I have landed on the soft arms of my mother , the one woman that i have looked up to ever since and before my delivery date . Her hands feel soft and tender as she played with my cheeks and my baby hair . I could feel my tiny hands moving as i tapped on my mother's face , i could hear the sound of myself crying as i begged to be lifted by her . In other words , i could feel my surroundings , i felt alive . My mother well , She is my lifeline and i am her joy. I saw the world for the first time as i lifted my eyelids , i saw my dad and my so called aunt . I was the center of attraction and i was so excited to visit my so called "home" , well the term home has always been familiar to me as my dad loved saying "come out soon , so we can take you home princess" back then when i was still developing. I saw my aunties and uncles from both sides of the family showering their blessings and gifts upon me , my mom was overwhelmed and we were expected to leave the hospital 3 days after the delivery day just like all other normal cases . However , in my case there was a 'plot twist' my mother's gynecologist , the other side doctors , and 3 nurses All dressed uniformly in white came inside my mother's room that was shared with three other ladies , because it is always cheaper to share a room rather then getting your own one as a VIP i came to know about this later , when i grew a bit older. 

Anyways, Back to the story these important people of the hospital industry , the doctors and the nurses seemed to be very agitated as if they had to inform something terrible to my family but were too afraid to face the consequences.I was taken away from my parents and all i could see was my mother crying bitterly and my dad sobbing . I was extremely confused what would you expect a newborn to understand? i was kept inside a glass box kind of a thing with 4 holes , 2 on each side. Apparently , in the medical world , this glass chamber is called an incubator. I was kept inside the incubator because i was a premature baby , 2 months early . My parents were aware of this , and they were ready to see their princess spending a month inside the box because this was the better option as my mother had complications during her pregnancy and the doctor adviced her to deliver as soon as she could . It was not the fact that i was kept inside an incubator that affected my parents yes, they were sad but this was not the main reason . The doctor informed my parents that i was born with a death causing disease known as 'birth asphyxia'. Which basically means , that i was deprived of oxygen as an infant and it could cause physical harm usually to the brain . And according to doctors , "the brain" itself is complicated , and the chances for survival was very less . 

I could see my mother , with all those vessels and infusion entering the special baby room where i was kept , she was dumbstrucked and starting crying she even fell down and everyone helped her as her body was still very weak. The doctors finally gave my family , a little ray of hope , and that was my treatment. They suggested some kind of a ventilator , respiratory therapy , fluids and medicines to control my blood flow and pressure and also to prevent seizures. Indeed , with all the facilities , a high price tag will always be attatched to it . It was beyond my parent's capacity to pay for it . At this crucial time , my parents were facing a huge financial crisis . They had no money for themselves and the hospital bills were settled by my mom's side of the family particulary , by my grandparents . On the other hand , my dad's side of the family was what they would describe as "show business" they are different internally and externally , they are different towards outsiders , and always tend to show everyone that they are the most harmonious ones while the truth of the content is the entire opposite. They were also not to blame , as they also had only a limited amount of money . But pulling in a certain amount from each member wouldnt actually harm them , wouldnt it? Afterall its about the life of their heir , me. But no , they didnt help , or support nor did they contribute a single penny.

 The bills were entirely settled and my treatment was allowed to begin . The people there , inserted a plastic tube like structure through my nostrils and the length of the tube extended and it went over my head , like a headband made up of a plastic tube. They also used something known as an ECMO , for life support that acts as a pump for babies. They had special medicines for me , and they dropped it gently on my mouth. My vision was blurry , im not sure if its the effect of the medicine or if it was just me . Premature babies always have a disadvantage , and my mother was informed that as i grow up , (if i do survive) , i have to be taken care of very gently even upto my teenage years as i would be extremely prone to diseases . I was kept in this condition , in the glass box for 30 days . And my parents did not leave my side for a single minute , they were there , outside my glass barrier . Crying and praying for my well being . I really wished i knew what a hug was at that time so that i could have given them one before entering this glass cage that was pretty frustrating. 30 days of constant struggle and complications was over. It was about time for me to finally arrive into my new house , my mom was extremely delighted when the hospital staff told her that indeed she is blessed as , usually babies with asphxia , die or even if they live , they will be disabled for a long time. The only complication i had was the fact that i can be attacked by any pathogen anytime , but my mother was very grateful as no bad omen fell upon me . I was taken home , finally after spending 30 days in the hospital prison . My house was not big , but it was spacious enough for me to roam around with my future toy car. I had a cousin , my dad's brother's son , his name is Jordan , and he is elder to me by 10 months . Initially , there was still harmony but my mom was already worried by the fact that i will have to face all the drawbacks of the family as i grow up . And all the advantages of being a boy will be enjoyed by Jordan, although my family claims to be 'not orthodox' but sometimes , they actually are. More then just being differentiated because i am a girl , the further disadvantage i will have to face is due to the fact that my parents and i were poor , and Jordan , and his parents were filthy rich. No one knew what trade did they involve themselves in , all that my parents knew was that , it wasnt a good trade as it involved some illegal goods shipment into and out of the country.

