Chapter 10
Waking up the next morning, I get up and head out to the dance studio to get some work done before the doors officially open. Hanging up some frames in the main lobby, I hear the door open behind me. "I'm sorry. We're not open for another couple of weeks." I tell her. "I know. You're Carly right?" she asks. "I am. And you are?" I ask. "Rita." she says. I reach my hand out to shake her hand and she just looks at my hand and I pull it back. "What can I do for you?" I ask. "I just wanted to warn you. I know you're with Miguel and Emily. Don't get comfortable. They'll ditch you too when they get tired of you." she tells me. "I don't know what you're talking about." I tell her. "I was their poly before you. They started watching you and moved me out. They bought you this studio right?" she asks and I nod. "They bought me a shop for my business too." she tells me and I just look at her. "They tell you that they will give you their last name? Give you kids?" she asks and I nod. "They told me that too. Told me they loved me and that we would always be together." she tells me. "I think you need to leave." I tell her. "You'll see." she says before walking out.
A little later, I walk into the house, and head to my room. I hear a knock on the door before it opens. "You okay?" Emily asks. "Yeah." I say shortly. "What's wrong?" she asks concerned. "I was at the studio today and a woman walked in. Rita." I tell her and she backs away. "She said she was your poly until you started watching me. Then you moved her out." I tell her. "Let's head into Miguel's office and we will explain everything." she tells me and I nod.
We walk into Miguel's office and he looks up as we walk in. Seeing the looks on our faces he stands up and asks "What's wrong?" Emily looks at me and I say "I met Rita today." He sighs and says "What did she tell you?" he asks. "That she was your poly until you started watching me and you made her move out." I tell him. "Do you know why we made her move out?" he asks and I say "Guess you just got tired of her." He shakes his head and so does Emily. "We made her move out because she was cheating on us. We told her that we were all committed to each other and she was stepping out." Miguel says. "Not only was she stepping out but she got access to our safe and took twenty grand and spent it on her side piece." Emily tells me. I nod. "She said that you would get tired of me just like you did her and if that's what's going to happen or you aren't really serious about this I need to know right now." I tell them. "We can't tell you what will happen in the future but we can tell you that we are serious about you. We are in love with you and our goal is to make you our wife. This isn't something casual to us. This is serious to us." Miguel says. "All I ask is that you be honest with me. Are there any other scorned ex's I need to know about?" I ask. "Not that we know of. We were with Rita for two years before we found out she was stealing from us and cheating on us." Emily says. "I'm just glad you told us about her coming to you. We'll make sure she doesn't come around you." Miguel says. "I don't want you to hurt her." I tell him. "I won't. I won't let anyone else hurt her either." he tells me. "Find her and we all be there when you talk to her." Emily says and looks at me and I nod my agreement. "Are we okay?" Emily asks. I walk over to her and kiss her softly. "We're okay." and she smiles softly. Miguel walks over and I kiss him softly before saying "We're all in this together. I just want to make sure we're all communicating." I tell them. "Full disclosure." Miguel says.