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Chapter 1

"Isabelle... Isabelle.." I woke up, hearing my mom yelling at me. I mentally groaned and sat up on my bed. Wondering how fast did the sun arrived. Why can't he come a bit lately?. "Isabelle...." I flinched. Why everyone is yelling when they have to call me?. Why can't they just call me softly like they call my brothers?. This is so unfair. "What maa (mom)?" I asked her softly. But inner me was craving to stab her heart out.

"First of all, don't call me maa. I'm not your maa. You are adopted. Second of all, Go and clean the whole house yourself. Don't you ever dare to think that you can sleep even if it is Sunday. Don't forget that you are our maid" she shouted at me. I don't even know why they always tell that I'm adopted. I look exactly like my mom. And have you ever heard that adopting a child to be their maid?. Fools.

By scolding her, I stood up from the bed, and went to the store room, where there is cleaning brush and cleaning mops. Lazily, I took the brush and started to clean the whole house. No one had woke up. Thank god. I started cleaning the house. Maa was cooking breakfast for them. Yes, I have to cook for myself. My life sucks.

    Today, I am feeling extremely lazy. So I was doing the work like a snail. Suddenly somebody pushed me from back. As it was a sudden attack, I didn't get balance, and I fell down on the floor. My chin, elbow and knees were hurting so badly. When i looked at that person who did this, No shock it was my dad. He looks like he just woke up. I could hear my maa laughing like a maniac.

I hat it when she laughs. I know why did he pushed me, so I didn't asked him why. My chin was still hurting badly. I stood up by rubbing my elbow,and returned to do my work. But this time, i used my full speed to do. Tears of anger and pain was running down my cheaks. Why god gave me such a life, while others have a good life?.

      I finished my work and was about to go back to my bedroom. That's when my dad shouted at me "Where are you going?. Wait. Come here, help my honey" by saying this he kissed maa's (mom's) cheaks. Why can't they let me rest for atleast a minute?. I walked to where they were and i begin to help her. The whole time, she had a dirty smirk, that was stitched on her face.

After helping maa and making an egg sandwich for me, I went to my room. If I had a phone, I should have talked to my one an only bestie, Jerry through it. Her name is Tina, but i call her Jerry because she is the shortest in our class, and of course a cute and a night mare for my bullies. Tina is a rich girl. But she is not a brat like others. She is a king hearted angel. Whenever my bullies try to bully me, she'll save me from them. Even if she doesn't studies well like me, she is a talented and athletic girl. I share my all problems with her.

   All she could do is just hear all helplessly. She'd asked me a hundred times like " Isss, (she calls me different names like Isss, Issa, bellz etc. Depends on her mood) Let me tell this to my dad. As you know that he is a police, he may can help you. Are you about to live your life in inside that house, being depressed and frustrated?. Plz babe, let me say this to my dad". But my dad had ordered me to not have friends.

If I didn't had Jerry, I must had suicides. My parents are abusive too. I went to brush my teeth. After a 5 minutes, I went back to kitchen to have my egg sandwich. But there, it was not there. I searched for it everywhere. My brothers and parents were having breakfast. My youngest brother Ethan like egg sandwiches very well. God! Maybe he have took it. There was just 1 piece of sandwitch.

     "Maa, where is my sandwich?" I asked, praying my heart out that, don't make my maa angry by my question. Luckily, first time ever in my life god heard my prayer. "Don't you know that Ethan loves that?. Why you didn't made an another one for him?. So he took yours. Wait here till our breakfast is over, and once our is over you should wash this dishes. You don't have to eat breakfast" she said, by not making eye contact with me. She hate my ugly face.

Here, I am starving more when I see her, putting more pancakes in my brothers plate. My stomach started to growl unstoppably. They had their breakfast and I took all the dishes to wash. After washing, I started to clean kitchen. Or else, she'll kill me. I'm done with all the works. I was feeling a bit dizzy. So I walked to my bedroom and instantly throw myself on the bed.

      I wish tomorrow will come fastly, because I wanna see Jerry. Suddenly I felt my eyes closing itself, leading me to sleep. Darkness took over my hunger.

