Cristina : "Oh my! Look how we met? I thought I could never meet you ever again. I Anne your daughter, Lucy? She's adorable, unlike you. She must have taken her dad's genetics completely. How have you been?"
Lucy was in disbelief when she saw Cristina. She couldn't accept the fact that Cristina was back in her life. Lucy stood up and spoke with a smile-
"Yes! I am fine. How have you been? Now you also have daughter. Ha! It's such a coincidence that we both met. It looks like you! You are still same"
Cristina : "Is that so? Then I will take that as a complement. I am completely fine with my life. In fact, I am having a vibe that it's going to be interesting since I met you. But do you really think that us meeting each other is a coincidence? (After 3 sec) Anyway, Anne and my daughter Ziva are friends and Anne insisted that she will come to my house to play with Ziva. I am glad they both are friends."
Lucy couldn't believe what she just heard. Even in her wildest dreams, she never imagined that her precious daughter and Cristina's daughter would be friends. She was already nervous since she saw Cristina and this news almost made her piss her pants.
Lucy : W-What?
Anne : "MOMMY! DO YOU KNOW ZIVA'S MOTHER? WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT HER? I AM SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE FUN WITH ZIVA TOMORROW. YEAHH!"
The little girl could not contol her excitement while her mum was suffocating in every breath she took.
Lucy : "My baby! We have an important party tomorrow. So you won't be able to visit Ziva. I am sor-"
Anne : "NO! I WILL MEET ZIVA TOMORROW. I AM NOT GOING ANYWHERE APART FROM HER HOUSE."
The little girl whined while crying.
Lucy : "O-okay. Stop crying. I will drop you to her house tomorrow. Mommy is busy right now. So, we must get going." Said Lucy as she turned her back and started moving towards her car. And then, Cristina shouted-
Cristina : "It was nice meeting you today, Lucy. I will never forget this day."
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*Cristina's POV*
Lucy, I have spent more than half of my life thinking about you. I have always wondered, if I was as rich and powerful as you, how different would my life be? Would you have still bulied me? Or would we be best friends? Would you have still humiliated my parents? Or would you have bowed to them to show your respect? Would you have still won the Grand Syzle Singer prize, despite of not being a proper fit? Or would you have let me won? Would you have still slit my throat out of jealousy, making sure I never sing again? Or would you have congratulated me for my win by complementing my voice? Would you have still burn my parents alive in their own house? Or would you drop your schedules and come to their house to meet them with a flower bouquet? What would you really do? I wonder...
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*Dec 24, 2004. -The day of Grand Syzle Singer competition*
Cristina : "You deserved the prize? Huh, you are really funny Lucy, but don't make me laugh right now. Your voice was almost cracked. You couldn't get a smooth voice, you couldn't even sing in the high pitch parts, not even a single part and your voice was shivering all the way. Your dad observed all these and told to play song in background and YOU LIP SYNCED THE ENTIRE PERFORMANCE. AND NOW, YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO TELL ME THAT YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING WHILE I AM BEHIND THE MONEY, HUH? I TOO AM PASSIONATE ABOUT SINGING. THIS IS MY DREAM TOO. AND SOMEONE LIKE YOU SHOULD NOT EVEN DREAM OF BECOMING A SIN-"
Lucy slit Cristina's throat, not even allowing her to complete her sentence. She then spoke-
"You are right. I am no better than you. AND BECAUSE OF YOU, CRISTINA, I MESSED UP IN THE STAGE. If only it weren't for you, i wouldn't have. And of course, you are better than me. But not anymore. BECAUSE SOMEONE LIKE YOU, MUST NEVER BE BETTER THAN ME. Know your place."
By saying this and letting Cristina be in the bleeding stage, Lucy left the scene.
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*Present*
Lucy got into her car along with her daughter and started driving while shaking her legs out of nervousness and thinking about Cristina.
*Lucy's POV*
After all these years, she came back now. S-she told she will take everything from me and get her revenge no matter what. Anne will be going to her house tomorrow. What if she hurts Anne? What if she makes Anne suffer to get her revenge? What if she kidnaps her? Wait! That's nonsense. How eould she? I mean, who is she to do all these? I am powerful enough to slaughter her down in no seconds. Then, what harm will she even do to me or my family? Wait! She has a daughter, right? Whom did she marry? Let me call my secretary Nick.
"Mommy watch out! There is a car in front of you."
*End of Lucy's pov*
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"Woah!"
Lucy hit the break of her car, snapping out of her thoughts.
Lucy : "Princess are you all right? I am sorry, I was busy with my thoughts." Said Lucy with a tensed look on her face.
Anne : "Yes mommy. I am absolutely all right. But what were you thinking?"
Lucy : "Anne, do you have to go to your friend's house tomorrow?"
Anne : "Yes mommy! She's my first friend I have ever had in my life. I want to enjoy my day tomorrow."
Looking at her lil girl's joy and excitement, Lucy compromised and decided to let her daughter do what she wants. "Fine princess, you can go. But please be careful there. Don't eat or drink anything she gives. I will prepare juice and lunch for you both. Don't go anywhere out, she takes you with, answer my calls and make sure to call me if it is an emergency situation, okay?" "Okay mommy"
She then continued her drive, but then she remembered-
"Ah! Anne, do you know anything about your friend's father?"
