Chapter 8

"Did you and Amy reconcile already?"

I nodded in response to her question. She said she viewed my Instagram story yesterday so she asked me if me and Amy are on good terms. I was so happy yesterday because Sister and I are fine, but I still can't get over the marriage that Dad said.

I'm not ready to get married yet. I won't think about what we talked about yesterday with my family, maybe that marriage won't continue because I haven't graduated yet and I like someone else.

"Ash, how do you know if you like someone?" I asked, curiously.

She looked at me and seemed to be imagining something, "I don't know, maybe when you always think of him and then you just miss him all of a sudden?"

I nodded at her answer, this isn't the first time I've fallen in love with someone but it seems like I feel different when it comes to Vaughn. I can't say if I like him or not. I always think of him. I don't know, I won't think about that first because we have a test now, fuck! When the prof came in, our test started immediately. Good thing I did an advance review last night so I'm confident in my answers. Our test was 100 items so after the test the prof collected all the papers and started the discussions. When we had lunch, Ash and I went to the cafeteria together. Luke is there too, waiting for us.

"Our lesson is so difficult." Luke said suddenly while nuzzling his neck, he looked so stressed.

"Why did you take engineering, then?" Ash teases and mimics Luke's stressed face.

"Why do you like engineering?" I asked.

"I thought it was like minecraft!"

Ash and I laughed and just calmed down when the other students looked at us. We are at school. We continued eating and just separated when our afternoon classes started. In the other building is the engineering course and next to their building is our building who takes the course of education. Me and Ash want to be a teacher but Ash will work in another school in the future. She said she wanted to be a teacher in kindergartens because she wanted to be close to the children, she said. While I wanted to be a teacher in Junior High School because I enjoyed teaching juniors more.

Nothing new in our afternoon class. We just discussed and took notes for our reviewers. When the class was over I informed Ash and went home first. I just bought food because I know my Aunt is lazy to cook so I'll just heat it up if we're going to eat. I just bought beef steak and soft drinks, I also bought pizza so we could have something to eat at midnight. When I got home, I took a shower and put on my pajamas. I dried my hair and took a selfie so I can post it on my Instagram story, just to get his attention.

I checked and he's online so I thought of chatting him. He viewed my story but he didn't reply.

AmberNyx: What u doin'?

I waited for his reply and a few seconds later he typed something.

VLeo: Reading a book, and you?

AmberNyx: Nothing, just thinking about you.

I laughed as I typed my message.

VLeo: lol.

I laughed again and didn't reply because I heard the door open so I turned off my phone and left the room. Aunt just came home, she greeted me and entered her room to take a bath and get dressed first. I watched Netflix while waiting for her to finish so we could eat together. I turned off the TV when my Aunt came out of her room with a towel in her hair. I first heated the food I bought earlier and then served it and got a plate for me and her.

We ate quietly because she didn't want anyone talking while eating. She was the one to wash the dishes so I continued the movie I watched earlier. When aunt finished washing the dishes, she sat next to me and also watched the movie I was watching. The movie is about family. They are a happy family but one day their Daddy cheated. He raped the sister of his wife, they had a illegitimate child and the guy blames the girl. When the girl gave birth, the guy took the baby and said that he will take care of the child and that the girl should not show herself to their family. They treated the child as not family so I cried. I felt the child feels because I experienced that too.

"Aunt do you have a child?" I suddenly asked Aunt while I was looking at the TV.

"I had a daughter"

I looked at aunt because of her answer. She smiled sadly as she watched the movie and wiped her tears and seemed to remember something.

"You had a child? Why didn't I know?" I asked again.

I was shocked. Auntie has a daughter but why isn't she with her? Shouldn't it be her daughter with her and not me? Did something happen?

"She was also kept away from me." Auntie answered sadly and the tears dripped so she quickly wiped it using her palms.

I hugged her and tried to calm her down, "What happened?" I'm curious about what happened to her daughter. That's my cousin after all!

"They took away from me the right to be the mother of my child. Just like in the movie, I was also raped but giving birth to her isn't a mistake but a blessing," she wiped the tears and continued "When I woke up in the Hospital, her Daddy was there with his family. They told me that they would take care of my daughter and send her to school. I was poor before so even though I didn't want to, I gave him my daughter because I knew I had nothing money to buy milk and things because like I said I'm poor,"

"When I got out I tried to take my child back but they took away my right to be a mother." She cried so I hugged her tightly and just let her cry.

It's my first time seeing her cry like this so I was hurt for her. "It must've been hard for you." I whispered. She just kept crying so I just let her. Maybe it's hard to be away from the child so even though I haven't experienced it yet I'm already hurt. When she stopped crying, I got water for her to drink.

"Are you okay now?" I asked.

She nodded in response and took the water to drink. I put the glass in the sink after she drank and she said goodbye to sleep so I hugged her again and went into my room.

My mind was full of questions. Who is Auntie's daughter? Who is the family she is referring to? Where is her daughter? Are we the same age? If we ever meet, will she be jealous because I'm with aunt? I hope not. I stopped thinking and just applied my skin care. After I applied, I set the alarm so I won't be late for tomorrow.

Day's went smoothly. Eat, go to school, do homework, reviews, Sleep and repeat. Next week is our exam so I'm all focused to pass. I don't want to be a disappointment to daddy so I have to do my best. Today is Friday and Dad is inviting me again to their house. After class I went to daddy's house, still wearing my uniform. I parked my car just outside the house and rang the doorbell. Ash would have invited us to review for the exam together but I told her that Dad was sending me to the house. I promised her that we will group study only this Sunday.

When I entered the house, I immediately went to the living room because every time there is a conversation, it really happens there. They are complete and I'm the only one missing so I sat next to Amy. When the maids had served the food we quietly started the dinner. Like Auntie, Dad also doesn't like talking while eating. When the meal was over, Daddy spoke.

"Next week is your exam, right?" Dad asked me, I wiped my mouth with tissue before answering his question.

"Yes, Dad."

"You never forget about the marriage, right?" He asked again so I just nodded at stayed quiet.

It seems that the word 'Freedom' has been denied to me.

"When you are asked, answer the question." Mommy interrupted the conversation so I adjusted my seat.

"Who's the guy I'll be marrying?" I asked..

I'm not ready yet.

"Franz Amiro, the only child of the Amiro family."

What kind of person is he? I don't know that guy.

The conversation ended so I went home immediately. I took a shower and put on pajamas, I ate at their house so I told my aunt that I already ate at their place. I searched the internet about the guy dad mentioned earlier. Franz Amiro.

Franz Amiro is the only child of the Amiro family. Franz's dad and mom are successful business man and woman. Franz will run their company soon. I turned off my laptop and went to sleep. Before the wedding I should spend my time when I still have 'freedom'. I will not waste those days.