It was 7:24PM.
At this time a normal university student is supposed to be complete his or her homework or just doing whatever they like to do and that's how their day would come to an end.
But life didn't always played fair with everyone.
Salish at the current hour was present in a very important office meeting trying to check the progress and the growth of the company from the previous five years. And it was very stressful.
The numbers present on the chart were below her expectations. As said, Salish is a hardworking girl within her primes.
Salish didn't like the way the process was going so slow.
The company had recently agreed on opening up a new company building but the figures of their recent work of five years was not convincing enough to go ahead with the plan.
Salish was extremely frustrated due to the situation.
The new building which she wanted to open was one of the biggest dreams of the former CEO of the company A.K.A her father.
After the total sum of two hours the meeting was finally dismissed.
Still siting on the chair on which her father used to sit with his full rights before she slightly massaged her temples and breathed out a sign.
"This is not going as expected. I guess I need to work for a few extra hours now." She commented on herself.
"Huff, today was tiring. Let's go back to my cabin, Radish." She abruptly bit on her lips when the word 'Radish' came out of her mouth and gave out an airy chuckle.
It was one her thousand pet names given by her father to her and so, bought back the instant memories left in her mind of her and the time she spent with her father. The memories felt like they were made yesterday, and the tomorrow never existed.
Quickly gathering herself she walked out of the meeting room and went to her cabin.
Again, flashbacks kept disturbing her mind again and again causing her to have the perfect flashback Infront of her eyes.
"Radish, daddy is working now we will play later on, okay?" Said her father.
"Nu-uh! Salish the princess wants to play right now and that's her order." Says the eight-year-old Salish with a pout on her face.
"Ohh, so the princess has ordered me to play with hmm? okay. Let's play." Said her father.
"Oh yea! Oh yes! daddy is the best!" She chanted like always jumping on the couches in the cabin like a bunny.
"Stop jumping Radish, you will fall!" Said her father with concern.
"Even if I fall, you are there to catch me aren't you?" Salish said the famous movie dialogue with dreamy eyes.
"Yes, stop with that tone. I think I shouldn't have let you watch that movie." He said completely regretting his choice from a month ago while Salish just giggled at her father.
Coming out of the short-lived flashback of her bitter-sweet she made with her father, Salish took out a photo-frame of her and her father enjoying her favorite flavored ice-cream.
She silently laid her head on the glass table with the help of her one hand and holding the frame close to her heart with another hand.
It was past 10PM.
Salish unknowingly drifted to sleep with dried tears visible on her soft, pale, red cheeks.
They say a father's love can never be replaced in a girl's life because he is her first lover and her first supporter.
A father-daughter relationship is made up of pure love which contains its own ups and downs but despite of everything, a father's heart still remains the same.
Everyone in the society always appreciates and supports women with everything, it is not wrong infact it's a great thing and honor but what makes it wrong is the ignorance towards the males and their contribution for making a four bricked wall, a home.
Her father was a man who would selflessly work hard to let his daughter live her dream life and a man who would unconditionally love his daughter not caring about the norms, a man who would feed his daughter before him and a man who would be there for his daughter whenever she was in need.
Infact every father would feel the same for his daughter.
A wave of cold wind blow from the window and moon shined brighter than ever, perhaps wanting to take all her pain away.
Three males were seen in the room.
"King, when shall be the right time to take her?" Inquired a man who look like in his 60s.
"We shall wait till the right moment." Replied the King in his 30s.
"As the King wish." Chanted both the men.
The man took his steps towards the girl who was sleeping uncomfortably on the desk.
"You will be out of this suffering soon, my darling." Said the King. "It's almost dawn. Let's go back to our world." Continued the King.
"Yes, long live our King." Chanted the two men and disappeared in air.
"We will meet soon, my love." Said the King and vanished in air after taking one last glance at his second half.
***
Salish, who was sleeping in an uncomfortable position was startled when she abruptly woke up from her slumber.
The reason? It was due to her alarm ringing right next to her ear. It was her usual timing, 5:00AM and it was still pitch dark outside. During this time period she has to do the house chores but today felt different for her.
With some unknown courageous feeling which suddenly rose Infront of her, she decided that she would now start to voice up herself.
Salish wanted to take a break from university and her family to regain herself.
