A girl's strong will!

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I did not realize how blessed I was to have such good friends. Today was moody day it seemed like it was going to rain any minute. I love rain I would be happy if I got wet, but the teacher would scold if I went in wet. I did not know why but I had a feeling today was going to be a long day. I walked in the class to find everyone staring at me like I was some ghost, with a confused face I went to the sweetest girl in our class Meredith, I asked her why everyone was staring at me like I am some crazy ghost. She said something I swear I could not have heard it if it was raining, she said something like mafia parents, then I realized what she was talking about I was shocked how did she know, wait thats why everyone was looking at me like that everyone knows but how, then I turned my face towards my three friends and tears strolled from my eyes, I realized what they'd done how could they? How much I trusted them. Just then the teacher entered the class with a worried but mostly terrified face, I knew why she looked like that, she told me the principle was calling me to his office, I walked to the principle with a blank emotionless face, the principle also had the same expression but he seemed more worried than scared, he began speaking, I am very sorry but you are expelled from the school , we have come to know about your parents, you may know that it is a very big threat to our school, and the we must take actions before the government does or with the punishment even the school's reputation would be ruined so we have to expel you, I hope you have a good future, Miss Felicity….

 All I could do was sigh and nod because I knew sometime or the other this day would come but I never expected it to be so soon and how could he say have a good future, was there even a future left for me… I left the room and went in class to take my bag and left this school forever, the word forever echoed in my mind, I give one last angry glance at my friends, sorry ex friends who betrayed me in a way I never expected.

You must be wondering what happened just now, I'll explain from the start. My Parents are mafias, the biggest mafias in this area well that what I've hear, no one knew my parents are mafia or the situation would be like the current one, only my three best friends Lexi, Alex and Luke knew my secret as they were my besties and I trusted them with my life, well they betrayed me by telling everyone about my secret and the exact reason why I got expelled, but now there's no turning back.

I started walking back home with heavy and sad long steps, home seemed too far right now, nevertheless it even started pouring I ran home soaking and drenched, I had cold for a few days later it passed on, days seemed even longer now it seemed as if the walls were glaring at me, I opened Spotify the only solution to my anger and depression, music was my passion and I loved singing and listening to music, I've always wanted to be a singer but with no profile in music industry and no recommendation it was not possible at all, right now something smooth and sad would be perfect, I scrolled through the app to find a playlist it would be perfect to describe my current state, It was a playlist named "Life Sucks", below was a description as this " Does your school, love life suck? Or are you just having a bad day?". For me it was all of them even my love life sucked I had crush on my best friend Luke, and I was also having a bad day and school sucked the most of all…

After some days food were getting over only little money left, even though I barely ate anything, I needed at least something, then an idea came to me, what if I open a bakery, I loved baking and was pretty good at it too, I bought the main ingredients with the remaining money and since my neighbor owned a bakery but now she was too old to sell baked goodies she stopped using the place I could ask her for the place and return the money to her after earning, luckily she allowed she was happy that at least some of today's era's teen liked cooked, hearing that I chucked. 

The first day was empty no one came except a small girl; later business was going well everyone in the colony come to know about my shop. The next day seemed different I just couldn't describe it into words, it seemed sad…but only for me it seemed as if I would cry today and be sad the whole day, forget about that you must be wondering how people even buy my foods since now everyone knows my parents are mafias, well I wear a mask and a cap while working, many people ask my why and tell me that they want to see my face, I'd always reply that someday you'll see; but that someday was never going to come.

I didn't have a reason to blame my parents for the way everyone treated me at school, I mean my parents are the kindest I've known except my dad he a tiny bit cold when it comes to work, my dad was a cold person before he met mom, mom and dad fell in love and eventually mom made dad just like her kind and soft, later on even she became mafia after marrying dad, they didn't have time for me after I was 11, they kept a babysitter for me who almost killed me, if my neighbor wouldn't have come to distribute biscuits I wonder if I'd even be here, that thought almost made me laugh, normally people would get terrified even thinking 'bout it again, well after that the babysitter got arrested and my mom was never comfortable in leaving me with a babysitter so she took a leave from work for 2 years to take of me till I grew up at that times were when my dad was most pressured and he refused to have any other assistant than my mother, not like taking leave meant my mom never didn't do anything she was collecting info from home and helped dad, after 2 years I was 13 years mom entrusted me to live by myself alone though she'd come to check on me twice a week till I was 15 then I had to live on my own, right now I'm 19 going to be 20 on this Sunday 22nd May.. Mom and dad would show up sometimes when they were free, well the thought of them apart from me made me sadder than usual. 

