Chapter 1

Cinderella got out of her car and walked across the parking lot. Coming up to the door, she opened it up and walked into the building.

“ Good morning, Cinderella. Um … there is a Mr. Robertson here to see you and he is waiting for you in your office.” Betty said, as her boss came into the building.

“ Good morning, Betty. Great, I wonder what he wants. Please hold my calls until he leaves.” Cinderella said, before heading down the hallway to her office.

“ Yes, ma’am.” Betty said, before the phone began to ring.

Cinderella walked down the hallway and stopped in front of the door that was her office. She began taking a couple of deep breaths and then letting the air out, before opening the door.

“ Mitchell, this is such a surprise.” Cinderella walked in the room.

“ Cinderella, you look great.” Mitchell watched Cinderella come up to him and giving him a friendly hug.

“ Thank you. So, what can I do for you this morning? From the look on your face, I have a feeling that it involves Lucinda.” Cinderella sat down in her chair.

“ Well, you guessed it. She is claiming that the house that you live in belongs to her and that also goes for this company too. There might be a couple of other things too.” Mitchell handed over a folder to Cinderella.

“ I see. Well, we both know that the house is all mine. What the? … Now she is going way to far.” She said, opening up the folder and began skimming over the list of things that was on written on the paper.

“ Yes, I know. Everything on that list is all yours too.” Mitchell started to say, when the office phone began to ring.

“ Excuse me. I told her that I was in a meeting and that I was not to be disturbed. Betty, this better be very important, as to interrupt my meeting.” Cinderella said in a slightly angry tone, when she answered the phone.

“ I know and I am very sorry to interrupt, but I thought I would give you heads up that Lucinda is here and she is demanding to see you right now.” Betty whispered quietly, so that way, Lucinda and her two goons couldn’t hear her. She also watched them walk around the lobby, looking at things and talking in low tones, so she couldn’t hear them.

“ Great. Well, you might as well send her in. Just great, the wicked witch is here. So, get ready for a show down.” She said, putting the receiver down on the phone cradle.

“ Great. This should be really great.” Mitchell jumped a little, when the door flew open and two men and Lucinda came walking into the office.

“ Good morning, Lucinda. Well, this is a huge surprise? sSo, what can I do for you this morning?” Cinderella nodded to her step-mother, as she watched the two men come over to her and stood right next her.

“ Well, I see that you have my list of my things that you need to hand over to me.” Lucinda looked down on the desk and saw the folder laying there wide open in front of Cinderella.

“ Oh, you mean this? Well, I really haven’t read all the way through the list, but I do know that the three items on the top of list are mine. They were never Daddy’s, so you can’t have them and I will have to see what other things you have on this list.” Cinderella glared up at Lucinda.

“ Wel,l that is not true, sweetie. For you see, it’s all in the will, so I am giving you two weeks to hand over everything and if I don’t get them, well, then, I will take you to court. It will be the judge to make sure that you give me all my things that you have.” Lucinda walked around the room and picked up a couple of things so she could look at them more closely.

“ Well, then, I guess you will see me in court, because that is not what I remember that was in the will. Can you put that vase down, because it is very special to me?” Cinderella watched her step-mother pick up the Austrian Crystal vase that once belonged to her grandmother.

“ Oh really? Then, I guess we will see each other in court. Well, not for long it won't, and as for the will, well, then, you remember wrong.” Lucinda put down the vase, before turning to the two guys, who were still standing next to Cinderella, and one of them had pulled out a small notepad was taking notes every time Lucinda nodded her head.

“ Um … and who are these two people standing here? what is he writing?” Cinderella asked. as she looked up at the two men and saw one of them writing something down in the notepad.

“ Oh, I am sorry for not introducing them to you. Well, this is my lawyer, Henry Thompson and a really great friend of mine.” Lucinda motioned for the two men to follow her to the door. They nodded and started heading over to her.

