Celia and the Fairies by Karen McQuestion

Author:Karen McQuestion [McQuestion, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AmazonEncore
Published: 2010-07-24T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

When the kids left the room, Vicky settled back in the recliner and opened her cell phone. She usually had her assistant make her calls, but this was one she wanted to handle personally. By summertime this old ruin of a place, her childhood home—the house that really should have been hers—would be gone.

She envisioned a wrecking ball swinging through the front window and smiled. She’d make sure her sister and that boring husband of hers had time to move out, of course, long before the new highway construction began. She wasn’t that coldhearted. They’d plead and beg, but she wouldn’t give in—if anything, they’d already had the house far longer than they deserved. And this was a fair deal. They’d wind up with enough money to go somewhere else and buy a different, better house. Hopefully far enough away that she wouldn’t have to see them that often. Especially the boy. If she had to hear that Paul whine one more time, she was going to strangle him.

Vicky wanted to be there when her sister got the official news, so she’d lied about her condo being painted and needing a place to stay. Of course, they believed it. Once she was there, she couldn’t resist dropping a hint about the upcoming demolition. The county was considering it, she told them, just wanting to see their reaction. She loved what she saw next.

“They can’t do that!” her sister had shouted. “We’ll fight it. This is our home.”

Her brother-in-law comforted his wife and glared at Vicky through his dorky glasses. “I think you should leave,” he’d said. Then they sent the kid to his room, and the whole thing had blown into a big deal. Vicky finally smoothed things over by saying it wasn’t for sure yet and she’d help them fight it. As if. Then she offered them a thousand dollars for the boy’s college fund. They took it, which was ironic because she doubted Paul would ever be accepted at any college. He didn’t seem bright enough.

The main reason behind this whole project had been to destroy Jonathan Lovejoy’s house. Bulldozed right to the ground, that was the plan. She smiled. That’s what he got for snubbing her and turning down her offer to buy his company. You mess with Vicky McClutchy, you lose big-time. That was the lesson here.

It had been a good day when she was appointed to the county board. The first woman who ever held that position, too. It was only local government and an honorary title, but it was a start. Once she started throwing her money around, she was practically running the place. Making decisions that affected the masses suited her all too well. The public was too stupid to know what was best for them anyway. It didn’t take long after she joined the board before she was completely in charge. Having control of the county board made her a powerful woman. Power and money, that’s what she wanted, and that’s what she had, thanks to her good luck charm.

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