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Chapter 4- Overdrive

I could hear Evita down stairs in the kitchen; she was banging pots and pans around. Apparently, she was pissed. She was trying to make sure she woke someone up. It couldn't be Anita, she had spent the night over at her friends house, and it couldn't be my dad, I don't think I ever saw them two fighting.

So, I guess I'm the only one left, unless they have a dog that I don't know about.

I crawled out of bed and grabbed my robe. If me and Evita were going to have it out I want to get it over with. When I walked down the stairs I smelt bacon cooking in the kitchen, I gagged.

Now I defiantly know she's pissed at me. Me and Evita have been in many fights before, and every time, she handles it the same way.

She cooks, not just anything nice, like a cake or brownies. No...She cooks meat. She knows that the smell of meat makes me gag; she knows I'm a vegetarian, so she does it to make me sick.

She really is a bitch when she wants to be.

I walked into the kitchen and tried not to breath through my nose.

"So...what's up?"

She looked up at me from the pan of bacon; she gave me a weird smile.

"Nothing baby girl, why would you think anything's wrong."

I crossed my arms. "Well, for one, you're cooking bacon; you never cook meat when I'm here. Two, you just called me baby girl, something you've never called me. So you're either pissed or snorting cocaine, which is it?"

She glared at me.

"Hey, if you are doing drugs I don't care, not my thing but, whatever creams your Twinkie."

She threw the spatula down on the counter and turned to face me.

"You need to keep away from Josef."

I was surprised; I knew it showed on my face. "What? I'm not exactly going out of my way to see him or anything."

She nodded. "Your dad told me what happened, said he walked in and you two were a little up close and personal."

"Well that would never have happened if I didn't have to go to work with daddy cause daddy didn't trust me home alone."

"Don't blame this on your father."

"Well, don't blame last night on me."

"Well it defiantly wasn't Josef who started it."

"Yea you're right Evita, I admit it, I'm trying to get into his pants...you caught me, I'm thinking maybe if I fuck him a few times I'll get some cash out of it."

"Do not use that kind of language in this house!"

"Oh yes, heaven forbid we use the 'F' word."

She took a deep breath and walked up to me. We were barely a foot apart and she towered over me.

"Look, things have changed since you were last here. So you can't just go snooping around the house like you used to. So of course, we don't want you home alone. But that doesn't matter, I...well we, meaning your father and I, don't want to hear about you being around Josef. You could mess a lot of things up for this family."

"What are you so afraid of, me finding a dead body or something?"

"No...look I can't really talk to you about it, but stay away from Josef, don't be rude to him, but no more flirting."

"I wasn't flirting, he was flirting with me! Why is that so hard to believe?"

"Because, it just is okay?"

"Whatever, I'm going back up to my room." I looked at the bacon on the stove. "Enjoy your burnt dead pig."

I turned and walked out.

-Later-

I hadn't spoken to Evita since this morning. Anita had gotten home a while back, but she hadn't come in to talk to me. I had been alone most of the day.

I heard a knock on the door.

"Who is it?"

"Anita."

Well at least it wasn't Evita.

"Come in."

She opened the door and gave me a small smile.

"Hey, I guess you and mom are in a fight huh?"

"What makes you say that?"

I asked as I sat up in bed. She sat down next to me.

"She's making roast for dinner."

"Ah, okay."

She smiled again. "So what did you two fight about?"

I sighed. "I was accused of flirting with dad's boss."

She was quiet for a second. "Well did you?"

"No...Well I did...but he did it first...God I sound like a 2nd grader."

She laughed. "You like him don't you?"

I took a deep breath. "Sadly yes, and I don't even know why."

She nodded. "I think it would be best if you don't go up to the office anymore. You don't want to mess anything up for dad."

"I'm not planning on messing anything up. Flirting is harmless, and you shouldn't be telling me this you should be telling him. He started the whole thing."

"Well, just stay away from him and everything will be fine."

"What the hell is wrong with this family? You all act like I'm here to destroy everything! I'm not striving to ruin dads job, it's not like I came here in hopes of being attracted to his boss! It just happened, you can't control who you're attracted to."

"I know you're not trying to ruin things, but the fact is you can."

"Just get out Anita; I don't need this shit right now."

"Toni don't be mad at me."

"Just get out."

