you! Think about your future!”
The words of his grandmother rung heavy in his ears. For past few weeks he had managed to keep his divorce from Rabena a secret. His original plan was to reveal the news AFTER he secured the MGT deal. He would give the proper credit to Danielle and prove his grandmother wrong, turns out, she was right all along. A heavy feeling began to seep into his chest, if he didn’t secure this deal, he would lose to Tyler.
Thomas arrived at the estate and headed straight into the home, as he made his way to the grand room, he could see Danielle’s mother Amber along with her brother Daniel sitting on a couch. Across from them in a recliner was Danielle, she was curled up with a blanket over her legs and scrolling through her phone. Amber was the first to notice Thomas.
“Thomas! What a pleasure to see you! How’d the meeting go, well I trust?”
Thomas cut his eyes over to Amber and then glared at Danielle, the memories of that morning came flooding back along with the feelings of humiliation. Danielle suddenly leaped up from her seat and pranced over to him. He never noticed before how immature she was, had she always been this way? His irritation began to grow.
“Tommy! How did everything go! When will the project start? Tell me everything!”
Thomas could hardly get any words in; Danielle had her arms tight around his neck while asking a slew of questions. Then, she said something that made Thomas‘ anger resurge.
“I hope you praised me as well!”
That morning, Danielle had bragged to her family about how her business proposal landed Thomas an interview with the Chairman Michaels of MGT Corp. Naturally her family believed her without hesitation.
“Well, of course you did! You’re my brilliant daughter, much more beautiful and smarter than that other thing.”
Amber beamed with joy as her daughter twirled in a circle being praised for Rabena’s work. Daniel chimed in next.
“That’s my amazing little sister! I wish Rabena could be as poised and intelligent as you.”
As everyone praised Danielle, Darius stood back in silence. Something was troubling him. He may not have cared much for Rabena, but he was aware of how intelligent she was and how often Danielle struggled. Darius was two years older than Rabena and Danielle. The youngest of the three brothers, he spent the most time with them in school and knew how much Rabena overshadowed her. When they applied to the University, Rabena was able to get in on a full scholarship while Danielle had to use her family’s connections as Alma Maters. She’d decided to take up an easy subject by choosing a Bachelor of Arts degree in literature while Rabena studied international business and economics.
It didn’t make sense that she was the one that wrote this amazing business proposal enough to catch the attention of Aaron Michaels. It also didn’t make any sense how she would be able to connect with him. Aaron Michales was most certainly known throughout the world, even in Banton, he was well known even without having any resorts here. That being said, he stayed mainly in the western and southern continents, when did she have the chance to meet him much less create an entire proposal. Something wasn’t adding up.