Chapter 5.100reaons and more

"So you finally decided to come back home, it took you a whole night." Patrick Gale looked at his daughter with loathing.

Why was this girl bent on bringing him shame? What has he ever done to deserve this? She had the best the world could offer and yet, she wasn't satisfied. She just had to do what she pleased.

"Dad please, save it. I am an adult in case you have not noticed. I have had enough of your tyranny." Sophie still bitter from the night's experience, waved her hand at her angry father and made to move past him to her room.

"Hold it there young lady, you don't get to talk to me as you like. Everything you have was given to you by me , everything . So you must do as I say!" Patrick Gale shouted, fuming and about ready to strike this insolent girl who kept undermining his authority.

"So because you gave me everything you want to keep me a prisoner in this palace? Dad ,I am fed up with this life, I can't remain closeted in here. I am suffocating. Let me breathe." Sophie shouted at her father in return breathing heavily.Her golden hair crackling and her eyes emitting sparks.

Patrick took a step back. He has never seen his daughter so angry before . What was really happening? No matter how he shouted, Sophie never talked back at him.

Looking over at his wife, Julia who has been standing by the corner, looking at them .

"You explain it to her, let her know everything we do is for her own good. Make her understand Julia please, before it's too late." Patrick told his wife in a quivering voice.

"And as for you, Sophie, I have always had your best interests at heart. I am trying to save you from yourself . Everything I do, I do it out of love, always remember that." Patrick finished and suddenly looked his age, tired and weary.

Sophie went quiet and looked at her father, walking away with a heavy step. Had she over done it? Shoot! I shouldn't have talked back to him in that tone of voice. Throwing up her hands, Sophie shrugged,

"What am I supposed to do? I need my space, I am dying gradually and no one seems to understand. I am twenty three for goodness sake and I have never even had a boyfriend."

Sophie spoke to no one in particular.

Looking at her mother, she totally ignored her. She was worse than her father. She never said anything and continued to make herself invisible.

Even when she asked why they were so strict with her, she just shrugged and said her favorite phrase "it's for the best."

Sophie hissed and walked past her. I mean which mother does that? She might as well not have a mother.

Walking to her luxurious apartment, tastefully furnished, she looked at the splendor. Heaving an audible sigh, Sophie walked to her mighty lonely bed and flopped face down on it.

Who needed luxury? Yes she is a heiress,one of the richest in the USA but she never wanted any of this.She wanted friends, wanted to live a normal life like all those people she sees , walking the streets, picking flowers in the park, swimming in public swimming pools and doing everything girls her age did.

No, not her. She was Sophie Gale, the only child of Patrick Gale, Billionaire and CEO of one of the top Mult- National Companies in the Whole of USA and Canada.

She had been homeschooled and even for College, she had gone to school with bodyguards.

Not a soul was allowed near her except for Lisa whom she had vehemently insisted on retaining as a friend.

Everything began to be offensive when Sophie discovered that it was not just security for her safety but something else.

Why was her father so protective of her? Yes she was an only child but she was not the only one. She had met others who were the only children from wealthy homes but had never seen this kind of over- protectiveness.

Even when she joined the company after graduation from college, she has had guards everywhere she went and she noticed that they were particularly mean to any man who came around her. That was when she began to rebel.

Was she going to die as an old maid? Why won't her father allow her to make friends? She had never even been kissed and she was already twenty three! Lisa has had more than three boyfriends and she has slept with all of them. What was wrong with her? Why were her parents doing this to her?

So she had bribed all the guards in the Mansion. Everyone liked her because she was smart and beautiful and they even pitied her.They don't know why Mr Gale was so insistent that she should not mingle with others.

They had looked the other way when Sophie had driven out in her BMW and even opened the gates for her.

Lisa had arranged the meeting place. Orlando NightClub, one of the best in the area. Sophie had driven carefully, using GPS. It was quite easy to locate.

Dressed in a fancy cream two- piece and her hair left loose, she had walked into the night club and been the cynosure of all eyes. She looked too clean as her beauty was rare.

Some guards at the door just looked at her . She screamed money, from her cute but expensive flat shoes to the top of her head. They just let her in without a question.

Lisa, who was waiting for her, spotted her immediately and welcomed her with a hug.

"At last, bestie. Let's party. This may be your last if your father had his way."

Sasha laughed, hooking her hand to her friend's arm and walking her to the bar where assorted drinks were being mixed by a barista who looked very much like a trans.

Sophie gave a small laugh, her pearly white teeth peeking out under her luscious full lips.

"Don't say such a thing. This is the beginning of the first of many" she said breathlessly.

She was so excited. She looked around , everyone was having a good time.

She will have a good time today, come what may or die trying.

And so began the drinking. She drank and danced all night until she became intoxicated.

" Let me use the restroom."She whispered to Lisa who was also drunk at the moment.

"Okay," she waved her in the supposed direction of the restroom.

Picking up her small bag, Sophie made way carefully through the revelers, smiling even in her state of drunkenness. This was life:To be free, to do whatever you want.

She finally located the restroom.She went in and shut the door with a click.

When Sophie came out of the washroom, she suddenly became so intoxicated that she did not understand why . She lost bearings of her surroundings and instead of going down back to where she came ,she went up a flight of stairs.

Looking around, she saw nobody and saw a lift, she just pressed a random number which took her up to God knows where.

And so she ended up in a strange room and a strange bed.

God, Sophia stood up from her bed and looked around. Last night had to be the best night she had ever had.

The freedom, the happiness of making her own choices and the sex. Yes, the sex with a perfect stranger. Though she did not remember every bit of it, she knew she had been happy in that man's arms, whoever he was.

It had been so surreal, it felt like she had been in a dream and the man , had been a perfect gentleman. She was even ashamed of her own wanton behavior. She remembered episodes of lucidness.

She remembered begging the man to give her more and oh yes, he had. She had been so full of him and never wanted that moment to end. She had not even felt any pain even though it was her first time.

The only regret she had was not having taken a good look at the man.Will the man look for her? Will he recognise her if they ever met again?

Well, for now she was fully in charge of her life and did not give a damn what her father thought.