Liam was walking out of the mansion when he saw Beca park her car. He got a call from Chloe earlier and asked him to pass by so that they can discuss a few things. Liam smiled as he walked to the brunette. "Hey, Beca,"
"Hey Liam, how are things?"
"I did as you asked me, she called me and told me to come and meet her here and she discussed selling the house and the wine factory."
"And what did you tell her?" Beca asked raising an eyebrow.
"Well technically they aren't her's so I had to tell her that since the transfer of ownership takes a while, we can't do anything about it."
Beca nodded, "You did good, thank you."
"I'm only doing my job. There's also one more thing I wanted to discuss with you. I think you should pass by the wine factory and check on the employees. Since the day Larry died no one has come. It'll be a good for you to show your face."
"But I want to sell everything and leave." Beca reasoned.
"The sale won't happen in a day, the wine factory costs millions and till you find someone to buy it. It'll take time."
"I didn't step a foot in that winery since the day my father died."
"Just try and show up your face, we need the employees to know that we still care about them so that they can produce more because in case you want to sell, the first thing a buyer will ask for is the income."
Beca huffed, "Seriously? I have to go and work?"
Liam shook his head. "Just come and show your face, say a couple of nice words and that's it." When he saw Beca nod he continued. "Call me if you need anything. I have to get going now."
Elissa took the day off and went to see her ten-year-old son who lives with her sister. Since the boy's father isn't in the picture, her sister offered to keep Jacob with her and her husband. But the brother in law is getting irritated by the ten-year-old so he decided to inform his wife that he won't allow him to stay here anymore. Lina, Elissa's sister panicked, she knew that Elissa didn't have a place of her own to raise the boy at.
Elissa knocked on the door and her sister opened a few seconds later. "Hey!" The maid said excitedly. "I missed you guys, where's everyone?" She asked as she looked around to find none. She frowned and looked at her sister who was very nervous. "W-What's wrong? I-Is Jacob okay?"
Lina nodded and ushered her sister to one of the couches. "I need to talk to you about something."
"W-What's wrong?"
"You know how much I love you and I-" She was cut off by her sister.
"Please tell me what's going on here, you got me worried." Elissa pleaded.
"Tony, he doesn't want Jacob to live with us anymore."
Elissa's eyes widened. "What are you talking about? You know that Jacob is still a kid. I don't have anywhere to go with him. I live in a small room in the mansion!" She said in a panic.
"I'm sorry but he is refusing to keep Jacob with us," Lina said in a sad voice. "I tried talking to him but he is stubborn."
The housemaid began to cry. She doesn't have anywhere to put the little boy. "Where will I go with him? Do you understand what you are telling me? Oh god, please Chloe will never accept to have Jacob."
"Ask her, you never know what she will say. But I can't help you. I tried to fight him, but he is so determined."
Beca and Jesse were in the living room at the mansion. Jesse was pissed at how Aubrey was being, and he needed to get out of the house. "Do you want to go have dinner tonight?"
"Me, you and Aubrey?" Beca asked casually.
Jesse shook his head. "It's just me and you,"
"Sounds like you guys are still on a rough patch."
"That's putting it lightly," Jesse said scoffing.
Beca sighed, "What's going on Jesse?"
"Forget about it,"
"I know it's not about Mark or his studies, the problem is bigger than that right? I know how much you love her. And I know that you tried your best to make her happy." Beca tried to help Jesse talk about it.
"I tried the best I could, I did everything I can to make her happy but it seems that nothing is going to please her."
But before Beca could respond, Chloe and Stacie entered the living room. "I didn't know we had visitors, Stacie? Did you know that we had visitors?" The redhead said in a sarcastic voice. Jesse took a deep breath and calmed his nerves. "You're early today, don't you have any work to do?"
"No," Jesse said with a fake smile.
Chloe laughed bitterly. "It's funny how you are all here jobless, you also take money from your rich uncle?"
"I wish," Jesse responded.
Beca looked at Chloe with a small smile. "Tell me, Chloe, what do you do in your life?"
"And why are you asking?" The redhead asked back.
"Because who doesn't work a day in his life doesn't get to downgrade people. And from what I am seeing, I don't see you working. Except for annoying people."
"You don't need to see me working to actually know that I am."
"What do you mean?"
"I am handling all of my husband's work." She said lying.
"What?" Beca asked dumbfounded because she knows Chloe isn't doing anything. "Since when?"
"Since your uncle got sick till now,"
"Remind me again what does my uncle's company do?"
Chloe got nervous, she looked around the living room not meeting Beca's eyes. "I-uh, why don't you know what he does for a living?"
The brunette shook her head. "Nope," She stated simply.
"Import-export," Was the only lie that Chloe could come up with. Because she was nervous she forgot the fact that Larry has a wine company.
"Aha, and what does it import and export?" Beca continued her questioning.
"Things," She replied. "Merchandise." She then stood up. "Elissa!" She yelled for the housemaid and started to walk, but before she could go any further Beca grabbed her by the arm.
"Our company exports, and it doesn't export items and merchandise. It exports wine." She said in a low voice that only Chloe could hear as she leaned in close to Chloe's face. "I didn't want to embarrass you in front of them, but there is no need for you to look like a complete idiot," Chloe said nothing but looked Beca in the eyes. She then yanked her arm and wanting to walk away again but Beca grabbed her again bringing their faces inches away from each other. "And one more advice? If it's something you don't know, don't talk about it."