 According to our family's traditions , a baby will be given a name only after 10 days of delivery. And my mom , my aunties and everyone from my mom's side of the family actively participated in contributing a name for me . Some suggested , Anna , Janice , Julia but my mom decided to name me Victoria Savanah. So thats my name , Victoria Savana . Im still not sure what it means in particular . But everyone called me Vic. I was very tiny as a baby , but i was fair and my mother described me as an obedient baby. I was not like the others , i used to cry for milk only once at night at around 12 am and sleep soundly till morning. My mother worked full time , she leaves home at around 7 am and reaches around 9pm. We couldnt afford a nanny to take care of me , and my dad was always busy with his errands and his small business. My mom works as a translator , for the local television channels , although it did not supply her with a very large amount of money but it was her hobby and she loved working , the salary was enough to buy the groceries so she was okay with it. But things get different when you have to feed a third person in the family , me. Baby products are expensive. She tried looking for additional side jobs to support her main job and provide for the family. My dad was working with garments , he was not employed but he worked for himself and for a living. Life was a constant race for my parents. 

So, let me tell you a little about my parents' family background. My dad's dad passed away when he was only 14 , his dad was murdered brutally by the driver and the driver was instructed to do so by one of his business rival . As, my grandad was a business tycoon back then . My grandma had no one to take over the business , so she handed it to her brother who used this situation as an opportunity to get hold of whatever property that was in her hands. They had a huge house back then , with a huge garden , swimming pool. They owned a building and about 5 cars , all of this was taken away without mercy by my grandma's brother. They only had limited amount of money left to rent a small house , the house i was born in , to live. My mom's side of the family was never rich in the first place , but her sisters fell in love with a man who had enough money to keep both her sisters happy. We can well imagine the shock my dad had to go through as a 14 yearold who dropped out of school. From living such a luxorious life , to practically having nothing left overnight. It was tough for him to see the murdered body of his own dad , that was only found after 15 days after filing a missing report , the body was found in the sea. Me and Jordan shared a special bond , we took bubble baths together . As cousins , we loved each other more then real siblings. My mom used to drop me to the daycare every morning and my grandma used to pick me up in the evening (grandma as in my mom's mom) My grandma from my dad's side couldnt care less to do so. However she did love Jordan immensly .

 The reason why my mom had to trust a daycare to take care of me was because , my so called family living in the same house was unwilling to do so. Sometimes, i never returned home , if my mom worked overnight i used to stay with my grandma , sleeping between her and my grandpa. My grandma , bought every baby product that i required , milk , clothes , mittens and baby socks just to make sure that i had enough. I grew up pretty normally as a child all thanks to my grandma , who was our angel in disguise. When i was 3 , i was enrolled in a private school together with Jordan because well , we didnt want to be seperated. The school belonged to Jordan's relative , im not sure how but i was too distantly related to be considered as relatives. We went to school together every morning , using Jordan's car as i didnt have one of my own. My mom used to wake up extra early in the morning to get me dressed up for school , she used to braid my hair into two ponnytails daily. Jordan used to wake up late , very late . So my mom and me used to quietly wake him up ,as we didnt want his mom ,(aunty jane) to find out that we are disturbing her son's sleep. Aunty Jane was a very strict person , but she used to always discriminate between Jordan and me , my mom considered Jordan , as her own son but she probably considered me as a servant's daughter. So sometimes , when we arrive late to school i would receive the punishment of standing outside in the field. But Jordan ,would be allowed to enter the class. I probably forgot to mention that i only had a one way ride to school , i had to walk to my grandma's house with one of my school's assistant who would drop me everyday because aunty jane did not agree to drop me there. So this was my routine for every school day and for every weekend , it was the daycare routine. 3 years later , aunty jane delivered a baby girl , they named her Shaina. It was the three of us in the house now , Me , Jordan and Shaina. 

I was always excited to see my new cousin , but aunty jane did not let me come too close but thats okay atleast i got a glimpse of her . We had 1 helper in the house , she used to do all the house work and chores . She was extremely fond of my mom as according to her my mom was the only one sensible living there , who knew how to treat people rightfully. My helper used to be illtreated by aunty jane and my other aunts living in the house , if she did not complete her work on time or if the food was too salty. They called her names , but the only reason she is still working with us was because she pitties my mom . As, if she is nomore there , my mom will be instructed to complete the household chores and she would be too exhausted to do it by the time she comes back home from work. On one regular day , it was a saturday , just as my mom was about to leave for work , thats around 7am . My helper reported to my mom that she suspects something wrong happening in the house . And her prime suspect was jordan's parents , aunty jane and her husband. My mom thought that she was only saying this because she disliked aunty jane. But when my helper told my mom that , aunty jane and her husband left the house at 5 am in the morning without informing anyone . They left Jordan and Shaina alone in their room , and left her own room door open , which was very peculiar because aunty jane always has the habbit of locking her room and cupboards before she steps out of the house . My helper further told my mom , that out of curiousity , she opened aunty jane's locker and was surprised to see the content. She reported to my mom , that she saw 5 zip lock bags filled with pale sand , that had black spots all over . The bags had different labels , "FOR VICTORIA'S MILK" , "BATHTUB","FOOD" and it had my parent's name written all over the bag with permenant marker . My mom wasnt sure what it was , but she was extremely afraid. What if its poison? This was the only thing that bothered my mom . My mom told my helper to show her these bags , but it was too late as 15 minutes before my helper informed my mom about this, aunty jane and her husband already returned to their room and locked it as usual. My mom dropped me to the daycare quickly , she trembled as she held me , i could feel it. She even instucted my helper before she left to drop me, to cook food for her and my dad seperately as she was afraid of the consequences.From this day ,my mom and my helper was very keen in observing aunty Jane's behavior. They noted every single weird gesture of hers and my mom and helper used to discuss whatever they observed , every morning before work. They wanted an opportunity like the former , to look for hints and traits that aunty jane might have left in her room. 

