It was just she and her daughter now, Anthony had gone home to change and probably run around some personal stuff while Mikey went for some personal stuff leaving mother and daughter together. "Mom, we're alone now ",Bella reminded her anxiously after waiting for a word from her regarding what she had said the previous day. She was at loss where to begin and what to say to her. Where would she start from, she was going to take Bella for a tour down the past lane long forgotten. She was going to tell her the story of two identical sisters and their single mother and how it all bore down to Bella.
Her real name was actually Ella, and she had a twin sister, the original miss Clarkson. Growing up with her mother caused her real pain in the ass, a single alcohol addicted mother and two daughters so identical that it even strained their mother. Her sister was bright, yes, really bright and she was called Rea. She had it all encompassed, the love of people and intelligence, she wanted to be on the screen and her mother adored her. On the other hand, Ella was an ass for a daughter as her mother called her, she was drawn to herself. She had this eye for nature and was the house nuisance. The day she told her mother of her dream to become a photographer, she earned a slap on the face, but instead of retracting her dream, she became more determined to make it a success. She mingled with this group of guys with camera and they would walk around taking shots at almost everything and part of the group was her best friend Clarkson. The duo were inseparable although with no strings attached to whatever was binding them together but little did she know that her sister had eyes for Clarkson. Funny enough, her only confidant was Rea, and the latter was good at keeping her secrets, secret. She even kept her records of truancy away from her mother, even when she wanted to buy a camera, Rea had come up with a good sum of money from her savings to assist her sisters dreams, and so they went through childhood to adulthood chasing their dreams. She was the bad twin as her mother frequently said, breaking every rule in the house, but come on, it was fun. It was not until after highschool that she discovered the growing romantic bond between her sister and Clarkson
But of course, her mother would not hear of it, so she found herself many times playing Rea when Rea went out on secret dates with Clarkson. Childhood ended too quickly and Ella found herself at L. A seeking for greener pastures in the world of photography. Rea was there too, she had successfully made it into the media as she planned, their mother was very proud of her. The relationship between Rea and Clarkson was flourishing although secret from their mother, Ella was ever willing to keep the secret until whenever the duo was ready to make it official.
It was at this point in their lives that Clarkson got a job call at Africa. A very famous musician was going there for a show or something, and Clarkson was his personal photographer, he said goodbye to his lover and best friend sadly. They were then left with each when one day, Rea came seeking out her sister in tears. Ella was really worried, she bore heavy news that would definitely break their mothers heart, plus she had something really big coming up at the office and needed zero scandal to meet up with the requirements, she was pregnant. It was already two months gone and the baby's dad was far away. She had a big request from her sister, she wanted her to pretend to be her until after she was delivered of the child, promising to coach her sister on everything she needed to equip herself. Ella could not believe her ears, did she not realize that she also had a life but then, thinking of it, she knew that her own life was far less public to attract serious scandals, so she accepted to help her sister out until Clarkson arrived and probably after the child was born.