Chapter 1 - The Brat Daughter
"No, you didn't, Laura!" The girl beside me chuckled as we were walking towards our house.
"Yes, I did! She deserved it, Audrey. In fact, she deserves more than that. After what she have done to me? She must be thankful" I smirked and rolled my eyes.
"You're really such a brat. I should've hurried earlier so I could watch your show. Ugh! What a regret..." she sighed that causes me laugh so hard.
One of our maid approached us as we entered our house, "Your mom and dad are waiting for you in your dad's office, Ms. Laura."
My dad is the CEO of the biggest shoe company and my mom is the President and owner of the biggest university here in the Philippines, that's why we have a such a big house, bigger than a mansion.
When you enter our front door, you will immediately see our two-way staircase... and in the center of that, there's a door where you can find our sala that full of our pictures and fragile figurines came from different countries. On the right of our first floor, there's a three doors... First two doors, it will lead you to our kitchen and dining area where you can also see the door leading to the door. The third door is our servants' room. On the left side, there's a four doors. First and second room are my parent's offices. Third room is our library, and last door is my little sister's play room. On the second floor, you can find our bedrooms, five guest rooms, and an entertainment room. Lastly, you can find my dad's mini bar in the basement.
Most of the people that I knew feels envious of me. They said that I must feel like I'm in a heaven as I live like a princess. Yes, I admit it... I'm so grateful that I grew up in a wealthy family, but people who feel envious of me don't know how much I hate to be in this house... In this family.
Audrey got shocked when the woman who greeted us mentioned that my dad is waiting for me, "Laura, do you think your parents already know what you've done to Vanessa?"
I nodded and look at her, "I guess! But don't worry, as if I care. I already know what punishment will I face on. If my parents won't send me to England, they would probably send me to New York. I'm okay with that, at least I will have freedom."
My dad is always like that. Whenever I did something that he didn't like, he always send me abroad as my punishment. I kinda like it even I'm with our relatives, they don't care about me tho. They are all busy with their businesses like my parents, they don't have time to look after me... that's why I feel like I have freedom whenever I'm with them.
Audrey came with me as she also wants to greet my parents before she leave. We're actually planning to have a sleepover, but we can't do it anymore because of my parents...
I know it's weird being excited instead of being nervous knowing that my parents will punish me... But I couldn't resist the excitement. I couldn't stop thinking about where my parents will send me next.
After a few steps, we're already here in front of my dad's office... When I opened the door, I immediately saw my dad, who's standing like a general. He looked so serious and his arms crossed to each other. If I could guess, he already know what I've done. On the right side, I saw my disappointed mom sitting on the couch.
I looked at my dad again and notices that his facial expression changed. I'm pretty sure the only reason for that change is he already saw Audrey behind me.
Audrey greeted my parents as she notices the changes in their facial expression, "Good evening Mr. and Mrs. Evangilista... I just drop by to say hi to you guys."
"Hi, Audrey... Thanks for dropping by!" My mom cheerfully greeted her
Our parents are business partners. We're introduced to each other when we were in elementary, maybe because our parents want us to continue their partnership when we handled our business in the future.
We became best friend not because of the connections of our parents, but because we shared the same vibes to each other... And we both agreed that our friendship has nothing to do with the connection of our parents, our friendship is just like a normal friendship, they became friends because they shared a same vibes. Also, I considered Audrey as my best friend because she became my hero once. She saved me from loneliness when my childhood best friend for years left me on the day I met her.
My dad move towards to Audrey and tapped her shoulders, "Thanks for dropping by, Audrey! But can you please give us a moment? We just want to talk to Laura." You will notice that Audrey got scared as her voice trembled as she answer dad, "Of course... I leave you guys, then."
When Audrey got out of the office, I looked again at my dad and his facial expression became more serious. He put his hands in his pockets as he walks towards on where he's standing earlier. My mom is still sitting on the couch while looking at me.
As I already know what they're going to say, I didn't wait for them to speak, "Let me guess, you will ask me what did I do this time, right? Let me answer that, I just gave what that freak girl deserves... There, I already answer your question... are we done?"
The man's voice in front of me becomes much more serious and gives me a deadly look, "Stop testing my patience, Laura!"
"What? I just answer your question." I answered sarcastically.
"Do you know who you bullied? She is the daughter of one of our biggest business partner. If you don't want to see our business to collapse, say sorry to Vanessa Jones... To the girl you bullied."
I got surprised and annoyed at what my dad told to me, "What? Me? Will say sorry to her? No way! I will never say sorry to that freak! Do you know what that freak did to me? Ha? She humiliated me in front of our schoolmates in our own school... And now? You want me to apologize to her? I'd rather spend my whole life with our relatives than apologize to her. I will never say sorry to her. Never!"
My dad shook his head as he walks toward to his desk and took something from his drawer, "Is that the reason why you never listen to us? Instead of reflecting on your wrong doings, you're just enjoying and considering it as your vacation? Okay then, let's see if you can still enjoy this time."
Dad put some I.D on the coffee table. I looked at it and got confused, "What do you mean?"
He smirked and put his hands in his pocket again, "Why don't you look at it for you to know?"
I confusedly grabbed the I.D. I got shocked when I saw other school's name and my face there... If I am not mistaken, "Saint Angelus Highschool? This is the school who beat us on our debate contest... As far as l know, this is a public school. Why does my face is here?"
Dad walk towards me and tapped my shoulder, "Welcome to your new school, Laura!"
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