7:00pm

I felt water being poured over me. I tried to get up. But failed, since I didn't ate anything till morning. My eyes refused to open and my stomach is yelling at me that it is hungry. Somehow, i sat up and saw Ryan, my cousin brother sitting beside me and watching me in pity.

     He gave me a plate. When i looked at it, I instantly finished the burger within a gulp. I looked at Ryan, he smiled at me and asked me "You want more?". I nodded as yes. He took a sandwitch from a cover and placed in in my plate. I smiled at him in a thankful way and started eating my food.

I finished it and asked him "Hi Ryan, when did you arrived. Sorry i was starving that's why I didn't even said thankyou". He smiled at me and said that he came here and saw me being unconscious. That why he have to poured water on me. I talked to him for sometimes. He is the only person in our family, who loves me. He said that my parents had came to his house and my brother told him today morning's incident. So he bought a burger and sandwich to give me. Talking to him was a stress relieve.

    For sometimes I forgot about my unfair life. Ryan went back to his house. I washed my plate and returned to my room. I decided to sleep. As i just had my food, I am feeling a bit tired. I decided to sleep. This is my life. No happiness. No love. I'm not alive I'm just breathing. The only people who make me feel like I am alive is Jerry and Ryan. They are the only gift that god had given to me. Tears were flowing down my cheaks.

Angel sleep took me to a dream world where there is no such cruel peoples.
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"Jerryyy" I shouted behind her to scare her when she was busy writing some notes. She flinched and looked back. I wore a wide smile to annoy her. She gasped and pointed at my forehead where there was a stitch. I sat beside her and started to tell her:

*flashback*

Day : friday
Time: on the way, walking to dad's car after school. Everyday dad drops me to school and will come to pick me to home.
Alone. Cuz Jerry was absent
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I was walking where dads car was parked. As usual by looking down. I hitted a hard rock. When i looked up, it was not a rock. Its was Ayryn. He is my bully. On thursday, he tried to push me down. But Jerry saw it and she punched his nose and we both ran away from there. That day, i saw his nose bleeding. I think today, as Jerry is absent, he came to take a revenge on me.

       I was afraid when i saw him looking at me, expressionlessly. His nose had a stitch. I was about to walk in the other direction, but he stood in front of me. I decided to apologize to him. But before i could, he untied his hands which he had tied back. I saw a rock in his hand. He instantly threw that rock. It hitted really hard on my forehead. I fall down. My forehead was bleeding, extremely. I was shouting as the pain is incresing. I covered the wound with my hand. I could see people gathering around me. But everything was blurry. I could feel somebody lifting me up and rushing toward my dad's car.

The next moment, i opened my eyes and i find myself in the hospital. They stitched my forehead and we came back to my home.

*flashback ended*

"So that was just happened" as jerry said this i nodded. She was staring at me. I could tell by reading her mind that she wanna tell or ask something to me. "What do you wanna ask, Jerry" I asked.

      "Shall i tell this thing to my" I covered her mouth as I know what is she gonna say. "Shall I tell this to my dad?. Since he is a cop, he could help you. Why you are living an unfair life with that rude peoples?. This is what you are going to say. Right jerry?. If you ever tell this to anyone, then we wont be friends. I know Jerry, that you love me and want me to live a happy life. But please do understand me babe. Happiness is not meant for a girl like me" i said as she hugged me.

"We could think about an another way to get you outta this hell" she said and returned to write notes. The time passed as lectures were finishing. Now its time to go to cafèteria. Me and Jerry went there with out tiffin boxes. We found a table and sat. Since we started to eat, Jerry was quite. Since the day we met till the last time when we came here, Jerry always talk like a nonstop maniac. What happened to her?.

        I decided to ask her why she is quiet. But before i could say anything she asked "Are you afraid to travel alone?". I have no answers. I didn't even went to a store alone. I don't know how to answer her. "Why are you asking this?".

"If you are not afraid to travel alone...." She didn't completed the last sentences and returned to eat food. I'm curious thinking about what this girl have to say even if I'm afraid to travel alone. "Jerry, stop making me curious and tell me what do you have inside your head" I said excitedly to hear what she wanna say. But she remained quiet. This made me angry. "Jerry, are you alive?" I again asked being pissed off.

