Chapter 75 Mrs Clancy's Granddaughter
Noah's POV:
My weekend is pretty crappy. Not seeing Eden puts a real dampener on my mood. We text frequently but I feel a little distant, still too annoyed and confused. Of course, for her part she's completely oblivious. She's unaware that I know anything at all. I make up another excuse for why I can't see her on Sunday.
I still don't know how I'm supposed to feel and so I try to distract myself with paperwork. It doesn't really work but it's better than moping about feeling sorry for myself.
It's insane to think I tried to fire Mrs Clancy's granddaughter. I guess I should count my lucky stars that Eden forgave me for that, rather than feeling angry with her for lying. But it's easier said than done.
I want an explanation but I'm obviously not going to get one. At least not today.
It's possible that Mrs Clancy asked Eden to look into the company's finances, I guess. And I was trusted to help?
But Eden had seemed just as shocked as I'd felt when we found out. I don't think that was a lie... But how would I know? Everything has been a lie. Right for the start...
Crap... I even told Eden that Mrs Clancy might be in on it. D*mn it! The last thing I need is for my boss to think I'm suspicious of her. This whole thing is more than I bargained for. How did I get myself roped into all of this?
I consider calling Eden. I want to see her but it's late, already past ten o'clock. I want to ask her why she lied to me but I guess I didn't really give her a chance when we first met. I was hardly the most welcoming boss she could have asked for.
A fake name though? Is her surname even Winters? Surely, it's actually Clancy? Isn't a fake name taking things a little far? It's the difference between her intentionally lying to me and her just not telling me the truth.
I try to convince myself that she'll have a reason for all this but it's hard to imagine what that could be. What possible reason could there be for all this deception? I guess she might be trying to learn the ropes before taking over the family business. The family business... My first conversation with Eden comes to mind, when she told me about her Clancy doll house. That story was perhaps the closest she's gotten to telling me about her true identity.
She is that family legacy that I'd been bashing her about. No wonder she was so angry with me after that incident. Angry enough to tell me she was quitting on her very first day. Those doll's houses mean more to her than anyone else; a connection to her dead father and yet I'd spoken so callously about it. What had I called it, a lucky find in a charity shop. Now I really feel like a jerk.
There are things I want to know and things I want to say, apologies I want to make. I'm impatient at the best of times but I tell myself not to think about it. She'll tell me when she's ready. That seems like the reasonable thing to do. I'll just need to wait.
When morning comes, I've barely slept. I shower quickly and get ready. Usually, I'd be eager to get to work, looking forward to everything my team is doing, not to mention excited to see Eden. But now I just feel worried that I won't be able to act normally. Last night I decided that I'd wait for her to tell me the truth, that I'd trust that she has good reason to lie to me, but that means I have to act like nothing is wrong. And I'm not sure I can do that.
She might have been able to lie to me, but I don't think I can do the same.
I follow the same routine I always do, popping into the cafe across the road from the company to buy us both a coffee. The only bright side is that I have a meeting this morning so I won't be seeing too much of her. It does mean I have to face Mrs Clancy though. And now knowing that she probably knows what I said to Eden, I'm not looking forward to it.
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