My mom returned home from work after picking me from gran's house , quite early surprisingly . we reached home by 7pm , and my mom spent the entire night with me she was really happy that she got a break and she could spend time with me she even called my dad to come home early for family time. We had dinner in our room , just before my mom could feed me , there was a loud bang outside our room door. We three were so shocked and scared to even look at what was happening infront , my dad opened the door slowly and he saw Jordan's dad , his own brother lifting up the coffee table and attempted to hit my grandmom (my dad's mom who lived with us) . My dad ran to the other side to protect his mom , and even got pushed by Jordan's dad. My mom told me to stay inside the room without moving even a single inch as she wanted to console my grandmom , she must be so brokenhearted to see her elder son attempting to hit her despite the fact that she raised him all alone after her husband's dismissal. I stayed inside the room , i could hear my grandmom and mom crying i couldnt help myself to leave the room , i was 6 at this time and i quietly creeped out of the room , no one noticed me as the shoutings were too loud. I hid behind my wooden cupboard in the side of the hall . I saw everything , for the first time i witnessed something so brutal . My dad was hurt mentally , and my grandma was extremely helpless i cried infront of aunt Jane begging her to stop . She pushed me to the side , and my mom caught hold of me . My helper took me inside the room , as it was not healthy for a child's mentality to witness all of this . Within 5 minutes , everyone was quiet i was so shocked and so was my helper , i told my helper to check if everything was okay outside as she didnt allow me to leave the room . She peeked outside the room from the small slit of the door , she saw Jordan standing in the middle of everyone with his blue pyjamas . She told me that , jordan was the reason why they all were silent .Aunt Jane didnt want Jordan to witness everything so she stopped the entire scene. Like honestly for a matter of fact , even i was there , i witnessed everything too but i got pushed? Well you know why? Because money speaks for everyone . And in my house , only those with the money power were allowed to speak . no money means dont even think of raising your own opinion.

 The next morning itself , my helper reported that aunt Jane surprisingly cooked breakfast for everyone , (something that she has never done before , as she mostly orders people to do stuff for her). My helper wanted to help her in preparing the sandwiches for everyone , but she refused to accept the help and she instructed my helper to leave the kitchen immediately. Our kitchen had a glass window facing the small garden that we had , so my helper could spy on aunt jane using this intermediate. She peeked through the window pane and she saw aunt jane , taking something out of her pocket , like a bundle of tissues filled with a white substance like salt probably , and she added it to the sliced chicken that she was ready to put inside the sandwich. Why would she carry her own salt in her own pocket rather then using the salt from the kitchen itself? , and my mom had just shopped for the house , did i mention? My mom was incharge of all the groceries she had to pay for everything . When aunt jane kept the sandwiches on the dining table and went up to call everyone else for breakfast, ,my helper opened the top bread of all the sandwiches and removed the chicken slices . She didnt allow me or my mom to eat it for safety reasons , and my mom stopped my dad too. My helper decided to have a word with my mom and i was there too . 

My mom carried me and assisted my helper to our room , my mom told me to watch tv outside the room , in the hall ( we didnt have a tv of our own) but i could hear everything from infront of the door , my mom was informed regarding the entire kitchen scene , the sandwich aunt jane had prepared , everything in detail. Both my mom and my helper decided to put their foot down and get to the bottom of this matter , as eversince my helper suspected aunt jane and saw the bags with different labels in her room . There has been nonstop peculiar chaos in the house , the big fight and now this sandwich incident. My mom and helper decided to visit a priest and ask regarding all of this but they had to take a big step, they had to get hold of the sample of sand in those labelled bags and the so called "salt". And yes, there can be more to it. They decided to go early in the morning tomorrow , but they had the opportunity of entering aunt jane's room that instant , as she was busy with her breakfast downstairs . only baby shaina was in their room , they left their door open so they could hear if their baby needed something. My mom and helper silently entered the room and my helper led my mom to the locker where she saw those labelled bags , it was locked , but aunt jane left the keys on her dressing table , there was a bundle of keys and they tried each one before finally being sucessful at their attempt , They didnt want aunt jane to suspect so they took a sample from each bag , and wrapped it in tissue. They locked it back and left everything as it was , it was a Sunday so my mom left late for work , nomore daycare as i was 6 already and my helper was there just incase if i needed anything.

