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She opened her mouth about to take that leap of faith, when all too soon there was a sudden banging on the door.
“George, man, I need to talk to you.”
Anna-Beth knew what her brother’s voice sounded like, and she couldn’t help but feel a quick sense of panic at the sound.
“Shit!”
George looked at her.
“I’ll hide in the bedroom,” she said, quickly getting to her feet, and rushing into the bedroom. None of their clothes were on the floor, as they’d already taken a quick shower. Seconds passed, and then she heard the door open and she cringed, because she’d left her wineglass. Hopefully, Malcolm wouldn’t notice it and ask about his company.
“It’s not like you to show up like this,” George said.
“Yeah, man, I’m sorry, it’s just … there is a lot going on right now, and I kind of need your advice,” Malcolm said.
She’d never heard her brother sound so lost before in her life, and she couldn’t help but wonder what had him so concerned.
All she wanted to do was peek through the door, but she stayed behind it. There was no way she was going to close it now, as that would bring too much attention to George.
“Can’t it wait?” George asked.
“No. It’s about Anna-Beth.”
“Anna-Beth.”
She tensed up at her name.
“Yeah, my sister. How is she doing?”
“She’s, uh, she’s great,” George said. “Actually, there’s something I want to talk to you about.”
“She’s doing great?” Malcolm asked.
Anna-Beth had no idea why they would even be talking about her. Why did Malcolm have doubts about her abilities?
“Dude, what the fuck?” George asked. “You do know your sister is a hard worker, right?”
She heard Malcolm start to laugh.
“I’m serious.”
The laughter stopped and it felt like a deathly silence fell over them. Anna-Beth wanted to be out there so badly, to see what was going on. Instead, she stayed put in the bedroom as she didn’t want to put George on the spot like that.
Her nerves had started to grow.
Was he regretting being with her?
She could understand why. Her brother had clearly dumped her on him in the hope of her becoming someone else’s problem.
“You don’t have a single clue what Anna-Beth is capable of, do you?” George asked.
“Clearly, you’re talking about someone else. My sister does nothing but cause issues. She nearly fucked over the company.”
“No, she didn’t,” George said. “What she doesn’t do is break the law or treat people like they’re complete and total shit.”
“Whoa, George, dude, what’s going on?”
“Simple, I know what you and your family are capable of, and yet, because Anna-Beth won’t do any of that shit, you ship her off to me, or worse, you’re going to find someone to marry her off to.”
