NEW BEGINNINGS

CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR

Her sister wasn't one to give up easily but she did and if she did, it meant that it was really over. There was no point fighting a dead battle. Maybe she should give up too. She sighed as she rocked Wally. He blinked at her as though he understood what she was going through

"We would be fine Wanda. I just don't want you wasting money on a lost cause and fighting a battle that is already lost. I know it is hard but maybe we should all let it go. Dad already agreed to it and you should too. I admit that we were wrong not to have told you when we found out. Maybe we could have saved him then but right now, he can barely walk now. His health is deteriorating really fast and there is nothing you or I can do about it. We should just let nature take its course and let it happen the way it wants to happen. I promise you that we would be fine"
"I hope so Helen"

She said as she walked out of the room with Wally. She didn't know what to do. Their dad was probably going to attend the wedding. She knew that the wedding was going to be the last function they would attend as a complete family. She blinked away the tears. She had decided that she was not going to mourn her father before he died. He still had what? A month or two left. Since it was lung cancer and it had damaged both lungs, it might be an extremely painful process to die. She blinked away the thoughts and she dropped Wally on the floor. She smiled at him. He was growing up so fast. He stretched out his arms towards her and she lifted him again. She wished his mom would leave him behind too but she knew that wasn't possible. He wasn't even six months old yet. With her job and everything, she really wasn't going to have time to look after a baby and she knew but she wanted him to stay with her either way. She helped with the packing and tucked Tracy and Tristan into the car. They waited till their parent's ride left before heading to her place. Tracy and Tristan had dinner and headed to bed immediately. They were just so peaceful. They knew what to do and when to do it. Monday came around fast for the trio. She woke them up and got them ready for school. When the school bus came, she asked the driver to drop them by her office in the afternoon. She gave him her number and her office address and he promised to bring them by when they were done with classes. She waved them goodbye and got into her. She headed straight to work. She saw her boss' car in the parking lot. Why was he in so early? She shrugged and headed up to her office. She got in and sat down. Beth came in immediately without knocking

"Hey, good morning to you too!" Wanda said
"Have you seen the article on page 28 of the everyday entertainment magazine?"
"No, I don't even buy it and no, I didn't subscribe to it either. What is on it?" She asked as she brought out her laptop. She had lots of work to do
"You are! An article by Arthur Davidson. The headline reads 'Meet the real person behind the Wanda Arnold name.' He goes on and on, saying how you can't keep a stable relationship with anybody and how much of a bitch you are"
"Oh, shit! You can't be serious. Why would he do something like that?"
"I don't know. I am supposed to ask you. What the hell did you do to him?"
"Turn him down"
"I don't understand. How did you turn him down?"
"He asked me to date him and I said no and he's behaving like a total asshole!"
"You should give him a call to take down the article before....."
"Wanda!!!!!"

They both heard their boss yell

"Before that happens," Beth said, finishing up her sentence. "Good luck girl"

She said as she left her office. Wanda sighed. The last thing she wanted was trouble and that was exactly what she was in trouble for. She got up and headed for Phil's office. She knocked before going in. She took a deep breath

"Good morning Mr. Phil"
"Not a good morning Wanda. Care to explain what this is?"
"How come you all subscribe to this crap and not something else? I have no idea what that is. He asked me to go out with him and I said no and he dropped an article to ruin my image and reputation"
"Arthur asked you to go out with him?" Her boss said, surprised
"Yes and I said no and he has to get back at me and this was the only way he knew how to so if you are going to fire me, you might as well go ahead now"
"Fire you? Who said anything about firing you? Of course not, I am not going to fire you. I am going to file a lawsuit in your favor and his license would get seized. Not only is he tarnishing your image and reputation but he is providing wrong information to the citizens of this great city. That alone is a punishable offense by the law"
"Oh, so you're not going to fire me? Huh. That's cool"
"It is not cool Wanda. This article has twenty thousand views already and it is still climbing. Just get the viewers to calm down. A post or a tweet maybe and call the son of a bitch to tell him that we would see him in court. I will also call the CEO of vogue and have him fired"
"You can do that?"
"Yes, my brother is the CEO of vogue"
"Wait, what?"
"Thought you knew. Anyways, don't let this affect you. You are good at what you do, so don't let some tiny and irrelevant people get to you"
"Alright then. Thank you and yeah? One more thing"

She asked