“Richelle, I’m a mom. I know how beneficial two thousand tax free dollars can be. We can do this the easy way or the hard way. You can take the money and give us the room key. Or my sister can put the money back in her purse and I’ll knock you out and look the registry up myself. How would you like to handle this matter?” Eve asked as she slid the new bills in Richelle’s direction.

Based on the names alone, Richelle was able to put two and two together and understand exactly what was going on. It wasn’t her place to get involved in familial disputes. She didn’t get paid enough for that. Nodding her head she said,

“Envy Merci. Room 305. It’s across from the elevator,” Richelle said as she slid the room key to Eden as she pulled the money backwards.

“Thank you,”

Eden’s hands shook and her eyes twitched when she pushed the number three button to go to the third floor. The feelings that were taking over her body were new.

“You already know that what you’re about to see is fucked up. There’s no coming back from watching your husband having sex with someone else. Our sister, our enemy. Do you think you can handle seeing that?” Eve asked as the elevator chimed and stopped on the third floor.

“No, I won’t be able to handle it. But I need to see it anyway. It’ll justify everything that’s going to come,” Eden said as she stepped off the elevator and stepped directly in front of room 305.

Loud theatrical screaming and pounding could be heard as soon as the elevator door opened.

“It’s go-time lil’ sis,” Eve said as her nostrils flared.

Eden’s hand shook as she placed the plastic card in the door and watched the light turn green. She pushed the door with so much force that the cheap chain lock at the top of the door flew across the room.

“What the fu-”

Jermaine’s sentence was cut short when Eve and Eden burst into the room. His dark skin turned white as a ghost as he stared into his wife’s face.

Regret aged his face by ten years. His vocal cords seized as he fought for words.

Eve wasted no time. She wanted no parts of a stare off, she attacked Envy with the ferocity of a lion on a gazelle.

Envy screamed. The attack was so vicious that strangers would’ve never guessed that the two women were blood sisters. Envy tried to escape, but the sheets that she used to cover her nudity were wrapped around her legs.