I drove into our old looking villa and parked at the garage
I breathed in and out before alighting from the car to go inside
"Hey big sis! You're back!" Laila, my fussy little sister said sneakily and collected my bag "sis you won't believe it but you remember the WWX designer that was just launched few days ago? I got a free slot for a very cheap price, it would be so nice if you could just lend me like a hundred thousand naira, I promise to return it, hun?" She blinked innocently at me and I glared at her
"Where is mom and dad?" I asked grimly and Laila snorted angrily
"At the garden" she replied
"You could've just said'oh, my dear little sister, I can't lend you the money, you needn't glare at me like that" Laila grumbled and tossed my bag on the couch in the living room before stomping her foot angrily to her room
"Sis, you okay?" Isabelle,my twin sister asked worriedly
"Do I look okay to you? Geez, why is everyone in this house so annoying?"I snapped at her angrily and lunged to the yard
There I met my precious parent chitchatting over fresh juice
"Oh Ariella.."
"So, Bryan was a set up to hijack my properties,huh?" I confronted them furiously
"What are you...."
"Mom, don't you dare! Don't you dare try to pretend like you don't have an idea of what I'm talking about because you both know what exactly I'm saying!" I yelled angrily
and mom sighed helplessly
"For twelve years, for twelve fucking years I've been serving this family selflessly, I even had to quit school for some time at a point before getting a scholarship, I slave for this family like I'm not your biological child dad!"
"Fine, grandpa willed all his properties to me but i didn't have access to it until this month when the contract grandpa signed was validated but I've felt responsible for this family since I was just fourteen years and trust me, it was all cool. But this....toying with my feelings? That is the height of it dad. I'm so done with this damning family!" I hurled angrily and jerked off
"You bastard! I'm the rightful owner of the properties, you brat!" I heard dad shril after me but I didn't budged
I lunged into my room and started packing up my belongings.
I heard the door creaked but pretended not to see Isabelle come in.
"Sis, I'm so sorry, I...I don't even know what to say right now but to blame our selfish parents. Setting you up with a guy for a f*cking eight years is outrageous and cruel, I mean, you are supposed to be their precious daughter, not their nemesis" Anabelle said angrily and fresh tears came rolling out of my eyes
Anabelle had always been like that, always finding a way to make me express my feelings freely and always touches the soft spot in my fragile heart
My life has been a nemesis since I was a child.
I was closer to my grandfather than anyone else in the family, we were really close. He would tell me folktales and I would ask him key questions which always baffled him. I was a very smart kid,no doubt. I was smarter than my age.
Or perhaps, that was what my grandfather thought of me ad always praised me for.
My grandfather got old and developed amnesia.
I started paying extra attention to him and I would make sure he uses his drugs everyday.
One day, I went to school, it was a bright sunny day and I was literally bouncing back home to give my grandfather news about me meeting a new boy which was sebestian, but I didn't met my grandfather.
I met a corpse. Apperently, since i didn't came back on time to give him his dose, he went to the cabinet and mistook a poison for his drugs and took it.
I wondered what poison was doing in his room though, I still wonder. I always made sure his room was tidied up and free of any sharp objects or any dangerous subtances.
Since the death of my grandfather, I became very bored and lonely. Laila sometimes force herself to talk to me which I hardly respond to her.
Not like I was blaming myself from grandpa's death, I'm sure he knows have his best interest and would never wish him dead,fate only played it cause.
I loved and missed my grandfather,no doubt about that but his love for me was too extreme
I didn't know what he was thinking when he willed all his properties to me, but I think that wasn't the best decision. It was meant to changed my life positively but it was the other way round. At the age of eight, my father insisted I started taking care of the family since I now own his rightful properties.
But grandfather binded the properties with a condition. I can't access to it until I'm twenty six and today is my twenty sixth birthday but it was the worst birthday ever. Just like the day the will was announced.
"I can't even ask you not to cry, you don't deserve to be this sad but it's alright to cry bunny,you have to let everything out to ease your burdened heart. I know I've not been really helpful but..." Isabelle pulled me into a warn hug and patted me softly "come here. You can always hid your face on my flat chest so that no one would see you cry and lean unto my shoulder, you can wet my expensive dress until you're satisfied and ready to bounce up and face it head up again, suicide is never an option baby girl" Isabelle went on and on, consoling me in the best way she can.And to be frank, she was really really helpful
"Arielle dear, you know I....." I heard my mom's speak but Isabelle cut her off angrily
"Not now mom, please get out" she said abruptly and mom sighed helplessly
"Bunnies, you know I would never hurt you intentionally right? If I don't follow your father's lead, he's going to kill me" mom said and Isabelle breathed in her anger before replying her
"Mom, don't make me repeat myself, get out" Isabelle half yelled and I heard the door bang
"Oouuu!" I puffed and laid back on the bed while staring up at the ceilling
"Where are you going to go now?" Isabelle asked
"I dunno. Anywhere" I mumbled
"There's a vacancy in Sammy's neighborhood if you don't mind" Isa said
"Would you move with me?" I asked, surprising her .
"Huh? Of course! I'd love too!" She shrilled excitedly, almost hugging me
"Let me come with you too sis" Laila's voice suddenly echoed in the room
"You brat, have you been eavesdropping on us?" Isa chided her
"Get out now, Laila" I said sternly
"But sis..."
"Do not make me do something I would regret,out!" I said hoarsely
"Fine, I'm going" Laila said angrily and walked out of the room
"Geez! Can you imagine that little spoilt thing" I said angrily and suddenly respired heavily as reality struck me
"Belle, you always have my back, yeah?" I asked and isa frowned
"Always.what is it?'' she asked curiously
"Don't freak out okay" I said
"I'm already freaking out, can't you see? Spill it out already!" She said angrily
"I think I'm poor for real now, I transferred eighty percent of my shares to Bryan" I said hastily and Isabelle gasped in utter disbelieve
"Wait, what! Tell me you're joking" she shrieked
"I'm dead serious sis, I think I'm doomed. I need a full lecture on how to START OVER AGAIN!" I said and Isabelle respired heavily
"Nah! This is bad. Eight percent?" She adjed again and I bit my lips "sis, eighty or eight percent?" She asked grimly
"It's a freaking eighty percent gurl"
"Wait, what were you even thinking? I mean, eighty! That's a whole lot! Ugh!" Isabelle scoffed angrily and laid beside me
"You still have twenty percent left right?" Isa asked
"You have a plan?" I asked
"Sure, let's pay atty. Jeff to help us claim the money back?" Isa suggested
"Hmm, I like the sound of that" I grinned briefly