Chapter 97

LUNETH Lucy's call came in as I was taking the kids to school. I am just curious about what she had been given to make her act this way. She needed money, and I gave it to her; she needed support, and I was there. Did she not for one second consider that we were friends? It made me wonder if she ever saw me as a friend to her. She was given what she considered a better opportunity, and she jumped right at it. I wanted to see the good in her, so I wondered if she was being threatened by Melissa or Malore. It was killing me not to know who she was working for and why she thought it was a good thing for her to go against me. "Mommy," Aria's small hand on my hand made me turn to her. "Yes, darling," I say with a smile on my face. I did not want them to ever worry about something as subtle as this. I got this, and I was sure I would be able to solve all of it before they could begin to understand that something was wrong. "Can I have ice cream after school?" she asked. She had such a cute e