Dying is Not an Option

Chapter 3, Dying is Not an Option, The Will***

Chapter 3, The Will

I woke up to the sound of loud voices, and I could tell, that Rafe and Tamera, were fighting over something. I heard Tamera scream, "I don't know, he never said anything about having a partner, and no one ever came to the house. Maybe Elizabeth knows who it is."

I heard the rattling of the lock, and I quickly limped to the other side of the room, against the wall. I knew, I needed to buy myself whatever time, I could, to think. The door swung open, and Rafe and Tamera stood in the door; glowering, at me; and the hateful look in Tamera's eyes frightened me. She looked like she could kill me; or to be more precise, kill my Dad again. I know, it was her who did it. I can feel it in my heart; and in that "special sense", "I've always had."

I blinked and Rafe was in my face, he grabbed my arm and hauled me out of the room; brushing by Tamera, like she was an insignificant bug; and almost, knocked her down. She stomped into the room, and waving a folder of papers, and flung them, at me, "What the hell is this?" she screamed, "Who is his Freaking Partner?"

Thinking quickly, I put a dumb look on my face, and said, I" don't know what your talking about, who, who's partner?" "Your fathers, stupid", she screamed, slapping me, up the side of the head. I saw stars as her "slap" threw me, half way across the room, "When did she get so strong, she never carried anything, because she said everything was too heavy for her."

"I don't get any money", she screamed, "only enough to take care of you, until his partner shows up, and claims guardianship of you, and ownership of all his assets. Who's his "freaking partner?"

"I don't know", I yelled, "how would I know, he never talked about business with me, you know that."

"No I don't", she said, "I don't know what you guys talked about during your Father/Daughter Saturdays. What the hell did you do?"

"Nothing special," I said, "we would play miniature golf, go ice skating in the winter and sometimes, just go on a picnic, or horse back riding." She started shaking, staring at me, "You went riding, why didn't I get to go, I love riding and he knew it."

"Well, it was father/daughter time", I said, "not father/daughter/whore time." I couldn't believe the words coming out of my mouth but, I barely got the words out of my mouth when she slugged me.

I slid across the wood floor of the room and landed against the couch; and she was right there, kicking me, yelling, "I love riding, why didn't I get to go?"

By this time, I was unable to say a word, because she kept kicking me, and I was starting to see stars again. "What's with this woman, do she think that's my favorite thing?", I thought to myself.

She kept kicking me until, Rafe pulled her away from me, saying, "You're going to kill her. We need her alive. If the partner doesn't show up, immediately, we can milk the accounts, until then, for everything we can get.

As I slipped into the black void, I heard her asking him, "Why didn't they tell us who the partner is and why weren't they there?"

"I don't know", he said "but we will take everything we can and She will tell us".

Even as I fell unconscious, I shivered at the menace in is voice.

I awoke in my room, and I was frightened to find my clothes were disarranged, and I knew that he had, "felt me up", while I was out. I quickly checked myself, but was thankful to find; no other evidence, of him doing anything else. I knew what to look for because; "because, NO, NO, I'm not going to think about that". And I shoved it into the back of my memories.

Instead, I thought about my "Dads will", I'm his "Secret Partner", but no one knew. And yes, we actually talked business, when we went for our fun days also. As long as I can remember, I knew when things were "going to happen".

One day, I was playing in my Daddy's den, and he was talking on the phone, about "a company"; and "I told him that the man who owned that company was a "bad man" and the police was coming for him".

Daddy just laughed at me, but 2 days later, the owner was arrested for, embezzling, and the next time, I said anything about "a company", he listened, but, he was very careful, about what he did, with, what I told him.

When he and I talked about it, when I got older, he explained, that he was not making huge amounts of money, from the deals he and I talked about, but, he had saved his clients millions of dollars and embarrassment, when, they followed his advise; about certain companies.

He was a millionaire, and, I guess, I am now. But until I can get away ,from them, and to the attorney, I can't claim my inheritance. I wonder, whom Dad had named as my guardian. We had discussed a couple of people, but I don't know whom he decided on. And from what Tamera had said, and I overheard, Dad had made some changes; I didn't know about and I don't know what else he changed.

We had talked about Rheta, his former secretary, someone from his childhood, and, he said there was one other person; but he never said whom, it was. So, whoever, my unknown guardian, was, they needed to check on me.

This was not a good situation for me.

"Why hadn't I seen this and stopped it from happening", remembering Dad and I had talked to a woman, about it, and she told him, "I will likely NOT see things happening to me and those I loved because it was anomaly . That having knowledge, like that, could change the universe; and the universe worked to prevent paradoxes."

I wondered if Dad, had arranged, that they were notified; if something happened to him? What if they weren't told? I could be in this spot forever. I know that she will kill me, despite, what Rafe said, she would just postpone it, till he said it was "OK".

She started showing her feelings openly, after their final fight. Before then, when Daddy wasn't around, she was little miss perfect stepmother (The one who would prove all the Wicked Stepmother reputation was wrong) "Well she just proved it to be true. "