I was finally able to sleep this time because when I woke up, I was not feeling as grumpy as I always do. I got up and went to the bathroom looked at my reflection in the mirror I still have my dark circles I know it is not going anytime soon so I just have to live with it for a while. I decided to take a warm bath, I came into the room while drying my hair and my eyes moved to the wall clock cover my bed and the time was barely O6:00AM, huh then when did I sleep because I don't feel sleepy at all. I just lay on my bed observing the details of my ceiling because with nothing to do I have to keep myself busy. The patterns were quite complicated, if mom was here, she would be able to understand what it was she was the art person and that was one trait I never inherited from her. Mom was very good at painting but as some point she had to close her studio to take care of me. Then I used to go to her studio after school so I won't be alone, I loved to watch her paint she was so into it that there are times I would walk into the studio and she won't even know that I am behind, at time I will try scaring her which will cause her to throw her biggest paint brush at me while she is holding her chest I would be laughing so loud that at the end she would start laughing as well.
I went down to the kitchen to have breakfast; Agatha was sent to call me when I tried sleeping again, she said that my father needed me to eat with them. When I got to the kitchen, I was directed to the dining hall, when I got there everyone was seated. The hall was huge, like really huge with a castle like aesthetic. I learned that my father really liked his space so technically everything was spacious even up to the guest bathroom. I sat close to Ivan so I was sitting directly opposite Mira. I said good morning to everybody, they all answered except her and at the moment I could care less. Wait I do care but it's just that she is trying to make life hard for me and she is way older she is petty. A plate of chocolate pancakes was placed before me by one of the house keepers I said a brief thank you to her I took a bite and I was like heaven. Mom rarely makes pancakes in the house or anything that has milk in it, she I lactose intolerant and I am not so let's just say I had to suffer too. My eyes were closed that I did not realize that everybody was looking at me. Ivan's drew my attention to the present.
"You seem to do that a lot" He said with a chuckle
"She seems to like it" My father said as he chuckled as well
"She is not a baby; you don't have to feed her that" Mira said with a cold voice
I said absolutely nothing to her I just continued to eat; she is trying to get a reaction out of me but I am not giving her any. I have been here for just two days and she is already giving me a headache, I said absolutely nothing to her and continued eating I was not close to them so they should not expect me to start holding any sort of conversation with any of them. My father cleared his throat to get everybody's attention so we all looked at him. He was looking at me his face was very calm but his face features are so rigid that it looks very intimidating but he does not scare me I wonder what he does for work.
"So, Olivia I heard you are going to the mall today?"
"Yes"
"You do know you are starting school in a week, Beth told me you were home schooled for a while. May I know why?
Immediately he asked that question I felt a tight feeling on my chest, did he know something? Why is he asking? I had to make sure that I did not show are kind of worry on my face. I have to think of a lie and fast.
"Mom just wanted me to be closing to her" Hope he is convinced
"Really?"
"Yes"
"Alright then, I already admitted you into a school I collected your result from the last school year and I am really impressed by it. Here" He handed me a n envelope on the envelop was a gold crest which had two lions holding on trident each and an Eagle was above the tridents that was placed in an X. I opened the content of the envelope and in it was a letter with GRAYLAND ACADEMY written on the top of the sheet.
"Dear Miss Allen, considering you exceptional academic performance we are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into Grayland Academy, we hope to see you on the assigned resumption date"
"Wow you do know it is really difficult to get into that school" Ivan said to me with a smirk
"Really?"
"Yes, you have to be really smart to get in, thought myself and Mira got in way too easily this is proof that you got the brain too congratulations"
"You guys went there too is it like a family thing?"
"Sort of, Mom and Dad went there, Dads parents went there but it is not because it is our family but because we are just Smart" he said with a smirk. I gave him a smile Is Mira really his sister because she is way too uptight to be related to him.
"Here" My father passed a gold Card to me. He said it was for me and I could use it however I want. He said that my Half sibling had one to. He also told me that he opened the account the very day I was born so that incase my mother needed financial assistance he would give it to her but now he it is mine to use I did not even ask how much was in it but I do know it is a lot he has been saving in it for 17 years and only God knows how much he was putting in it every month I rejected it at first he pleaded with me to take it which I finally did considering the fact that there might be an emergency.
