LUNA
I went to my room and slumped on the bed. Hot tears streamed down my cheeks as I cried silently, I can't believe my father will choose to sell me off to someone I don't have feelings for, if he wanted the best for any child of his I'm sure it will be Jasmine so why didn't he sell her off? I wish my mother is alive, she would have stopped my father from forcing me into marriage. "Mom." I cried. "Why did you leave me in the hands of these wicked people? you should have taken me along, they keep reminding me that you're dead." I said, hoping that my mother is listening to me wherever she is. The sound of my phone ringing interrupted my cry, I checked the name of the caller, 'BRIANNA' was written on my phone's screen, I felt relieved, Brianna called at the right time, just when I needed a shoulder to cry on.
"Hello." I said in a shaky voice. "
" Hey lollipop, were you crying? What's wrong?" She asked in a concerned tone.
I wanted to speak but my tears wouldn't let me, I burst into tears.
"Stop crying, talk to me, I'm here okay?"
I nodded my head, forgetting that she can't see me. "You know what, give me few minutes I'll come over to your house so we can talk it out okay?"
" Thank you." I managed to reply.
" Alright, I'll be on my way, don't hurt yourself." She said and end the call.
I slumped on my bed and continued crying. Some minutes later, Brianna arrived, she pushed the door without knocking and rushed to me on the bed.
"Bestie, what happened to you?" She sat beside me.
" It's my stepmom, again." I said in a teary voice.
" What did she do again?"
" She wants to marry me off to Lorde Zachary." I sniffled.
" What?" She frowned. " Why?"
" She said she needs money to keep her salon going."
" So you are the only solution they could find?"
I shrugged and said nothing.
" Is Jasmine not a woman too? Why didn't they give her out instead, or isn't she old enough?"
" My Dad said it's for the best."
" Best indeed." Brianna scoffed.
" They don't want to give their precious daughter to a heartless man, so they give out the 'motherless child.'
"Don't say that." Brianna moved closer to me and pulled me into a warm embrace. "You're not motherless, you have a mother."
"Where is she?" I sobbed.
" She is in a better place."
"She left me alone."
" You're not alone, I'm here for you and I'll always be here."
" Thank you." I said weakly.
" Always welcome." Brianna smiled, I slowly drifted off to sleep and before I could wake up, Brianna already left.
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I went to a nearby chemist shop to purchase pain relieving drugs for my father who had been complaining of body pains for the past few days, I git the drugs and headed back home. Getting close to the house, I saw Mason my boyfriend, standing few meters away from my house. I smiled thinking he was waiting for me, Jasmine came out of the house and went to meet him, she hugged him passionately. I stopped on my tracks, my smile disappeared. I watched them as they smiled at each other and said inaudible things to themselves, I pinched myself to know if it was a dream but it wasn't, Jasmine and my boyfriend are having an affair behind my back. "No, it can't be." I said to myself. "They might just be close because of me." I assured myself. "But why are they smiling at each other? " I asked. I slowly walked towards them, they didn't even notice my presence even as I got to where they standing.
I cleared my throat, startling both of them.
"Lu.. Luna?" Mason stammered.
"What's happening here?" I asked.
"What's your business?" Jasmine chipped in.
" He is my business." I replied her and repeated my question. " What's happening here Mason."
"Uhm, I came to see..."
"He came to see me." Jasmine held his hand. I stared at their hands, Mason tried to remove his hand from hers but she tightened her grip on him.
"Is that true?" I asked Mason. He couldn't reply. "It's not I'm thinking right?"
"It's not it okay?"
"Then what are you doing with my sister?"
" I'm not you sister." Jasmine said.
" What are you doing with Mason?" I asked her.
" I should be the one asking you that."
"Mason is my boyfriend and you know that."
" Mason is my boyfriend and you know that." She mimicked. " Well, Mason is mine and not your boyfriend, you can go find your Mason somewhere else." She smiled mischievously.
" This is not true right? " I asked Mason. He stared at me without replying, making me feel like a fool. "Answer me Mason!"
"Hey, don't yell at me like that." He finally spoke.
" Are you cheating on me with her?"
" You have no right to ask me such questions, you don't own me."
"of all people on Earth, why must it be my sister?"
" I chose who I want to be with, do you have a problem with that?"
I shook my head, trying to hold back the tears threatening to fall. "So all the while, you were dating me and my sister."
" Then I was dating you, but I'm not into you like you think, you were just for the time being and not forever, I've been planning to tell you about Jasmine and I but now that you've found out for yourself, everything is settled." He said carelessly. I felt a sharp pain in my heart, I can't believe the person I trusted so much could betray me this way, all along I was being fooled by the person I love so much.
"I was just for the time being?" I asked, hoping he'd say it was a mistake.
"Yes you were." Jasmine replied. "Mason?"
" Yes cutie." She pouted.
" Let's leave, I'm suffocating."
"Okay."
Jasmine shoved me out of the way as they left the house.
" I hate you Mason." I said as a tear dropped from my eyes, I wiped the tear and walked into the house. I gave my Dad his medications and went to my room, I locked the door and burst into a loud cry.