CHAPTER ONE

KEISHA JOHNSTON

I stared at the man before me who held in his hand a skin branding tool smirking at me. My hand and legs were tied to a chair.

"No please don't do it stop please don't do it I beg you" I cried.

"Printsessa I have to make everyone aware you belong to me so I'm marking my property so I can find you if you get lost"

"Please I beg you stop please I'll do anything please stop"I cried.

He walked towards me and kneeled next to my waist and took out the branding tool and started writing on my skin and it burnt it.

"Arrrrrggggghhhhh!" I yelled crying.

"I'm done every time you see IP you'll remember me Printsessa"

I opened my eyes panting. I've been having nightmares like this since I was sixteen. Beads of sweat had formed on my head.

I checked the time and it was almost 6 am.

I walked to the bathroom and took my bath and brushed my teeth.

I walked back to my room and wore a black dress with sneakers and tied my hair into a messy bun.

I took my phone and walked out of my room to check on Keira by little sister.

She was sitting on her bed wearing her underwear.

"Good morning Kei Kei"

"Good morning Sha Sha"

"How are you doing?"

"I'm ok waiting for you to come to pick my dress for me"

I smiled at her and walked into her mini closet and took out a black and white striped dress for her with white sneakers.

After helping her wear it I did her hair for her. She had long hair. She called herself a black Rapunzel.

I took her bag pack and left her room to send her to school.

When we got down we heard Stephan our stepfather yelling at Mom. We ignored them and decided to until Stephan caught us.

"Where do you think you're going?" he asked.

"I'm going to school," Kiera said excitedly.

"I didn't ask you little bitch" he yelled at her and she hid behind me.

"I'm taking her to school then I'll go to college," I said not even looking at him.

He held my chin tight that it was aching a lot.

"Look at me when I speak to you, you bitch" he said and slapped me.

"I expect you to be home before 7 or else you know what will happen to you"

"Yes sir," I said and held Keira's hand and rushed out.

"How are you doing did he hurt you, Sha Sha?" Keira asked panicked.

"No, I'm ok Kei Kei let head to your school now"

We walked to her school which isn't far from here.

I took her to her class and waved at her and left.

I walked to the bus station and took a bus to college.

I got off twenty minutes later and headed off to class.

"Hey Keisha" I turned and saw Miranda my best friend. She's been my friend since kindergarten.

"Hey, Miranda how you doing?"

"I'm ok what about you?"

"I'm fine"

We talked for a while and walked into the Starbucks opposite our college and I bought frappuccino with blueberry muffins while Miranda bought Frappe with chocolate muffins.

We are it while talking before heading back to the college to get to class.

I walked into my class and I had Mathematics. Yaayyy. Note the sarcasm.

I'm not a math person. Math is my enemy. He hates me a lot. Or maybe she's a she. Whatever but Maths hates me I don't know why. I always end up getting A- in Maths every time I write an exam. I never get a plus. I'm always close to getting a plus but Miss Chickenwing here hates me a lot so she either gives me an 89 or 88.

I walked to my back my usual spot and sat down. Miss Chickenwing entered the class with a smile and when she saw me she scowled.

"Why does the world have to be so wicked on me this morning?" she groaned.

"You're not the only one in the mood not to see your ugly scowled face Miss Chickenwing, "I said with a smile which earned me a glare.

"Ok class we're going to have a test today," she said cheerfully and everyone groaned.

"Yaaayyy" I faked cheered clapping which she glared at me again.

"And it's on algebra," she said cheerfully again and earned another groan

"Yaaayyy I'm going to get an A+ now" I clapped again smirking.

" Not on my watch Johnston"

She took out the papers and handed them to everyone except me. She walked to her desk and brought one out of her bag.

She brought it to my table and smirked at me.

I looked down at it and this is stupid. Crazy questions.

I checked the person next to me's paper and it was different like a million times easier.

She's such a witch.

I took my pencil and started working on it.

Twenty minutes later I was done with it. It wasn't really difficult but the others are still working on theirs. She stared at me all the time and I smirked at her and she glared at me.

" Ok, Class stop working time's up," she said ten minutes later.

She took the papers and sent them to her desk and checked mine. While checking she had a shocked face on. Take that bitch.

"W-w-well class let's start?" she said stuttering after seeing my paper.

She continued teaching us the unfinished algebra topics.

It was now time for History class. I love history. Just listening to it makes me want to sleep. But most of the time it's amazing.

I walked into the history class and Jared was the one teaching us. Jared is my uncle's friend who became our second history teacher.

He began the class talking about Abraham Lincoln. Ooh, that's one person I like. His story just keeps on motivating me to never give up.

I listened to him carefully and he gave us an assignment about him. Yaaayy I love Lincoln.

He told us to write an essay comprising of 1000 words about him. Urgh, I hate essay.

The time went by fast and when I realized we had closed. I said goodbye to Miranda before taking a bus to Keira's school to pick her up before I go to work.

