Familiar

96. Andy sat down and looked at his phone not believing all what his ears were hearing.
This was the woman he had loved more than life itself. This was the woman who made him leave Macy and marry her. This was the woman he had believed more than he believed even himself. This was the woman he had introduced to all his friends and even his colleagues.
This…
This had been the love of his life.
He felt as if he had been under a spell and he had finally woken up and he couldn’t even understand how he had been in love with her.
Now, he only felt loathing for her.
Somehow, he was even glad that she had aborted his baby because he couldn’t imagine having a baby that resembled Angela in behavior.
“I would kill it and throw it in the Mississippi river,” he said as she listened to her.
“What did you say?” She asked but he didn’t answer.
Now that he was thinking about it, he couldn’t believe why he had married her. She was beautiful so to say and Macy was even more beautiful than her.
A lot of things started making sense like all those times she would trip and say that Macy pushed her. All those times she would tell him that she had tried asking Macy for forgiveness and Macy wouldn’t even listen to her because she was jealous. All those times she would make her parents scold and even beat Macy for nothing.
And he, like the idiot he was, he would drink in her words as if it was coffee wanting to stay alert to cater to her every whim.
“What did you do to dad?” Andy asked her making sure that the record button had been activated.
He would help Macy bring her down because Angela didn’t deserve to live.
No.
She didn’t deserve to die.
She deserved to live in the worst way possible because death wouldn’t even be enough to pay for all she had done.
She had killed, manipulated, lied, bewitched with her words and charm and done everything that was considered evil.
“Andy, all I am saying is that for you to survive in that company, you need me with you.
You need me to make sure that I keep those geezers in place becaus they and I had a deal.
Also, do not think that that old man you call father loved you. Not he doesn’t.
Remember he would always insult you and tell you that you are incompetent and can’t take care of the company?
That was why I had to make sure that he stayed at home and you took over,” Angela continued as if she was talking about the weather.
“Angela, did it ever occur to you that maybe dad knew that it was true my heart wasn’t in business?
Did you ever stop to think that I was into cars?
I wanted to be a racer Angela. I wanted to be the best rally driver the US has ever seen.
And now you want me to thank you for making dad incapable of running the business and cutting my dreams short?
Dad was to teach me as I raced and he and I had an agreement that I would do it for five years and then I would be ready to take over.
But you made the decision for me and now I make a fool of myself everyday because I still have to ask for his help.
You think…”
“Oh please give me a break!
I nya nya nya nya nya nya nya! Be a racer my foot!” She mimicked him, “can’t you even listen to yourself? Do you think you have it in you to drive a racing car? Please!
You sound like a small boy who has just stopped suckling his Mama’s teat and doesn’t know what to do with his life anymore.
And that’s exactly why you need me.
Think about it Andy, I can be the brains the way I have always been and you can be there for the cameras and the board.
Remember it was me who porcired you the Atlas Project? I can procure you many more.
Just hide me and allow me to stay with you. I promise you that no one will ever know and I will make sure that I take care of Macy and all the lies she made about me,” Angela said and Andy snorted.
“First tell me, talking about the Atlas project, did you sleep with their director?
The man is tall and handsome and Italian. Just the way you like them, right?” He asked with self loathe because it was like his eyes had been opened and he was seeing Angela in a new light.
Angela was quiet for a while and then laughed hysterically until she was out of breath.
Andy looked at the phone that was in speaker mode at the table and wondered if she had lost it.
“Angela?” He called.
“Tell me Andy, my dear husband, do you consider your little wee wee a penis?
Have you ever lied to yourself that you have ever satisfied me?
I have to do it with other men to make sure that I am satiated sexually.
Yours is a joke. You only make me dirty and the way you smile after doing it like you have done a very good job!
Come on! I had to look for help outside.
Don’t take it to heart Andy. It was merely a necessity.
So, yes. I slept with Leonardo and I enjoyed it but look what it got you. Remember you made th highest net profit that year?
So, what’s sleeping with him a few times as compared to the benefits you repaed?
I think you should even kneel down to me and kowtow to thank me because I am essentially your saviour and can’t do without me,” she said and Andy wondered when she became that shameless.
“Were you always like this?” He blurted out his thoughts even without thinking.
“Come on baby. Didn’t be like that. I love you you know.
Just that sometimes necessity drived us to improvise and I am the kind of a woman who does all she can to get what she wants.
So, are you keeping me or not?” She asked and Andy had shaped his mouth to say no but he stopped himself before his tongue could form the word.
“Angela, if I agree to your proposal, what are you bringing to the table.
I obviously can’t keep as my wife anymore I because I cannot be your cuckold husband anymore.
We need to be in a symbiotic relationship where both of us are benefitting.
So, what are you bringing to the table?” Andy asked her and she kept quiet for a while.
He waited knowing very well that she was either cooking something or preparing a string of insults.
“Andy, don’t you love me anymore?” She asked in the lovely small voice he always associated with her and not the maniacal voice she was using over the phone.
“Angela, after all you have confessed and all you have done to me, do you think I can love you? Really?”
No. I am no longer in love with you.
So, if I have to help you, I have to know what I will get in return.
I have to know what the risk I am taking is worth.
Someone is behind Macy and I have no idea who.
I think they are looking for you and I think it’s a powerful man.
So, I have to know what I will get because it’s a big risk I would be taking by harbouring you,” Andy spoke like the business man he was.
“Andy? I am your benefactor you idiot and you should be kowtowing to me and worshipping me.
How dare you…”
“Okay. I am hanging up then. Call me when you have an offer.
I am done doing things for you for free,” Andy cut her off and threatened and hang up.
“Fuuuuuck!” Angela screamed on the other side of the phone and Andy could imagine how she was right then.
“I would be an idiot to agree to her proposal,” he said and then sighed.
He leaned on the back of the sofa and sighed as he rubbed his glabella.
He could feel a headache in coming. All this Angela matter was giving him a migraine and he knew he needed to dela with it and then move on.
“But who was that with Macy? That voice didn’t sound familiar,” he thought and then picked up his phone again.
He dialled a number and called martin his right hand man.
“Come to the office,” he said and hand up.
Martin was there in minutes and Andy looked at him thoughtfully as if he was making a life and death decision.
“Sir, are you okay?” He asked.
“Martin, I want you to have Macy followed. She said that she is married and I haven’t heard of her being with a man or ever seen her with one and I need to know who it is she is with,” he said andartin sighed but he couldn’t defy his boss.
“On it sir,” Martin said and left.
He had been with Andy for a long time and he had seen all he had done to Macy and if she had a brain, she would never date him again.