He Laughed at My Tears, Now He Cries Alone Chapter 05

He Laughed at My Tears, Now He Cries Alone Chapter 05

“You?”

“What are you going to do to me?”

“What are you going to do? Scratch me a little in bed?”

Another roar of laughter filled the room.

“Is Derek really going to let her go?”

“She was with him through his toughest years, for Christ’s sake.”

“So what?”

“A family like the Lawsons would never let a woman with no connections through the front door.”

“Claire Monroe, you’re too naive.”

“With that face and that body, at our level, the best you can hope for is to be some rich guy’s mistress.”

“Whether or not I’m fit to be seen in public isn’t for any of you to decide.”

“I’ll say this one last time.”

“Get out of this bathroom. Now.”

“Otherwise, I’ll be suing every one of you for sexual harassment.”

“Sue us?”

“Claire Monroe, this is Staten Island.”

“Derek owns this place—the people, the connections.”

“You really think calling the cops will do anything?”

“Before they even get to the gate, he’ll be the first one they call.”

I turned to look at Derek.

He exhaled a plume of smoke, his eyes filled with nothing but derision.

Tiffany clapped her hands together.

“You really are from a small town.”

“You have no idea how things work in our world.”

I let a corner of my mouth lift in a humorless smile.

“So in your world, having money means you can treat people like objects?”

“You can humiliate anyone you want?”

“Of course.”

“What else is money for?”