Chapter 6

I laugh and shake my head. "She really out-did herself this time. I don't understand how I come in all this. You made me lose my job for a foolish reason. You could have easily looked through my documents and you'd see that I wasn't Alliyah, but no, you had to put the icing on the cake." "I understand you must be angry, but I had no other choice. You sister disappeared, she didn't come back for the baby." "You mean she abandoned him or her?" I knew Alliyah was a real bitch, but I didn't know that she would have sunk to that level, abandoning a child? Her new lifestyle really did change her. "It's a him and yes she did. Now my aim was to try and search for your sister instead I end up finding you." I found that weird because my sister was the one with more status than me, she was famous for all the gigs that she did, it would have been easier to find her than me. "I see. Well, unfortunately, I have no idea where my sister is, not a clue. I haven't seen her in years." I'd prefer it stayed that way too. "Do you have any idea where she might me?" "Didn't you just hear what I said? No, I haven't seen or spoken to her in over three years. I have no interest in where the hell she might. She could be in hell for all I care." I meant every word I said. She had torn my heart in pieces. "I see you have an intense dislike for your sister." I laugh, "Trust me, you will too when you meet her." "Well until we find her we still need someone to take care of the baby." Was he trying to tell me to take the baby? That wasn't happening. "Mr. Carter, I have no space for a baby in this apartment. I can barely even make it on my own with the money I have...I can't." before I could continue with my excuses the man in front of me spoke up. "I'm not giving you the child." I sigh with relief. I don't want the child. "But it would be good to have someone taking care of him until we find his mother." "What about your father?" "No, my mother wouldn't allow it." "Oh, so your mother is still with your cheating father, interesting." I always wondered how some woman stay with a man after he cheated. I could have never stayed with Dwayne after he cheated me on me. It would have driven me to insanity knowing what he did. I could never continue to love a man after he cheated. "Let's not talk about my family. I need you to take care of him." he didn't want to touch on the subject so I knew there was something he was hiding from me. "Didn't you just hear me? I have no space, no..." he cuts me off again. It seemed to be a bad habit for his, to cut off people when they're talking. "You wouldn't be staying here, you'd come live with me." "What? Are you crazy? I can't live with you. I don't even know you, I don't even know this child." My day was just getting weirder and weirder by the second. This handsome stranger was asking me to live with him and like the idiot I was, I said no. "He's your nephew." "And he's your brother, why don't you take care of him?" "Ms. Bisson, I have a billion-dollar business to run, I have no time for a child." So that's what Mr. Ryan meant. The man was filthy rich. I shake my head still not quite understanding all this, "I don't even know how to take care of a child. I can't take care of a child." "You can learn." I shake my head. "You want me to learn how to take care of my sister's child, the same sister who ruined my life. Hell no!" Her child, her responsibility. "I'm not doing it." I shake my head. "I'm not doing it." Taking care of this child would go against everything I stand for. Alliyah destroyed me, destroyed me so bad that I couldn't get back on my feet. "News flash Ms. Bisson. I can make your life hell, if you don't comply. Haven't I shown you how bad I can make it earlier today? Or do you need more proof? Perhaps I should call some of my friends at the employment agency?" I look at him in utter disbelieve. The things people can do when they have money. It amazes me how corrupt this world is. "Are you threatening me? Mr. Carter it looks as if you're blind. Look around, my life is already hell. It can't get worse than this." I assured him. I had a job I hated, a rent that was too expensive and a family I don't talk to. "Trust me, Ms. Bisson it can get worse and by worse I mean, you can end up on the streets. Now I didn't come here to argue. It's either you come with me or you lose everything, and I mean, everything." I flinched at his words. Handsome but cruel, that's exactly what he was. Forcing me to do something that I didn't want to do. Taking my life away from me if I didn't agree. Bastard. The tears were threatening to come but I will not cry in front this man. I will not. I'm stronger than this. I am. When I finally spoke, my voice was a bit hoarse. "Okay, I'll do it. It's not like you give me any choice." "Everyone has a choice, Ms. Bisson." "Really, is there really a choice? Because the other option is suicide." "Call it whatever you want." "I don't understand why you would want me, you said it yourself. You're a billionaire. You could have hired anyone you want yet you choose the person who doesn't want this job."