Chapter 4 To Stage a play
Eric had had a bad feeling all morning, he just could not put a finger on what was wrong. Lilac was behaving oddly, and he did not want to poke at her, because of her words of divorce earlier. He was afraid she would remember and bring it up. But when he heard her words over the phone, he knew this was something he should ask about.
“What is all this talk about money?” he asked and she immediately started picking up the documents.
“Do you need anything?” she asked him, avoiding the question. She had always known he was in that room. In her past life, she had spent the entire day trying to find him. He had told the staff to not inform her of where he was while he hide in that room till lunch was ready. She knew that she would have to explain herself sometime soon. And she preferred if this explanation was before the party, or else she would be at a disadvantage when the party came around. He bent down to help her pick the documents and as he picked, he noticed his name on the file. A quick glance and he could tell it seemed to be his account.
“What is this?” he asked, and she hurriedly tried to grab the papers from his grasp, but he was quicker.
“Lilac!” he scolded, “Explain this! Why is my name here?”
“Hand it over!” she screamed, and he swayed out of the way when she jumped and she fell onto the edge of a table, hurting her side. She yelped in pain, but he was too angry to notice. He walked over to grab the papers in her hand. Seeing him come over, she ignored her pain and tilted away, only causing more pain to shoot down her side.
Eric looked down at her coldly then glanced at the papers in his hand. He could tell she was in pain from the fall, but he did not care. If he had not seen her fall and was sure she had hit the edge of the table, he would not have believed it.
Lilac knew this and tried to blink away tears that formed in her eyes. She was not sad, now she was used to this treatment from him. It was the pain that almost drove her crazy. She clenched her teeth and took in deep breaths.
“Eric, calm down! Can’t you see she is hurt?” Damien walked over to help Lilac up. Lilac took that moment to end the call with Cathy. As far as she was concern, she had placed enough suspicion on her sister. Her acting was done. But she was in too much pain. Her eyes watered slightly from the immense pain. When Eric saw her tear up, he narrowed his eyes.
"Are you going to explain this?" He asked calmly.
“Fine! I took some of your documents and made you a signatory to one of my accounts and now I am trying to close the account down. Is there any other thing you want to know?” Lilac she asked nonchalantly.
She then proceeded to grab the document from Eric’s hand and begun picking up the rest, ignoring her pain.
“Why would you make me a signatory to your account? Do I look like I lack money?” Eric smelled a fish. What was she up to? He had never cared to keep her under surveillance and now he is beginning to regret because she was getting out of control.
“Because my parents would not stop talking about couples having a joint account. They kept pishing for us to have one. But when I talked to you about it, you shut me down. So I added you as a signatory to one of my accounts to shut them up. Now it is more or less a family account to send money to the middle east. Since I do not need it anymore, I am closing it down,” she threw the document in the fire and watched them all go up in flames. Only then did she turn to face Eric who clearly did not believe a word she said and she let out a snort.
“I did something stupid, as I have always done. You can brood over it for the next ten years if you like,” she said.
“Where is father-in-law, please?” she asked Damien, who at that point was not sure if he should still stay and listen to their quarrel or leave to give them some privacy.
“i saw him in the second living room. He should still be there,” Damien answered and Lilac stormed out of the room.
“Where are you going?” Eric asked, following her every step. Seeing her walk so easily, he had doubts if she was really hurt from the fall at all.
“To dispose of trash,” she answered and kept walking. Damien saw that she was going to find their father and joined them. He had a feeling something was about to happen. Maybe it was his mother’s blood in his veins at work, but he did not want to miss the drama. Lilac Ignored Eric and walked the full length of the ship to the other end. It was a massive ship, and she was already tired, but she did not stop. She barged into the living room to find Mr. and Mrs. Black seated there snacking.
“I had handed a gift to Father-in-law to keep in his safe and asked to not be opened until after the party, can I have it back?” Lilac asked the moment she walked in, causing the older couple to pause and look at each other.
“You want it back? You said it was a gift from you family,” Mr. Black could not help but ask.
“Yes, could you have someone bring it to me?” she asked.
“Why would you take back a gift you have given?” Mrs. Black asked.
“It was a gift sent to the family from mine as in laws. But that will no more be necessary. Eric and I are getting a divorce,” she announced and Mrs. Black choked on her water melon, going into a coughing fit.