Although she was not aware of the incidents which took place last night while she was asleep, she just wanted to change her life for better. Living like a slave all life was not going to make her any good and she knew it.
The first step Salish had to do was to get out of her office and drive to her luxurious mansion which she had bought with her first earnings. The house she bought had everything one wanted it to have in life.
A library, sound-proof dance studio, mini library, office, gym, gardens, swimming pools and the best night views with fast network.
Richness flex.
Soon after freshening up and changing into new Gucci clothes, the queen, with her full confidence walked towards the elevator and then down to the parking lot.
Siting inside the car, Rolls-Royce Sweptail which was gifted by her father on her 18th birthday made her a little over overwhelmed. but she knew she had to embrace her emotions for now.
The sky was lighting up little by little and so was the life our main protagonist.
Salish played her favorite playlist from Spotify which made her mood even better.
Being a water lover, she decided to stop by a nearby beach, but the beach was famous for being the spot of "Love" where couples mostly visit during night and morning times. Crossing her fingers while hoping for what she really wanted to do at the moment, she drove off.
After driving for about half an hour, Salish finally reaches her destination and gives out a satisfactory smile when she sees no people around the beach.
The timing was perfect and so was her mood.
Without caring for nothing she quickly takes of her heelish-sandals and runs off the water like a child visiting the beach for the first time.
Clicking many pictures and taking videos of herself with the help of a high-technologically advanced drone which is invented by her own company, she had the best time of her life alone.
Being alone has a power that very few people can handle, and nothing can bring you peace but yourself were her only thoughts.
Having spent enough time wasting her energy and running around like a duck, her stomach finally growled for food.
"Don't worry my dear, I'll feed you soon." Salish says while patting her tummy.
Salish gets in her car and drives off to her favorite where she always visited ever since she was a kid.
"Welcome to our-, Oh my god! Guys, our little girl is back!" Cried the old lady, who was the owner of the cafe.
"Oh my gosh! please have a seat. I'm so excited to see you after so long." said the old lady's husband.
"I missed you old couple too!" replied Salish.
"Yah, don't make fun of our age. What if we are older than you? I can still run ten miles." said the kind old lady after slightly hitting Salish's shoulder.
"Yea, of course you can grans." Salish said with an airy chuckle.
"What made you remember our cafe after long huh?" Inquired the old man with a grin on his face.
"Oh well, because my stomach demands food. hehehe" she said.
"Then go and sit, I will bring your favorite food and you know what? We freshly harvested some strawberries from our farm just yesterday. Dear, can you please go and bring them for her?" Said the old lady.
"Dear, I was going to say the same thing! Look skinny she has gotten from the past two weeks." Said the old man before walking perhaps partially running towards their pantry.
"I will be back after a moment as well." Said the lady before departing.
After an hour, her stomach was full, but the old man still insisted on her eating more. After talks and goodbyes, she left the place after paying for her food and arrived straight at the house, where her family resided.
She wanted to show them what she was capable of and now that Salish had made the decision, she is not going to back off even if an earthquake hits the earth or tsunami takes place.
Entering the house with no discretion like she always used to, gave her stepbrothers, a chance to get her into trouble for their entertainment purpose.
"Mom! Dad! Look, Salish is back!" Yelled her first older stepbrother, Jack. He was a graduate, 25 years old and a good for nothing man. Infact each one of them were except Salish.
"Dad! Hurry over!" Yelled her second older stepbrother, Jonathan. He was in the same university as her because of Salish's influence her mother had used to enroll him in the same.
"Seems like the bitch is back after having fun with random boys huh?" Said her mother.
"Where were you last night? Why was there no breakfast on the table when she woke up?" Inquired her stepfather with angry eyes.
"Done asking questions? Now keep your mouth shut, I'm going to my room." Salish growled at them.
"So now you will start talking back to us huh?!" Said her stepfather, Josh.
"We must teach you a lesson." Yelled her mother, Saddie.
"What are you going to do to me? You have literally nothing on you. All you people are living in MY house, eating the food I bought with MY OWN MONEY. what the fuck do you have? Infact you should be grateful that I have left you shits live in my house." She said before going towards the couch and plopping herself on it.
Looking at the 360-degree change in her behavior both the elders and the brothers got worried for their sake of leaving the luxury she has been offering to them.
But little did they know that this, was just the beginning...
To be continued...