Lisa was 27 when she applied for the job and didn't think for one second she stood any chance of getting it. She was under qualified, at the time out ...f work and had no references but really wanted the job and saw it as a great opportunity to get other jobs of the same ilk once she got her foot in the door. The job in question was a call center operator for a large company based in the North East of England and had long been questioned, at least inside the company, for employing good looking. It was a surprise because I had never seen her crying before."What's wrong, mum?" I asked, putting an arm round her shoulder."It's nothing. I'm just being silly." Come off it. Mum, it's obviously not nothing ... you never cry." Well, it's your father and me. We had an argument." I knew that wasn't all because they had argued before and mum never cried. She saw my distrust and smiled nervously. "It's nothing really. Just ..."I waited, but mum didn't seem to want to say any more. "Just what,. “You’re so frail it wouldn’t even be a fair fight. Not that I really care about fair.” She smiled again, swaggering towards Maddi. Diana took care to lift up her shirt painfully slow. Her usually flat tummy showed a prominent bump and impending stretch marks. She smiled again. “This is the real reason I’m not strangling you. Futa on futa? Odds of her being futa is pretty high, no?”“You’re replacing me with my own daughter?” Maddi cocked her brow, trying to swallow down her dry throat.Then. She had already chomped down firmly in anger. The moment she tasted a little blood mixed in with the taste of her own body realization came flooding back. Fear took hold and she released her grip. Her body tensed waiting for the inevitable beating that would result from her hasty actions.Certainly he ripped his hand away from her mouth and growled furiously but no physical abuse came as a result. For a few agonizing heart beats Hanna’s body just trembled as she waited to be hit. She flinched.