A year had passed of Caerellia staying with her family and unfortunately her grandfather had been sick lately and now was in the hospital.Now her family could do whatever they wanted and she was not allowed to eat with them,wear dresses like them,and she slept in the storage room.No one was kind towards her even servants so she kept herself busy by studying plants.She decided she wanted to become a herbalist in order to cure and help people.Her family decided not educate her or take her to school.Jane was having a meeting with some elite business friends as they discussed about their children's education.
"You have wonderful grandchildren who are very educated."one said.
"You are right.All my grandchildren are being educated."she replied.
"Even the freak one?"another asked.All eyes were on her waiting for her response.
"Umm....well,"
"Of course!"Caerellia suddenly appeared.She walked towards Jane and greeted everyone present.
"Grandmother said all her grandchildren are being educated.Right grandma."she said looking at her with puppy eyes which caused all of them to feel pity towards her.Caerellia was determined to go to school like her cousins.
"Of course she will.What kind of grandmother would I be if she doesn't get to go to school and her cousins do."Jane said.
"God bless you Jane.Even though she isn't your related granddaughter you still care about her."all were touched by her compassion and praised her.But Jane was furious in the inside and became even more angry when Caerellia said
"Yes grandmother is the best!In fact she would show you the school fees she will pay for me you'll see."she said happily.Even though Caerellia was scared to death by her grandmother because she would punish her after,she had to do what she can.But unfortunately for Jane her business partners thought she was great and Caerellia used it as a perfect opportunity to escape.
After,Jane called her to the meeting room where Stella and Micheal were already there.The moment she entered Stella slapped her and said
"How dare you!Now we have no choice but to pay for your education!"she shouted and was about to slap Caerellia again when Jane spoke
"You really are a clever girl.You knew in front of our business partners we are weak because we need them in order for our business to flourish.You already found our weakness."and begun to clap for Caerellia as she approached her.She grabbed her by the collar and spoke in a dark voice.
"You may be clever than your mother but be smarter and just die!Know this;I won't stop until you're finally dead.So stop acting smart and just accept your fate!"then she pushed her on floor.
"Inform the maids to not give her food for three days and lock her in her room."
After the maids had done what they had been informed to do,they left Caerellia in the storage room all alone.During the night,Caerellia made her way through her secret passage in order to take some food from the kitchen since none of the servants would help her.In morning after eating some food the door was slammed opened by her half cousins Jessica and Rebecca.She immediately hid the food as they approached her while holding their phones.
"Caerellia would you be a dear and lick our shoes?"they asked.
"What?"
"Lick our shoes!Are you that dumb to not understand simple English."Jessica said.
"I can't.Why will I do that?"
"Because we said so.Plus we need to show our friends you're nothing to us but our slave."
"No.I won't do that"she spoke firmly.Just then the door opened and their mother Stella stepped in.
"Mom, Caerellia forced us to lick her shoes.Can you believe that?they lied.
"How dare you.Who do you think you are?"Stella said.
"A child of God."Caerellia replied proudly.
"You dare reply back!"Stella said as she slapped her which caused Caerellia to fall.Suddenly images and videos flashed through Caerellia's mind about Stella's past including everything she had done and said fast in her mind.
"You blackmailed Uncle into marrying you?"Caerellia asked which made Stella turn pale.
"W..W..What are you talking about?"Stella asked as her body begun to shake.
"Uncle was never meant to marry you since he loved someone else and because of that you forced him to marry you.Also Uncle Michael raped some women in the company."Caerellia suddenly said as she faced her aunt.Stella froze and glared angrily at her but couldn't speak.
How did she know! she thought.
"What is she talking about Mom?"the girls asked.
"Leave"Stella spoke angrily to her daughters.
"B..But mom-"
"Leave!"she suddenly shouted which caused the confused girls to run away.Then she angrily faced Caerellia and pulled her hair dragging her towards a room.
"Stop please it hurts"she cried and Stella threw her on the ground.When she rose up Jane,Micheal and his wife,and Stella's husband were facing her.
"What is the meaning of this Stella?Couldn't you see we were having a meeting?"Jane asked.
"She knows."Stella said.
"Knows what?"Micheal asked.
