H5
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**she wakes up by 5:30, everyday
..who does that..
**goes out to sit on the swing to enjoy the sight of the sky till six
#i dont have a particular time to wake up, I wake as the spirit leads..bye
now I'm acting like Rebecca Hayley McCartney, whom I'm not..ive been here for a week, trying to understand this family but trust me, they're all broken blocks..none is strong enough to brave a weather..... a week of
*ignoring all my sister's call and messages
*staying away from Karl
*keeping Felix at arms length, same goes to monica (his fiancée..#pregnant#)
*getting closer to adrian
*trying not to get angry at lana
*trying to maintain the bond between hayley and her mother..trust me, I hate bonding
Ive never had a bond with my mother unlike my sister..i don't tell her my left and right cause I don't find it cool..you must be wondering why..my mom was the kind of person that you can't discuss your personal issues with..if you do, she'll use it to insult you when you anger her..she was too over protective.. too spiritual, apart from that, I was placed in a boarding school..my father left our family, a long time ago and he's remarried...
a week of
*grasping Hayley's life
*trying to get used to the house which im still not fond of
*trying to deal with ranch animals which I find boring
*trying not to show the madness of a yoruba babe..trying to be cool
*staying away from my friends
*cooking up my revenge against that cowboy..he's gonna feel my wrath
"Hayley..you told me that you have news for us" she looks up
"Uhn"
"Hayley dear, come on"
"Right right"
"Talk fast, i have a school to attend" lana says
"Im going out to work"
"What! you can't leave the ranch for Felix alone"
"Why don't you leave your school and run it" becca snaps
"Hayley dear, you can't leave it for Felix alone"
"Mom, one has to step up, I'm a woman, I need to work for my money, I don't want to be independent"
"And when did you start to have a problem, felix say something"
"Lana, do you have a problem that we dont know" adrian asks
"Shut up kid"
"Let's calm the fuel, I agree with hayley" Laurel turns to becca "go ahead" Felix clenched his fist
Flash back
"I'm not gonna sit home and cow along with you"
"This is your work becca, we in this together" she chuckles
"I can't act completely like hayley" she whispers "get that in, cow boy" she walked away
"Can she be less sturbborn"
Present day
*a week of studying each member of the family
I'm good at studying people..I do it a lot and I conclude real fast
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"When last did you get in touch with becca"
"Did you leave your work to ask me that"
"Frederick please"
"Mom hasn't gotten in touch with anyone for the past one week..her sister has been worried about her"
"Have you gone to Clara's to check on Estella"
"I did but Clara said that she hasn't seen her"
"This is bad"
"Real bad"
"Try her line"
"I always try it but it just rings..she dosent pick up"
"Try it again"
"Ok" she picks up.her phone and tries it again but she wasn't picking "she's not picking"
"Again" she tries it again and becca picks it
"Estella (big sis, we need to talk)..." Esther looks at Audrey
HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA
"so what are you planning on, next" katherine (Nora's mom) asks
"Hmm, I don't know yet mother..I'm trying to get over Karl..I'm still trying"
"My dear..the world dosent end there..only a fool will end his or her world there..you shouldn't let heartbreak weaken you, but strengthen you"
"I know mother" she smiles and pecks kat
"That's my girl" Nora chuckles
NYC
"Rebecca, where have you been..Grace called, mother called"
"I'm sorry...I need to tell you something before you worry sick"
"You pregnant"
"no"
"You Ill"
"Of course not"
"Tell me then"
"Im not with Clara"
"It's obvious"
"I'm staying at a ranch house....impersonating someone that is not me"
"Still not clear"
"Ok...there's a lady in NYC that is my look alike..she's in coma and her, I don't know how to combine it, dosent want the whole family to find out because of..i dont care, so I'm impersonating her" Esther pauses for a while before slapping rebecca
"Are you sick or something..You're an imposter..you can go to jail" becca looks at her sister
"I know that"
"So why didnt you reason before doing it..no wonder you look different and I ask, if something was amiss and all you say is no.."
