FORTY NINE

Marie stood outside the Winters Architecture massive twenty storey office building. She was sandwiched among a crowd of spectators wondering what the commotion was all about. In retrospect, Marie had come to see Jane, well, ask her for money was more like it. She had unfortunately used up most of her one million funds by then and was hoping to ask for more. After all, her stepdaughter was now the darling wife of Daniel Winters. THE Daniel Winters of Winters Architecture. She pressed her hands to her cheeks to suppress a giggle. This was all too good to be true.

A young girl in a neon yellow tank top accidentally stepped on her high heels and Marie let out a blood piercing howl.

“Hey! Watch it! You just stepped on my Jimmy Choos!” she shrieked, looking down at her expensive red pumps in horror. Her fist in the air, she shouted, “Do you know who I am?”

The young girl took one look at her and popped chewing gum into her mouth. “Look gr