BETRAYAL AND REVENGE

I WENT TO SCHOOL FEELING SO CONFIDENT THE NEXT DAY. WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL THAT DAY, I WAS SHOCKED THAT NO ONE WAS CROWDED AROUND SAINT BUT RATHER EVERYONE I MET IN THE HALLWAY WERE LISTENING TO SOMETHING.

I FOUND CHYNA AND ASKED HER WHAT WAS GOING ON. SHE PULLED HER PHONE, WENT TO HER YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND PLAYED A VIDEO SHE HAD POSTED. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, IT WAS THE SONG I HAD RECORDED.

"HOW DID YOU GET MY SONG", I ASKED ANGRILY.

"WELL, PACIFICA GAVE ME THIS RECORDING, IF YOU MUST KNOW", SHE SAID CLEARLY WITH NO REMORSE.

"SO WHY DID YOU HELP MY SISTER IN DESTROYING ME?", I THOUGHT WE WERE BEST FRIENDS, I SAID WIPING THE TEARS THAT HAD FORMED.

"OH POOR LITTLE RAYA, I USED YOU. I NEVER LIKED YOU, I JUST USED YOU FOR YOUR POPULARITY. WHEN I REALIZED YOU LOST YOUR FAME, I USED IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MYSELF FAMOUS. SO SIMPLY PUT, I STOLE YOUR SONG TO BECOME FAMOUS", SHE STATED AND LEFT.

I HAD NEVER BEEN BETRAYED LIKE THIS. MY OWN SISTER AND THE PERSON I CONSIDERED TO BE A BEST FRIEND. I DIDN'T GET WHY MY OWN BLOOD WOULD DO THIS SO I CALLED HER.

I STILL REMEMBER HER SAYING, "DON'T YOU REALIZE?, I HATE YOU, I DON'T WANT YOU TO THRIVE SO I BETRAYED YOU".

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. THE PLAN WAS TO SURPASS SAINT BY BEATING HIM IN SALES WITH MY SONG AND BECOME THE CITY'S IDOL BUT, THE SONG I WROTE HAD BEEN STOLEN BY MY SISTER AND BEST FRIEND AND CHYNA WAS NOW MORE POPULAR THAN ME.

EVERYTHING FELT OVERWHELMING SO I FAKED AN ILLNESS AND WAS EXCUSED FOR THREE DAYS.

BEFORE I LEFT THE SCHOOL, SAINT CAME UP TO ME AND I WAS SURPRISED BY WHAT HE SAID

"I KNOW YOU WROTE THAT SONG AND IT'S AMAZING. BUT PROMISE ME YOU WON'T LET THEM GO SCOT FREE", HE SAID.

I PROMISED HIM AND LEFT. I WOULD HAVE ASKED HIM HOW HE KNEW ABOUT WHAT CHYNA DID BUT I FIGURED HE WOULD PROBABLY SAY DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. ON SECOND THOUGHT HE WAS RIGHT, I SHOULDN'T LET THEM GO SCOT FREE. BUT HOW, THEY HAD STOLEN THE ONLY SONG I HAD WRITTEN AND NOW I WAS THE IN THIRD PLACE ON THE FAMOUS BOARD. I REACHED HOME, CRAWLED INTO BED AND CRIED THE WHOLE DAY.

IN ANOTHER PLACE CLOSE TO ME, SOMEONE WAS BUSY INSTRUCTING HIS MEN.

"JUST INCASE SHE CHANGES HER MIND, BE READY TO TAKE THOSE TWO DOWN", HE SAID.

"NO ONE MESSES WITH MY BUSINESS", HE SAID DISMISSING HIS ME.

THE NEXT DAY, I HAD HAD ENOUGH OF MY SISTERS HATRED AND ENVY THAT I DECIDED TO TAKE HER DOWN FIRST. PACIFICA WENT TO A VERY PRESTIGIOUS COLLEGE BUT ON A SCHOLARSHIP. SHE WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET THERE AND THAT WAS WHERE I WAS GOING TO ACT ON.

I KNEW THAT THE COLLEGE WOULD EXPEL PACIFICA IF THEY CAME TO KNOW SHE HAD STOLEN ANY ITEM ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SHE WAS ON SCHOLARSHIP. SO WITH A LITTLE PULLING OF STRINGS I FRAMED HER FOR STEALING A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM THE PRINCIPAL AND AS I EXPECTED, SHE WAS EXPELLED.

SHE CAME HOME AFTER THE INCIDENT CRYING BUT I WASN'T DONE WITH HER. I CONVINCED MY PARENTS TO CHARGE HER FOR RENT AND SO SHE HAD TO GO LOOK FOR A JOB. FORTUNATELY, UNFORTUNATELY, SHE GOT A JOB. I DECIDED TO PULL MY LAST STRINGS. I SWITCHED HER HAIR CREAM FOR HAIR REMOVAL ON HER FIRST DAY OF WORK, HACKED INTO HER INSTAGRAM AND POSTED SCREENSHOTS OF EMBARRASSING TEXTS.

SHE CAME SCREAMING AND CRYING FROM THE BATHROOM SINCE ALL HER HAIR WAS GONE ONLY TO REALIZE THAT HER MOST EMBARRASSING TEXTS HAD BEEN LEAKED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SHE CRIED THE WHOLE DAY ABANDONING HER JOB. SHE NEVER ONCE SUSPECTED ME UNTIL I TOLD HER YEARS AFTER THE INCIDENT.

ONE DOWN, ONE TO GO. IT WAS LEFT WITH CHYNA AND I HAD A LOT OF IDEAS BUT BEFORE I EXECUTED ANY OF THEM, I HAD TO WRITE A SONG AGAIN.

AT THIS POINT, SAINT'S SONGS HAD BEEN RELEASED ALREADY AND WAS MAKING A LOT OF SALES. I DIDN'T MIND THAT THOUGH, I JUST WANTED TO PUT MY SONG OUT THERE. I WROTE A SONG WHICH WAS INSPIRED BY CHYNA AND PACIFICA'S BETRAYAL. I RECORDED THE SONG AND UPLOADED IT TO MY YOUTUBE, WITH NO HOPE OF IT HITTING.

IN A NUMBER OF HOURS THE SONG HAD HIT 500,000 VIEW AND OVER 2,000 COPIES HAD BEEN SOLD. I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT MY SONG WAS ACTUALLY HITTING.

BY THE NEXT DAY, IT HAD GENERATED OVER HAVE A MILLION SALES AND MORE THAN 2 MILLION VIEWS ON MY CHANNEL. JUST LIKE THAT, I HAD BECOME FAMOUS AGAIN AND WAS NOW BEING CALLED 'OUR CITY IDOL'.

I SHOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY RIGHT?, BUT I WAS GOING TO PUT CHYNA IN HER PLACE AND SHOW SAINT THAT I HAD WON THE COMPETITION OF FAME. EVERYTHING SEEMED GOOD AT THAT POINT BUT THE TABLES WERE SOON GOING TO BE TURNED.