Chapter 93

"What?" she asked, having lost her train of thought.
"What were you looking for?"
"Looking for?" she questioned back to him. "Oh, yeah, my purse," she stuttered as her face heated up with embarrassment.
"Why?"
"I need to give you money to get the groceries," she said, waving the list.
Benjamin took the list from her hand and smiled at her. "I have money, love."
Her mouth dropped open as he walked away. "Leave it for now," she muttered to herself but knew that Benjamin and she may soon have their first falling out. Strangely, it would mimic a lot of the fights that Derrik and she always had. Only now, it would be about getting Benjamin to agree to let her pay her share, instead of Derrik not paying his.
She groaned and rubbed her face, before turning back to the sink to clean and sterilize the breast milk containers. When she was finished, she walked into the living room and peeked into the bassinettes.
She liked the boys close to her when she was downstairs, so Benjamin surprised her with the bassinettes. She smiled upon seeing that they were both still fast asleep. She moved away from them and started to clean up the living room.
She was just about done when she heard the doorbell. She walked to the door, looked out of the side window, and saw Emily standing there.
"Hi, Emily," she greeted as she opened the door.
"Hey, Pandora, I brought this over for the boys. The nurses all chipped in to buy them gifts."
Pandora looked down to see she had a few bags and flowers in her hands. "Come on in. Benjamin just stepped out to the store."
Emily followed her into the living room and peeked into the bassinettes. "They are as cute as I remembered them to be. Do you mind if I snap a few photos of them for the girls?"
"No?" she said but it seemed to come out as a question.
"The whole ward is excited to see them, we just love babies," Emily informed her as she snapped a few pictures. "I'll make sure some of the photos get put up in Benjamin's office, just so a few of those tramps know they don't stand a chance."
Pandora snorted, shaking her head. "Would you like coffee?"
"Please, and I also brought some yummy treats for us to munch on."
"I'll be right back," she said, walking into the kitchen, grateful there was still milk. "Do you still take two sugars?" she called into the living room, knowing that Emily used to take two sugars in her coffee, from when she worked at a cafe near their school.
"Yes, please."
She made Emily coffee and hot, sweet, decaf tea for herself. She was pouring the hot water into her cup when the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it," Emily called, and Pandora walked into the living room just in time to see her hair bouncing as she walked down the hallway.
"Okay then," she said, turning back to the kitchen.
"Raegan! RAEGAN!" Pandora heard Emily scream as she carried their cups into the living room. When she entered, she saw a woman who was around five-foot-seven and looked like a Stepford wife.
"Hello?" she muttered as Emily was hissing lowly at the woman.
"Oh, thank heavens, Benjamin has finally hired a maid. Sweet Jesus, he does have some common sense after all!"
"Uh..." She trailed off and her eyes went to Emily, who was glaring at the woman as she was texting on her phone.
"Raegan, Benjamin is not here, so you have to leave," Emily stated.
"Raegan," Pandora muttered, interrupting Emily. Emily's eyes flashed to hers and she nodded at Pandora, telling her it was, in fact, Benjamin's ex.
"No, bitch, I'm not going anywhere. The fact is that you need to leave. I can't believe you're still staying here, trying to worm your way into his bed!" Raegan huffed and flicked her hair over her shoulder. "I'm sorry that your—whatever he was to you—beat you up, but it's time to get back in the saddle."
Raegan's eyes moved from Emily, who looked angry, and landed on the boys. "Ew, so gross. You had babies? Damn it, Emily, I'm going to have to fumigate this place now."
"No, the boys are mine," Pandora snapped and Raegan looked at her.
"You mean to tell me that he lets the hired help bring her kids here?" she asked and turned back to Emily. "This has to be your doing; you're so low-class and trashy!" Raegan yelled as she pointed her finger in Emily's face. "If it weren't for you, I would be Mrs. Benjamin Parks!"
Emily snorted, and Pandora coughed.
"How the hell would you have done that? Even if you drugged and kidnapped him, it wouldn't have worked." Emily laughed, holding up her hand. "I can totally see it all play out: Do you, Benjamin, take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?"
Emily covered her mouth with her hand and started to shake her head violently, as she let out a muffled shout of ‘no’.
"We would've been married, and it was your fault we had the fight at Missy's wedding."
"Her name is M-A-I-S-E-Y—that is pronounced Maisey, you stupid ass. Furthermore, you're full of shit. He didn't marry you because you're a whore. I mean, seriously, you fucked more people while you were his girlfriend than the best whores in Vegas see for business in a month!" Emily argued back.
"Besides, none of this is relevant since Benjamin is already married!"
"Yeah, right, like he married a washed-up whore like you!" Raegan snarled back.
"She's talking about me," Pandora said sweetly, walking over to her. "I am not like you and wouldn't call someone a whore or a slut, even if they were acting ridiculous as you are right now." Pandora made sure her eyes glanced down her body and put on a look of disgust.
"But the tag on your panties is showing and it says, next." She barely held in her laughter when the woman looked to check the back of her skirt to make sure no tag was showing.
Emily joined her in snorting at Raegan.
"But anyway, it's time for you to leave now. I will let Benjamin know you dropped by, Rachel." She made sure to say her name wrong.
"Well, I never—"
"Yeah, right!" Emily blurted out, interrupting her.
"I am not leaving until Benjamin tells me to go," Raegan said with a wobbling lip.
"How about fuck off?" They all jumped and turned to see an angry Benjamin standing there.
"What?" Raegan said, sounding shocked.