After breakfast, all the ladies including Mira went to the mall which was surprising considering the fact that she did not like me but she said since I would be living with them and that our father would introduce me as their sister she did not want me dressing like a servant. We went to different shops to get cloths and shoes ranging from skirts to dresses, shorts to pants, books to flats etc. we also got some school supplies like notebooks, pencils, stapler and so on. We stopped for a while to rest, my legs are killing me I have never shopped for this long in my entire life. Katerina went a jewelry shop she said she needed to speak to the owner that she was an old friend so Myself, Bella and Mira went to the food court there in the mall to rest our feet, Bella been who she was started complaining about how hungry she was and how terrible the food sold there was. Mira only laughed at her telling her how she always complains looking at Mira now and what I have observed for the one night I have spent in the house, she is not a bad person she just does not like me and she also angry at her parents and I do not blame has a way of making a person smile even when the person is upset which I give her kudos for. The two ladies were still laughing at each other when Bella made a loud ugh, two ladies walked towards us with the fakest smile I have ever seen.
"Hi Mira fancy seeing you here"
"Hi Quinn I am so not pleased to meet you. Now what do you want"
"I saw you from afar and I wandered what you were doing here, you usually don't come yourself"
"I do not see how that is your problem" Bella said to her with a disgusted look
"I didn't see you here Bella. How is Ivan?" well I am pretty sure Bella is no an ant that cannot be noticed and why is she asking about Ivan
"Happier than ever now shoo" Mira replied her this time
"If you had not interfered, he would have been with me now"
"You were messing with my brother's head of course he has leave you"
"Bella you are just an arranged wife and arranged marriages never last"
"And who are you to determine how long my son's marriage would last" Katerina walked towards us looking very angry and throughout I did not utter a single this getting really interesting.
"Hannah, I thought I told you to control your friend" Katerina said to the girl standing close to Quinn she looked at the ground
"I'm sorry aunty" Aunty?
"This should not happen again. Let's go" She turned to leave and the three of us followed suit. It turns out that Hannah is Katerina's older sister child and she is same age as Mira and Bella, while Quinn was Ivan's ex they were always having issues which always leads to them breaking up Katerina got tired of it and ended up setting him up with Bella and they like themselves and dear Quinn is not happy about it. We stopped at the tailor's shop to get measured for my school uniform. I have never worn a school uniform in my life before since where I am coming from, we were anything to school but there is a dress code. He told me that my uniform would be ready and delivered to the house by the next weekend.
By the time we got home the interior of my room have been given a little change my all white bedsheet and duvet have been changed to black and gold same for my all while curtains then my pillow cases every other thing was left the way it was. I started arranging my things in my closet I may be tired but when I comes to arranging my thing, I do not procrastinate it has always been a thing for me. Every clothing was arranged according to their types plain pants are not placed together with jeans dresses are not placed with skirts. When I was done arranging, I had to sleep and it was already late so I had to skip dinner.
Saturday came really fast; I wanted the week to take its time but Monday I would be going to school and I am really terrified I won't lie to you. My uniform was indeed delivered to the house, I was expecting just a little package instead what was sent was a huge carton one of the security men in the house brought it to my room I opened the carton and in it were four white shirts two were short sleeved while two were long sleeved, on the edge of the sleeve of the short one a red band is attached to it, there are two blazers which has the school crest on it same as the one on the envelope one black and the other red, Four pairs of gray knee-high socks was also in it, four gray skirts, two sports outfit technically for PE, two sweaters and two hoodies which has the schools crest as well which one of each was red and the other black and finally two ties one red and the other black and the sweet thing is that they are all ironed. I was trying to put my things in order when one of the house keepers came to tell me that my father needed my attention so I went to his office which on the floor above us. I have never been to the other half of my floor talk more of the last one but the placement is not different from ours, the only difference is that theirs has a lot of flowers while our have like four. I walked into his office, it was like a mini library he pointed at the sofa in his office and told me to take a seat which I did then he proceeded to ask me how I was doing and asking if I was comfortable because through out the week he was not home he travelled overseas for a business meeting so he was trying to catch up. We talked for a while so I told him I had a request to make
"I don't want to be driven to school"
"Why"
"Nobody knows we are related and from what I have seen you are a bigshot here I just want to keep a low profile and finish high school without having any issues"
"Olivia you do not know this place and I will not allow my child wander off alone. You are not going to argue with me on this one"
"But?"
"No buts. This is for your own good and also when you get to school ask for Mr. Gordon" then he gestured to me that I could leave. Ivan already told me before that my father is somebody no one can win an argument with him not even his wife and I am the type of person who cannot hold an argument so I left it as it was and accepted my faith went back to my room to finish what I was doing.