"Its just for six months"
"What if the coma girl dies, will you be stuck there for the rest of your life"
"Big sis...I can handle this, I'm not a child" Esther sighs
"Becca please, stay away from trouble, Please"
"Oh big sister" becca takes her hand "I'm a big girl, you worry too much"
"Why did you ignore all calls and this is not your phone"
"Yes, I also have my phone with me..don't worry, I'm good"
"Are they rich" she shrugs
"Stupid you"
"Even with all their money, there's a stupid man that they call their uncle, he steps on them like a mat"
"Becca, don't fight anybody" she smiles and esther sighs
"Oh God"
"She has never stepped into the fields to check out the cattles before saying she wants to work out"
"Hey lana, its her decision, not yours" mercy says
"What kind of decision is that" shantel says..the teacher clears her throat
"Miss McCartney, Winthrop and Johnson..do you mind telling the class what you murmuring about" lana shrugs
"Who knows, we may be talking about your ass.." the class murmured "i wonder why your husband is still holding on to you with a flat butt, if I were mr Gray, I'll have turned you into Nicki Minaj or thrown you out" the class murmurs the more
"Lana kay McCartney"
"That's me"
"Meet me after the class"
"Gladly" she sits back
"You shouldn't have said that"
"Was I wrong about her butt, it's way too slammed in for my liking"
Clara angrily threw the box down
Flashback
"What is the meaning of this, vicent"
"Meaning of what"
"Meaning of the letter that you sent me, what the butt"
"Clara, sweet heart, I can feel your pain..I understand you but its just for a while"
"Vicent, I know my right..I haven't commited any crime, I have not violated the federal discrimination laws or a contractual breach" he stands up and walked up to her..he takes a bit of her hair
"Use what you have to gat what you want"
"and what do I have and what do I want"
"Don't act like a novice Clara" she gently removed his hand
"Get it away from me"
"Ok..you choose to be in love with a man that is old enough to be your younger brother.. You're not even ashamed of yourself..you're a disgrace..you're a social climber..you didn't fall in love with Karl Leon king, you chose Fred..you chose a model..Did you spell him, how can he fall blindly for you, you're a bitch, a big bitch is what you should be called..you disgust me, now get out of my office you slut, a slut is who you are, Clara Ariana Sanchez"
Present day
Clara looks at the caller's Id (fred) she ignores it
"Sir Karl"
"Yes roman"
"Your father is here"
"What" he jumps out of bed and dashes to the sitting room
"Dad"
"Hey Karl" Mr king sits "the interior of your penthouse isnt matching my taste"
"I'm not you, father"
"I heard youve divorced Nora, it was high time"
"I'm sure you gald"
"Very glad, no son of mine will be getting married to women below their standards, it's high time for Frederick to stop his love madness..I did not fall in love with a woman that is two years older than me.. Maurisa was a woman of high standards"
"And she's dead and buried in a glass" Karl says
"Where's Frederick, I expected him to be here"
"He has bought his own house"
"Penthouse or what"
"His own building..that guy has the money to waste"
"Your brother has a bright future for himself but he should delete laura Sanchez"
"Dad, its Clara not laura..and their relationship isnt a gist of one year, its 2yrs and I dont know...youve tried talking him out but he refused"
"I don't care...I'm a great man, blessed with two great sons and they will have to be like me" Karl scoffs
"She's not picking my calls, Alexa"
"She's at work Frederick, focus on yours" Alexa says setting up her camera
"I just want to hear her voice before doing anything"
"You better calm down fred, she's fine" julius says joining them
"You think so"
"we know so" they chorused
"We just hope you don't end up hurting her"
"Julius"
"It's the fact, Alexa..it's been on for a long time but misfortune can spark up in a minute"
"You all dont know me, that's why you underestimate my love for her...I swear on my mother's grave, i will always make Clara happy"
Flashback
Becca rests her head on the door
"Any problem" she jumps in fear and turned
"Are you ok"
"What are you doing here"
"Well, as a matter of fact, my room is opposite yours"
"Uhn" she looks at the door
"You sleep there"
"Yes" she opened her room there and entered
"Good night" she slams it
*****
Adrian double crosses Felix
"Addie, it's late, what are you doing out here"
"I followed you out here"
"What is it"
"Is that Estella or hayley"
"Who does she look like"
"Hayley"
"Then that's her"
"You're a liar, when did you start to lie, I overheard your conversation..you could have whispered lower than that"
"Adrian, just keep it a secret"
"What of hayley"
"She's fine"
"Is she dead"
"No..just inbetween"
"Coma"
"You're smart..she'll rise up in no time..let's go in before you pull my oesophagus out" they walked away
Present day
"Adrian, are you ok" a friend asks
"Yeah, I'm just thinking about somethings"
"You mean thinking about lira"
"Who is lira"
"That girl"
"I have a lot to think about, not girls" he stands up and leaves
"So did you see her, what transpired"
"Nothing much"
"Nothing much"
"Yes Audrey, nothing much" she says "I'm not gonna let you fall into trouble Estella, you're my little sister and my only sibling.. Naughty, sturbborn and quite annoying but you're not gonna end up in trouble" she thought
HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA
Nora enters the book store
"Jack, Jackson.. Anybody"
"Who is that" an angry voice replied and a figure came out
"Hey"
"You look familiar"
Nora purses her lips "what did you drink today, isnt it too early"
"You can't walk into my shop and question me"
"But buttercup can..right" she says going to the shelf
"Nora"
"Now you know ne"
"Youve changed..I heard that you got married to Leon"
"I'm divorced now"
"It isnt up to a year"
"But its been called off, cut out"
"How you doing"
"Good"
"Leon took a good care of you, you shine"
"He did, not with his money, his father's" she says picking a book
"What did you say"
"Nothing" she picked another book
"Care for Cookies, my mother is making some"
"Gladly and your brother" he shrugs
"So what are you doing now"
"Well..I'm a janitor in a hospital..my brother stays here and my sister, well, she's a nurse"
"I see...ok, let's go in.."
