"shit am late"....I said between gritted teeth as I checked the alarm clock beside my bed. The alarm must have rung several times few hours ago but I must have being too deep in sleep to realize that

"Anne i'm off to school"I heard henry shout from the dinning...

"Yeah.....sure"I replied as I tried to put my messy hair in order, I heard the main door of the house slam behind him.... Just hearing my brother's voice brought back memories, terrible memories. I sincerely felt bad for Henry because most kids his age were probably living a better life than he was.

I was living a pretty good life before, both my parents were well off, my dad owned a company and my mum was a banker. My parents were sincerely the sweetest people on earth...and in my school I was usually envied by most of my mates. people saw me as this sweet girl with blonde hair ,blue eyes and being a bit skinny was also to my advantage ,I was also a ballerina back in high school, my teachers really liked me and I was made the class rep.

I got home one evening only to hear my parents raising their voices at each other..that was sincerely the first time I would hear them talk to each other like that.

"How could u cheat on me sophie..How in the world could u sleep with him of all people" I heard my dad shout

"Well he is more of a person than you.... you think I didn't find out that you went out with one of your staffs . I mean if you could cheat on me without batting an eyelid then why can't I ....you man whore"my mom replied with a completely emotionless face

I was in utter shock that I didn't know when I burst into their room with tears in my eyes

"Wh_at are y_ou two talking about"I stuttered

"Since when have u been listening to us" my dad replied as both of them faced my direction.

"Anne my dear, its not what you think...your dad has being the one going out with other women....I just did it out of...."

"Out of what..you whore....don't you dare poison my child's mind against me..you went out with my rival company CEO for crying out loud ..you know how much I hate Mr jackson right..now my company is at the risk of loosing it all.. you witch i'm sure you told him all of the companies secret that's why our stocks have being going down the drain and theirs is skyrocketing .."he interrupted as he dragged my mothers hair

"You think I told him the companies secret huh....its all ur fault for not being competent enough"she said and landed him a slap....I was sincerely so shocked that I couldn't even think of what to say..my dad was so full of rage that he took a glass bottle and hit it on her head..

"Dad please stop I beg you ...please"I went down on my knees pleading as blood kept dripping from my mom's head...

"Anne see ..ur dad is a complete monster..."she cried in pain as she tried to choke him

"Please stop"I kept on pleading as I tried to pull them apart....my dad kept grasping for air as my mum chocked him tighter and tighter just then my dad stabbed my mum two times with a pocket knife ...I fell back on my knees to the ground in utter shock I sincerely was short of words...I just experienced a murder...my dad killed my mom in my presence .....

"Da_dd y_ou just st_abbed mom"i stutterd as my mom slowly closed her eyes in pain..my dad too was shocked he looked at his bloody hands then back at my mom...just then we heard the police siren someone had called the police....but who??? I still couldn't figure that out....my dad was dragged by d police and was detained he was accused of man slaughter and was giving a 25 years imprisonment...Mr jackson my fathers opponent bought my dads company with no remorse for my mom he didn't even attend moms funeral...I guess he never really loved her.. mom was such a fool.

Two weeks after what happened I found out Andrea jackson was Mr jacksons daughter... Andrea was my best friend and we both read together ,practiced ballet together we were closer than sisters..I was in utmost shock when I heard the news. I told andrea everything about my family, my dads company, my parents and all.. just then I realized I was really decieved ,Andrea had always told me she was from a poor home ...I mean I always visited her but her house didn't prove her wrong either, I once asked her if she was the daughter of the popular Mr jackson but she denied it...was everything a lie? I asked myself ,was she really just trying to get information from my family

I went to school to confront andrea the next day.

"ANDREA!!" i yelled as I stormed into the classroom and held her by her collar

"did you really decive me" I said still holding her by the collar of her clothes.

"What the heck are you talking about...."she replied as she shoved my hands away.

"Is Mr jackson really your father....I thought u said he wasn't" i said looking straight into her brown eyes hoping she would deny it sincerely

"Yh....he is and what about it anne?"she had a smirk on her face

"anne you are such a fool.....I mean do I even look wretched to you....all this time you thought you were the best that nobody could ever beat you..but what are you gonna do now your dad is a murderer and your mom is just an whore whose work was to seduce my dad, now your family is in a mess ....what are you gonna do now poor anne" she said keeping a straight face with a mocking tone. Just then, the rest of the class had already started gathering us...I was so full of rage by what she said and landed her a slap ,I held her by the collar again and brought her close to myself

"So it was you huh...the mf who tried to get information on my dads company....and my dad thought it was my mom all along and killed her because of your family ....your dad used my mom and you used me Andrea .I was an insider....I really thought we were friends"

"Friends my foot ...you really thought I saw you as one....huh??"

Just then a teacher came into the class and asked both of us to come to his office because of the fight

"Its over for you bitch"andrea whispered as we both went to the teachers office....the teacher had summoned both of us to the disciplinary committee . Andrea had told her dad to interfere and I became the scape goat ,I was the only one who was expelled from the school on the ground that I assaulted Andrea while Andrea just got off with a detention. I was labelled as a murderer and whores daughter ....my life became miserable I couldn't even get into college because I wasn't able to graduate from high school just when I was in the final class and I also had to cater for henry. I was about to go visit my dad in prison and apologize for being naive and stupid to be used by andrea but when i got to the prison I heard my dad took his own life, I really couldn't take it anymore, I wept bitterly...I had to stay strong for my junior brother, I really wanted him to finish school and become successful unlike me so I had to take several part time jobs even if I was turned down by most of them because I was termed the murderer's daughter...the few that let me take the job paid me very little and made me work my hardest but I really had no other choices, I had someone to take care of.....few years later I was accepted in some companies as a junior temporary staff it was no different from other jobs I had being doing, they always made me work my hardest in every possible way, I had never being accepted as a permanent staff and I don't think it will be any different from the present company I worked ....

"Everything is just the same"I sighed as the memories kept flooding in nonstop.

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