 The next morning , my mom and helper went to the priest and asked everything related to their suspicion , the priest investigated the samples and was in a state of shock , he questioned my mom in this way , "where did you find all of this?" , my mom replied "in my sister in law's locker, she kept it hidden" . Do you have any idea how harmful these are? Who is victoria? , the priest continued. My mom replied , " i know nothing , but my helper informed me as she suspected something in the house , and we have been facing problems ever since she found out about these samples . As for victoria, she is my daughter". My priest told my mom and helper that aunt jane was playing with supernatural powers , she was dealing with some power , that was not god. Perhaps , this was why we have never seen her praying or doing any good deed. This power , the priest continued , is helping her to attain wealth and to keep everyone under her control . Why do u think Jordan's dad fought with my grandmom the other day? Perhaps i forgot to mention , the reason was very simple . It was aunt jane. Aunt jane wanted to cover the garden with cement but my grandmom objected as Jordan , me and shaina loved to spend our time there. Thats it . This was the reason behind the brutal fight. The priest instructed my mom to dispose whatever is there in her room immediately as it is life threatening , he also instructed for a family prayer to be conducted in the house immediately but this wasnt possible as aunt jane would never let it happen . Aunt jane was using me as an experiment , said the priest , i was the one used for testing these goods on , if nothing happens to me then only she would use it for her husband and others . 

My mom was frustrated , dissapointed and didnt know what to feel at that time , her own daughter was used as a 'test subject' , it was about time that she told my dad about this , and she told him everything the night itself . My dad was speechless , and both of them came up with a decision to arrange for a loan and move out of the house as soon as they can , my helper would stay with us if we move. My mom spent her leisure time looking for houses , advertised in the magazines , newspapers, they even took me along to see a few houses and asked for my opinion too , i chose the house that i really liked , it was nice and spacious and the garden was bigger too , the neighbourhood was also friendly. My dad got the loan , and were expected to move out the next week. When we informed the other family members about our decision , they were dissapointed . My mom wanted my grandmom to stay with us as it was not right to stay with such people. My dad took me , my mom and my grandmom for dinner the next night to a decent restaurant , that served good chinese food , i loved chinese food. The restaurant was nearby our house . When we came back , the lights of our house was off , the house seemed to be deserted like as if noone was there . It was extremely creepy to hear my helper screaming on the top of her lungs , as if she had been possesed . The gate was locked and we had no clue about what was going on inside , my dad pushed the door gate front and back , my mom rang the bell about 10 times , and due to the noise we were making the security guards of our locality arrived to check on us . we told them about the problem and they forced the door open , they broke the gate of our front door . And we rushed inside along with them , it was dark , the entire house was completely dark , no sign of anyone. We went to the balcony , and we saw our helper attempting to jump. Like is this actually a house or a horror movie? I screamed and ran , i tried looking for jordan and shaina , i was so afraid to open aunt jane's roomdoor. The security guards forced their room door open . They saw aunt jane and her husband lying on the bed completely drunk with liqour bottles all around the room . Jordan and shaina were nowhere to be seen. Aunt Jane was surprised to see us and she stood up from her position to inquire , trying to act like she was sober . Her eyes were bloodshot red as if her bloodvessels just broke , her shirt was stained and the security guards told us that she was not in a state to be questioned. They promised to return the next day for the inquiry . 

As for my helper , she was not willing to tell us what made her attempt suicide she just told us that whatever she saw , it wasnt good. And she wanted the permission from my mom to allow her to return to her own home , she couldnt stand it any longer . Her eyes were full of tears and her hand had 2 or 3 long cuts , as if she had been attacked by some wild dog . She said nothing about what happened and we thought of giving her a break for the night . We dropped her to room , and we thought of asking her nicely one more time in the morning before the arrival of the guards. My parents lost their slumber and they were pondering about what might have happened? They didnt sleep and nor did i . Daytime finally arrived , and my mom quickly left the room to check on my helper . There was no sign of her in her room . The bed was messy and she saw her wardrobe completely opened . My mom was nervous, did the helper run away? No one had a clue. My parents searched the entire house for her . the garden , and all the rooms. When we were about to report to the security guard to inform that our helper is missing , we saw her in the security office weeping , we asked the security guard about her condition , and why was she here instead of being at home? The security replied that she spent her entire night with them in the office and begged them to grant her the permission to stay there for the night , she refused roughly to be dropped back home . My mom had alot of questions running on her mind , it was a very peculiar behavior for the helper . She approached my helper , who was still not in the condition to speak and she tried asking her nicely regarding the incident that happened last night . My helper said , "only for your sake maam i am willing to tell you , but not inside that cursed house" . 

Me and my parents took her to the garden in the locality and she told us exactly what happened , she said that the moment we left for our dinner , Aunty Jane started screaming about how she lost a lot of money , and her husband was silent in the beggining. When aunty jane began to call her husband names , she insulted her husband for no reason , infact she insulted him because of the mistake she herself had commited . My helper reported that apparently , these two were engaged in gambling along with their illegal shipment trade . They got an offer that if they gave a huge sum of money , they would get double the amount within the next month . Gambling is a dirty business , and they got fooled . The person whom she gave the money too was not a stranger , it was one of their right hands who used to cover their dirty business and handle the police by himself. This guy , who disguised himself as a friend , eloped with the money and could not be traced . Aunt jane and her husband could not file a report to the police , or else they would be exposed as well. They had to face this moment alone nor could they share it to anyone and they literally lost most of their wealth. When my helper tried to stop them from arguing , as she was thinking about the wellbeing of Jordan and his sister shaina . our helper was pushed and brutally beaten , as they needed to vent out their anger and we all werent home , so they couldnt throw their anger on me or my parents or even my grandma . Our helper was threatened that if she told anyone regarding what they were talking about , she would be killed along with her family and noone would save her . 

