Ch. 17

2 hours later, the plane landed and we went outside. "Sophie, our ride is here. You coming?" she asked and I shrugged off my thoughts. I went inside as they did. I sat beside Ethan who looks worried about me. He knows about my parents. "Are you alright? You look pale." He said and I said, "Yeah I'm fine. Don't worry too much. I'll be fine." I flashed a smile to make him so sure that I was fine, but mentally not okay. A few minutes, I had arrived at the main gate of our house. I step outside and said, "I'll be fine here. I'll just message you if something happen. Text me Ethan if you went back home safely. Be safe." I closed the car door and walked towards the guard.

I turn around facing the gate. The guard asked me. "Who are you Miss?" then I said, "I'm Sophie Morgan."

The gate opened and I walked inside. I knocked at the door and it opened seeing the girl of my father. "Oh Sophie you're here. Why are you here?" she said. Is she dumb? I used to live here before and I can come here anytime I want to. "Of course, to visit." I rolled my eyes and started to walk towards my bed room before. "You didn't even change a bit." I heard her say that. "People change and so do I. I had changed, maybe you just don't like me because I'm not low as you." I said and was about to turn the door knob, but a maid stopped me. "Sorry Miss, but this is the stock room. Your father moved all the things of your mother here and I was told to lock it." She said and I turn to the girl of my father. "You sleep on the couch." She said and I scoff. "Who are you to tell me that? Where is my mother?" I asked and she looked at me, "I'm here. I'm your new mother, dear. Your mother went to your grandmother's house. She lived there ever since we moved here." She said. I could feel my blood boils up like anytime soon I might kill this b*tch over here. "You? My mother? That was the funniest joke I ever heard in my entire life. Do you even consider yourself as a good mother when you already did something that will ruin your life? Being a mother is like my mother, but she couldn't do anything to prevent you from my father because my father likes you and I don't even know why. Maybe he saw something fishy on you that's why. A mother does everything to make her family in a right condition. She didn't opened up for me to secure me. She hide all my father's secret for me to be fine, but what you did. You even force my father to live with him, knowing that will ruin his family. Do you think I didn't know that? Now if you excuse me, I'll go inside my bed room." I said and was interrupted with a male voice. "Didn't you heard what she said? You sleep on the couch." He said sternly. "You put all your things in the living room and do your work." He stated. "Work? I didn't came here to become your helper and second, what about the maids here? What do they do?" I defended myself as I looked at my father holding a rake. Seriously? A Rake? "Clean the backyard and don't come back inside if you don't finish the work I had assign you." I rolled my eyes and took the rake away from his grip.

Cleaning is not my hobby. I lazily gather the leaves that had fell. When I was about to finished it, a dog, I don't know where that dog came from, ran towards the leaves I gathered and jump. "No!!!" ugh! Not again. I'm not cleaning this up, but my conscience was killing me so I finished it. When I went back to the house, it was already dark. I forgot to eat lunch and now its dinner time. I was about to sit and ready to eat. "There's no more food left and also there's no rice. Just wash the dishes." The brat commanded. I rolled my eyes and sighed. "Why don't you do it? Since you ate and use the plates. Why don't you wash it?" I asked and stood up. "Sophie, do what your step mother told you." he said, "Tsk, Mother my ass." I mumbled. "Watch your mouth young lady!" I scoff and went to the living room. But then I was grabbed by my hair. I looked at the person and it was the brat. I winced in pain. I took all my strength to push her away from and stumbled down. "You can't make me what I don't want." I said and went back to the living room.