Chapter Thirty Eight

I am not going to sit at home doing nothing. I'm going to look for the person behind this even if I had to go to Larissa's house. Peter came to take Mandy home this morning. I prayed they settle their differences. They had a little bundle of joy on the way and I was going to become an aunt.

Right now, I'm going to look for Larissa and confront her. I looked for the paper Mandy had written her address on. I boarded a taxi

"Take me to Lake Street Avenue"

"Yes ma"

It was time to visit Larissa, I'm going to shock her because she would not be expecting me. I used my time in the taxi to Google on Larissa. I knew nothing about her. I saw a lot of articles about her. She was married to a billionaire for two years. I scoffed, she was calling me a gold digger when she was the gold digger herself. I'm sure she married him because of his money.

There was also news of her cheating and it was rumored to be the cause of her divorce. Not long after her divorce, she was seen with a prominent man in society who was already married. There were also comments about the man's wife beating her up. After that incident, her targets were no longer old men but younger women. She was seen with different men on different occasions, she was allegedly dating them for their money.

Ever since she met Constantine, she didn't want to leave him anymore, she didn't want to get her claws off him because he was the most wanted bachelor and also the richest. Constantine does not spare her a glance anymore and she can't accept that.

"We've arrived"I gave him a $50 bill

"You can keep the change"

"Thank you ma," he said with a wide smile. I looked around the estate and searched for house 15. Her house looked expensive and was not bad at all. It screamed Larissa, I know she won't settle for anything less than a beautiful house after her divorce.

I knocked on the door and she opened it. Imagine her expression when she saw me.

Surprise.

Just like she had come to my house when I never invited her, I was just repaying her. She tried shutting the door in my face but I used my leg to hold it open. I pushed the door harder and she stumbled back and I entered the house. I looked around her house just like she had done when she came to visit me. I'll give her a 10 for the interior of her house.

"How dare you barge into my house like that, I can call the police right now"

"I dare you too. I'll expose you"

"Expose me" she laughed

"What do you have against me that you want to expose. Did you come here to blackmail me?"

"Why did you come to my house and steal what was not yours?"

"Excuse me? What the hell are you talking about?"

"Don't play dumb Larissa, you know what the hell I'm talking about. Where are those designs you took from my house and gave to Caesare? I know you can do anything for money"

"Bitch, I don't know what the hell you are talking about, I don't know about any designs, and who the fuck is Caesare"

I was getting angry. I gripped her upper arm tightly so that I'm sure it would leave bruises.

"I'm going to beat the hell out of you until you bleed and leave you to die in your house if you don't start talking now" I could see fear in her eyes now.

"I...I don't know anything about your designs, I didn't even see them. I barely spent any time in your house"

I let go of her and she fell on her couch holding her arms

"If I find out it was actually you that stole them. God help you Larissa you won't like what I'll do to you" I threatened her and left her house.

In as much as I didn't like Larissa, there was truth in what she said. She barely spent any time in my house. That day, my brother and she were the only people that visited but my brother couldn't have been the one, he knows nothing about designs or Caesare. What if someone burgled my house?  I need to find the person. I would ask the landlord for security footage.

I went back to my apartment not too happy that I didn't find out anything. I also needed to start looking for a job because I couldn't keep living without a job. My bills are not going to be paid magically. I put on my computer and searched for vacancies online. I was looking for any job suitable for me when there was a knock on my door.

I walked to the door.

"Who's that per...." I stopped when I saw who it was. Samantha

"Sam, what are you doing here. Are you not supposed to be at work?"

"I took an off day today. I came to see you"

"Come in"

"Nice apartment you have"

"Thanks. Can I get you something to drink?"

"Water will be fine"

I went to the kitchen and got a bottle of water and gave her.

"Thank you for coming here even though I wasn't expecting you"

"I came to know how you were faring. You left the office that day not happy and you had tears in your eyes. Tell me the truth, did the boss hit you?"

"No, no, he didn't do anything like that. We had a fallout and I quit"

"Was it just a fallout or you don't want me to know"

"It was just a fallout. Trust me"

"Can't you tell me it don't you trust me"

"I made a mistake. A mistake that can't be corrected"

"The mistake was it taking the designs home instead of leaving them in the office"

I paused. How did she know that I took designs home? How did she even know about any design in the first place?

"Design!!!!"

"Sorry, I need to go now"

"Wait" but she left in a hurry. Samantha definitely knew something about that design and I was going to find out.