Mrs Scuderi

chapter sixteen

                Amelia's Pov
"You did what?!"Fabiana says yelling and I'm not sure i want to repeat that.

"I donated some of....your..umm suits-"

"do you know how much they fucking cost?!!"she asks gritting her teeth to control her voice from getting louder. "Fabi you have a whole room dedicated to all your suits plus you're rich as hell,"i say still standing one the other end of the couch Incase she tries to pounce on me like before. I didn't understand how she noticed them missing given how many of the same color she has. "Are you sure this is how you want to play this game?"she asks with a death glare and i want to shake my head no but a yes is already coming out of my mouth automatically. What was she going to do, donate mine as well? It was hard to tell with her given how unpredictable she is.

"Fine from now on you use my gold card,a day without spending money on it is a day you'll end up wishing you had,"she says and as much as any woman would be jumping up at such an opportunity it was quite the contrary with me. I hated spending money that i didn't work hard for or wasn't mine. It took me every summer job to finally ask my parents for allowances. Now imagine spending money from a person you have no relations with. I should have thought this through. This is not how i imagined my weekend ending.

"Do you still want to meet up with my friends for drinks later?"i ask her mostly to confirm if she still wants to feed my head to the pigs. "No i have things i need to take care of,"she says bluntly walking away. I would have felt bad for what i did if i didn't know her too well. She was definitely mad about something else but used the suit issue to let it out. The more i was around her the more i realised that she was easier to read when you weren't specific on what you wanted to get from reading her.

I decide to go shower in her room because she had my things moved back into her room because of how impromptu Haviana was with popping by and sometimes Camino would come to hang out with Fabiana in their man cave or something while Haviana had a girl's night with me. I find Fabiana already in her gym clothes and when she sees me she hurries up and strides past me leaving me there to fantasize about how ripped her body is. Wait what? Fantasize? I shake the thoughts away walking into the shower to wash off the sweat from my yoga session outside.

For some reason i liked using her stuff more than mine and i wasn't sure whether it was because they smelt better or i just wanted her smell on me the whole day, in a platonic way ofcourse. I get three missed calls on my phone from Ava once I'm out of the shower and call back immediately. "Hey young pea, is everything okay,"i ask slightly concerned. "Everything's okay i just wanted to tell you I'm sorry about everything and I'm already on my way back to London,"she says sniffling and i can tell she's been crying because it's too hot to catch a cold here.

"You know you can talk to me right?"

"I know but you wouldn't understand. I love you Amelia,"she says before hanging up and I'm not sure how to feel about it but she texts almost immediately saying she's okay and sends a picture with a friend of hers and I feel a weight lifted off me.

Ophelia invited Fabiana and i out for drinks so the four of us can talk and maybe go on a double date nights, an idea i laughed about so hard but stopped when i realistic she wasn't kidding. I decide to wear a cream satin dress because why not. Single life was treating me well and I'd better enjoy it. When I'm done i contemplate driving knowing i don't drink much when i m supposed to be driving but end up driving anyway because i was planning on staying as sober as possible.

When i get to the place i see Ophelia waving me over in a dress hotter than mine bringing out all her curves. "Hey Amay i thought you'd bail because your wife wasn't coming,"she says because i texted her about Fabiana. "Never! Especially when I'm a newly wed and everything is starting to kick in,"i lie hugging her, then to Peter who i could have sworn lowered his hand to my butt but i ignore it assuming it was a mistake and sit down. "How's married life treating you Amay?"she asks after convincing me to take a full on shot with her. "It's actually not as bad as i thought even though we might be in the honeymoon phase still,"i say making up words as i go from watching too many movies.

I could tell she wasn't okay from how fast she was downing the shots with Peter just drinking whatever is in his drink clearly non-alcoholic. I decide to go with wine but given how light weight i am it's not slowing down anything. Fabiana did call to ask how things were going and it was the first time she did call me when I was out, and i fill her in on everything but she hangs up abruptly. I'm not even surprised by now. Ophelia goes to the washrooms insisting i should remain behind and keep Peter company.

"So you're into women huh?"

"Umm yes, i thought that was already clear,"i say in a duh tone. "You are too fucking hot to be a lesbian,"he says making me uncomfortable under his gaze.

And to think he fathered such cute kids. It disgusted me how much he hadn't changed, just a suit and tie to cover up the Cerade. "You're still the same disgusting fuckface aren't you,"i say not sure whether it's me or the wine talking. I was never afraid to call him out on his behavior and maybe that's why he isolated Ophelia when they were dating. He gets up abruptly gripping my throat discretely. "You better watch your fucking tone bitch or you'll wind up-" he doesn't get to finish his sentence because he's now on the ground with Fabiana towering over him and now i can breath normally again.

"Lay a finger on her again and I'll make sure the rest of them never get the chance to,"Fabiana says kicking him on the stomach the same time Ophelia comes rushing to save her husband. This is what she was putting up with? "Are you okay baby?"she asks cupping my face as I'm now standing infront of her. I noticed what she called me and it was like she didn't. I knew when she was playing her role and right now the word just slipped out automatically like she called me that everytime. "I'm okay Fabi, thank you,"i say removing her hands from my face in annoyance because of how close she is right now.

With her annoying perfect eyes and stupid soft lips. Wait what am I thinking? "What happened?"Ophelia asks me directly infuriated. As much as he was a dickhead he was her dickhead. "It's nothing Ophelia, they just had a bad altercation. We're leaving,"i say guiding Fabi out before she gets sued for throwing in the first punch. "What is wrong with you Amelia?no really, you take my car knowing you'll be intoxicated and better yet why was your friend's husband trying to kill you?" She asks simultaneously and i don't know if i should correct her on the killing part. "I didn't think I'd drink that much and he flirted with me but i shut him down and he didn't like it.

If you think this is bad you should have seen the black eye he gave me for punching him after he slapped Ophelia,"i say remembering how pleading Ophelia was to not tell my dad about it. "He has hit you before?"she says gritting her teeth and i can tell she's a advocate for women. "I'd do anything for her because i promised her mom to always be there for her,"i say remembering how broken Ophelia was when her mom died. We were in math class and she was so happy she passed the test courtesy of her mom's tutoring only to be called in. She was never the same after.

"Just please take care of yourself. Who knows what would have happened if i wasn't there on time,"she requests politely. She must really not know me by now. I think to myself.

"Why were you there anyway,"

"when i called you sounded less like yourself ,then i call the driver and he's not with you so here i am,"

"You're a good friend,"i say and i see her shift her eyes back on the road not looking over to me once. "And Amelia? You're sleeping in my bed tonight. I didn't get any notification about my card being used,"she says smirking. Oh great i was just assulted and now I'm being forced to break a very strict rule i had for a reason? "You know that'll never happen,"i scoff. "You brought this upon yourself Mrs Scuderi," she says with a huge grin and i can't help but chuckle at the irony.

"Why is there a heap of pillows between us?"

"So you can stay on your side,"i say handing her a separate blanket. She practically carried me to the bed and locked the doors so i wouldn't leave the room in the night. The couch wasn't there as well."Goodnight Mrs Scuderi,"she says and i sense the excitement in her sarcasm. "Just go to sleep already,"i say annoyed. I text Ophelia to know if she's okay and when she doesn't reply i go to bed.