Opulent

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priceless. “What’s she doing here?”
    I started clapping my hands. “Vivian, that was an Oscar performance…”
    She dropped her cigarette on the floor, her eyes darting to both of us. “What the fuck is going on here?” she picked it up again inhaling it.
    “You tell me?”
    Vivian blinked a number of times, trying to collect her thoughts. When you corner a cobra, they start to flare up and bite.
    She picked up the phone. “I’m calling the detective right now. She’s a murderer!”
    We watched as she called. I was insulted that she still tried to play it.
    “Sione is in the carpark. I’ll call him.” I inhaled and picked up my phone to call him. I told him to come up in five minutes. “Vivian, why? After all we’ve been through,” I said. “It’s all over. Your schemes are finished.”
    She put her phone down, puzzled.
    “Felicity was with me last night. She didn’t do it.”
    The gesture infuriated Vivian. She said, “What? You… you, slept with this ugly bitch!”
    “I just want to know why…”
    Vivian held her handbag and stubbed out her cigarette on my leather chair. She had this smug look. “You are the most incompetent businessman I have ever worked for. I couldn’t stand working my arse off while you reaped the benefits. It doesn’t matter, I‘ve planned this ever since this bitch came aboard. The evidence will be overwhelming. Your testimony won't hold up, especially with the video footage.”
    I said, “Why Alex? Why did you kill him!”
    “Ha, the idiot you thought was your friend? He was the biggest backstabber you never thought of. Did he ever confess that I was fucking him too? He was never your friend. I was giving him a blowjob after he picked me up from that party. Gushed come all over his fancy jacket. Men.”
    I speared my fingers through my hair, confused.
    Vivian started laughing. “All Alex was worried about was money. He didn’t care about you! Greedy fuck would have still lived if he hadn’t deviated from my plan. No matter how many times we fucked. Money. I killed him because he was an idiot who tried to have a change of conscience when I set up Felicity with the stock options. I wanted this whore of yours to go away for a very long time.”
    “So that was it. You purposely devalued my shares in Cerberus so I would sell my whole stake. Then you got Alex to try to do the same.”
    “Only I was too late. He sold his share to Sione, who was an undercover detective. Then when he talked to you about selling the rest, I had to do something. He was going to fuck up my options in Cerberus Petroleum. My stocks would have rocketed in value if I had his and yours.”
    “You’ll never get away with this, Vivian…”
    “I have and I will… Nothing beats prudent and meticulous planning.”
    There was silence. Vivian turned to Felicity and eyed her up and down. She said, “You bought this whore earrings? That dress doesn’t even fit her too… Fat bitch.” She turned to me. “It disgusts me that you even fuck something as ugly. Hideous-looking thing. ”
    “I love her, Vivian.”
    She flinched twice. “Urgh… Give me a break, you make me want to fucking gag on your cock. You don’t even know what love is.”
    “I do. And it’s what we made last night.”
    “Fuck you!” Vivian slapped the side of my face. I fell back into my desk. My files, pens and desk lamp fell to the floor. Wincing from the blow, I started laughing.
    Vivian was heated, she said “It sickens me this little slut… thinks, she’s won your heart. After all I’ve done for you!”
    I started to undo the three buttons of my blue suit. Then I unbuttoned the waistcoat. Then my tie, removing the knot. When I began to unbutton my white shirt Vivian's eyebrows raised. I ripped open my shirt to show her the wire.
    I took out the recorder and re-wound it to play everything she said. Her face dropped. The cigarette fell out of her mouth and the red ash fell between us, breaking to pieces on the marble

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