      "That's no a good idea. You have your lunch fast. We can go to library and read some books" she said still thinking. "I won't eat this unless you tell me that" I know she'll fall for this. "Tell? What??. You only has a slice of bread and 2piece of apple. Why can't you eat that?. What should I tell you?" She asked, pretending that she don't know anything. Meanwhile, I'm sweating to know that. I'm like this, I always wanna hear secrets.

"Jerry, tell me why you asked that?".

        "What did I asked". Her death will be by my hands. Why is she acting as if she asked nothing?. "You asked me that am I afraid to travel solo. Now please tell me why you asked that. Or else, I won't eat this" I asked like a little kid. "That won't work. Just shrug it off" she said by putting a sandwich to my tiffin box. She always want me to eat. I folded my hands and pouted, so shell tell what is that.

"Okay..okayy. I gave up. I'll tell" she said.

   She started " I got an idea. That is, you have to pack your dresses and I'll pack you some food. After that you have to go to somewhere, leaving your parents, family and even me". I gasped "wha_". Before I could say she covered my mouth and said "don't interrupt". I just nodded.

"All this thing have to be done when your parents are not home. Ill come to your house to pick you up and drop you at a bus stand. Once bus arrived you have to enter inside the bus and leave everything that was   a pain for you. And you'll travel to hunt your own happiness. Travel to anywhere you want. Make good friends. Live your life happily. Live freely. Fly high like a bird. I'll give you 1000 dollars and you have to love with that money and the food that I gave. But you don't have enough experience by travelling. It will end up being the worst decision that you have ever made. So that's why I didn't tell you the rest of the things. I won't let you die starving. Hope. Oneday you'll get a chance to live your life like a free bird. God will give you what he had planned for you to give you. Everything will be alright" she stopped.

      Yes, she is right. It'll end up being the worst idea. So I shrug it off.
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" Dad please, let me go. Maa...... Please tell dad. Its hurting. Its painful. Dad....... Please stop...... Please stopp..... I'll die if you keep doing this..... Ethan..... Please tell dad...... Evaaan....... Please tell dad..... Maa..... Aaaaaahhhhh............ Cole.... Get me out of here........" I howled and screamed for help. Dad kept beating me with that big stick. My body is not red color by getting bested by that giant stick. I screamed for help. I screamed by brothers name for help, but no one did cared. My dad threw that stick and came near me and started slapping my face over and over again.

          "Bitch..... You fool...... How dare you give my shirt to that beggar?. Say.... How dare you..." He no started kicking me.

"Sorry dad.... So... Sooo....sorrrr... So rry..... I thought it was your old shirt.. Aaaahhh...... Stooop.... i felt pity for that beggar. He was poor and.... Aaaaahhh.. He had... Nothing to cover his upper.... Body... Aaaaahh.. That's why I gave.... That old... Granpa... Your shirt.... Sorry.. Aaahhh....mmmmm....please stop this nowwww..."

        "You felt pity for that stranger beggar. Now is he feeling pity for you?" By saying this, and giving me a last kick, he opened the door and went outside. 
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The next day...

I don't even know, how did I came to school. My whole body is still hurting from last night. I stepped inside the classroom. I can feel intense stares at me. I don't even looked up. I straightly went to Jerry and sat beside her. I was emotionless. I don't had any expressions on my face. Jerry panicked by seeing my red face. Dad's handprints were still on my both cheeks. As i wore full sleeve, she didn't see my legs and arms.

       "What happened to your face" she asked as I just lay my head on the desk. She kept asking me and I explained her the whole story. She was shocked. Even it is totally normal that they abuse me, this is the time they were more cruel.

A couple of minutes we remained silent. Her expression was a mixture of sadness and anger. Still we both remained silent. So i decided to broke the silence between us. "I'm ready". She looked confused. "For what?" She asked in a confused tune.

       For a minute I remained silent. Then, I said "FOR THAT SOLO TRIP".
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