When I entered the school and she saw me, she runs fast for me and hugged me.

I held her hand and we walked to the Dinner I worked in. My shift ends at seven mad it's not there thirty.

I gave Kiera some fries and chicken salad with a chocolate smoothie before leaving to work. I kept the tablet I bought for her on her birthday last year next to her so when she finishes she can play some games.

I went to the customers and started my work.

I finished my shift exactly seven and I took Kiera's hand and we walked home.

When we got there. Two black jaguars were parked there. I sense something isn't right.

"Sha Sha, why are these cars parked here?"

"I don't know Kei Kei but I think it has something to do with Stephan"

We walked into the house and there were three men in suits standing in the corridor.

"Who are you?" one asked us.

"We live here" I answered not intimidated by his behaviour.

I walked past them and walked into the Hall.

Two spicy hot men were seated there talking with a scared Mom and Stephan.

I didn't know someone could make Stephan scared I would have looked for one to come and scare him.

Stephan noticed me and smiled. Woah why is he smiling?

"Sha Sha why is Stephan smiling at you?"Kiera whispered.

"I don't know"

"Oh, here she is this the daughter I was talking about come over here Keisa"ok what's going on. This is a huge problem.

He can't even say my name right that's a huge problem here.

"It's Keisha, not Keisa"

He glared at me and I rolled my eyes.

I held Kiera's hand and we walked she hid behind me the whole time.

"I must say she's really pretty and is good for the price, "the hottest dude said. His hair was long but not that long and was styled perfectly. He had a thick Italian accent. Excuse me but did he say price.

"Price?" I asked.

"Oh yeah, your dad here is selling you for 2 million dollars. Two million what?

"Ok this is hilarious first of all he's not my dad and second of all I'm no ones toy or object here so you can't sell me"

"Keisha listen-"

" Shut up Isabelle"I cut my Mom off.

"Listen here young lady you can't talk to me like that I'm your Mom"

" Mom? You call yourself my Mom. Hey, everyone, she says she's my mom. You make me laugh Isabelle. A Mom doesn't sit there for her stupid brain ass husband to sell her daughter. You stopped being my Mom ten years ago" I said to her face which earned me a slap from her.

Kiera gasped. I forgot she was even here.

"You're leaving with them now," she said trying to sound intimidating.

"Take her away with you she's now your property and no longer our problem, "Mom said.

Kiera started crying.

"Sha Sha, what is going on? where are you going? you're not leaving me right?"

"I'll never leave you Kei Kei," I said as I bent down to her level.

"Boys come and get her and send her to the car"Hot Spicy number 1 said.

Two men from the corridor came and held me. I was holding Kiera's hand and they ripped it apart with a force which made her fall down and she began crying aloud.

"Leave my hand you son of a cow," I said wriggling.

"Sha Sha" she cried hard.

"Shut up Keira," Mom said.

"Sha Sha" she cried and got up to run to me but Mom was holding her back then she stomped on her foot which made her leave her.

She runs towards me when Stephan held her which she bit him and run to me. I almost laughed seeing them in pain.

"Where are you taking Sha Sha please let her stay please" she cried. Ok, that's going to make me cry.

"She walked to Spicy number two and began begging him.

"Please Mr let Sha Sha go please"

He didn't listen to her so she went to hot due number one and begged him too but he also didn't listen to her. She was crying when the door opened and Karen walked in.

"Kare Their taking Sha Sha away please tell them to stop" she runs towards her which she bent and held her telling her to stop crying.

They took me outside and kept me in one of the cars and walked to the other.

Hottie number one entered through the other side and sat down.

I looked outside the window. I could hear Keira screaming from inside.

The car started and drove away with me still hearing the screams of Keira. I began crying.

I looked out the window and cried silently.

The car drove far till we got to a place where there were only woods then it stopped at a huge mansion.

The car got in and I admired the environment through the window of the car.

There was a huge fountain in the house. Two big gardens one a flower garden and the other a fruit garden with beautiful lights in it.

The car halted and the two men who dragged me out pulled me out of the car and dragged me into the house. I didn't have time to admirer it. They sent me to a room and closed it.

The room was painted cream. It has a small chandelier in the ceiling. There was a queen-size bed, a walk-in closet, a flat-screen TV and a door which I think leads to the bathroom.

The door opened and spicy number one walked in.

"Nice to see you again Keisha" he spoke with a stone-cold face.

"What do you want from me?"I ask rudely then he walked towards me and held my chin.

"Don't ever speak to me like that because I won't think twice before putting a bullet through your head you get it?" He asked and I nodded.

"Let me tell you the rules in this house

Never leave this room because you're my prisoner

Never talk to anyone unless you are spoken to.

Finally. Never disobey me because you won't like me when

you disobey me

You get it"

I nodded.

"You are supposed to call me Master you get it?"

"Yes... Master"

"Good night Keisha has a good sleep," he said and walked out of the room.

Oh God, what life have you brought me into? I lied on the bed and began crying.