THE TELLYS COMPANY

Part 8

I wake up the next morning to the smell of eggs, bacon, pancakes with syrup and more delicious food. Ever since I came here I've had no appetite but I know I need to eat.

I poll down on the chair and John sits down next to me handing me a plate of eggs and bacon.

"Eat, Lor." He grins taking a bite out of the scrambled eggs from my plate.

"It's good. Wow I'm good at this." He brags taking another bite this time enthusiastically eating it.

"What's the point of having a maid for yourself if you cook and clean?" I whisper to him pointing at the young girl that's dusting the counters for him.

"They were going to sell her to. I'm helping her out. She's part of the plan. Right?" She turns around and nods. My eyes widen and I nervously chuckle wondering if she heard what I said as well.

"I hope Telly goes to hell." She puts down the windex and sits down with us. John hands her a plate as well and she takes it gladly. She thanks him and quietly eats.

"Speaking of Helly Telly-" the girl bursts out laughing at Johns nickname for Teddy and he joins in laughing at his own joke

"I am meeting up with him for dinner. I'm bringing you with me. We are um double dating." He laughs at the laugh sentence and I roll my eyes and get up

"Nope."

"Cmon."

"No."

"Lor.."

"No."

"Lauren. For yourself. For your parents, remember?" I look at him and he gives me a soft small smile. His eyes are filled with hope and he grabs my hand

"This will all be over before you know it. Cmon." I take my hand away and sigh knowing he's absolutely right. For me, my parents, and my life.

"Okay." I give in and we began to talk about the plan.

"No matter how hard it is anything rude that comes out of Teds mouth please don't say anything." He tells me and I chuckle. He know my attitude already.

"Okay." He seems surprised at my response and chuckles lightly,

"Also, be friends with his wife. Be nice. She'll probably say some unintelligent stuff as well thinking she's some sort of intellectual." I smile at his humor and nod going along with it.

I feel bad that this nice person has such a shitty father figure. So glad he isn't anything like the monster he knows.

After time passes I start getting ready.

I choose a simple red burgundy blouse with black silky dress pants along with heels.

"Hey. When I act differently there you know why, okay?" He warns me and I shake my head understanding what he means. We go out to his car and he opens the door for me.

"Let's get going to hell."

The drive there was filled with stories of him telling me about his childhood and how for the most part he was privileged. He was basically given everything he wanted except what he needed - attention. His parents were always out and he was constantly left with the maid that he grew close with. She's basically like his mother, and he talks to her more than he talks to his biological mom.

"She was great. She gave me the attention, the advice, all that. She was a sweetheart. You can meet her soon I'm sure you guys would get along."

"If she's not anything like your parents then yes we will defiantly get along." I boast. Even thinking about his father makes me sick.

Teds house is huge, as you can imagine, and honestly beautiful. He doesn't deserve a single square inch of it or the money he has. We knock on the door and I have to admit I'm very nervous.

I can't believe I'm meeting the guy who's responsible for ruining my life.

Stick to the plan Lauren. Stick to it! My mind urges me to fight off smacking this guy. He opens the door having a huge smirk on his face.

"Hello John Colan! How are you?" He gives John a handshake and John plays it off as if they've been buddies for years.

"How are you Ted, or Telly which do you prefer?" John asks. Ted assures is to come inside his house and we go along. I'm glad he hasn't acknowledged me yet because I still haven't fought off wanting to smack him.

"Telly is my money name, and Ted is my game name. So call me Ted." Okay let's talk about cringe. Ew. I hate him more now than I hated him 5 seconds ago.

"Wow, you aren't who I think you are, are you?" My heart drops when he looks right at me. I nervously smile and he shakes my hand.

Ew.

I keep my awkward smile and don't say anything.

"She really is worth the 500,000." He smirks looking at me up and down. The pit of my stomach drops as soon as the words spill out his mouth.

Did he just say 500,000? My face goes pale and I look at John with my eyes wide. He looks at me and scratches his head trying to figure out how to make this less tense.

He bought me for 500,000?! And he doesn't tell me?

"Uh yes look at her. She's worth every single damn dollar I spent huh." John grabs my waist and pulls me closer to him.

"You can kill me later, I promise." He whispers in my ears. Hell yeah I am. 500,000...

Teddy finds all this amusing and keeps staring at me. Doesn't shock me he's a pervert.

"Let Kate, my wife show you the rest of the house." Teddy points to Kate who's standing by the doorway staring at us. She gives a fake smile and greets us. John, being the gentlemen asks the usual question of how are you, blah blah blah.

"John you go. I want to talk to Lauren here for a minute." Teddy smiles at me and John gives me a 'I promise you'll be okay look' before he leaves.

Yeah I'm definitely killing him.

"Daddy!" A little girls voice booms through.

Oh my. This can't get any worse. She runs up to Teddy and he scoops her into his arms.

"Hi princess." She looks at me and she resembles him. I feel bad for her.

"Is this your friend?" She waves at me and I wave back at her, actually smiling. Just because her father is an asshole doesn't mean she is.

"Yes She is my friend. I'm hoping maybe she'd like to become more than friends. I'm willing to give more than 500,000 for that."

He did not just say that.

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Sorry for the cliffhanger, :). Like if you enjoyed the chapter. I'll update tomorrow. Xo

- A