Matthews kissing last night, something just snapped inside of me.”
“Why Becca, it’s not like we were a couple, I’m your boss. You never even made an inappropriate comment to me in the past.”
“I tried to hide it. I’ve been in love with you since the moment I saw you.”
“You are in love with me?” Alex shouted.
Becca buried her head again. “I couldn’t help myself. You are gorgeous and well mannered. You are everything that I wanted in a man. But, no one could get near you because of Emily. I knew that you guys had dated. I knew everything about your relationship. I played dumb so I could get closer to you.”
“God Becca, are you serious? Do you know how crazy this all sounds to me?”
She continued. “When I saw you and Emily in your office and then she had the nerve to kiss you as she left. I wanted to hurt her. She doesn’t even deserve your friendship. Then, I saw you kiss Ms. Matthews. I couldn’t understand how you fell so fast for her. You barely kn ow her and you guys were making out.”
“Becca that was none of your business, I don’t want you near Eve, do you hear me? Did you destroy Emily’s painting?”
She slowly nodded. “I hated what she did to you. She broke you when she went back to that football player. I took my anger out on the painting.”
“If you knew anything about me, you would have known that painting meant the world to me.”
“I’m so sorry that I caused all of this. I swear I didn’t have anything to do with the break in though.”
“I know you didn’t, they cau ght the kids but I trusted you Becca and you betrayed that trust. You are fired. If I catch you anywhere near me, Ms. Matthews or my gallery, you will regret it.”
Alex stood up and left the room. On the way out he ran into Masters. “I want to press charges against her and the kids. They need to learn from their mistakes.”
“Of course, here’s your laptop. I know you don’t want those photos to be seen by prying eyes and we have all the evidence we need and her confession. I will be in contact if I need you.”
Alex nodded and headed towards the door. He couldn’t believe how the day played out. It started out so wonderful with Eve and ended in disaster. He needed to make sure her show was a huge success and nothing was going to stop him.
He rushed back towards the gallery but realized that he needed to hire a new assistant but didn’t think he could do it alone. He obviously had issues when it came to judging people and called in his reinforcements.
“Hey Alex, how’s the investigation going?” His sister answered the phone.
“Bottom line is Becca screwed me over. She’s at the police station right now. I need your help.”
“Of course, what can I do?”
“I need you to find and hire me a personal assistant. I’ve been through almost five of them and I’m not doing a good job. You are a good judge of people. Find someone and send them over to me.”
“Sure, I can handle that. How fast do you need someone?”
“I’m starting a new exhibit today so why don’t we say next week?”
“Sounds good, I will keep you posted on how things are going. Good luck with the new show.”
“Thanks, I’m looking forward to it. After this afternoon, I need to have some fun.”
Alex hung up with sister and walked into the gallery. Beth ran up to him with some paperwork to sign. “Everything is all set for tonight. I have confirmed with Ms. Matthews’ agent that she will be arriving at seven. We have confirmed with the caterers and everything is all set. We have cleaned the gallery except for your office. We didn’t want to touch anything until you gave us the green light.”
“Thank you, Beth. Please inform the staff that Becca no longer works here and is not permitted anywhere near this gallery.”
“Yes, of course, sir. I hope you don’t mind but I took a picture of Mrs. Mason’s painting and sent a copy of it to my friend. He repairs art work and I thought it was
“Why Becca, it’s not like we were a couple, I’m your boss. You never even made an inappropriate comment to me in the past.”
“I tried to hide it. I’ve been in love with you since the moment I saw you.”
“You are in love with me?” Alex shouted.
Becca buried her head again. “I couldn’t help myself. You are gorgeous and well mannered. You are everything that I wanted in a man. But, no one could get near you because of Emily. I knew that you guys had dated. I knew everything about your relationship. I played dumb so I could get closer to you.”
“God Becca, are you serious? Do you know how crazy this all sounds to me?”
She continued. “When I saw you and Emily in your office and then she had the nerve to kiss you as she left. I wanted to hurt her. She doesn’t even deserve your friendship. Then, I saw you kiss Ms. Matthews. I couldn’t understand how you fell so fast for her. You barely kn ow her and you guys were making out.”
“Becca that was none of your business, I don’t want you near Eve, do you hear me? Did you destroy Emily’s painting?”
She slowly nodded. “I hated what she did to you. She broke you when she went back to that football player. I took my anger out on the painting.”
“If you knew anything about me, you would have known that painting meant the world to me.”
“I’m so sorry that I caused all of this. I swear I didn’t have anything to do with the break in though.”
“I know you didn’t, they cau ght the kids but I trusted you Becca and you betrayed that trust. You are fired. If I catch you anywhere near me, Ms. Matthews or my gallery, you will regret it.”
Alex stood up and left the room. On the way out he ran into Masters. “I want to press charges against her and the kids. They need to learn from their mistakes.”
“Of course, here’s your laptop. I know you don’t want those photos to be seen by prying eyes and we have all the evidence we need and her confession. I will be in contact if I need you.”
Alex nodded and headed towards the door. He couldn’t believe how the day played out. It started out so wonderful with Eve and ended in disaster. He needed to make sure her show was a huge success and nothing was going to stop him.
He rushed back towards the gallery but realized that he needed to hire a new assistant but didn’t think he could do it alone. He obviously had issues when it came to judging people and called in his reinforcements.
“Hey Alex, how’s the investigation going?” His sister answered the phone.
“Bottom line is Becca screwed me over. She’s at the police station right now. I need your help.”
“Of course, what can I do?”
“I need you to find and hire me a personal assistant. I’ve been through almost five of them and I’m not doing a good job. You are a good judge of people. Find someone and send them over to me.”
“Sure, I can handle that. How fast do you need someone?”
“I’m starting a new exhibit today so why don’t we say next week?”
“Sounds good, I will keep you posted on how things are going. Good luck with the new show.”
“Thanks, I’m looking forward to it. After this afternoon, I need to have some fun.”
Alex hung up with sister and walked into the gallery. Beth ran up to him with some paperwork to sign. “Everything is all set for tonight. I have confirmed with Ms. Matthews’ agent that she will be arriving at seven. We have confirmed with the caterers and everything is all set. We have cleaned the gallery except for your office. We didn’t want to touch anything until you gave us the green light.”
“Thank you, Beth. Please inform the staff that Becca no longer works here and is not permitted anywhere near this gallery.”
“Yes, of course, sir. I hope you don’t mind but I took a picture of Mrs. Mason’s painting and sent a copy of it to my friend. He repairs art work and I thought it was
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