My helper was not willing to fall for their words , she told us that , she wasnt the type of person who could be influenced by a threat so she back-answered them and exposed aunt jane , she told them that she knew regarding their illegal trade and how they were manipulating supernatural powers to be wealthy , my helper also told them that karma does exist , and that they are paying for their actions. Aunt Jane was extremely surprised and scared , as she was also dominating her husband using those powers and he had no clue about it , infact her husband was pretty religious. Her husband stared at her and fought , they argued and when her husband went to the room to expose his own wife infront of us . Aunt jane dragged our helper by her hair and wanted to push her off the balcony violently , so it wasnt a suicide attempt . it infact, was a murder attempt. The moment we heard this , we were frightened and we wanted to move out that instant itself , but we have not yet received the keys of the rented house . That moment itself , my dad called the landlord , and begged for the keys instantly. The landlord offered to give it the next day , so we had no choice but to wait. My helper told my mom that she did not say anything to the police , regarding what she had to face at night because the whole family will be held responsible and my parents would be held responsible for something they did not do . The only thing my helper wanted was a break , she wanted to go home immediately, and my mom granted her the permission. 

She refused to enter our house , so we packed her bags for her and she had already booked her ticket at night itself , so we let her go. We informed the family , that we were gonna go by daytime tomorrow and we packed all the stuff that we had , we had no extra money to rent a big car to carry whatever little furniture that we had , but thankfully my dad's friend lended it to us . We slept in fear , we were scared about jordan's and shania's future but we had no choice . My grandmom decided to come with us , she wanted them to learn a lesson. The next day , me , my parents , my grandma and one of my aunts were ready to move out. The aunt that came with us , was the nicest and the most sensible of them all , however she used to get frequent anxiety attacks and this led to her depression, so it wasnt right to leave her with them. We opened the gate of our new house , and we wanted to conduct a family prayer to ward off all the bad things and spells casted on us , we wanted to start a new life. We arranged our little furniture whatever we had and we were extremely happy as it was like entering a whole new world , free from any domination. The neighbourhood was clean and my grandmom and aunt made friends with the neighbour . As for me , i was indulged in cycling , going for walks and i just loved everything about the house . It had royal stairs , small but good enough for a kid like me who used to only live within the walls of my parents' room (because i didnt have a room of my own before) but i do have one now. Everything was perfect , my dad's business started to pick up and slowly they were repaying the loan they took for the house , in installments ofcourse.

 2 months later , we got a call from aunt jane's husband , he came over to our house but we didnt want aunt jane in , to be on the safer side. He cried infront of us and begged us to allow him , his wife (aunt jane) and his children to stay with us for a while and after sometime he promised , that he would search for an apartment of his own and move out . My dad was confused , but my grandma provoked us to allow them to stay as afterall , it was her elder son and being a mom it was her duty too to provide for her sons. My mom was reluctant but finally got persuaded by my grandmom's words . My grandmom claimed that they have changed (as she was the only one who was in contact with aunt jane and her husband after we moved out ) they lost most of their money , so they have changed and have become nicer people , according to my grandmom. They didnt have a lot of property too with them as they lost everything , so our house had the capacity to accumulate whatever they had left . They moved in and we had to manage as we only had 3 rooms , one was accumulated by me , the other was for my parents and the third room was for my grandma and my aunt . We didnt have a guest room for them to stay in temporarily so they slept on a matress , the matress was kepr right below my parent's bed and jordan and shaina slept with me . It was somehow difficult staying with them , our monthly expenditure increased . From buying one loaf of bread per week , to buying 3 now. This was not a problem yet , after several months of staying with us , my dad started having constant nightmares , the same dream everynight . He fell sick , really sick and we had to go to the hospital back and forth but the doctor claim that it was only a migrain due to lack of sleep ,and the lack of sleep was because of his nightmare . We informed my grandmom about this , and she insisted on visiting a priest . They went to the priest and the same priest warned them that they shouldnt allow aunt Jane to stay with them , as she is up to something. My mom did not want to take any chance so, she told them straight that its about time , and they should move out. My dad also tried telling his elder brother about the deeds of his wife , but it seemed that he was too blinded by her power. 

They searched for houses and apartments , and finally moved into a tiny apartment a month later , with the help of my parents . During the course of staying with us , Aunt Jane and her husband became very close to the neighbour right next door , as they needed the money they tried borrowing money from this neighbour , who was also close to my parents . This neighbour guy knew us pretty well , and aunt jane used this opportunity to borrow a certain amount from him . He willingly gave them the money . When aunt jane moved out of our house , her financial condition deteriorated to a condition worst then before and they couldnt pay back the money . The neighbour guy often visited our house to inquire about them because it has been about a year or so , since they paid . They also didnt bother to pay in installments . And finally the neighbour guy was ignited , it was a huge sum of money and he wanted it back. He thought that my dad had a hand behind this dirty business , because this guy found out about the dirty trade that aunt jane and her husband involved in , so he sent in some representatives that threatened us , if we did not pay the money within a certain period of time. We didnt know anything about the money , nor did we know what did they use it for . When my parents asked aunt jane and her husband about the matter , they used to always avoid it and sometimes they never even picked up their calls. My dad went to their apartment , as it was the only choice left we are the ones being threatened and they are the ones living the comfortable life . My dad's brother broke down and told us that the money is gone , it was used my aunty jane and aunty jane told us that she would pay it back in installments . we told them we wanted nothing to do with this , and we even made our neighbour meet them to discuss . Just as this problem got over , we found out that our neighbour , when he was in anger , informed the bank that we were also responsible behind their acts , because apparently aunt jane and her husband also took loans from the bank , such clever criminals , they used our names as a guarantee for the bank and falsefully reported that it was us who needed the money not them , they brought my grandma to sign some papers as she was mostly unaware and she trusted them blindly despite their acts , she signed the papers without questioning them and that was how they got the money and we again , are the ones in trouble . 