She crawled off of my bed, before she left she turned back to me.

"I don't want you to be mad at me, it's just things are complicated for dad right now, and if something happens with you and Mr. Konstantin then it would stress him out more. Please Toni, don't hate me."

"I don't hate you Anita, I'm just pissed."

She nodded and walked out my room.

I sat there for a while, the sun was starting to set and I hadn't left my room since me and Evita's fight. I was starving, I didn't want to, but I needed to food.

I got out of bed and walked out the door.

When I got to the kitchen Evita was cooking, I tried to sneak into the pantry without her seeing me. No luck.

"I really wish you would watch your mouth around Anita."

I stopped and looked at her.

"What?"

"You heard me. I was going to my room to wake your dad up and heard you two talking. I don't use that kind of language and I would appreciate it if you wouldn't either."

"You were listening to our conversation?"

"Well, I would say that, I was just passing by."

I bit my lip and counted backwards from 20. Evita could be a real bitch when she was mad.

"This is the first visit with us that you've not watched what you say; you need to at least watch your mouth around Anita."

"Okay...deal...but don't listen in to my conversations."

"It's my house I'll do as I please."

I nodded. "Okay, fine, do what you want."

I grabbed her car keys off the counter and walked towards the door.

"Toni! Where are you going?"

"Out."

-Dad's Office-

I pulled up in front of the massive building, I knew dad wasn't at work yet, but I wasn't here for him.

When I stepped off the elevator I was shocked to see that Bethany wasn't even here yet. I walked past her desk and down the hallway. His door was shut, but the light was on.

There is a God in heaven.

I knocked, I heard someone moving around then the door opened.

Josef smiled down at me. "Well Antoinette this is a sur..."

I cut him off with my lips on his. He was shocked at first, but soon recovered. I might have started the kiss, but he made it very clear who was in control.

I pulled back, out of breath. He was smirking down at me.

"Not to say I'm not happy about it, but what the hell was that?"

"Me pissing my step-mom off."

He raised an eyebrow at me. "So I'm just a pawn used for spite?"

I smiled. "Pretty much."

He laughed. "Works for me."

He pulled me into his office and shut the door. We ended up on the couch that he had in his office.

He had my shirt off and I had his suspenders undone, I knew where this was heading, I wasn't sure if I was going to let it get that far or not.

Don't get me wrong, it wouldn't be my first time, but I wasn't easy either. I had sex with my previous boyfriends, but this would be the first time I had sex with a man I had just met.

I didn't have to decide, fate decided for me.

There was a light knock on the door followed by a mans voice.

"Josef you in there?"

He got up and started dressing himself again. "Shit, it's Mick."

I had my shirt back on and was trying to fix my hair; he looked at me and gave me a small smile.

"You decent?"

"As I'll ever be."

He walked over and opened the door. There was a tall man in a long coat standing in the hall way, I could see a small blond standing behind him.

The man had a grin on his face. "We didn't interrupt anything did we?"

I saw the girls reaction to the mans sentence, she looked shocked and tried to look farther into the room. Josef just glared at him.

"Of course not, come on in."

Josef moved and the two walked in. The girl smiled at me.

"Mick, Beth, this is Antoinette, her dad works for me."

I stood up and shook their outstretched hands.

Mick looked a little uncomfortable. I knew why, he didn't even have to ask.

"How old are you?"

Josef laughed, I'm glad he found the situation funny.

"16."

"What?" It was Beth who spoke up this time.

"She's 23, she's just being a bitch."

I glared at him. "I'm not being a bitch. A real lady never tells her real age."

"Oh, so you're a lady now?"

"Yes, I'm trying to be a fucking lady, do you have a problem with that?"

He laughed, Beth did too, but Mick still looked uncomfortable.

"Well, Mick, I'm guessing you came here to talk to Josef, so I guess I'll be going now."

I gave Mick and Beth a small smile then gave one last look at Josef. He gave me a smirk that screamed 'I'm imagining you naked' and I walked out.

When I got to the lobby I saw my dad walking in. He noticed me too.

Damn

"Hey Toni, what are you doing here?"

"I was bored."

He just looked at me, he took a deep breath, then his face turned serious.

"So, what did you do?"

"Nothing." I gave him a small smile. "See you later dad."

I gave him a kiss on the cheek then walked towards the door.