Chapter 288 - Friends, sometimes can be the best medicine (2)

14 April, Matthew's villa, City K

Between their laughter, Joan finally spat out "That seems to sum her up."

Rachael, then got her laughter under control and added "You know every time I see her now I am going to think of that song in my head."

Lexi and Joan looked at each other and said, "So says the Elton John fan."

"I am not ashamed to be one. But you two closet fans…"

"Closet fans. We are not as much in your face about liking his music as you are. I actually wonder if you will ever find a life partner given your taste in music," giggled Joan.

"And you singleton cannot talk," retorted Rachael, laughing.

The fun around her, started to make Lexi relax. Having her friends around really was the best medicine she could have at this time. Talking trash and gossiping about things was the perfect distraction. She turned to Rachael and asked, "And there is something more?"

"Absolutely. You know I would not start a gossipy story like this if there was little to it. Paul turned to leave and could see that Abigail Mo was scared about staying there with her mother, who upon spotting her daughter began screaming abuse about how ungrateful of a brat she was in that her mother was doing everything to ensure that she had a perfect marriage."

"Perfect marriage…" spat Joan. "She has no idea what a marriage is meant to be if all the rumours are true about her actions over the years."

"Leaving that to one side, Paul was apparently torn. He turned to Abigail Mo and seeing that she felt terrified in remaining there, swept her into his arms and took her out. Steven, just after noon yesterday turned up at Paul's to check on him yesterday. He knocked and there was no answer, so he used the key Paul gave him in case he needed to get work doc.u.ments. He walked in, unnoticed saw Paul, in a pair of casual pants and an opened shirt sitting on the couch with Abigail Mo, who was in a, skimpy nightdress sobbing in his arms. Steven backed out, quietly shut the door, and called me, because he had no idea about what was happening. I arrived about twenty minutes later, and Steven knocked on the door again, with no answer. Steven opened the door, and we walked in, and Abigail Mo had her head buried on his chest, and Paul was there rubbing her back, telling her everything would be alright. Steven cleared his throat, and Abigail buried herself further into his embrace. Paul was annoyed and started cursing the two of us out for invading his privacy."

Joan laughed and said, "Steven's retort would have been, he gave him a key, and did not deadlock the door, so he only had himself to blame."

Rachael said "True. I moved Abigail out of the way and arranged to be delivered some clothes for Abigail. Steven levelled several allegations of manipulation of a teenager to Paul, who categorically denied it, but I was concerned with Abigail Mo who was worried about what her parents would think. In between her wailing I did get out of her Paul, simply got her away from her mother who she thought would physically hurt her given what had happened. But before I could get into it too much with her, her father arrived. Paul asked us to leave. Steven called me later in the day after he had spoken to Paul about the whole situation, and let me know what he had been told about what happened, but the conversation with CEO Mo. What he told Paul was that when he arrived home, Madam Mo was angry and aggressive, cursing him and ready to force Abigail into an immediate marriage, but also stating that she would pay if she refused to do what she wanted. Paul, apparently for a few days now has a young houseguest."

Lexi and Joan both spluttered, before Lexi said "That is so ridiculous. Paul in charge of an eighteen-year-old. Why not her sister? Maybe I should call Monica." All Joan could do was shake her head. 

"Just leave it Lexi. My parents have already stepped in and taken her to their place. And you know my mother…"

"The overprotective mother hen…"

"Yeah. She has gotten her talking, and my parents even got her father there. It has come out for about the last five years she has been physically abusing Abigail and bringing her in on her twisted activities. According to my parents, she threatened Abigail that if she told about anything, both her parents would abandon her. All she wants is the support of Paul now, so who knows what is going to happen."

"Another messed up set of parents. But Paul being the hero? That is too hard to believe," responded Joan.

Lexi quietly said "There are times that he can be the best person in a crisis. He rarely shows that side of him, but we all know times where he has stood up for someone when others are against him…"

"True," said Rachael nodding.

Before anything else could be said, two maids came out with tea and biscuits, and one said "Madam Rong, we were told to inform you, Master Dominic is happily playing in his room with his new toys," before they slipped away.

When they left, Lexi turned and said "You two, why in the world?"

"Lexi, Sally told us he had been taking Matthew being shot hard, and we wanted to cheer him up a little. Plus it allows us to have a girl time gossip session together.

Lexi responded "Just you two wait until you have children, then Aunty Lexi will come in and spoil them rotten before giving them back to you to cope with…"

"Lexi," said Joan "I will have something called a nanny to help, and they can deal with that so try another threat to me."

Rachael, not being able to help herself simply burst out laughing at the tried and tested threat from Lexi.

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