My dad had to assign a so called 'bodyguard' for me , to assist me wherever i go because he was afraid that the people , who used to come to my house and ask for their money that was borrowed by aunt jane , these people who originated from the bank . Yes indeed they were scary , they had big bodies and large tatoos on either side of both their arms and they wore thick gold and silver chains . My mom didnt like this at all , these people used to stare at her and had their eyes on me . Thanks to my so called bodyguard , we were okay. He would talk to them and they would leave instantly as we had some kind of a legal lawyer's letter stating that we are not at fault . This bodyguard used to assist me even when im riding my cycle around the complex , i made a few friends in the neighbourhood and they used to be scared of the man who kept following me around . They started to avoid me too but ok, this wasnt such a problem. We settled the problem legally , and aunt jane started paying the installments , and that was enough from keeping these people away from us. Ps: the only reason aunt jane started paying was because she herself got threatened. We started living a pretty decent life after all the mess , business was okay and i was okay. I had a lot of friends in school and by this time i was already in primary six , in few months i would be graduating to junior high school ,and i had to move out of my school after graduation as they did not provide the facilities of teaching junior high students. I was a smart looking girl , we were allowed to wear free clothes every Friday and they used to call me the "fashionable one" of the school. I used to wear tangtops , tight skirts and a matching necklace of my choice .

 By this age, we all know what a 'crush' is , and just like everyone i had one too , his name was christian and he was the son of a filthy rich man who owned 90% of the school. (the other 10% was probably partnership or something) Everyone was fond of him , he was tall and fair and acadamically good as well. We liked him , but he didnt like any of us , he told us that if he would ever date a girl , the girl should be a foreigner or something. I acted like i didnt care because well , i am a person with high ego. We all had our own phones at that time , and we all used a blackberry that had a special feature where we could chat without credit , you pay for it monthly and u can get unlimited internet access i suppose. So i wanted this phone too , and i did get it as a present from one of my uncles . I used to chat on a daily basis we even had our own group chats. So , my crush used to chat with me too . Well he started it , like as i told you i couldnt be bothered as im a person with high ego. "Hey" – he said one fine day and i was jumping around with excitement that confused everyone . But i replied plainly with a "Hi' and we started chatting daily. Our conversations used to be about life, school , homeworks, and he used to tell me his honest opinions about all our classmates and i'll do the same. One fine day , i randomly thought of inviting a few of my classmates for a mini lunch party at home (no special ocassion though, and my main purpose was to meet my crush ) . I asked my mom for permission and she delightfully said yes , i was extremely cheerful and was everyone's entertainment . I made a list of all those that i wanted to invite keeping 'his' name at the top of the list. They arrived on the day i invited them , it was a Saturday i suppose , and my crush brought a chocolate bar for me . You wouldnt imagine the smile on my face at that time. 

We sat down for lunch and my grandmom joined us , my parents had to go for work. And with my grandmom's permission , we went for a long walk , all of us , even Jordan was there. People know me as the perfectly clumsy girl , i tripped and almost got ran over by a car , how pathetic right? I had a fish tank at home , we played with the fishes too , im not sure how but we just tapped the aquarium's glass as i had weird looking sea species in my tank. It was 6 pm and it was time for them to go home . They left and my crush gave me an awkward smile. The week after , Jordan and i we were invited to my crush's house for a game of basketball but it was just us wh were invited . I informed my mom and she allowed me to go , well because she knew the boy's parents well and like i said , the owner of the school was jordan's relative. So yes , my crush was jordan's cousin but not mine luckily. We skipped our Saturday class , we had this Saturday language learning class and as it is , i was lazy to attend it. Me and Jordan went there by my car (look at how time changes everything, ive a car of my own now) , and his house was pretty far. His house described the word luxury , glass doors and alot of paintings, indeed it was dreamy he even had his own indoor basketball court. I took of my cheap sandals , and entered the court. To be frank , i was not good in basketball infact , i was scared of it . Look at the sacrifices girls make for their crushes , back to the story, i tried playing and on my first try i got hit on the face , the second try , i got hit on the head. I stopped and suddenly i felt something that pricked my toe , my toe started bleeding and well i had to stop playing . It was a thorn that pricked me no one knew how a thorn could be present in an indoor basketball court but yes it was there , and out of all the people it had to attack me . My crush was shy to show that he was considerate but he sat beside me and jordan.. and we tried to remove it , i am generally scared of blood so i did embarass myself by crying. We went home after having lunch with him and i told Jordan about my feelings for my crush , at this time Jordan had a crush on my bestfriend too so it felt nice to be able to share things like this to each other. When i reached home , my crush texted me something cute that basically said "thanks for coming and sorry for getting you pricked".Jordan thinks that he is into me but i didnt think so until he messaged me one fine night asking me for my picture , it was weird because i was on the way to have dinner with my parents but i did send him . He said he needed it as he wanted to show his guy friends. After exactly two hours he asked me the simplest yet most straightforward question , "will you be my girlfriend"? i was happy but at the same time , i was not . I mean , i liked him but i was not daring enough to date at such a young age especially after one incident that took place , so basically , one day he told me to open some website"of adult content" that i did not know about nor did i understand anything , and i opened it . 