"She knows I blackmailed Mike into marrying me and you raped a few of your workers in the company."she replied and everyone's face turned paled.
"But how?!"Micheal asked.
"I don't know."Stella said and then she grabbed Caerellia's hair and commanded,
"How did you know!Do you have evidence?Tell me!"she demanded. Caerellia knew this would be a perfect opportunity for her plan to work so she said,
"I have all the evidence in a secret place of mine."she replied which made Jane pale.
"So she knows Erica is my mistress?"Mike asked worriedly.Erica is Mike's lover but couldn't marry her because Stella had blackmailed him to marry her.
"I'm sure she didn't know but now she does now.Thanks a lot duff."Micheal replied glaring at him.
"What do you want?"Jane asked Caerellia as she approached her which shocked everyone.
"What do you mean mom?"Stella asked
"She knows our secret and even has evidence on somewhere we don't know so what should we do?We can't kill her because eventually my husband's detectives would find out so there's nothing we can do.We can only obey her to avoid trouble."she said which made sense to them.
"Please,just admit your fault to the police and accept your punishment.Is the right thing to do and our father in heaven would forgive you."Caerellia said which ensured her a slap from Jane.
"Admit our faults?Foolish girl.Why would we do something as dumb as that?"she asked and continued
"Just tell us what you want and we can forget this happened but remember,if you report us your cousins reputation would be ruined forever and they may live horrible lives which could cause them to commit suicide."Jane said which caused Caerellia to turn pale.She knew Caerellia cared about the family even though they maltreated her and couldn't bear to see any of them hurt.Caerellia thought through,
I have seen aunt's past the moment she touched me and if I report them Rebecca,Jessica,Rachel and luke lives would never be the same.People would not trust or help them due to their parents crimes and the family would be torn apart.
"I won't tell anyone I promise,because if I do I would not benefit from it "she spoke firmly in order not to show any sign of fear.
"And you have to also promise to stop what you're doing"she continued.
"What!Who do you think you are!"Micheal shouted at her.
"You don't know how I found out.So,if you break your promise I would know.Just know I have eyes everywhere after all I know you planned the death of our personal butler Jake."Now they were all afraid mostly Jane.
I knew she was smart but not that smart!she thought.
All of them are corrupted inside and only care about themselves.If they had a choice between money and power or family they would choose money and power Caerellia thought.So they made a deal to stop all their wrongdoings including trying to kill Caerellia.Even though they only gave Caerellia education and still bullied her,she didn't mind.When Caerellia attended school with her cousins they were shock and even when she tried hiding from them in school they still bullied her.She got bullied more when she was on top of her class because she passed Stella friends meaning she was smarter than them all.
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Mr.Belmont felt better and was able to recover quickly and decided to pay his family a surprise visit with many expensive gifts for them.When he arrived he asked were his wife was and was informed she was at a friend's place.When he entered he was surprised to Caerellia on her knees cleaning the floor like a slave.And the worse part was that none of them even defended her.He approached them and Stella almost chocked on her tea.
"Father!What are you doing here?Here thought you were in the hospital recovering?"she asked and hoped her father hadn't seen to much.But she could tell it was to late,her father was in rage.
"It's okay grandfather.I'm fine really is no big deal."Caerellia said as she smiled at him hoping to cool him down but in the eyes of her relatives they thought she was only pretending to make him more angrier at them.Just then Jane came in and when she looked around she knew something was wrong.But she was even more surprised to see her husband.
"Honey what are you doing here?"she asked worriedly.
"Did you know that they were bullying Caerellia or you planned it?"he asked ignoring the question.
"No.Of course not!I had no idea.I was busy taking care of company."she said putting on her most innocent face.
'Is a good thing a went to my friend's place or I'll be caught in the act!'
"Oh sorry dear I had no idea you were woking so hard.But I'm still disappointed.Even if you were busy as the mistress of the mansion you should have kept an eye on our children."he replied.
"I'm so sorry dear.It won't happen again."she ensured him.
"Yes It won't."he spoke firmly as he faced his family.
