Valentine.

"I want to leave. I have had enough of your drama " I say slamming the door of my mother's room against the soft yellow and gold painted wall. My mother abandons her wardrobe and walks to me crossing her slim white arms over her big breasts that she spent thousands of euros on.

"No . you can't " her voice is vicious just like her very own aura. I still cannot understand that this women is my mother.

" And mind you not to act like Keira " she disgustingly calls my sister's name. Keira King is my father's sister's daughter. She is now the owner of King enterprises that her parents left for her when she was two before passing away in a horrible accident that took away their lives.

"Stop belittling my sister " I snap without realizing I raised my voice .

"Don't take that tone with me Valentine Danbury. I think you've forgotten your manners that I taught you " she points an accusatory finger to me making me scoff. I'll do whatever it takes to get out of this golden cage that the fucking Danbury's created .Leaving the door open to bed room open I walk out before mother could say another word. I walk into Father's study which was at the end of a long corridor , with chandliers and expensive paintings hung on the royal blue walls . Slowly opening the door and peak my head in to see if he and his assistant are not at it.

The shelves are filled with novels and journals . Father is sitting behind a big mahogany table with his computer on . My father isn't a superman or something but I still prefer having him over mother . Honestly both of them are a perfect match for each other.

"I want to leave , father " I say in a cold voice.

"What's the matter ?" he looks up , taking off his glasses and rubs his eyes with the pad of his fingers .

"I'm done with you people dictating my life . I just wanna leave this god damn place" I shout throwing my hands up in the air .

He laughs , he fucking laughs , as if I'm cracking a joke .

"Are you spending time with Keira ?" he asks as he returns to his computer screen

"Keira ,Keira ,Keira . Why would she suggest me such a thing . I have two fucking eyes father and I can see .You can't even take out time for your own fucking wife that's why she's seeking other men " I bite my tongue but it was too late before I realise what I have spoken . I try to turn and go away when Father's voice stops me .

"What did you say ?" he wasn't angry , his voice is calm and his whole demeanor is the same. Looks like I was worrying for nothing.

"Nothing , forget " I wave my hand off .

"I know she seeks other men for herself but how did you come to know ?" I stand there stunned . Frozen . He is calm in his three piece suit and is now standing tall and he's actually worried because his daughter knows her mother fucks other men . Wow my parents deserve Academy award for acting so well as a well happy family . The urge to leave this horrible castle is just intensifying day by day and right this moment every nano second.

"Actually , there's not much difference between you and mother . Even you on your 'business trip' have Melinda with you , wow . I fucking hate to have you both as my parents " I spat at his feet and go away . I run into my room and look around to see that it only contains me . My pictures not with my parents , my life, my cries , my sobs , my smiles and well the horror when Father didn't do anything when his sister Bailey died in a car accident . Isabella went through hell after her mother's death and as a family we didn't do anything . As father says ' It's their family matter and we should not entertain those' . But this time I'm not stepping down from my decision .

My father's assistant Melinda barges into my room some minutes later , pushing the door so hard that it bounces off the wall . She is fuming with anger but so am I .

"What do you want Melinda " I ask in a bored tone as I pick up a bright red color for my nails .

"Valentine .." she points at me with an accusatory finger .

"If the name of the Danbury's wasn't that big . I would have ended where your bitch of a mother , Krystal is . Yes , your father and I fuck and you know what! , maybe your 'parents' just helped to create you but they never played the role of your parents . While you waited for your parents to turn up at your shows they fucked their partners into oblivion . Listen you are just a Danbury and nothing else . You are a piece of shit who doesn't know anything about real world . Your parents should have been more protective while sex . You were a mistake" she laughs ruefully . You are a ..." I see red and didn't stop unless I realized I slapped Melinda across her pretty face . She palms the cheek I slapped hard .

"How dare you slap me, You bitch ." before she can slap me I catch her wrist and twist it behind her back.

"Listen you are just a whore that my father uses . Don't try to be something else " I whisper harshly .

"Eden!!! Eden!!! " she shouts father's name because my luck is always unfavourable , Father was passing my room .

"What's..." Father comes into my room he sees me holding her bitchy assistant captive . I jerk the assistant away and she scrambles into my father's arms . My father screams at me but what I see is a triumphant smile that is on Melinda's lips . Enough!!

"I want my Trust fund that Grandfather kept for me" I speak at last when Father's yellings are over . Tears burn at the back of my eyes .

"You're not getting a single penny from me and you can take whoever's funds you like . Do whatever you feel like doing . This is not how I raised you " He is still holding Melinda speaking some soothing words . I can't believe my father just yelled at me for his scummy assistant.

"Thank you Mr. Eden Danbury . And newsflash you and Krystal never raised me , so stop this 'great parent' act" I mutter and they leave the room leaving the fucking door ajar.

I pick up my phone and call Keira who is in Edinburgh.

"Heyy , jelly" she wishes just her voice makes me feel a little better.

"Hey , Keira I need to get out of Birmingham " I speak in a hush voice.

"Is everything alright , did uncle hit you ? aunt made you eat those fucking dishes for diet control or something else " she asks concern ringing in her voice .

I narrate the whole event that took place between me and my parents. Well she has the same thought process as me so we both enjoy bitching people .

"Jesus Christ what's wrong with them ?" she asks in a sarcastic tone .

"Every-fucking-thing is wrong with them " I sigh heavily.

