"Yes baby...marry Maverick and save your mother from the embarrassment she would face,"she insisted.
Calista felt like she would die of shock and betrayal. She felt like her own mother was selling her out to a rich man against her will with Izara's disappearance as an excuse.
"What are you saying mother?How...how..."she could not even find the right words to ask what she wanted to ask.
Ishaani moved closer and took her daughter's hands in hers.
"Please Angel..."she continued begging while tightening her grip on her palms.
"No I can't do that mother. I can't marry Maverick.I don't even know him...not even his face.I don't love him.How can you allow me to marry a man I don't know nor love?...what about my carrier?...I made it to the first position today and I have to perform tomorrow night for the semi finals,how can I possibly get married and loose what I have been working hard for?"she asked in tears.
"Maverick is rich Angel...I am sure he will love you and he is able to help you make your carrier grow. And he will give you everything you will need."she assured her.
"Everything?...will he give me music and get me to where I am now.Without favorism nor corruption or any other dirty way?"she asked between her painful cry.
"We are not talking about this again Calista but get ready to marry Maverick tomorrow night,"she declared.
Calista glared at her mother with a raging storm in her heart and mind.She was angry that she felt her whole body shake.
She thought that it was either her mother simply didn't care about her,or maybe she did not know who she was talking about.
She was looking at her mother but she was seeing a total beast infront of her.
She now believed that only Izara and their best friend Nathan, cared for.
"You know,we will always be the only ones who really care for you Angel,"she remembered her sister's words.
That was years ago and she really had always been there for her.She was always more of a mother than a sister and with Nathan she could not ask for a brother nor father.
But today...today she wondered if truly they both meant what they said and if they did then how and why would Izara go if she knew what she would go through if she left and Nathan not come to her rescue.
It was at this point that she wished she had a father to protect from this...forced marriage.
She was not ready to get married.
It was a responsibility too hard for her to undertake.
She was not ready to loose her carrier.
Thinking of how she would probably loose everything just by getting married to a person she had never say and had an agreement with,she felt like running away as well.
She wanted to run and not look back just like Izara had done.
But she had no confidence.She was not Izara. She never ran away from her problems and in no way could she run and leave her mother stranded.
But it was possible for them to go together....
She stepped forward and grabbed one of her mother's hands.
"Let's run away mother.Lets go away from here,"she urged strongly.
Ishaani looked at her daughter and her heart shattered.She was punishing her in a way she had never thought of.
She was being so unfair on her baby girl...but she had to remain strong.She grabbed her daughter's shoulders again and shook her back to earth before talking.
"We can't run away from Maverick...we have to accept this,"she insisted.
"But I don't accept this mother.I can't and if we cannot hide from him then Izara can't as well.Let him find her for us,"she begged in tears.
Just to save herself from all that but it just seemed so impossible.
"But we can't let him know that she has gone missing, that's impossible..."Ishaani argued further.
"Then let's involve the police mother,"she kept on her spirited fight.
"No we will not do that.If the police are involved, questions will be raised at us and our reputation will be tarnished badly,"she insisted.
Calista was disappointed.
She felt like her world crumbling right under her foot and she could do nothing to save it.She felt as helpless as a child when her ice cream melted under a scorching sun and she could do nothing to save it.
"Get ready,you will be getting married to Maverick tomorrow..."Ishaani informed her,again.
Calista remained quiet.Her legs felt weak that they could not support her.
She helplessly fell on the ground like a light piece of paper.
Ishaani left the room and walked away.She too was really hurt by the decision she had made concerning her daughter but she was afraid of the outcome if Maverick Atlas would not marry her daughter.
She was afraid he would ruin their reputation and her daughter's life would be completely destroyed.
The door was closed after Ishaani left the room.
Sob* sob* sob*
Calista's painful sobs pierced the strong walls of silence in the room.
She was going to loose everything she had owned with so much difficult in one night and get married to a man she did not even know his full name...he just knew that he was Maverick,from Texas.
That's because,when he wanted to marry Izara,with so much force used,she just hated him. She didn't even want to know his name.
If she had known that this would happen she would not have dared listen to her mother and fly back to Montreal, Canada.
And even if Maverick allowed her to continue her carrier then she would start from square one and if he didn't then she would have lost it all.
No,that was not possible.That would just kill her slowly.
"No! No! Noooo!"she yelled in pain,in between her cry.
Why would her own mother decide to send her to her death sentence?
She wondered if that would still happen if suppose she had a father to tell her worries and pains to.
She remembered Jameson,he would gladly get her out of this mess that was entangling her.
She had to call him to her rescue.
She crawled all the way to where her bed was and grabbed the purse from the bed.
She searched it but there was no phone there.She had forgotten that she had smashed it against the wall out of anger.
She was completely helpless now. What she would do next was just out of her knowledge and thoughts.There was no way she could get to Lisa nor Jameson.
She sat on the cold floor,not weeping anymore.
She had wept all her tears out but nothing had changed and maybe she should just give her eyes rest.
She cuddled herself beside the bed,hugging her knees tightly.She slowly drowsed off to sleep in her cuddled position.
That night, within those few hours,she dreamt her worst.A dream that shook her completely.
In the dream,she saw herself in a long pure white gown.It was not a wedding gown but just a long white shifon dress. She was standing at a cliff.
Beneath the cliff,their was a great river,the water in it was crystal clear, running with such a force.From her position,the water seemed a little blue in color.
She was enjoying the view,it was such a great view with the orange light from the setting sun.
She breathe in the air...so fresh indeed.
Unexpectedly,strong manly arms hugged her from behind.She didn't seem afraid but she smiled as though she knew the man was.
He gently lifted her from the ground with so much care and love as though she was the most valuable thing to him.
She felt free and happy but all that subsided in a flash of a moment.The man threw her off the cliff.
Author's Note.
Calista's other name is serenity.
Skylar's other name is Izara.