It was some kind of online dating website , i didnt even know that online dating existed. I forgot to clear my laptop's search history and my mom found out and got really pissed , i didnt want my crush to face any trouble so i took the blame on myself and my mom was really really mad at me as she didnt expect me to do such a thing. Back to the love story , i said no to his question because i wasnt ready yet . Precisely i said "maybe , no.." which meant no but there may be a chance in the future. All the other girls were pissed at me the next day at school for god knows what reason , apparently my crush told everyone that i accepted his proposal whereas i didnt , i didnt have proof at that time because i deleted my chats with him , i didnt want my mom to be extra pissed nor did i want her to confiscate my phone. I was angry at my crush but he apologized and said that he didnt mean it that way , and i decided to forgive him only after he cleared my name infront of my friends , he did exactly what i told him too so i thought of giving him a chance to be my goodfriend. I hated his guyfriends because they would message me weird things from his phone , telling me to meet him privately at odd hours in the canteen or in the school's parking lott . And this was uncomfortable . But these messages stopped because i threatened to report them to the principal ,so everything was normal afterwards . Did i mention that i had a dog that i was really fond of? , i am an animal lover and so is my crush i guess this is how we started sharing common interests . It was a samoyed , and we lovingly named it maxi , i wouldnt refer to my dog as "it" so from now on , i'll use the word 'he'. He was obidient and looked like a big giant snowball he lived with us for a pretty long time but we never knew that he had a tumour growing inside him . The doctor initially said it was harmless but when it started growing bigger , then only we noticed that max became weaker and weaker day by day. This tumour could be treated in two ways , either by surgery or medicine . Surgery wasnt possible as max was too old for it he was about 9 . So we looked for every possible (mostly herbal) way to treat him , i was somehow shattered looking at him with all those infusions and injections and i stood by his side throughout. He was admitted in the pet hospital and it has been three days , since he was there . The doctor finally granted him the permission to come home , the doctor has apparently informed my parents that maxi did not have a lot of time left with him and i didnt know about this , infact i was happy when i could take him home. I had an appoinment with my doctor , i wanted to get an ear piercing as it was awkward for a girl to not wear earings and i really felt like it so my aunt who stayed with me decided to take me to the doctor's place the next morning. Maxi was getting better , well this was what i thought , i prepared everything . A jug of water for him , so that my helper can refill it whenever his waterbowl was empty. I left and got my ear piercing , when i reached home i saw some yellowish liquid nearby his mouth , and my aunt knew what we going on . I had no clue , so i panicked . My parents already gathered around him since half and hour , i lifted his paw , he looked at me and he shut his eyes forever. My max has departed. I was confused , i cried and sobbed for three days continously , my mom , who was not very fond of animals cried too as max was an angel , he used to be my buddy and my companion . he slept with me , woke up with me and protected me from the other stray dogs in the neighbourhood. 

At this point , my girl friends in school were still avoiding me due to my crush , you may call it jealousy . But they affected me badly , they used to have lunch together and i used to be the only one sitting with my crush in the classroom with his guy friends and it was really awkward because there are certain things , that i felt like sharing to my bestfriend . But i only had Jordan and my crush as my company , i used to remove my backpack every day after school and lock myself in my room daily , my mom noticed my strange behavior and she came to school to explain my friends that i was going through a tough time . They acted obedient infront of her , but they didnt pay heed . It was the same thing , it made no difference but my bestfriend's behavior was slightly better then the rest . I started to stop caring about my fake friends and appreciate life as it is , in other words i should appreciate my crush and Jordan. When you have this attitude , life would fall just in place . My friends started to come back after a few weeks because they knew i couldnt care less. My attitude towards them changed too , i can never be as close as i was but i still do respect them . We were told to arrange for a performance for our graduation , i suggested that we should do a play. And it was epic , epic fail i mean. Since we had only about 10 students in our class , each person had to play a double role or a triple role. They thought i was good , so i was assigned to enact a triple role . I was the main character in the play , i played to be the mother , the girlfriend and the sister of a druggist . 3 in one thing . My crush was the druggist in the play , and Jordan was the bartender or something. It was weirdly funny, the play was confusing when we showed the teachers they dissaproved the idea because they got confused as to , who was the mother , the aunt , the sister in the end and everytime they asked this everyone used to point at me . So we turned down the idea of doing a play , and we thought of doing a dance and a choir , because that seemed to be very decent. We choreographed the dance ourselves and the choir was arranged by our music teacher . I was a pretty good dancer and it was fun to stay an hour extra , after school for dance practice. After dance practice , all of us used to swim in our school's pool because no teacher was there but the toilets and everything was open. I used to wear a bikini , i know its inappropriate but it was the most comfortable swimsuit i had . And the showerplace didnt have a door so , the girls including myself would just change and shower at home. The guys had this bad habbit of playing with my red towel , that i brought regulary , they dipped it in the water and i used to go home dripping wet. 