I was so deep in thought that I did not even realize a customer was here, the way she was dressed she seemed like a doctor and the smell of blood, Oh god it brought back memories, not much smell was there compared to what a doctor smells like, she seemed like a 45 year old women, she wanted to buy some of my new pastries, she talked a lot and well it seemed very fun and happy to talk to her, she kind of made me feel relieved, I was almost sad that she left, I hoped she would be a regular customer. 

It was a good day today until I saw someone passing by my shop it was them , my ex friends seeing them make my blood boil, how could they dare to come in my shop, oh well they didn't recognize me did they? They were coming to my shop, Lexi spoke "One Frappuccino and 2 chocolate shakes please". I would rather give her a mud and worm shake than a chocolate shake, I somehow made her order. "Here is your order miss, I hope you enjoy". I said with disgust. "Umm may I ask one question?" I said "Of course what is it?" "Why do you wear a mask?" she asked. "None of your business!" she replied, "Ok ok geez no need to shout." Ugh just hearing her voice make me feel like slapping her, she was lucky that I controlled myself otherwise she'd already be lying in a hospital bed. I was so relieved when they left, then the women who I saw yesterday came again, as always, she had a sweet smile on her face, she ordered the same as yesterday. We chatted a bit again, I got to know her name it was Susanne. After she left, I almost forgot my ex-friends had come today. Days went by the lady came every day; we had become good friends; I was glad to finally have someone to talk to. As usual she came today as well, today she well asked me an unexpected question.

"I noticed that on the first week here you looked pretty pale, were you not eating food properly, was there a certain reason to it?" asked Susanne. I told her everything what my past was, there was no use hiding it anyway, already everyone knew who my parents were, and she seemed to be good person, even though I was a bit reckless to tell everything to a lady whom I met 2 weeks ago, but so far, she had gained my trust. She said that "You was lucky to even be alive, most people do suicide when things like this happen to them you are brave girl, but why aren't you happy now, isn't baking your passion?" I said" No aunty, my passion and dream are to be a singer and a lyricist, but I don't have any degree, nor will I ever be recommended by someone". She replied, "Well you just in luck cause my daughter is a music producer I will recommend you to her for sure, I'll inform you whether she'll accept or not tomorrow, ok?" I was filled with excitement and replied, "Thank you so much madam, you have done me a very big favor". The next day I was looking forward for the lady to come, the day was almost over I had to close my shop she still had not come…

I closed the shop because I had to go now, I was really sad, but of course why would the lady recommend a person like me to her daughter, I went home to find a surprise, aunty was standing outside my house, I asked her why she didn't come to the bakery? She said that she was busy in a surgery today so she got late so she thought of coming at her house, I took her in, I asked if she had any news, she told me that her daughter wanted a new recruit anyway so she was asked to come for audition, I couldn't believe this was happening it was the happiest day of my life, I thanked aunty and after dinner she left, I was so excited that I couldn't even sleep, I laid on the bed, I was staring at the ceiling I hadn't realized how beautiful it looked when all the lights were off, as a child I loved my ceiling it would make me imagine a ton of things, it was a scenery of the sky the night sky with stars and lights twinkling as if they were real stars, I barely slept today, in the morning I woke up at 4am, aunty had told me that the audition was here and it was day after tomorrow but after being selected to be a singer she would have to move to Europe.

The next day went really rough, I was so excited with all the singer thingy I didn't sleep properly which affected my bakery, I was so sleepy I think I most slept while serving a customer, finally it was night I closed the shop ,tomorrow was the day I would realize my dream, I was so exhausted I decided I had to sleep properly if I wanted the audition to go well, I woke up at 6am the audition was at 11am, only 5 hours left!!!