Since then he stayed home in order to keep an eye on all of them.Because of that nobody was brave in enough to bully Caerellia.They hated her even more when he gave their expensive gifts to her as punishment.They didn't insult or hurt her even when he wasn't home because they knew he had eyes everywhere.He continued to pamper Caerellia but even then she gave them most of her gifts and was even kinder towards them which left them all speechless!
'Look at her!Giving us gifts just to make us more envious of her!'they thought. But as time flew they all realised she really cared about them so sometimes they left her alone.They were all forbidden from going to any party or event as punishment only the special event that was coming up.The night of the event they wore their most expensive clothes and put on their best makeup.Caerellia wore a shiver diamond white dress the same colour as her shoes.Her dark cream hair was combed to perfection,her chocolate brown eyes shined brighter,her light pink lips looked sweeter and her fair snow skin looked pure.Her beauty looked heavenly and looked like an angel no,a goddess.She didn't use makeup because she didn't need it.
When they arrived,Caerellia decided to explore the place and Jane gave her a servant to guide her.Her cousins Jessica,Rachel,and Rebecca used their opportunity to flirt with other rich boys their age while Luke flirted with older girls.While Caerellia explored the servant explained to her about the mansion and it's history.She also guided her around the place and Caerellia was very grateful.She bow and said
"Thank you so much for taking your time to guide me.I better get back to my family.Can you please guide me back?"
"Of course!Right this place please."the servant said and they both made their way towards the ballroom.But as they were walking Caerellia realised the place didn't look familiar because she studied the area earlier when they were walking.
"Hm..excuse me, but I think we are going the wrong way"she said.
"No madam we are going the right way please trust me"she replied and Caerellia decided to trust her.But when they continued to walk she realised where they were heading had less security cameras.Her heart began to beat faster and she runned as fast as possible away from the servant.When the servant saw her running away she chased after her quickly.
"Madam were are you going?!Your grandmother informed me to take good care of you."
'Grandmother!I knew it! She didn't take my warning seriously.I guess I have to show her I wasn't joking.'she thought and runned even faster but the maid caught up to her and grabbed her arm while holding a sharp long knife.
"Please let me go!Help!Help!Someone please help me!"she shouted but the maid covered her mouth immediately.
"Shut up or I'll get caught!"suddenly Caerellia grab the maid's shoulder and threw her hard on the ground.The maid was shocked the girl could throw her and struggled to get up.As Caerellia runned she was so grateful for her father's teaching and was glad to have practiced it always.She runned into the nearest room she saw and hid there.She could still hear the footsteps of the servant and covered her mouth to prevent the maid from hearing her breathing.When the footsteps faded she left the room immediately and the moment she turned the maid was in front her holding the knife tightly.
"Damn you!My back still hurts!"she grabbed Caerellia's arm and was about to stab her when Caerellia skillfully grab her hair and pulled her on the ground and twisted her arm painfully which caused her to scream in pain.Then Caerellia used her opportunity to run as fast as she could.She made her way to a garden which looked enchanting.Caerellia was so amazed by it she forgot her current situation and looked around.The roses plus the reflection of the moon made the scene look even more beautiful.She saw a person from far away.He looked enchanting even from afar wearing a sliver pattern black suit and his dark grey hair shined under the moon while he was looking at her.When she blinked he was gone and the maid was running towards her looking mad while holding the knife.Caerellia runned as fast as she could but the maid caught her and grabbed her leg which made her fell.The maid rose the knife towards her while holding her hands tightly together,when Caerellia braced herself she felt liquid on her.When she opened her eyes she saw a hand piecing the chest of the maid and was holding her heart!Caerellia immediately got up and vomited when she saw the lifeless maid fall on the ground.She realised the owner of the hand was the boy she saw earlier.How can a little boy hold a person's heart!He dropped the heart then cleaned his fingers covered in blood with a white handkerchief unfazed.He begun walking towards her and she took a step back then turned to run away only to face him again.
"B..B..But I thought you were at t..the back of me?"she asked confused.He was just looking at her with his dark violet eyes.He was beautiful.Dark grey hair,deep violet eyes and his skin looked so pale yet it fit his beauty perfectly.
"Y..You shouldn't have killed her"she said.
"Why?"he asked innocently but it didn't reached his eyes as his voice was dark and deep.
