Gina, Liza, Beca, and Chloe were sitting around the table waiting for Liam. A few moments later he entered with the will. He sighed and sat down.
"Good morning, in this file I have the will that Larry left before he passed away and he ordered to be read in front of you guys, and if anyone has a question just wait till I finish."
Beca turned her gaze to Chloe who had fear and panic in her eyes, but she managed to keep it cool.
Liam took a deep breath and opened the letter, "I am Larry Adams, and this is my will. I leave my personal belongs to my sister Gina, and the tables and chairs I have inherited from our father to my sister Liza. And there is a small amount of money in the safe, I leave it to both Liza and Gina."
Gina scuffed, "That is if there was any money left." She said glancing to Chloe who didn't seem bothered by what she said. Beca just shook her head.
Chloe lifted her gaze to meet Gina's. "Too bad, he didn't tell me that the money is yours."
"Does she have the right to spend them?" Liza asked Liam.
"Where's the safe key?" Liam asked.
"It's with me," Chloe said with confidence.
Liam shrugged, "If she spent them then there is nothing more to do,"
Liza shook her head. "The safe key has been with her since a week, do you really think there would be any money left?"
"Can I continue?" Liam asked in annoyance.
Beca nodded, "Please do,"
Liam looked again at the paper, "And as for the jewelry that I have in the safe, I leave it for my niece Beca I also leave the cars and the key of the safe I have in the bank." At this, Chloe whipped her head to Liam's direction as she started to panic, Larry never mentioned the safe he had in the bank. Liam then continued. "And he stated the name of the bank. And everything that is inside the safe goes back to Beca." He said as he looked at Beca and gave him a nod, silently telling him to stick to the plan. "And everything else that I haven't mentioned in the will goes back to my wife, Chloe."
Chloe turned to face Beca with a smug smile on her face, silently telling the brunette that she had won. Beca acted as if she was angry but she wasn't, the house was hers it was all just a plan to stay close to Chloe.
"The rest of what he owns?" Gina asked in confusion. "What do you mean by that?"
"Everything Ms. Gina,"
"That's not possible, Bec-" She was about to continue when Beca stopped her.
"We will talk about this later Auntie G," She said wanting to drop the subject. "I'm sure Mr. Liam is busy and has other things to attend to."
"Does anyone have any further questions?" Liam asked respectfully.
"I do," The redhead spoke. Beca sat up straight and wondered what would Chloe's question be. "Did he leave any papers?"
"No," Liam said with a shake of the head.
"What do you mean no?" Chloe asked with wide eyes.
"He didn't leave any papers with me, but if you could maybe explain what are these papers I might be able to help you."
Chloe shook her head in disbelief. "He didn't leave anything?"
"Not that I know off, I only have here the contract about the house," He said as he passed the paper to Chloe.
"That's it?" She asked in a sad voice.
"Yes, ma'am," He said as he excused himself and left the office. Beca looked at Chloe and could see that she was in deep thought. She wondered why her eyes were suddenly that sad.
Back at the Swanson residence, Aubrey was preparing lunch but she was distracted. The blond has been feeling sad, Chloe's words just kept repeating in her mind. She missed dancing, she really did, but Jesse already made her choose between them and she picked her family. Sighing, the blond placed the pot of vegetables on the cooker and lit it as she went to her room and took out an old suitcase she kept hidden from Jesse, she smiled as she opened it and ran her fingers through her old dance dress. The blond looked at herself in the mirror and smiled, she was going to dance for herself. She went to the mirror and started applying a simple makeup.
The car parked in front of the mansion as Beca and Chloe made their way out of it. "Congratulations," Beca said as they started to walk side by side.
"W-What?" Chloe asked distractedly. Since the moment she knew the financial bonds weren't with Liam or in the will she began to panic.
"You don't look happy,"
"Because I was sure that the house was mine," Came Chloe's response. "But you know what will make me even happier? When I throw you outside of this place,"
Beca pouted "Can you just not throw me out till tonight? Just till I find a place."
Chloe sighed and rolled her eyes, "You have thirty minutes to pack and leave this place."
"I knew you wouldn't let me down," She said, "I knew you had a heart in you,"
"I don't have a heart," Chloe said smirking, "And you have twenty-nine minutes now," She said as she walked away, Beca smirked and shook her head. The redhead made her way to Stacie's room and opened the door slowly. "He didn't leave the financial bonds,"
"W-What?" Stacie asked in shock.
