AN: Someone posted a review as a guest for my last chapter, they were honest and it was so good to hear some suggestions! I LOVE hearing how you love my work but would LOVE some constructive criticism as well! There was one who said they found the chapter confusing and asked why Miranda had bowed down to Rachel so easily... I should have explained at the end of the last chapter that the reason will become clear in this chapter when Miranda explains to Andy.

Thank you the guest that gave the criticism, in my eyes criticism is a great way to improve! :) I love all your comments and appreciate the time you have taken to review thank you! Xx

On with the chapter then! :)

Chapter 6

Miranda stood at the window of her office as Andy watched, she couldn't bring herself to talk for if she did it would end up her ranting to Miranda.

"I didn't know who else to call..." Miranda finally said in a dead voice.

Andy didn't reply, letting Miranda lead.

"You know I thought I could have a little fun and hope my career wouldn't have to suffer. But then again how can that be possible? I have rivals all around the world that would give their right arm to bring me down... It doesn't bother me that the pictures might have gotten out and everyone see me... It bothers me that the twins would have to see that... To hear that their mother is a-" Andy was about to blow

"You. Are. Not. A. Slut!" Andy said in a low threatening tone...

"Maybe not a slut then but what kind of 53 year old mother/divorcee sends a 25 year old girl a naked picture" Andy knew it was a rhetorical question but answered anyway.

"The kind that received a one from a 27 year old; by the way; woman? Miranda I sent you one first, not the other way round... Miranda it was fucking natural to react that way! We were attracted to each other!" Andrea was right once she started she couldn't stop and so she ranted

"God why aren't you more bothered about the fact that you just told me to LEAVE! Never to see you again!? You know you had feelings for me and I you? So why the hell do you think I would want whatever was going on between us to stop?" Miranda looked shocked at Andy's reveal, also surprised that the usually calm woman had risen her voice so that Miranda flinched at every sentence.

"I.. I couldn't-" Andrea interrupted

"You couldn't what Miranda? Face the humiliation of being attracted to a women? Or could you not face the humiliation of being attracted to me? Because let's face it our 'no strings attached arrangement' was bullshit and you know it! It was just a way to get closer to each other in a way we know we both wanted!" Miranda felt tears prick at her eyes

"I would never be embarrassed to have you on my arm, Andrea!" Miranda stated in a defensive tone

"THEN WHY DID YOU TELL ME TO LEAVE?" Miranda flinched again as Andrea stood and edged closer to Miranda.

"Please lower your-"

"NO! Do not tell me to lower my voice when you won't fucking give me an answer! For Christ sake give me SOMETHING? ANYTHING?" Miranda turned and saw Andrea was feet away, striding towards her with purpose she took the young woman's face in her hands and brought her lips to her own.

Within seconds Andrea had her fingers intwined in Miranda's silver locks, pulling the woman ever closer. Tongues merged in a dance of passion and when breath was needed Andrea was the first to pull back.

"What- why? What was that?" Andy stammered as she tried to catch her breath.

"I needed to show you... Why I just couldn't fuck you and toss you away! The first time we... You know... And I hugged you, I'm not really a cuddler... Ask my ex husbands and lovers... But I just couldn't seem to let you go... I didn't want to let you go" Miranda admitted.

"Then why didn't you tell me that?" Andy sighed and sat back down on the chair opposite Miranda's.

"I didn't think you felt the same way..." Andy looked at Miranda then.

"Well I did" Andy crossed her arms at her chest.

"I didn't know that! Please Andrea not now I'm trying to get my head around being defeated by my own sister!" In that moment Andy knew that there was something else to this story...

"What did she do to you that made you bow down... Make you look so vulnerable?" Miranda looked at Andy, then away. She seemed to contemplate on telling Andy.

"Tell me?" Miranda rose her head again.

"Come to the townhouse tonight, I'll text you when the twins are in bed... I don't want them getting their hopes up... You haven't heard what I'm going to tell you and I have a feeling you won't like it" Andy nodded, and although she knew Miranda's words were a dismissal she walked around to Miranda and took her hand that was sitting in her lap.

"Let me me be the judge of that" leading her hand to her lips Andy kissed Miranda's hand and left the office.

~9pm at the townhouse~

Andrea rang the doorbell and waited outside Miranda's townhouse. A couple of minutes later a pyjama clad Miranda opened the door, stepping aside she motioned for Andy to enter. Without saying a word Miranda headed down the hallway, turned right and left Andy to put her coat in the closet.

Andy patted her hands down her casual jeans and Calvin Klein t-shirt as she slowly made her way down the hallway and turning right where Miranda had just turned.

Clearly the study Miranda was pouring two small glasses of whiskey.

"Whiskey?" Andy asked

"You'll need it" Miranda said as she passed Andy a glass and sat down on the sofa. Pulling her feet up and placing her robe over her bare legs Miranda finally settled and Andrea assumed she was waiting for her to sit down as well.

