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Chapter 40 - Helen

Helen was a lovely girl, she was blessed with a charm that made everyone like her. And the older she became the more her charm blossomed. Sadly, her parents were not on good terms with each other.

At the age of seven, her parents got divorced. And she got to live with her mother. Innocent as she was, she kept her dissatisfaction to herself and was the lovely and obedient child as ever.

But when her mother was about to marry another man, her father's relative preferred to take her away. Claiming they did not trust the man and Helen may end up suffering. 

The mother tried her best to keep her daughter but because the man was once accused of hitting his daughter, the paternal relative succeeded in taking Helen.

At the same time, when the father was going to marry, Helen's mother made an issue as she too did not agree for her daughter to be raised by another woman. 

The fight persisted, until a well-known celebrity, a sister to the father, begged the parents to permit her to take Helen.

Susan was kind to Helen's mother as she helped her many times even before she married her brother. Also, the father respected his sister a lot. 

One pitiful thing about her was she was rich and influential with millions of fans and she was married for a long time but she wasn't blessed with a child. 

The truth was, she had always wanted to take Helen with her but knowing how the parents loved their daughter, Susan knew they might not agree.

But the recent problems have given her a chance to try her luck. And the parents agreed, knowing she loved Helen as they do.

At 10 years of age, Helen moved to her aunt's house. As lovely as she was, she became more lovely, since she didn't have to endure her parent's bickering.

Susan loved her as if she was her real mother, likewise her husband. 

Helen was at age of 12 when she began to garner attention. Her innocent eyes and face, her soft voice and her graceful manner made Susan's friends advise her to put Helen on the line of beauty celebrity.

The truth was, Susan in her youth and still is, an extremely beautiful woman with fair skin and a tall figure. Her beauty was dazzling as it attracted attention in one sight.

Helen on the other hand was tall, but her porcelain skin made her skin dimmer than her aunt's. But, the nature of her skin was better. Her eyes carried some sort of comforting feeling when you looked at them. Her well-positioned nose and mouth take one breath away if one stared at them. She also has dimples that make her cute.

Helen's beauty wasn't dazzling but grew on people. Beauties like her walk on the ladder of fame in the Beauty Industry one step at a time, till they reach the top, however, their reigns last longer.

Susan was convinced and she began to take Helen to light events. Then she began to teach Helen how to prepare herself in terms of keeping her body good and also character.

In no time, some Sun Beauty Susan fans began to announce Helen as her heir. But the majority rejected that idea as they threw out criticism.

The criticism affected Helen. She didn't want to be a celebrity but hearing and reading about people comparing her with her aunt and then diminishing hurt her heart. The innocent girl tried to mimic her aunt in speech, walking and other manners.

But Susan tried to disuse her but the girl wouldn't understand. In the end, she decided to teach the girl how to bring out her beauty. 

At the age of 13, the girl won the title of Princess of Cuteness. At 15, she also became the most Graceful Teenager. At 16, she won…

From then, her star shot up making her almost as popular as her aunts. The Film Industry, Advert Companies, and Wedding Organizers requested her to join them. Each provides her with outstanding offers that can't be refused.

Except for a few Adverts, the Aunt turned them down. She doesn't want her niece to be swayed by them. She should study for now. When the girl was hitting 17 she disappeared from the media.

But due to the nature of Susan's work, she was forced to bring her back due to pressure from her superiors. She didn't want to, at first, but later she convinced herself that she can protect the girl from the wolves, now that she is rich and significant.

But the parents have another idea. They knew what type of life Susan had lived and how she suffered before she reached her height.

The truth was,  people just see celebrities at the top of the food chain without appreciating the enormous efforts and the sacrifices they made. And that sacrifice was not what they were willing to allow their daughter, Helen, to make.

They realized they were selfish and negligent of her. Before Helen dives deep, they plan how to get back to each other and also retrieve her back.

While the parents were planning, Helen was basking in fame. Rich kids and even elders have begun to show interest in her. Though Susan shielded her away, Helen was bound to feel the need to spread her wings and do what she wanted.

Sadly, before she reached 18, her parents renewed their marriage and demanded her to be back home...and that was one of Helen's darkest moments.

She had made friends with other celebrities like her. She even has a boyfriend. She was beginning to enjoy life and yet her parents wanted her back! Though she didn't refuse, she knew the moment she hit 18 she would be unbound. 

Susan on the other hand has shown her desertification as what they were showing was a lack of trust in her.

She has vowed to protect Helen and not allow her to live the life she had lived but the parents refused to agree. In the end, she has no choice but to let Helen go.

That wasn't the end as more problems crop up that made Helen go back to her aunts. And still, things went awry that forced the two to return to Stella Town.

Where the lucky Elias has her as his wife as if Fated or Destined to one another!