"I'm going crazy Stace, where are they?" She questioned.
"What if he tore them and threw them?" The tall brunette suggested.
"Do you really think someone as Larry would do such a thing? He is a dirty man, he never did something good."
"But what the house and the wine factory? They are yours right?"
Chloe nodded, "I will send them, I will get that money and burn it, so I could see that all his hard work go to waste. All the years he worked hard for that money, will burn." She said with anger in her voice. "I'm afraid he left them at the bank, he has a safe in the bank."
"Then what are you waiting for? Go and check, where's the key?"
"It's with Beca,"
"What?!"
"Everything that's in the safe is for Beca." She said on the verge of tears.
Aubrey played some belly dance music after she wore her dress and started to dance around her bedroom. She closed her eyes as the melody rang through her ears, she was twirling and moving her hips according to the rhythm. Aubrey felt free, she felt like she could finally take a breath. As she was dancing, all she could remember was how she was performing, all the applause she would get and all the happiness she felt in that moment. As the song finished, she collapsed on her knees and started to cry.
Beca was in Larry's office, packing a few stuff when Chloe entered the room. "Your packing?"
"Just like you ordered," Beca said as she looked at the redhead.
"Good job, you are starting to understand me. I came here to tell you that you can stay here until tomorrow if you want."
"W-What? What changed your mind?"
"I felt sad for you, so I told myself that I should be patient with you and that I should sacrifice so that you won't sleep on the streets,"
"See? Told you that you have a heart."
"I have everything but a heart."
"Anyways, thank you."
Chloe then threw the key to Beca, "Here's the key to the safe,"
"Will I find it empty?" Beca asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, if you want to find out, you should open it." She said as she turned her back and left the office. She grabbed the key and opened the safe to find the money LArry left and the box of jewelry that belonged to her mother. She took the money and made her way out of the house and drove to her aunts.
About fifteen minutes later, she knocked on the door and greeted her aunts. "What happened in Liam's office?" Liza asked her niece. "And why is the house for Chloe?"
Beca nodded, "That's what I came to talk to you about, Chloe will be living at the house for a while,"
"If the house is yours, why would she live there? And what about this contract that's between her and your uncle? And everything he owns is to Chloe? Let me ask you this, what does your uncle own?"
"He used to own something that I want, and I want Chloe to stay in the house for a while till I have it."
"What thing?" Liza asked confused.
"Something that has to do with me, I will tell you everything but not now. I do have a question though," Beca said looking at the both of them. "Can I know why my uncle got married and I didn't know about it?"
Liza stuttered. "Becs, didn't your father tell you anything about your uncle?"
"Like what?"
"Something, anything,"
Beca shook her head. "No, he didn't tell me anything."
Jesse entered his home to find a weird smell, he entered the kitchen to find Aubrey cleaning the cabinets, "What happened in here?"
"Nothing," The blond said sadly.
"What do you mean nothing?"
"I just forgot the pot on the cooker,"
"You did what?! The kitchen would've burned! Where were you?!"
Aubrey snapped at the brunette, "Are you investigating with me, Jesse? I didn't smell the pot being burned, the story ends here,"
"What's going on with you?" Jesse asked yelling.
"Me? Ask yourself!"
"I only asked a question!" Jesse said getting angry.
"A question? That was more than one question, you wouldn't shut up about it!"
"Whatever, continue what you were doing," He stated as he left the kitchen. Aubrey sighed and shook her head and followed Jesse to their bedroom.
"Do you need anything?" She asked as she noticed that he changed his clothes, "There are clean t-shirts in the closet."
"I don't want anything," Jesse said coldly.
"I ordered pizza,"
"I'm not hungry,"
Aubrey crossed her arms across her chest. "So are you like angry now?"
"Honestly? Recently you have been on edge and I am getting tired of it."
"Getting tired of me being on edge?"
Jesse nodded, "And I am tired of living this way,"
"If you are getting tired of living this way, how do you think I feel?"
"What do you want to tell me here Aubrey? What Chloe said opened your old wounds?"
Aubrey just looked at him, "My wounds don't need opening. They never closed."
"You won't forget?"
"I'll never forget,"
"Although you promised."
"And I kept that promise Jesse, but that doesn't mean that I would forget neither that I am happy." She stated as she left the room.