Gracefully as her shaky legs would allow her Andy sat next to Miranda on the small couch. There was a long silence before Miranda cleared her throat and began to speak.

"When I was 12 and my sister was 16, My step father abused me... Sexually as well as being punched and kicked. He always made sure the bruises were well away from anyone's eye. Our mother died when I was 6 and I never really got on with Paul; my step father; and Rachel was never there. She started drinking heavily when she was 14 and she was never around, she got on better with Paul than I did and therefore any attempt of me trying to tell her that this was going on she would hit me herself, I was scared and so when I reached 16 I ran away. We were living in Ohio at the time and I got a flight to New York, I had some money saved up from a small waitressing job and I managed to get an apartment with a woman. We later became involved and I was happy! It was great having the independence and I thought I would never look back and begin my life, career, family you know everything a 16 year old wishes for" Miranda drained her glass and poured herself another.

"Anyway about a year and a half later, Rachel found me. Told me Paul had died and that I should come back to Ohio. I told her no and that I didn't believe he was dead, she slapped me and told me 'You should be greatful he didn't kill you whilst he had the chance you ungrateful slut!'" Miranda repeated exactly what had been said to her that day in the same hateful tone Rachel had spat at her.

"I threw her out of the apartment and told her to never contact me again, but she kept coming back again and again! Trying to 'make amends' the amount of times she threatened me! She even told the Enquirer that I had been raped as a child... Luckily I had enough power to detract the article, and those that did see it didn't believe it" Andy kept quiet as Miranda slowly sipped her whiskey, having almost drained another glass.

"After that happened I told her to leave again, and she did until she found out I was pregnant. She came back told me she wanted to be the perfect auntie to her sisters children! I didn't believe her of course but when she returned I was only 4 month pregnant, and so over the next 5 month she proved herself! Or faked it, because about a year after the twins were born I walked in on her and my husband. They had been having an affair. I don't know why I was so surprised I knew Richard had been pulling away from me, but what frustrated me was he knew how untrustworthy my sister was, what she put me through as a child!"

"I told her to leave the house and she did! I thought it was all over, she had promised me the press wouldn't find out about the affair! For a while the press believed that we were just divorcing, they then got a phone call from an anonymous source telling them that she had an affair with Miranda Priestly's husband, why she kept it anonymous I have no idea, because in the end she went on tv and told the world about how I was a cold heartless bitch and I had been since birth! That she felt sorry for Richard and he was just a pity fuck! So you may wonder why I 'bowed down' as you so eloquently put it, but I did not fancy having her blackmail me for the rest of my life with that knowledge!" Andy suddenly realised that Rachel still had the photographs

"What about the photographs?"

"Well... That my dear is where the real Miranda Priestly comes in... In 2002 Rachel married, the man was wealthy and had a hefty insurance price for his head! He was 73 years old she was 51... Anyway she murdered him... In cold blood pushed him down the stairs! I knew because I saw her do it! That was one of the times we were friends and I was heading over, I saw her push him down the stairs. She doesn't know I saw but I did! I thought I'd keep it to myself if she gets away with it... I may be able to use it as leverage one day and I was going to when I found out about the affair but I promised myself that I wouldn't unless it put my girls or my career in danger, and it qualified for neither. Today the police received an anonymous tip off that she murdered him and she is in custody as we speak! And not only that, I have someone I trust dearly over at her apartment looking at every possible thing where she could have copies of those photographs, she posted the others in the mail an hour ago." Just as Miranda was about to continue the phone rang

"Hello"

"Oh ok... Well bring it to me! Yes keep searching! Ok... That's all" Miranda put her mobile back on her desk.

"He found another two photographs, I knew she would make copies!" Andy was then curious about who was ransacking Rachel's apartment

"Who is it?" Miranda was shocked at Andy's question

"It doesn't matter who it is, just know they are professional and also have a hatred for Rachel!"

"Richard" Andy stated

"Yes, Richard. I trust him, he is the girls' father, he hates Rachel for destroying his marriage and he still loves me" Andy nodded, it made sense.

"Wait how did Rachel get the pictures?"

"Richard was looking at Rachel's laptop, turns out that phone companies have a mole between them! She had all of our texts and the two photographs saved... She was stupid enough to email the employee and they have found a much more appropriate job... Or they will when I decide to take them of the blacklist" Miranda winked at Andy.

"So did Rachel get the money?" Miranda shook her head

"No, I stopped the transaction before it went through"

"And why didn't you do this before... Whilst I was there?"

"To be honest Andrea, I was in that much shock I forgot about that little tale of mine that I had kept for a rainy day. And all I could think about was coming up to her every demand making sure she didn't have one reason to send the photographs to the press" Andy nodded

"One more question?" Miranda nodded

"She won't go down for the husband thing, because... Well there is no evidence?"

"No but it got her out of her apartment long enough to get rid of any evidence... I also made sure I deleted all the texts and that picture..." Andy nodded then realised something

"You kept our texts?"

"Oh Andrea we could never have been 'Friends with Benefits'!"

TBC?

Shall I end it there?