Burn Those Who Burned Me novel Chapter 43

Chapter 43

“Keep your voice down!”

Thomas barked as he looked around the room to make sure no one noticed. Amber suddenly stepped beside Danielle rubbing her back as if to calm her

down.

“Dani, sweetie don’t yell. We’re going to figure out something…right.”

Amber cut her eyes over at Thomas causing his irritation to rise. All of them were useless!

“I don’t know, perhaps if your sons had informed me of him being here BEFORE confronting Michaels I could have got in front of it.”

Thomas glared at Darius, his eyes reddening with fury. Darius walked directly to Thomas face leaving little room between them.

“Or maybe if you hadn’t locked my sister in fuckin shed for three days nearly killing her none of this would have happened.”

Danielle, Davis, and Amber’s face all ashen at Darius‘ words. Daniel however, stood quiet. The image of Rabena in that shed still haunted him to this day. Thomas stared at Darius with a smug look. Letting out a scoff,

“Your sister? Don’t make me laugh Crest. You practically cheered me on when I put her in there.”

Darius gripped Thomas’s collar, eyes glaring with rage. The Crests soon bunched in front of the two men trying their best to prevent a scene. They weren’t aware that both Damon and Rabena were watching the whole thing.

“Darius, let him go!”

Davis spoke in a low and pleading tone, but Darius was seeing red. Thomas let out low chuckle.

“Tell me something Darius, those three days she was locked up…did you check on her even once?”

Thomas’s words hit Darius like a tone of bricks. During Rabena’s three–day hold, he’d spent those days with the rest of the family celebrating Danielle’s birthday. He didn’t think about Rabena not one time. The blood slowly drained from Darius‘ face as a sudden realization seeped in. He had no right to be upset. Letting go of his collar, Darius stalked away. The remaining Crests let out a low sigh of relief. Amber’s thoughts began to run wild; she blamed Rabena for all of this, it was HER fault why her family was falling apart.

Thomas looked over into the crowd trying to spot Aaron, he had to move fast and secure this deal before the Crests all screw everything up.

“I’m going to find Michales and his fiancé. Hopefully I can secure this deal before your sons ruin everything.”

Daniel had reached his limit; Thomas’s arrogance was pissing him off.

“Hey Lockwood, let’s be clear about something. Rabena was YOUR wife, and maybe if you had been even a half decent husband instead of having your head up Danielle’s ass you would have known she was the one that wrote that proposal and got you that meeting. So don’t try and put this on us, you’re the one that fuck this up!”

Thomas opened his mouth to say something but closed it quickly after. He had no rebuttal to Daniel’s harsh words because everything he said was true. If he had been a better husband, none of this would have happened. Thomas turned to leave looking for Michaels. As he stalked away, thoughts of Rabena started to flood his mind. How she would always cook for him because he had a special diet, how she organized all of his paperwork and kept everything in order. Even though he did not respect their marriage or even her, Rabena still performed her duties as a perfect wife. Never bothering or nagging him, never asking for money or expensive gifts, always supporting him while maintaining grace. Even after securing this deal, Thomas made up in his mind that he would find Rabena and remarry her. This time he would do her right. Spotting Aaron speaking with some guests, Thomas walked up to him with a big smile.

“Chairman Michaels, if you’re okay with it, I’d like

pick back up where we left of the other day. Your fiancé, I’d love to meet her.”

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