Chapter 59: It Was Never Real

Floyd walked inside his office and slowly sat behind the desk, interlacing cupping his together, placing them on the desk. 

Outside, Lisa stood in awe of the scene before her. "Do you-"

Charlotte slammed the door in Lisa's face. She'd apologize to her later. 

"I'm not even going to ask what you were doing rummaging through my private files," Floyd said, staring Charlotte down. "I assume you read what's in there?"

"I did..." Charlotte said, slowly sitting down on the seat in front of Floyd's desk. 

"Charlotte, that was a misunderstanding. A confabulation that my sister made up. She's always envied me, and this was her way of getting back at me for-"

"I don't care," Charlotte interrupted him. "I couldn't care less what you say happened, Floyd."

Then she began to laugh wholeheartedly, out of anger and relief, but mostly relief, because she had been right about Floyd all along, albeit unknowingly. He had been sitting in tha