About an hour later, Beca rang the doorbell to the Swanson household, Aubrey opened the door and gave Beca a small smile. "Hey Becs," She said as she moved to let Beca in, the brunette sat beside Jesse and she could feel that something was wrong. "What would you like to drink Becs?"
"A cup of coffee would be great."
"We'll all take coffee," Jesse said in annoyance. Aubrey nodded and left.
"What's wrong?" Beca asked when the blond left. "And don't say nothing, I know you two."
"We had a fight, anyways what happened to the will?"
Beca nodded, "Everything went like it was supposed to, Liam read the will just like I told him."
"And he didn't give you a hard time?"
"Nope, I just told him to say that everything else he owned goes to Chloe, not to go into details,"
"And she didn't ask what she got?"
"No, because as far as she knows, she got the mansion and the wine factory. So she thought that that's what she owns now."
"But she'll ask about the papers," Jesse argued.
"The papers will need months to get finalized. That's what we are going to tell her," She then groaned. "But she had something else on her mind. All she did was ask about some papers that Larry left but I don't know what are they."
Chloe and Stacie were sitting in the living room having a glass of wine when the tall brunette spoke. "Do you know where she went?"
The redhead shook her head. "No, I don't."
"How could you not know?"
Chloe sighed, "What do you want me to do? Ask her where she's going?"
"Well, what if she didn't come back?"
"Why wouldn't she come back? I told you I informed her that she could stay the night,"
"After you kicked her out," She mumbled.
"Do you really think that her pride was hurt? If she had any sense of pride she wouldn't have stayed here in the beginning. I'm sure she'll show up any moment now." Judt then Beca entered the house and greeted the two women.
"Good evening," She stated politely.
"Good evening." The women replied. "Would you like a drink?" Stacie asked the brunette who nodded. After pouring the short brunette a glass she excused herself, "I'm going to grab a jacket and come back," She said as she left the two alone.
Beca took a sip of her glass and turned to look at Chloe as she spoke. "I- uh, I wanted to talk to you about something," Chloe said nervously.
"With me?" She asked confused.
"Yeah, I umm, I wanted to ask you for a favor."
"From me?"
Chloe nodded, "I wanted to ask if uh, you c-could the key o-of the safe,"
Beca looked at her, "Which safe?"
"The one in the bank, the one Larry left."
"What's in the safe?"
"It contains something for me,"
Beca scuffed, "For you?" Chloe nodded, "What's in it?"
"It's none of your business, but I won't take anything from the safe. Only the thing I want."
"If what's in the safe is for you, why didn't my uncle leave it to you?"
"For you to get an answer for that, you have to go and ask him," The redhead replied.
Beca laughed, "Where do you want me to go and ask him?"
"In hell," She said with such hate. "Because I'm sure he's burning there,"
Beca looked at her while she shook her head in disbelief. "What are you? From what are you made of? Because I am sure you aren't flesh and blood."
"Are you going to give me the key?"
Beca slammed the glass to the table and stood. "I won't give you anything," She said as she started to move.
Chloe grabbed her by the arm and stopped her from walking. "Wait," She said softly. "If you give me the keys, I'll give you the house,"
"What?"
"If you give me the keys, I'll-"
"No I heard what you said, so you want me to give you the keys and trade the house?"
Chloe nodded, "Yes,"
"What's in the safe?"
"I told you, it has something that belongs to me,"
"But if you are giving me the house for the keys so that means whatever is in the safe is very expensive."
Chloe shook her head. "Not more expensive than the house. You will win,"
"What would make me so sure? What's the guarantee?"
The redhead took a deep breath. "My word,"
"Say what now?" Beca asked sarcastically.
"My word, I want you to trust me,"
"Never in my life, and even when I die will I ever trust a woman," Beca said through clenched teeth.
"How much do you want in order to give me the key? I'll pay you,"
"As much as I want?"
"As much I you want, what do you say?"
The next morning, Stacie and the two women were gathered around the table for breakfast. Elissa asked a question but only to get yelled by Chloe, Beca sighed, "It's not good to get angry in the morning," She said as she took a piece of bread.
"Did you think?"
"What?"
"I told you I want the key, and you said you want to think about it, so did you make a decision?"
"I did," She said with a nod,
"And are you going to give it to me?"
Beca took a deep breath, "I will but I have a condition."
A/N: What do you think Beca's conditions are? Do you think Chloe will find the papers she's been looking for?