Babies

Clara tried very hard to blend with the people around her, but the socialite always walked out or gave off the attitude that she was not needed around them, feeling lonely and unwanted. Her fighting spirit was reduced to nothing .

Feeling dejected, she glanced at the direction Tony was just going and caught sight of him passing information to his cold boss. She smiled at the sight of her husband. He had protected her well tonight, so she didn't want to cause him more trouble tonight, so it was time to go. She clearly doesn't belong to such a gathering.

With this she quietly searched for her uncle with her eyes. She saw him chatting happily with Mr Johnson and his daughter. Not wanting to disturb him, she raised her hand and gave him a signal. Luckily, he saw her, but due to the distance between them, he couldn't grab what she was saying and he just waved her off.

Furious, she left, determined to go without him.

but a beautiful lady with a friendly smile stopped her. Since her stay here tonight, nobody has tried to talk to her. No, let's rephrase that , after what happened tonight, nobody tried to approach her, so when this lady smiled at her, her hope was restored once again and she smiled back at her..

" Hello, Mrs Reynold, it's Amanda , the lady said with a big smile, and Clara smiled back happily. This lady was the first person who had used this name to address her since she got married.

"Please call me Clara," she said, and the lady immediately corrected herself politely.

"Ms Clara, why don't you join me and my friends over there for a while ? "

"Really ? Can I? " She asked, excitement written on her face. Finally, she can have some fun tonight..

"Hmm, why not? if Ms Clara wants to, we can accompany her for the rest of the night ". She was so polite and friendly that Clara could not find a reason to decline such an invitation.

"Of course I want to, " she quickly said, happy that she had met another friend, she readily followed her lead, as she took her to a table with a group of ladies her age are gathering, happily chatting.

"Hi ladies, see who will be joining us tonight , Ms Clara ," Amanda loudly introduced Clara to get everyone's attention.

When they saw Clara, their discussion came to an end and they forced a smile to welcome her.

"Mrs Reynold, you came on time. We were actually about to start a new game. Want to join" a lady who introduced herself as Sarah asked, offering Clara a seat.

Hearing this, Clara's excitement knew no bond and, without thinking, she accepted the invite and sat among them.

"Yes Ms Clara, in fact, this game would never be complete without you, right?" another lady called Ann added with a smile.

" Exactly" they all said before they started laughing. Amanda, who was behind Clara, raised her glass towards Jennifer, who in turn gave her a thumbs up. Their plan was going to be a success.

" so miss Clara, this game is about a special couple and where you are needed the most is the role of the wife who happens to be a lunatic like you." Another lady said, filling in for her role.

With this statement, Clara woke up from her dream of having a lot of friends and she started noticing that the people around her were not being sincere. Their smiles were all fake. They never wanted to befriend them at first, it was all a charade they made up just to mock and laugh at her.

"Sorry, I just remembered that I needed to be somewhere. I am really sorry"she apologized, trying to leave the presence of these stupid people, but who is she kidding? Will they let her go?

"Not so fast, Mrs Reynold, the fun is yet to begin", Amanda, who hadn't said anything, quickly added, seeing that this stupid woman wanted to ruin their plan.

Clara looked at the lady who was smiling so friendly at her a few moments ago, now talking so aggressively to her..

" Since you don't know that a lunatic like you is supposed to be at the mental hospital and not in the arms of one of our wealthy business men, we will be glad to show you, " Sarah said rudely.

" Really? So you want to teach me about the game ? You should have said so earlier." Clara said, gathering all her courage she could gather. If she kept on allowing these lunatics to bully her, she would never be able to stand beside her man.

" Why don't we play another game? This one doesn't seem that interesting to me ", she suggested, taking back her position.

The ladies were surprised that she could talk back at them, but they were not ready to give up. If they did, they would end up on the black list of J J and none of them wanted that.

"No, Mrs Reynold, this is more interesting than any other game ". Ann was quick to reject her suggestion.

"Then am not interested, you are all adults. Couldn't you tell it's so boring . Even a 3-year-old wouldn't want to play such games and a lunatic like me can tell how boring it will be. Why would noble ladies like yourselves want to play such a game? Are you babies? "with this she left a satisfied smirk.

The women were speechless. Did a lunatic just insult them ?, "she.. she just called us babies? "Sarah gnashed her teeth in annoyance, her face red in anger.

A jubilant Clara ran into the dark garden laughing alone. " stupid women, that serves them right."

Meanwhile, a tall figure was looking at her and his lips curved into a smile. He had always known that this wife of his had a strong side, she was never as gentle as she looked, she only needed some to boost her self-esteem.

"The madam was a really cool boss." Tony commended with a thumbs up.

" Tony counts how many people are involved in this and calls the mental hospital to tell them that some of their patients have escaped, and make sure they won't come out for a week. "With that, he left, leaving Tony standing there with his mouth wide open enough to fit in an egg. ' Boss you've turned on your wife protecting mode'