Chapter 1: The party
Present day....
The day before....
" Maya don't you dare walk out on me, I am your mother.
And do you find it that difficult to listen to me?wwerezz.
As long as I can recall, I don't think you have hearing problems so stop acting like you actually do. Anyway, that's not why I came here.
I cant waste my precious time, money and resources arguing with you. Its not my pleasure and interest to see you either, I am doing this because your father was busy and couldn't come. The main message is that next week your father will be holding a party at the Stevenson's hotel in New York and he expects you and Eric to be there, is that understood, Maya." Grace yelled at me.
" And why exactly do you care, Grace.
Oh I mean since when did you start caring.
For the record, you never cared.
And besides, since when did you start telling me what to do in my house.
I'll be busy the entire of this week and the next, so tell you ignorant fucking husband that I won't make it." I yelled back.
" Can you quit calling me Grace, I'm your mother for crying out loud." Grace said looking obviously irritated.
" For the record, you ain't my mother, you never were and will never be. You better start digesting that, woman." I shouted as I went upstairs.
" You know what, its pointless arguing with you. So I'll just leave, I have a flight to catch, see you next week.
And please do me a favour and get yourself some decent attires and vehicles, their both driving me nuts! " She said as Jane, her personal assistant watched the unfolding drama while Becky carried her purse out of the house.
" Well, I hope you crash! Hurry up and get the fuck out of my house, your giving me migraines!
And you don't get to tell me what to wear and what to drive, do us both a huge favour and get your flat ass out of my property!" I yelled as I slammed the door to my bedroom shut.
I quickly drifted to sleep, I was in no mood to see that bitch.
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Maya's POV
Shut the fuck up you stupid phone. Ugh! you always ruin my sleep you know that. What the hell is your damn problem!
Although it was on Saturday, I had to wake up early to clean up my room cause its a damn mess! Although my nanna can do it for me.....I find it respectable if I do it by myself because I'm a big girl. I went to the bathroom and did my thing, took a shower for about an hour because the warm water was soothing my tense muscles.
I wore my normal clothes, took my regular pills which i was practically nothing without and called my best friend, Brylee.
She was one of the people who tolerated my cold attitude towards everyone, she is actually the only one who knows why.
I let out a sigh as she finally decided to pick up.
Me: You'll never learn the use of phones. Why the hell do you take years to answer the phone. Do you forget how to use it.
Brylee: Chill out sis, I'm baby sitting my brother and you know he is a pain in the ass. Anyways Whats up.
Me: Oh I was just calling to check up on you. Are you free in the afternoon, I have a problem. Can I crash in your house? If that's okay with you.
Brylee: Why do you even ask whether its okay, of course it's okay and besides I need a break from Mike, he is giving me headaches already.
Me: Oh alright then, lemme finish cleaning this hell hole.
Brylee : Okay, bye. See you in a while.
Me: Bye.
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In case you still don't know, I'm Maya Stevenson. I'm twenty three years and sadly, i am the daughter of Alex Stevenson, who is the founder and CEO of the Stevenson's enterprises and Alicia Stevenson who is or rather was the owner of Bhat collection that sells designer clothes worldwide. I have an older brother, Eric who sucks. The left me for eight years now, no contact, nothing. I care about him though i will never admit it, at least not to him. He was being a coward who ran away from his problems..... And I'm hurt by what he did and even though he's my brother he deserves to know how hurt I am by his selfish actions.
My life has been a total mess ever since my mom died eight years ago of cancer, that probably explains why I want to be a doctor, so that I can help those who are in need.
You're probably wondering who the hell Grace is, she is my step mother ( unfortunately) who took over our happy lives almost immediately my mother died.( she even had the guts)
She cares about her ego and reputation, but that's not the only reason why I detest her, its because of a deep permanent scar on my hand I wake up everyday to see knowing that she caused it.
I also hate my father because he never said a word to defend me from Grace and to make matters worse, he moved on with another woman two weeks after my mother's death. He also never spends time with me or make an effort of calling since I live in Canada with my nanna while he lives in New York.
He used to argue with my mother almost every night which is one of the goddamn reasons she got sick and her condition worsened.
My best friend is Brylee, we have been friends from birth and we grew up together so she's basically the only one who knows and understands me cause I confide in her and she confides in me too, one of the traits which I really like about her ( don't dare tell her).
And Mike, I don't know why the hell he's here but he is just Brylee's stubborn brother. ( I honesty pity Brylee for that)
Summer is almost over so that I can return to campus.
Ugh! school sucks but I don't have any other option.
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I hang up the phone and went downstairs, I went to the fridge to grab a snack before going back to my room to start my cleaning.
Ugh! Why is life so fucking hard.
I was way too tired.!!!!!!!
Fucking tired of everything.....
I was just about to close my wardrobe before I spotted something I thought I lost, a box containing my life, my happiness.
Ok, not really my life cause its not that I hid my heart and my soul or whatever, .... Don't mind me I'm weird and awkward.
I slowly removed the small box from the upper drawer and opened it. I could not help but cry, which very rare cause I don't show my weakness. Hot tears cascaded down my cheeks, my heart felt like it stopped beating, my world seemed to come to a halt. All the memories came flashing back to me.
In the box, was a picture of my mother feeding me a red velvet cake on my 14th birthday, we were so happy.
I wish she was here to comfort me like she used to, I wish I had the opportunity to hug her once more and tell her that I really loved and missed her.
A pang of guilt flashed through my heart as I never got the chance to tell her that I loved her with every little being in me.
I could not help but smile but I was suddenly filled with pain and agony as I recalled that the week after my 14th birthday was when my mother was diagnosed with liver cancer, she died an year later when I was 15....
She wasn't even there when I turned 16, she didn't even see me grow up.
I sobbed for a while and finally decided to go to Brylee's place.
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