Chapter 73: The Conrad Family Time
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She had been sitting there for a while trying to have a discussion with the older woman but she wasn't paying any mind to her.
'Tell me the message so that I can deliver it to him," Melissa said with a smile.
Madam Emiliana stared at her and Melissa nodded, the matriarch of Conrad family is probably the only person she is polite to no matter what the woman does to her.
'You might as well leave your post at company and turn into a messenger," Madam Emiliana said and Melissa exhaled before walking out of the old woman's study.
She wouldn't be this polite if it is not because of what she wanted from her, the most important member of their family is her and even though Sapphire is causing ruckus she won't say a word, because Sapphire is an obvious favorite.
She met Arielled on the way out and wondered why on earth she looked so cheerful when everything was turning upside down. She was whistling and there was a bounce in her steps, like she is excited about all the things happening.
'Hi Melissa," She said but didn't stop, she made her way to the study without glancing back.
'What the hell," she muttered, staring at her.
'You look awfully happy for someone whose company is going down," Madam Emiliana said, peeking at another granddaughter of hers through the reading glass perched on her nose.
'Bad publicity is publicity too, the Conrad family is one of the top twenty trending searches, we are going to be over this scandal in a blink of an eye," Arielle said, waving her hand dismissively and Madam Emiliana wondered if her fourth granddaughter was crazy.
'What on earth is your granddaughter up to these days Mom? She is causing trouble everywhere," Marylynne said entering the study, she was dressed like she was going to a fashion show.
'You talk as if she was the one that posted that video and talked against you guys on that show," Madam Emiliana replied to her psycho daughter in law.
'How can you be so sure that she isn't the one that posted it for attention, your granddaughter is more than capable of doing that and you know that perfectly well,"
'You are talking about her as if she is not your daughter," Arielle said, scrolling through her phone and Marylynne turned to reply to her.
'She isn't, I disowned her, remember?"
'You sound so proud of doing that," Maxwell said, entering the room.
'That was the best decision I have ever made in my entire life, I should have used a condom the night both me and my husband created her, then I would have my pretty darling," Marylynne said, pointing to Melissa who was just entering the room, Felix was trailing behind her.
'Why did my son even got married to you?" Madam Emiliana said, staring at the woman who was saying nonsense with so much confidence that it baffles her. 'Oh right, I forgot that he is stupid," she muttered to herself.
'Here he is granny," Melissa said with a smile and Maxwell fought the urge not to roll his eyes at his selfish father and his pretentious cousin.
'What the hell is Sapphire doing? How dare she let Alexander say that nonsense on the show?"
'Is Alexander a robot that she controls?" Maxwell muttered and his father glared at him.
'You would keep your mouth shut before I shut it for you, Max," Felix glared at him and he rolled his eyes.
'You should tell Alexander all these when you meet him which is probably going to happen in ten years because he probably hates your guts," Madam Emiliana told her third son and Felix just tightened his jaws angrily.
'Yeah. Who knows what lies Sapphire had been telling him?" Marylynne said.
'You are the liars, you hate your daughter for no reason, anything that comes out of your mouth isn't to be trusted," Maxwell told her and Melissa scoffed.
'Watch your damn tone with my mother, Maxwell," Melissa defended her mother.
'Then keep Sapphire's name out of your freaking mouth," Maxwell snapped at them.
'If you are going to argue, can you get out of my study? It is as crowded as it is already, what the hell are you all even doing here in the first place?" Madam Emiliana said in an even tone and they all shut up their mouths, Arielle raised her head to glance at them all when everything suddenly got quiet.
'Are we still having that breakfast tomorrow? Is Sapphire coming here?" Arielle asked and the grandmother adjusted her glasses.
'No, we are not. I am going to postpone that breakfast, we would have it next week or the week after, she should be given time to recover from the stress that video caused her.
'What is so important that Sapphire had to come in person?" Melissa asked, jealous of the fact Madam Emiliana still put Sapphire first.
The woman shut the laptop in front of her and turned to stare at all of her family members who were present in the study, they were all maintaining distance from themselves.
Melissa stood with her mother at the side, Arielle sat on the chair, keeping distance between her and Felix who was sitting opposite her, Maxwell was standing away from them all like they were plagues, she was sure that if Venita and Sapphire were here, they won't be close to the others either.
She is sorry for the way she raised them all, she didn't let them maintain a good relationship, she didn't bothered to care and now that she is older, it is her daily worry but the time is far gone and nothing can be changed, she just hope that they don't hurt each other more than they have done.
Sapphire was the one who used to talk with all of them three years ago, she made them seem closer and wanted them to unite and when they finally did, it was against her.
'Her kids haven't been brought into the mansion and they haven't met their maternal relatives," she finally said with a sign.
'You mean kids who won't tell us who their father is," Marylynne said with a raised brow.
'The father you never bothered to ask of, don't make it seem like she ignores your question," Venita said from the door where she had been standing.
'How are you all dealing with your comanies' problems?" Venita asked in mockery and Melissa scoffed.
'You talk about this like it is none of your business," Arielle said, glancing at Venita from where she sat.
'Because it is not. I am a model who is earning my part in my career, if anything happens to the company, then that's your problem, I only ask for my share in the company to be safe," Venita said, cockily and Melissa scoffed.
'Right, you are a useless idiot who doesn't know how to get the calculation right to make a dime and save one all you have is doing as many as photoshoots as you can before that damn face of yours wrinkle," Melissa said to her and Venita rolled her eyes.
They continued insulting one another and Madam Emiliana's phone chimed, she picked up her phone, it was a notification of a video posted by the Aldines' patriarch.
She clicked on it and it was a video of Sapphire, her kids and the Aldines' members having fun with Sapphire's friend. The happiness in her eyes was genuine.
‘ I am happy that after they dragged you through hell and everything you finally arrived in your own little paradise ‘ she thought with a sad smile and zoomed on Sapphire's face. ‘I feel miserable that I wasn't the one that provided it for you though.'
