The Order

As soon as they leave, the grandmother opens a closet and slides open a hidden door. The redhead steps out and dusts herself off.

"You didn't make the move," she comments, amused.

"It wasn't the time." the elderly lady mutters, heading back to the kitchen.

"I wonder if you're growing soft, now that you're so fond of the boy." As always, Simone, the woman with the hair of fire, was analyzing and commenting where it was not wanted.

"Don't be stupid," the grandmother snaps back. "The more fond I grow, the more I want that girl's head on a platter."

She busies herself with making a cup of tea, slamming any cabinet without a tea bag open and shut.

"Where is that damn tea bag?" she curses, with more than tea on her mind.

"He loves her," Simone hisses. She has lost her patience and will not play the polite game any longer. "We all know how you feel about true love. That's what stopped you, isn't it?"

Simone receives a glare of death. "That is not true love. That is infatuation, my dear. If any man dared to stay with you for more than a week, you might know that. And my son does not count."

For a moment Simone is taken off guard, and her cheeks threaten to match the color of her tightly pulled back bun. She clears her throat and puts her hand on her hip, eyes cast downwards.

"So you know about that," She responds cooly.

A threatening step is taken, tea long forgotten. "Simone, you think you are important. Everyone can see the haughty way you talk, like you are worth so much. But at the end of the night, what are you really? Nothing but a whore."

With that the elderly woman picks up her scalding cup and begins her way upstairs.

"Be sure to see yourself out."

Simone steps through the door and waits until she's outside of the mansion's gates before pulling out her cell phone.

"The old woman is growing useless. Take her out."

Hold those rotten tomatoes!

I know you wanted Chloe to make up her mind and for some major Chalek to happen, but this is important too.

It's short because I wanted to hear what you guys think about just this, and if I put in Chalek your Alek loving minds wouldn't be able to concentrate ;)

Next chapter will be longer and involve our three most loved characters, no worries. Well two of them are loved anyway :P