“ I see. Now, I want you three out of my office and off the property, before I call the police. I have let you say what you wanted to say, and now I want you out of here and take your goons with you.” Cinderella stood up from her chair and pointed to the door.

The three people just nodded to Cinderella and Mitchell, before heading out of the office. Once the door shut behind Lucinda, she nodded for the two men to follow her down the hallway, as she started to give them a tour of the company.

“ You know, you should not have done that, Cin. You know, there is something about Lucinda’s friend, because I know I have seen him before, but at the moment, I can’t remember where. Now, as for Henry Thompson, he is a powerful lawyer, and he mostly does business law. So, why would he be working for her? Unless….” Mitchell started to say, as he realized that Lucinda wanted also something else bigger.

“ Damn, she wants my company. Hold that thought. Betty, has Lucinda and her two friends left the building?” Cinderella asked, looking frightened over to Mitchell.

“ Um … no, ma’am. She has not left the building. Is there a problem?” Betty looked over to the security guards.

“ Great., Yes, there is a problem. Call the police, and have security get them and hold them until the police get here.” Cinderella said nervously.

“ Yes, ma’am. They are going to look for them right now.” Betty motioned for the two guards to go look for the Lucinda and her two friends.

Cinderella hung up the phone, as she looked at Mitchell and she began to wonder why Lucinda was here with the two men.

“ She wants my company, Mitchell. There is something that is not right here, and we need to find out what she is truly up to. Why did she bring up daddy’s will? She did seem very nervous, when I told her that the three things on the top of her list didn’t belong to daddy, what should I do?” Cinderella asked, sitting back in the chair and began rubbing her temples.

“ Well, the only thing I can tell you is, we have to find the copy of your father’s will, to prove that what she is saying about his will is not right. You know, the weird thing is, I never got a copy or even looked at this so called new will, that she is claiming he redid before he died. So yes, I would say that something is not right, and you will also need: the deed to the house, the title to the car and whatever other documents that you can find to prove that your father didn’t own any of these things at the time of his death.” Mitchell stood up from his chair.

“ Ok. Well, that would mean I will need my grandparents and mother’s wills, so that way, I can show what they had left me, belongs to me and daddy never owned them.” Cinderella opened her eyes and stood and hugged her good old friend goodbye.

“ Ok. Call me, if you find anything and I will do the same thing too. You have a great day. Oh, Martha, wants you to come over tonight for dinner. That was the real reason why I'm here this morning.” Mitchell remembered why he was there.

“ Sure. Tell her that I would love to join you both for dinner tonight.” Cinderella said, as they walked over to the office door.

“ Ok. Then, we will see you at six, then.” Mitchell opened the door for the both of them.

“ Ok, I will see you both then. Have a great day.” Cinderella and Mitchell walked out of the office and into the lobby, just in time to see the police put handcuffs on Lucinda.

“ I'M telling you officer, this is my company.” Lucinda yelled out.

“ Um … excuse me!” Cinderella said, as she and Mitchell stopped in their tracks, when they heard Lucinda telling the police officer a huge lie.

“ She is saying that this place is hers, is that correct, Cind?” the officer asked, looking at both Cinderella and Mitchell as they came up behind Lucinda.

“ No, this place is not hers. Can you please get her off my property?” Cinderella glared right at Lucinda.

“ Yes, ma’am.” The officer said, as he put Lucinda in the back of his car.

The police left with Lucinda, but Cinderella and Mitchell also noticed that she was all by herself.

“ Now, that was very strange.” Cinderella looked around and saw no other cars but employees.

“ Yes, that was. See you later.” Mitchell said, before walking to his car.

Cinderella went back inside the building and came up to the front desk.

“ Betty was Lucinda the only one that the police arrested?” Cinderella asked.

“ Yes, because the two men left, when John asked them to, but Lucinda stayed behind.” Betty said, just as the phone began to ring.

“ Ok,thanks.” Cinderella left her and headed for the break room and got herself some coffee.

She headed back to her office and worked, until she left the office and headed over to Mitchell’s house for dinner.