CHAPTER 6: Whose daughter is she?

"Mom..." Natalie said as tears streamed down from her eyes.

"Nathalie dear, what's wrong? What happened?" Magdalene asked worried for her daughter.

"Mom I can't take it anymore I just can't." Natalie said sobbing non-stop.

"Oh no, what happened to you, dear?" She asked yet again.

"It's Sam mom, he... he.. I love him mom, and all he ever does is go out with that low life, that tramp." she continues to sob uncontrollably.

After calming her down a little, even though the tears kept flowing Magdalene sat down beside her and said,

"Sweetheart let me get this straight. You are in love with Sam but then he is going out with someone else?"

"Yes." She conceded.

"Okay, whose daughter is she?" Magdalene inquired.

"He is going out with some low life, a nobody, a piece of trash. And he loves spending more time with her, he even ditched me for her today. Everything he ever does and thinks is Eleanor, Eleanor this... Eleanor that. Even when we are together he talks only of her." Nathalie uttered angrily and in tears.

"Nathalie my dear listen to me, you and Sam are going to be together I promise. And that tramp he is with right now, I'll make sure their relationship would come to an end I promise you." Magdalene said.

"Really mom you'd do that for me?" Natalie asked with a glimpse of hope in her eyes.

"That and more my dear and I promise, you would be engaged to him right after college." Magdalene said.

"Really?" Nathalie asked and Magdalene nodded.

"I love you mom, I love you so much." Nathalie said and hugged Magdalene.

"I love you more my dear, come on baby girl, go wash up and come have dinner?" Magdalene uttered.

"I am full mom." Natalie replied.

"Alright darling, come on go to bed it's late." She retorted.

Natalie and Magdalene then went to her bedroom, after tucking her (Natalie) to bed.

She left for her room, few minutes later, Magdalene took up the phone and dialed her friend's number and she began yelling.

"Maggie, calm down, what are you talking about, Sam going out with who?" The voice asked.

"Beatrice, I think its a girl named Eleanor or something and believe me, my daughter is really pissed and you know what that does to me." Magdalene said.

"You know what? Let's meet up tomorrow, I will come over and we'll talk better then." Beatrice replied.

"Alright Bea… see you tomorrow." Magdalene said and hung up.

As soon as the call got disconnected, Beatrice Wyatt decided to get to the bottom of this.

'What on earth is Sam doing pissing off our business partners? What do I do with this child of mine? I will get to the bottom of this tonight. I will wait up for him, he must be out of his freaking mind.' She thought.

Hours later, close to midnight at 11:50 to be precise.

The door cringed open and there was Sam, her son walking in with smiles and happiness plastered on his face.

"Where are you coming from so late at night, son?" Beatrice inquired.

"Oh I went out on a date with Eleanor, a girl I really like from school." Sam said happily.

'So it is true, you are seeing this Eleanor.' She thought but didn't voice out.

"Oh nice, well go to bed then, it's a little late past your bedtime don't you think so?" Beatrice replied smiling.

"Yes mum, goodnight... I love you." Sam said and pecked his mother.

"Love you son." Beatrice retorted.

Sam left to his room all the while whistling and the grin just won't leave his face.

When he was out of sight, Beatrice stood up and went to her room after which she dialed a number and said,

"Get me everything you know about a girl named Eleanor that my son has been hanging out with lately, and send it to me first thing tomorrow."

"Yes ma'am" the strange but bold voice replied.

*****

"Good morning ma'am Beatrice." Nanny Carlotta greeted.

"Is Magdalene in, Carlotta dear?" Beatrice asked.

"Yes ma'am, she is in her study and she is expecting you." Carlotta said mildly.

"Okay thanks, will you please get me a cold glass of juice?" Beatrice asked nicely.

"Of course ma'am." Carlotta said and left.

Hearing her voice, Natalie ran down from her room and hugged her so tightly and said,

"Aunt, I have missed you."

"Hey, I miss you too my dear, how are you doing in school Natalie?" Beatrice asked.

"I am doing just fine in school, aunt." She replied humbly.

"Okay dear, run along now, next weekend you'll come visiting okay?" Beatrice said.

"Okay aunt." Natalie said.

With that, Natalie left and ran up to her room feeling elated,

'I am glad, I told mom about this, I am sure they are here to discuss about my relationship with Sam, I will surely be his girlfriend now and not that tramp Eleanor.' Natalie thought as she jumped on her bed in excitement.

"Hey Mag..." Beatrice greeted.

"Come in, I was really pissed off last night." Magdalene said more calmly.

"I felt it in your tone, well you don't have to worry about that, I got it all covered. Last night I waited up for Sam and he came back home by 11:50 PM close to midnight, that girl must be a bad influence on my son. I thought he was just living a normal college life with friends and was playing around but I was wrong." Beatrice said.

"What do you mean by that?" Magdalene asked.

A knock was heard on the door and Nanny Carlotta came in with two cold glasses of juice for them both and headed out.

"As we were saying, when he came back home happy and all, I thought it was a bit strange, and then I confronted him about his coming home late but then he said, he was coming from a date with an Eleanor and that he really likes her. That was when I knew this wasn't something, I could just fix myself." Beatrice replied.

"So what are your plans then?" Magdalene asked.

"I called up my private investigator immediately and asked him to update me and he did, what I saw was devastating." Beatrice said with sadness.

"What is it? What have you found out?" Magdalene asked getting curious.

"You should see it for yourself… here." Beatrice said handing Magdalene the information which was sent earlier that day to her phone.

While she gulps down the cold glass of juice, she was quite thirsty.