5 Chapter 1 MEET
CHAPTER 1
MEET
Louise
I woke up because of a loud banging on the door of my room. "Come out of here what do you want to live like a princess? You bitch, you didn't do anything right you're such a worthless bitch. Be thankful that I let you be alive if I'm the one to choose I'll abort when you're just a fetus. You didn't learn anything on your punishments you're always bring such problems to us you're such a disgrace. You're such a leech that bringing our family down." Mom said with a disgust on her face. While I'm crying because of her hurtful words like a knife that stab my heart so many times that I heard on my everyday life it still so painful to hear from her wishing my death. I thought as a day goes by when I hear the pain will subside and my heart will feel numb. I hope someday I feel numb for the things that hurt me from time to time.
It hurts that they didn't treat me as part of their family because they always thought that I'm a disgrace to their family. I did everything that makes them proud and accept me but they didn't saw my efforts. They always said you need to do this and that, you need to have a highest grades in this university so you won't drag our name down because of your empty brain.
I need to be a dean lister and excel on the extra -curricular activities because if I don't I will be punished. All of my life I have to prove myself on them to be part of their family. Although, my elder sister she can do whatever she wants and whatever she achieves my parents will be proud of her. She focuses herself on her modeling career because my mom believes that it will be a greater help on our family business.
I came back on reality when my mom slaps my face. "oh, are you gonna stand there the whole day? Why don't you prepare our breakfast huh? Remember this, you are in this house to serve and follow us so you can't act like a princess here. If you want to leave this house you can go now but don't worry we will give you a weekly allowance and a gold credit card" mom said. I don't mind what my mom say and I rush to the kitchen to prepare their breakfast while crying. This is my daily routine I wake up early to prepare their meal after this I will prepare for school, when I'm done with my classes I need to go home immediately because they dinner outside. We have so many maids here but I'm the one to prepare their meal, wash and iron their clothes, in every mistakes I did there will be a consequence through physically and verbally. Sometimes I think I'm just adopted because I can't feel their love for me.
If I'm really an adopted child maybe they are angry to my true parents that's why they treated me like this. But why I'm the one who get through things I didn't do something bad to them. I finished cooking their breakfast with a lot of questions in my mind and my face are full of tears so I smiled with pain in my eyes.
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After my first class my professor asked me, if there's something bothering me because even though I hide it with a concealer the redness in my eyes are still visible. Even though I used concealer I still look like a zombie but that's okay I still believe that they still change. One day I will be a part of their family.
While I'm walking to the library I bumped a guy. "I'm sorry miss I didn't look on my way while walking so I bumped into you. Are you okay?" the guy said with an apologetic face. "I'm okay, sorry because I'm a bit disoriented on what happens around me so I bumped you" I said with a shy smile. "By the way, I'm Cohen Gavin Castanier a transferee so can I asked something? Where is the dean's office?" he said with a genuine smile.
"this way please you can go with me because I will pass there before I go to the library" I said.
When we are near on the dean's office he stopped and face me. "thank you, see you around" he said with smile. I just smile at him and I came in on the library to advance reading for my next class.
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Its six thirty in the evening after my last my class I'm here outside the university waiting for our driver Tatay Victor. "Hey, why are still here outside the university? Are waiting for someone?" Gavin said. "Ahhhmmm I'm waiting for tatay Victor, he said his on the way to fetch me" I said. "Alright, I stay with you to wait here its cold and there are only few students here left. Its dark and dangerous for you to be here" he said.
We sat on the waiting shed outside the university and talked. After a few minutes Tatay Victor arrived. "Thank you for accompanying me here while I'm waiting for tatay. Goodbye and stay safe" I said to him before going inside the car. "I'm sorry for the inconvenience, I'll buy the groceries with Cora on the mall earlier that's why I'm late" he said. "it's okay tay, Gavin accompanied me earlier" I said.
While we are on the way home I feel sad and keep on thinking when will be time that I will be happy having a happy family and a real friend. There are lots of people who want to be my friend but all of them are plastic. They want to my friend because were rich and I have a constant honor. After thirty minutes we arrived home but it is so quite inside then I saw nanay Linda that coming near me from the outside the gate to put the garbage bag. "Nay where are they? Why it is so quite inside?" I said. She smiled hesitantly before answering my question. "There out to have a family dinner with their family friends. I'm sorry dear you know them already besides we are here for you. We have chicken adobo for dinner we'll join you. Don't be sad dear, smile please" she said.
"Nay, I just go upstairs to change clothes" I said with a smile. "Woah okay after that go downstairs then we'll gonna eat. I just prepare our dinner" she said. I smile at them and thank them for always staying beside me. I'm still lucky because they are always there for me whatever happens and they treated me as a family and a daughter.
Haist, I'm still not use to it even though they are always out every day, we just see each other every morning. It's still painful that they didn't treat me as part of their family but I'm still hoping that they change and they'll see my worth for me to be happy. I just wish two things first to be part of their family and lastly to have a real friend. I'm not wishing for more because one is fine, in able for me to feel that aside from nay and tay there is someone that I can lean on.
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