Chapter 4

Suzie

S eeing Holly's family yesterday was an eye-opener, and I now fully understand why she feels as she does. Telling both myself and Liv about her jealous sister had us both popping our eyes open, but to see the spite on ‘ Car-Lot's ' face first-hand had us both understanding fully what she had been through in the past.

I'm happy that Holly got the jewelry she had hidden away, and her mother hadn't found it. I know we all three are sickened by what has happened to us, and we want revenge.

I'm going to have a quick shower, throw on sweatpants and a tee shirt, and place an order for pizza delivery as we are having a war council meeting.

Two hours later, sitting around the coffee table, the TV turned off, and looking from one to the other, Holly starts the conversation.

"First, I want to say thank you to you both for coming with me to get the jewelry box. It means a lot to me and is worth a lot of money. The two necklaces are worth about $120,000, and that's why my mother wanted to get her hands on them. One is valued higher than the other, but even so, she'd be happy to sell either, so she can spend the money to impress her charity friends. I do not know why the monster-in-law gave them to me?

"Second, I want to get revenge on my sister. I don't care one hoot about Clyde. He can take a hike for all I care. He's landed himself with…" making air quotes as she says, "Car-Lot. Now he can lie in the bed he's made and believe me, he's going to regret it."

"Well, I feel the same about Gary. I want my revenge, too. Piece of low life. But how are we going to get revenge, Suzie?" Liv asks and I grin, because I can rope in my bosses, they love to have some fun with this kind of thing.

"I nominate we start our very own revenge club…What do you say, ladies?" I ask, grinning like a fool, I'm sure. "What about we call it the WoMen and Revenge Club? See if we make it a capital W and M it shows women or men can be part of it. We can help each other get over cheating assholes, rather than slink away licking wounds."

"I can live with that. I think it's catchy, and I like that men could join us too. I mean, it's not only women that get cheated on," Holly smirks and Liv nods in full agreement.

Holding my hand in the air, fist clenched, Holly and Liv fist bump and we all dissolve into hysterical laughter.

"Okay, I'll arrange for the bosses to come for a meal, and we can discuss what to do while we eat. You know they all love a home-cooked meal, because let's face it, the bimbos they step out with are just that." I state with a straight face, but looking at Holly and Liv, the face doesn't stay straight for long.

The weekend soon came around and Noah, Slade, and Benjamin were coming for the meal. Liv and Holly have made sure the dining room is set up and ready, and I've cheated and had an order delivered from a local restaurant. I know the manager so now owe him a favor but it'll be worth it.

The front door opens and Noah walks in with Slade and Benjamin behind him. They are three damn good-looking men, and it's a shame none have a woman they want a lifetime with.

Noah is 6' 1", with short black hair, gray eyes, and an athletic build. Slade is blonde, with shoulder-length hair with natural waves, blue eyes, 5' 11", and well developed but not over-muscled like a bodybuilder. Benjamin is 6' 3", with cropped brown hair, and brown eyes that are like warm caramel, and he works out for sure, having a six-pack any man would be proud of and any woman would like to lick.

I kiss all three on the cheek and drag Noah to the dining room. "Take a seat, everyone. I'll bring out the food and you can all help yourselves."

Holly and Liv help me bring all the serving dishes onto the table and I can't help but giggle when Benjamin dives into the tray with the sliced meat. I got a selection of beef, pork, and lamb and he takes a portion of each.

We talk as we eat, and the atmosphere is lovely. Liv was a little shy, but she's come around as the conversation has gone along.

"I'm going to look for another job. I'm sick of the dental practice, and the boss has told us he's going to have to drop our salary or lose a person, so I told him to lose me by the end of the month. He wasn't happy as he was aiming to lose one of the newer women, but he's doing less, putting more work on us, and I'm done. I don't get a great salary, so I'm going to look for something better. A secretary, personal assistant, or something along those lines." Liv has a light blush as she speaks and I'm not sure if it's embarrassment, anger, or upset.

"I have a position becoming vacant in three weeks. My secretary, if you can call her that, is leaving, not because she wants to leave, but because she is totally useless and I gave her the boot. The office is a mess as she can't file worth shit." Benjamin says and we all turn to look at him because he's only had that secretary for a month.

"I can do that if you'll give me a chance." Liv quickly replies. "I'm good at filing, can use a computer, and good at following orders."

Benjamin gives her a steady look, then nods, smiling. "Okay, you can get a start day from Suzie here…" pointing his fork at me, "I'll give you a month's trial and if you work out okay, I'll give you a six-month contract to start with."

"Thank you so much, I'll not let you down, I promise." Liv is beaming and has a flush on her face that suits her.

Slade speaks after he drinks a glass of iced water. "So, what did you invite us here for, Suzie? Because it wasn't just to eat, I'm sure."

Shit, they know me too well. Now I'm embarrassed and a blush creeps up into my neck and cheeks. Slade chuckles and flicks his eyes at Noah, whose eyebrows have raised while looking at me.