Anne : "Ziva's father? No mommy. Ziva never spoke about her father with me."
Lucy : "Oh okay."
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*Author's POV*
No matter how calm Lucy tried to be, she couldn't help but to think of Cristina. Thirteen years ago, on January 5, 2005, when Cristina confronted Lucy, she had the most furious and scariest look one could ever have. It took a while for Lucy to forget that day, as time went by, but still, she could have never forgotten that day or Cristina's words and face completely.
Anne was something wonderful that happened to Lucy. Whenever she's with Anne, she forgets every sorrows and pains and leads the moment stress free. Even a thought of Anne brings smile on her face.
And that's exactly what Cristina wants to take and ruin from Lucy.
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*5th Jan, 2005*
The media rushed to Cristina's house, holding cameras and papers, asking plenty of questions straight to face, not even taking her feelings into consideration.
"Is it true that your parents slit your throat as you didn't win the Grand Syzle prize?" "According to our reports and research, we came to know that your parents wanted you to win at any cost in order to get the prize money, is this true?" "You winning the Grand Syzle Singer competition was the only hope for your parents to repay their debts, but you couldn't win, that's why they killed themselves rights?" "According to medical reports and research, your parents consumed drungs like brugmansia and datura, did you know about this?" "Your parents set their place on fire as they were high on those drugs, right?" "We have heard that they were also planning to kill you as well, is the slitting of your throat one of the attempts made by your parents to kill you?" "Please answer our questions young lady."
The questions went on and on and Cristina's mind went blank. She tried answering the questions, she wanted to save her parents' dignity and clear their name. She tried speaking but no words came out of her mouth. Though she spoke few words in the favour of her parents, her voice was extremely low due to crying and the voice of the media was too high. She couldn't believe what was happening. She couldn't figure what did she do wrong and where she went wrong. No matter how much she thought about it, her mind and heart showed only one direction, Lucy. Despite of media in front of her, she rushed to Lucy's house. To escape from the media on her way, she hid in an alley and wore a jacket and scarf on her face that she found on garbage in order to hide her identity. She stood in front of Lucy's house and shouted her name as the guards didn't let her in.
"LUCY, LUCY, COME IN FRONT OF ME. I WANT TO SPEAK WITH YOU. GET OUT FROM YOUR WARM NEST AND FACE ME."
There stood Lucy in her balcony, wearing a luxurious satin dress while holding a glass of orange juice in hand, watching Cristina go crazy. She smiled at the view, ordered her guards to let Cristina inside the gate, but not inside her house, and went down and spoke-
"Look who's here! The girl who got her throat slit by her own parents for not winning the Grand Syzle Singer competition and almost got killed by them. The poor lovely girl CRISTINA."
Cristina : "DON'T YOU DARE SPEAK ANYTHING ABOUT THEM. I KNOW YOU-"
Lucy : "Huh? But that's what the world is saying about you and your family. And a free advice for you, please lower your voice. For now, you are not being able to sing, but if you continue, you won't even be able to speak. And what the heck are you even wearing? Not even our house maids dress like this. I can't believe I let someone like you come to my house. Ah! I am curious about something. Is this how someone with no dignity would dress?"
Cristina : "Dignity, huh? I am curious about something too. Do people with dignity, shamelessly bribe people to let them win award which they don't even deserve? Do people with dignity, shamelessly kill someone else and make up a fake story, JUST BECAUSE those people had evidence that you were wrong? Is this how people with dignity behave Lucy?
Lucy : "You must know very clearly that your words and actions have consequences. But still, let me answer your question. My dear Cristina, this is just how world works. If you have money, you have power. And if you have power, you have everything in this world, including DIGNITY, unlike you...people like you. THIS, is what makes us both different. I can do the world's most shameless thing and people would still applaud me for that. But, if you do the slightest mistake, you will be under the ground. Got that? If you did, then please get out of my sight, well even if you didn't understand whatever I told, get out of here. Someone who is so low like you don't deserve to be here. Guards, get her out!"
With the most furious look one could ever have, Cristina spoke-
Cristina : "Well Lucy, even you must know one thing that even your words and actions have consequences too. You might have one today, you might have taken everything from me today, but I, Cristina, assure you that you will be punished by me in even more worse way. I will make sure to come after you and take every single thing which is precious to you. I will haunt you till the last day of your life. You will beg for your death, but I won't let you die. I will make your life living hell. Remember my words."
By saying this, Cristina kicked one of the guards, took his lighter, rushed towards Lucy's house's garden and burnt the plants of devil's trumpet and angel's trumpet. Once she did ths, everyone's attention went on the garden and Cristina took that opportunity to run away fro there. Ever since then, Cristina was nowhere to be found nearby. No one knew where she really was, and what she was doing. This scene was quite traumatizing for Lucy, but as time went by, she got over it, though she occasionally remembered Cristina. The words of Cristina saying she would come back to get her revenge kinda bothered her as it was questioning her power. Though she couldn't forget Cristina completely, she got better with the time because of Anne. Everything was perfect in Lucy's life until Cristina decided to come back in her life again.
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*Jan 6th, 2018*
"Ma'am, your father is no more as he overdosed brugmansia and datura."