"What of your mom, she may not like this"
"Dont you all talk"
"We do"
"So what's the worry about.. My sis came here yesterday, so what"
"Ok, let's go in" they left
Flashback
"What happened to your hair.. Why did you change your look" esther asks
"Don't you like it"
"No, I dont, one bit...from black to gold..no I dont"
"Come on"
"Is it your friends that are influencing you"
"Dont just bring that in"
"I'm scared for you...I'm scared of your dreams, what you imagine..you dreaming of loneliness and you call it freedom.. Dont you want to experience the good feeling of love"
"No...no I dont... Ive once loved and it broke me, ive cried for it...fuck love, fuck the feeling" she walked away
"Timi" esther shouts as she calls her in her traditional name "oh God, help my sister...help reduce the anger and pride in her so that love can set in"
Present day
"So, take me to your brother's house"
"Frederick can't be at home at this time"
"And you"
"Me, ive taken a break from work"
"And what kind of break can I call that"
"Dad i,..."
"Shut up, just shut up Leon...shut your trap" benicio stands up
"Are you waiting for my wealth..are you waiting for my death..." Karl folds his hand "your brother works hard everyday..he has never gotten a dime from me...he's what he is today because of hard work.. But Leon waits for daddy, daddy this, daddy that" Karl rolls his eyes
"Don't you have anything to say"
"Like"
"I don't know"
"I'll remind you...it was the day I clucked 21..now I'm 26 and ive been living without you...you came all the way from san francisco to throw my wreck at my face...if you're here to do more of it, you better catch the next plane back...cause I'm not gonna let you walk on me like a rug..I'm a man now, so is Frederick...you can't keep deciding our lives for us all in name of class to the extent of using a glass coffin for my mother"
"Dad" they turned to see Frederick "what are you doing in NYC"
"You both left san francisco to stay here...and I have to come check on my boys"
"Please go back..francisco is where you belong not NYC"
"And you want to stay here because of that Clara girl...a lady older than you..because she went to the same school with leon dosent mean she's up to standards"
"Come on father..our grandparents were poorer than a church mice..you told us the story..you told us how you went through hell"
"Yes Karl Leon, that's why I want you to end up with a woman of your class, a woman that knows how this money is"
"We'll only end up with the woman we love..our life's won't be like you and mother..class, class, class" Fred says and leaves
"Frederick" benicio shouts
"You've turned your brother against me"
"Excuse me.. I have no hand in this, old man, don't involve me..you just dont want to reason with us and we can't reason well with you..excuse me" Karl went back in and benicio fumes
"They all out for grazing" he nods as he taps his foot in the ground..ash leaves
"Felix" he turns
"Aunt" he goes to her "aunty, do you want something...you should have called Esme or Gina.."
"Felix, Felix...oh God, I dont know how to thank you enough.. After God is you..youve been the bed rock of this family.. you and God are the pillar we've been resting on"
"Aunty" he takes her hand "its God that has been our supporter...I'm just a human...I love everyone in this family.. I'll always be there when you need me"
"Thank you" she hugs him "thank you Felix"
Clara sits on the floor as she remembered the words vicent spat at her
----you're a social climber..you didnt fall in love with Karl, you chose Fred..you chose a model..how can he fall blindly for you..you're a bitch, a big bitch is what you should be called.....
"Maybe he's right, maybe I'm a bitch..a big bitch to be prescised, a social climber..a fortune follower..a convetiousness lady..but I didnt fall first, he did"