"Okay, we are forming a club. We three have all been cheated on by our ex-husbands or partners. We don't want to be bitter and twisted about it, but we want revenge. My idea came from speaking to one of you…" I flick my eyes from one to another because I don't want to get one of them in trouble. "We all three want to play pranks on our ex, and the women that were part of the cheating. We wouldn't do anything horrid, just things that make their lives shit for a short while."

Slade laughs, then turns to look at Noah and Benjamin. "I'm in. I think all cheaters need a dose of ‘take that'. They don't consider anyone's feelings but their own. I don't think it's just men cheating, it's women too. You know the saying, ‘It takes two to tango'. So yeah, I'm in."

"I'm in, just because I get bored, and you all work for us now," Noah laughs and turns to look at Benjamin.

"Okay, I'm in. But I'm not going to be around too much as I've contracts to go talk over with clients. When I'm here, I'm in if you need me." Lifting his glass to the center of the table, Benjamin gives me a shit-eating grin, so I know he's not as averse to this as he tried to make out. We all lift our glasses and chink together, sealing the deal.

"So, what are you calling this club?" Slade asks.

"WoMen And Revenge [WAR] Club." I make sure he knows it's a capital W and M and why.

"Love it," Slade says and grins. "WAR, love it. Let the revenge begin."

"You know what happened to me," I say, looking at Noah, and when he leans over and squeezes my hand gently, I smile at him. "Holly's sister cheated with her husband, which makes them both shitty people. But Holly's parents were disgusting and were telling Holly to be okay with it for her sister's sake. Well, Car-Lot has it coming because we want revenge on her, Clyde, her ex-husband, and the parents who, by the way, run in a circle which we can sour for them."

"Why are you calling her Car-Lot?" Benjamin asks.

"When I was young, I couldn't say Charlotte, so she was Car-Lot, but now we call her that because she hates it. Nothing better than pissing her off," Holly laughs.

"Oh yeah, we sure pissed her off calling her that, and Charlie and Wini. It was freaking great seeing the look on their faces and the monster-in-law's."

We all laughed some more before settling back down to the conversation.

"What about you Liv? What's your story?" Slade asks.

Sighing, Liv rubs her forehead. "I wasn't married, Gaz and I lived together for seven years. I thought things were good. I worked hard and thought he was working hard. I went away on a dental convention with my boss, and to cut the story short, I called Gaz and he was with a woman and I heard her in the background. I quickly packed up my stuff from the apartment and left. I'm now ignoring his calls and moving on with my life."

"You know you are better off without these assholes, don't you? You all three deserve better than them. Anyone who cheats as they have doesn't deserve you to stick with them. Pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and let's get revenge," Noah chuckles.

The evening was a good one. We enjoyed the meal, the conversation, and the ideas that were thrown about. We first need to get all the information together that we need to get the ultimate revenge on each of them involved. I can't wait, it's going to be awesome.

The phone I have, which is Liv's, pings, and looking down at it where I'd only a few minutes prior placed it after clearing the table, I see it's Gary ‘Gaz', the asshole.

Asshole: You owe me money for the lease

False-Liv: I owe you nothing. Get your girlfriend to give you cash.

Asshole: You owe me it from when you lived here

False-Liv: Nope, if we get down to it you owe me half a month as I left you mid-month, and I'd paid for the entire month already

Asshole: I need you to pay me money to keep the apartment

False-Liv: Again, ask the GF cause I'm giving you nothing

Asshole: What happened to you?

False-Liv: You did!

Benjamin takes the phone out of my hand and reads the messages, then types out a message, sending it before I can read it.

False-Liv: Hey dude, I'm Liv's new man, leave her the FK alone or you'll regret it

Asshole: Who the fuck is that?

False-Liv: I told you Liv's new man, dumbass

Before any of us can say anything, Benjamin turns off the phone and throws it onto the table. Taking in the look on our faces, he throws his head back, laughing. "Prank delivered," he states with a serious face now, and we all just continue staring in shock.

"Well, that was telling him, Benj. I'd have loved to see his face," Slade chuckles. Liv stands from the table, walks up and down the dining room twice, then starts to giggle.

"That was cool, and I can just imagine his face. He'd think I was sitting around waiting for him to come to his senses. But what he forgot was that I came to mine." Walking over to Benjamin, Liv holds her fist out for a bump, which he delivers with a smirk.

"Anytime, Liv, anytime. I'm up for messing with the asshole." Benjamin chuckles and I notice Slade and Noah are nodding in agreement, too.

"Okay, we'll get together again next week. In the meantime, we find out who they cheated with and everything we can find on them. We need all the information we can get. What hairdresser they use, where they grocery shop, work, family, leave no stone unturned." Slade has his phone out and is making notes on the app he uses all the time. This tells me this is going to be done like a military operation and should be successful without too much, if any, fallout.