Chloe yanked her arm again and walked to the kitchen where Melissa the cook was preparing dinner. "Elissa," She said entered the kitchen only to find the cook
"S-She's not here," Melissa said nervously. "She went back home."
"How could she leave without telling me?"
"She told you last night," Melissa reminded the redhead. "It's her day off,"
Chloe crossed her arms against her chest and remembered that in fact, Elissa told her that she was going to take the day off. "But I forgot," She said as she wanted to turn the fault to Elissa. "She should have reminded me,"
"U-Understood, as soon as she's here I will inform her."
"And when will she come back?" The redhead asked.
"Tomorrow Ms. Beale,"
Chloe nodded and told her to prepare some coffee and left the kitchen.
Lina was still trying to calm her sister down, she got her a glass of lemonade and gave it to her sister. "Let's try and find a solution. Is there any place you can let money sleep in at the mansion?"
Elissa scoffed, "You should see the room. It's cold and it's barely enough for me and Melissa. His school is far and he is going to get tired." She then sighed. "I'd find a solution to all of the things I mentioned but Chloe won't accept. When you guys used to visit me, she used to scold me. Do you really think she'll accept the fact that Jacob is going to live with me?"
"Why don't you talk to Beca?"
"Beca has enough problems, if I showed up with Jacob, Chloe will throw us all out." She said as more tears came to her eyes.
After dinner, Beca excused herself to go to her bedroom but Stacie followed her before she could get out. "Where are you running off too?" She asked in a sweet voice.
"I'm not running off,"
"We just finished dinner and we still have dessert," Stacie informed the brunette.
"I'm not in the mood," Beca stated simply.
"Spend the night with us, please? Chloe went to grab a bottle of wine."
Beca smiled. "You want her to have a nervous breakdown if she saw me here?"
"She won't have a breakdown, Chloe is kind-hearted and she won't say anything."
Beca laughed sarcastically, "Chloe is kind-hearted? As if,"
"When you get to know her you'll change your mind."
The short brunette wanted to respond but she just shook her head and said. "I am really tired." She said as she attempted to walk, but Stacie grabbed her hand and laced their fingers.
"Come on, let's go sit," She said in a loving voice.
Beca's eye's widened as she looked at their hands. She then shook her head. "I am really tired, Stacie."
"For me?" She asked pouting. "Are you going to reject my offer?" She asked as she pulled Beca towards her.
Beca gave her a fake smile. "Fine, but I won't stay long."
"Thank you, she said as she dropped Beca's hand and made their way to the living room.
Back at the Swanson household, Aubrey was in her bedroom as she folded some of her clothes and put them in a bag. Jesse entered and looked confused at his wife's actions. "What are you doing Bree?"
The blond looked at him and sighed. "I'm packing my stuff." She said firmly.
"Where are you going?" He asked afraid of the answer.
"To the other room," The belly dancer stated.
"For the love of God Aubrey,"
"I am fed up Jesse," She said with hurt and anger in her voice.
Jesse scuffed, "You? You are fed up?" He asked curiously.
Aubrey nodded, "I am fed up of acting like everything is fine, I am fed up of fooling on myself and you. And I am fed up of acting,"
The brunette man was taken aback from his wife's words. "Acting?"
The belly dancer nodded again. "If you hadn't noticed all those years that I was acting that means I am doing a good job at it."
"All these years you were acting?" Jesse asked as he took a closer step to his wife. "All that love was fake?"
Aubrey shook her head. "No, I will never forget how much I loved you, I left my whole world for you Jesse and I followed you."
"Loved me? You are speaking in the past tense, Aubrey."
"Yeah past, I loved you so much, I left everyone that meant so much to me and I married you."
"I never forced you," He said meaning the marriage.
"You didn't force me but you made me choose. Do you think there is a difference between the two?"
"Of course there is!"
"Tell me what is the difference?"
"Bree," He said softly. "I was clear from the beginning. I told you what to choose and you choose it."
"I know, you told me that in order for us to get married I had to quit dancing and never think about it again. And I was in love with you, the thought of losing you wasn't an option. I said to myself that a job can be irreplaceable but a person isn't. That's why I chose you."
"You chose love, and it was you who chose."
"I did choose love, and I left the only thing that made me feel alive. Dancing is my life, my passion. It's not about swaying my hips to the beat. It's my soul, it takes me to a different world and it helps me breathe. At first, love was enough, I was happy being beside you. Not every person finds their other half and when I found you I was lucky, and then we got Mark, he filled my life with love and hope. I felt feelings I thought I'd never feel. But later on, and as time passed I began to miss dancing. And since the time I stopped dancing, there was a hole in me that neither you or Mark could fill.I felt that as the days passed I was living like this isn't me. Like I am living someone else's life. I started to feel that our love started to fade." She then shook her head. "No, I felt that I was starting to hate you."
"Y-You hate me?" Jesse asked shocked at his wife's confession.
Aubrey nodded. "I do because you deprived me of the only thing I love. And day by day I started hating you more. At first, I was able to hide that feeling. But now I can't."
"Why you never told me about all of this?"
"I hid those feelings for Mark. Not for you. It's not his fault that I married you and decided to leave dancing. I made that decision and I am responsible for it and as long as he's under eighteen."
W-What do you mean under eighteen?"
"The day Mark turns eighteen, I would have completed my mission towards him and by that time, I would leave the house and leave you." She said as she picked up her bag and left the room.
A/N: Intense Stuff! What do you guys think of Aubrey's decision? What about poor Elissa? Will Chloe allow Jacob to live with his mother? Tell me what you guys think.