"Because it was a sin.You could've just kicked her not kill her.Aren't you scared?"she asked when she looked at his eyes because he didn't look scared or guilty.
"I had to choose between you or her.And I choose her."he said and before she blinked he was in front of her.He gently held her neck then tightly as he leaned on her and she couldn't push him away but look at his beautiful eyes.
"There you are!"they both turned to faced a boy their age.He also wore the same shiver pattern suit but its colour was deep blue instead.He had short hair was light red and the colour of his eyes were lemon green.His skin was also pale and his hands were at the back of his hair as he walked towards them.When he saw the body she thought he would scream or faint but instead he walked over the body like it was a normal.
"I only left you for five minutes and you already killed someone.Who's this?"he asked as he looked at Caerellia, his voice was sounded childish.
"Don't know "he replied and let go of her neck.
"You should probably get rid of the body before anyone sees it or it would cause a scene."the short bushy red hair boy said as he looked coldly at her.His eyes were almost intense like the other boy who picked up the body then threw it in a lake nearby.Caerellia had no idea who these two boys where but she didn't want to stick around to find out.But when turned to leave she bumped into a wall at least that was what she thought because it was hard but she opened her eyes she realised it was another boy.'How can his chest be so hard?'
He also wore the same shiver pattern suit but the colour was indigo instead.His light orange hair which almost looked brown was bushy as well making it look long.His skin was also pale as he walked towards them smiling but stopped when he saw Caerellia.He pointed at her then looked at them for an answer but they only shook their heads.
"Let's go before the maids find us"the orange brown hair boy said.His voice was deep yet light.
"But I don't want toooooo"the short red hair boy complained.Just then a person placed their hand on Caerellia's shoulder which made her scream.She turned to face another boy wearing the shiver pattern suit which was the colour of deep green.He also had light red hair but it was as long to the end of his neck.He also had pale skin,with lemon green eyes and wore a hat that fit his suit.He removed his hat then bowed to her,
"Hello there lovely lady.Don't you look stunning tonight."he said and placed a kiss on the palm of her hand.
"There he goes again.Always flirting with any girl he sees."the short red hair boy said then signed.She looked at the two boys with red hair and realised they were twins.Then they begun to argue among themselves whether to go back inside or stay outside except for the one with purple eyes.The boy with the orange brown hair faced the boy with violet eyes and asked,
"What do you think we should Dex-"But was cut short when the boy with violet eyes stared at him coldly.
'So his name starts with dex huh'she thought.Dex glared at his brother warning him there was an outsider(Caerellia)here so they cannot reveal their real names.Caerellia used this opportunity to run as fast as her legs could take her when suddenly someone grabbed her hand and pulled her.Her eyes meet a pair of purple eyes and black hair.Another boy(why I'm I not surprised!she thought)wearing the shiver pattern suit with the colour violet.Also had pale skin but wore glasses.He held her hand tightly then pulled his glasses up to prevent it from falling and said
"Are you guys seriously going to allow her to escape?She saw you kill a person with your bear hands and you're just gonna leave her."then threw her on the ground.
"I..I think is normal for someone to kill a person with their bare hands"she said which shocked them.
"How is that normal?"the boy with the glasses asked.
"U..Um I think when person trains really hard I guess."she replied looking for any excuse to use.Before any of them could replied a person tripped and fell
"Ouch" he said and as he got up dusted his sliver pattern red suit.He had white hair match with deep blue eyes and his skin was also pale perfectly.He hid in the bushes shyly while looking at her.'How many are they!'she thought and before she could think of running a shooting star appeared.They all looked at the sky in wonder then she faced the white hair boy who immediately hid again.
'Running away is useless.Is not every day I see a shooting star'she thought and fell on the soft grass leisurely.She decided to ignore all that was going on as she closed her eyes.The death of her parents,her new family who where trying to kill,and the mysterious boys she just met.When she opened her eyes after a while she couldn't see them but when she rose she saw all of them lying on the grass while closing their eyes.They all formed a circle and she was at the center.It seems they to had problems they were trying to forget.She laid down again and the seven of them quietly observed the beautiful night sky.An even bigger and brighter shooting star appeared as a sign as the beginning of their everlasting friendship.