I freshened myself, took a bath and ate breakfast, I went to pack all the things essential for the audition, and got ready, one hour left to go, the place was almost 45 minutes away, oh no! I did not have any vehicle to travel through I had to call a taxi which took 10 minutes to reach my house, surprisingly there was no traffic, I put on my earphone to listen to songs as I had car sickness and listening to songs helped me overcome it {it actually works!}. Before I realized I had reach to my destination The Grand Taj hotel.

I went inside OMG! This was the second time I was ever in a luxurious hotel; I once had gone with my parents when I was 5 years old, that was the most memorable memory of me and my parents, I was supposed to go to hall no 57, I entered the lift, I was thinking was I supposed to be nervous? Cause I wasn't just a little bit because it was the daughter of the woman I knew, I entered the hall I was perfectly 11 am I saw a girl same age as me sitting on a chair with a chair in front, she was busy listening to songs, when I came, she raised her head and saw me and asked if I was sent by her mother, I said yes and she told me to sit on the chair, her name was Madilyn, her voice was really beautiful it made me want to listen forever but I snapped out of it, she asked some formal question then told me tossing a song I liked the most, My favorite song was The Drum by Alan Walker, I sang the song today my voice seemed too good to me, it was as if I realized it just now, Madilyn told me that she liked my voice very much and that I had great taste in music and that I was accepted that I had to pack my bags and go to Europe with her, "Umm, I have a question I don't have enough money to buy a flight to Europe" I said. "Oh, that is not an issue as we will be arranging tickets for you as you are going to Europe with me" she replied. I was happy and thanked her for accepting me and hoped that we could be good friends. 

I left the hotel so happy it deserved some celebration so I went to the nearest hotel from my house, I was pretty full and went home, Madilyn had told me that the flight was next week so I had to pack my bags and sell my house to have some money before going to Europe, It was the day I had sold my house all my stuff was packed I went to the airport to find Madilyn I found her pretty fast, we got on the plane it was almost 8 hours 30 minutes so I was pretty bored, Madilyn and I talked a bit and I went to listen to music for a while and listening to it I fell sleep, I heard someone calling me I was Madilyn we had reached our destination, I got down the flight with my luggage, Madilyn booked a taxi to a hotel, I sat in the taxi, Europe was so beautiful and Unique I had seen nothing like this before, I had a good feeling about this… 

We reached the hotel designated by the company, after 1 week I was supposed to get a new house given by the company, I was needed to buy all the essential things by the given money, which was 50,000 for all the food and other necessities, I shifted all my things to the house within a week and bought al the necessary things, I was supposed to start working tomorrow there was new song to be recorded, I was super excited but a whole lot nervous. The next day I went to the office it was beautiful, I was taken to the recording room, I did as instructed and sang the song with the lyrics, they told me that my voice was one of a kind, soon everything was going well, it had been 3 years, I was very famous and even had an assistant she was kind and cheerful girl just like me, so we became good friends, I trusted and loved her as my own sister.

One day I got to know a new guy was collaborating with our company the singer with the most beautiful voice would be chosen, well guess who it was? Me!!!

I couldn't believe it at all, I mean really!!

Soon I got to know his name was Aiden he was awesome really, his voice was like an angel, I literally fell in love with his voice. We had to work with each other to create a new song slowly I fell in love him, I hoped that he felt the same assuming why he flirted so much with me. One day he told me to come for practice and proposed to me, I accepted his feelings and of course we started dating, our song was a hit and more than a billion views were there, I was so happy to have him in my life, he was literally the definition of perfect.

Today was his birthday!!! I had baked an homemade cake for him, I was in his society, I walked to his door I was about to knock when I saw that the door was already open, why would he leave it open unless someone had come, she entered the house just to see such a sight that she couldn't process at all, the cake fell from her hand in shock *thud*, tears fluttered from my eyes

What did Felicity see in Aiden's house? Was it such a big surprise for Felicity in shock she dropped the cake? Was she crying sad or happy tears?

Stay tuned to know more, the next part will be on Anshika Jena's account!!