"So London . Lets apply for Kingston and Oxford . I am sure we can atleast get into one of them " she asks , I can hear her ruffling the papers .

"Ivy league are expensive I only have a trust fund to use ." I sigh again .

"Fuck. Wait we can do something . We can answer the scholarship thing and can earn a scholarship to Ivy League University " she suggests . Ever since her parents died in a plane accident . She forgot to laugh but now everything seems to get back to normal for her .

"I'll give it a try" I say, a smile looming over my lips .

"Sure even I'll see to that I get into one of the Ivy League School" I can hear her smile even from afar .

"Hey I gotta go to buy some groceries . Video call you in evening " . I'm happy that I have my sister as my best friend and as my confidant.

"Bye . See ya later " I hang up on her .

I spend the rest of the day on my iPad in my bedroom finding everything about the scholarship and other details . In a few days I'll turn eighteen and then I can try the scholarship thing . A knock brings me out of my world. I see around . My study table is a mess with books lying haphazardly . My bed is a mess , I'm dressed in pyjamas , hair is in a bun . My top is hanging loose on one shoulder and I'm not wearing a bra . Fantastic !

"Dinner's ready Valentine. " the househelp Nina informs me opening the door a little .

"Can you get it for me in the room ?" I ask without looking up from my iPad .

"Sir and ma'am want to talk to you" she closes the door after informing me .

I get up and don't even bother to change into something other than my pajamas . Taking off my glasses I enter the dining room with my iPad and glasses . Both of my parents give me a disapproving look .

Do they think I fucking care about how I look ?

I take my place on the table and start eating . The silence was thick with tension I can slice it with a knife . I open my iPad and start searching more . I don't give a flying fuck to what are the rules of sitting on a table having dinner .

"Have your dinner , Valentine " Mother points to the spaghetti on my plate .

"I already ordered food in the evening " I speak without looking up from the device.

"We talked about your attitude towards us . And ...."

"I want to leave Birmingham . I will be turning eighteen and I will become old enough to live independently " before they can continue I speak through gritted teeth .

"Enough! of leaving Birmingham we have decided to become your real parents . We're sorry that we've been so wrapped up in our lives that we neglected you so bad that now you want to leave us" the words were spoken with a hint of care and love . The care I wanted since I was small . Did I really ask for something so big ??

"Now you decide to be my parents . What made Mr Eden Danbury and Mrs . Krystal Danbury to become my parents again . Is it my fucking adamant urge of leaving Birmingham . News flash Dad , sorry Mr. Danbury I'm no more your little princess and Mom ... uh this mistake Mrs. Danbury well you've been an excellent mother . If the award for Best Parents in the world ever happens I will surely nominate both of you Mr and Mrs Danbury " I get up abandoning my plate and walk into the pool house

"Nina , take my phone and everything to my room . That's a fucking order " Nina was a lady in her thirties . I really loved her but sometimes she becomes the victim of my anger .

After getting rid of the clothes I dive into the pool . Swimming is the only thing that keeps my mind off these things . The water make my teeth clatter but I keep on swimming .

After swimming twenty laps , I get out of the pool and walk to the sunchairs where robes are kept . Wrapping one around me I sit at the edge of the pool and dip my feet into the water and keep drying my hair with another towel . The ceiling of the pool house is made of glass . Looking up I see several stars twinkling in the sky . I always considered the stars magical .

"You don't need to continue the life draining diet " I almost slipped back into the water , Mother .

"I'm sorry I heard you wrong Mrs. Danbury " I obviously heard it wrong . My mother not wanting me to do the diet . Did Hell freeze over .

"I'm sorry Ella for putting you through this " She tries to touch my shoulder but I jerk her hand away.

"DON'T. TOUCH .ME" I wrap the robe around me tighter and get up moving to sit down on one of the sun chairs .

"You're right " she says and approaches me .

"Don't come near me . I jerked you away just now . How hard it is for you to understand I don't want you both" I say and walk out of the pool house.

"Ella , Ella wait !" I hear father trying to stop me along with Mother .

Without responding I head back into my room . It's almost twelve at night I cannot sleep . I twist and turn but the sleep has gone on it's sweet walk .

The door creaks open. I pull my blanket over my head to make it look like I'm sleeping .

"My princess , my darling " father speaks in a hush tone as he sits on the bed making the soft mattress dip .

"She's indeed our darling Eden . I wanted her to be realistic . I didn't want my daughter to go through what I went through as a kid" I can hear her sob . Mother and sobbing . What a scene . Hell definitely freeze over .

"And I didn't want to become like me either . I knew how happy we were when god gifted us this precious little princess . I love her a lot . She wants to leave us pierces my heart . It makes me believe how bad of a father I have been to her I wanted to discipline her but turns out we lost our daughter on the way " father pulls the duvet down my head and coos me . Tears sting into my eyes.

"I hate being this kind of a mother . I was stern with her just because I thought she'll end up being the spoilt brat and I ended up being the unworthy mother to our daughter. I love her so much that it hurts to know we are the reasons why she wants to leave us " Mother says stifling her sob.

"I can't wait our daughter to return to us Krys" Father calling mother a nickname is rare like really rare . Father leans down and gives me a peck on the cheek and whispers "I love you princess . You'll always be my pretty little Val " I can hear the mattress move . Mother also kisses me and whispers I love you and walks out leaving the door a little open .

I let the tears run freely down my cheeks . I don't even attempt to wipe them . In a few days I'll turn eighteen , let's see what's in for my parents to do .