We Listened to the Darkness by Sorin Px 452
452–Maybe We Are Winning
Yuvonne:
“Hey, how are you?”
Seeing Sherry coine to see me was really a surprise. I thought she would not associate with me after what had happened at the court.
I knew people could be opportunistic. Even though Sherry and I had been friends for a while, I did not expect her to visit me with a pizza box, a cake, and other food.
“Did you think I’m starving here?” I asked, giving her a mild smile.
I was sitting in the lounge, doing nothing and staring at the TV while a movie played that I was not even watching anymore.
“Come on, eat some food with me, and then I’ll give you good news,” Sherry said as she started to unbox all the food in front of me.
“Wait, what good news? Say it first,” I demanded.
“So, I hired a PR team to spread the news about Graham and Elgin threatening to kill Baxter if Madeline did not sleep with them” She paused, and then a wide smile covered her lips. “And you know what? It seems like the news is spreading fast.”
As she finished, my eyes widened. I jumped on the couch and pulled my legs under me so I could sit facing her.
“Do you think people are believing it?” I asked excitedly.
“I mean, you did not give me a full recording. It was just small chunks of it.” She paused, waiting for my reaction.
I leaned back on the couch and lowered my head in defeat.
“That is because I was in their mansion, and I did not want the door to open and for them to see me. They would have come after me. At the time, I could only record from outside the door, and Silver and Kaylee were standing ahead of me. Otherwise, I would have gotten caught,” I explained as I recalled the day when I took over the maid’s face and brought their wives to save Madeline.
I had wanted better footage of them exposed, but leaking someone’s nudes was not something I was willing to do. I had decided not to stoop that low. I wanted to do things the right way now.
“Well, it doesn’t matter. Whatever you got on the audio has already started a buzz. Let me show you some of the