We didnt know anything bad , their intentions were not bad they didnt understand about adult things yet(except for the online dating thing) , we were like brothers and sisters the only difference was that , the girls had a crush on the same guy but that guy had a crush on me. We carried on with our regular dance practice , until a week before our graduation day.For my 'graduation day' gift , my parents wanted to give me something special as my results were pretty good , the teacher showed our parents our report cards just a week before we graduated and my parents were satisfied . Initially , they were confused as i am a very picky person but they knew that i have always been an animal lover , they decided to buy me a puppy. I was still not over max but they told me that " this puppy will not be max's replacement it will just be your companion , just like how max was" and after thinking for a pretty long time i said yes . During the weekend , my dad brought me to one of the largest petshop that had a vast variety of dogs , cats they even sold some exotic animals , im not pretty sure what this means but i was happy with the dog section . We saw a lot of dogs , and i actually mean like alot. There was a dusty cage in the corner of the petshop and i wanted to see what was inside it , they took out , from the cage a milky white puppy with streaks of brown fur , this puppy looked like a chocolate bar and i felt this sudden connection with it and i wanted this puppy itself , we bought it and i was thinking of names for it. At first , i wanted to name it jasmine but i thought it was too girly , and why would a dog's name be jasmine , i didnt want to name him max as i didnt wanna think of this new pup as a replacement , since max was my buddy i thought of naming my new pup , buddy. Buddy is obidient , and yes i do love him immensly , apparently he snores while sleeping and he sneezes sometimes and this was pretty awkward as i have the same habbit while sleeping . My graduation day finally arrived , i had mixed feelings about it, I am a type of girl who dislikes makeup , i hate going to the saloon , i hate doing my nails and thats how i turned up for my own graduation day . oh , and i hate washing my hair so i usually look like as if i had a ton of oil poured over my hair , and thats why my face tends to look dull most of the time. I went to my own graduation party , with a long sleeve white shirt and black jeans , hair clipped behind . no powder on my face , no earing , no jewellery. I performed and we got alot of appreciation certificates and proficiencies . I used to be the top student of the class , and used to always achieve the first rank so i got certificates for the same . Proficiency in english , social science , moral science and everything else except mathematics because i suck at maths . And an extra certificate for being the best dancer of the school. I gave my graduation farewell speech , that i wrote myself and i realised that this is the end of my primary school , after this noone would know each other like before. Although some of us , including myself would be going to the same school afterwards but it just felt weird as i was leaving the school that raised me for more then 10 years. We had a 2 months break , before the new school session began in our new school . My mom has admitted me in a school called , "bright institute" and my bestfriend was also enrolled there . My crush had to move to another country on the day itself , as all the arrangements have been made for him there , we lost contact but as a matter of fact i was never affected , nor was i sad because these werent true feelings , he had feelings for me , i had feelings to just to fit in with the other girls of my class , yes i did like him a little though. Anyways, 2 months of holiday i was excited , Jordan came to my house regularly and we enjoyed each other's company , shaina was also pretty grown up by this time. 

We played badminton , this was my hobby and we had sleep overs. We always had this plan of making our very own no adult zone , because i was pissed at the fact that certain restaurants restricted our entry.We had sleepovers , and one fine day Jordan came up with the idea , saying "why not we do something for ourselves , for our pocket money?" , i had no clue regarding what he was talking about as i was generally not a business person , i just graduated grade six and thats it. But , i realised that what he was saying actually made sense , like what could be a better way to help out our parents. We had different ideas coming up from jordan himself , shaina , my grandma and my aunt . Some of them suggested to open our own lemonade stall in the front garden of my house , but i wanted to do something extra productive. Since my dad was dealing in garments , and he had a lot of leftover stock that was just kept lying as no shops wanted to purchase it. I thought of displaying those goods at a decent price , giving extra discounts to attract more people . It was pretty weird at first , when everyone heard me saying this , but they agreed and somehow they were impressed by my idea . So we drafted our ideas and composed it in a sheet of paper , we decide the role for each one of us and they thought i should be the salesgirl , as i have this persuading power so i was like okay with it. We scheduled our outfit exhbition for three consecutive days . 15th , 16th and 17th. With great ideas , comes hardwork . Hardwork , in the sense , we needed to promote our exhibition , how , where , to who? We had no idea as kids. We thought of making our own brochures , and then distribute it around the whole neighbourhood. So we did the same , we had no money of our own for special printing so we made our own brochures , and it looked like a birthday card. With whatever paper we could find , white , colourful , torn or even slightly stained . We would shade the entire paper with our half broken colour pencils and when we made atleast ten already we would slide these papers through the gates of different houses , the gates generally have a small slit , enough to place our hand in. We kept doing this , for atleast 2 hours daily for a week. We even told our grand mom , to promote it for us. 

The real job began after this , we had to display all the outfits in an attractive manner , dresses in the front and shirts at the back of the shelf. We turned our coffee table into a cashier counter . On the 14th of December , just one day before our exhibition began , in the afternoon itself we got reminded that we have to serve drinks to our customers and we couldn't be bothered to use our crystal glasses , as washing and drying would take a long time so we decided to buy the disposable ones. Since it was in the middle of the afternoon , and as i mentioned before , i hate showering , or washing my hair and dont even talk about brushing my hair. I was dressed in my semi- torn nightgown and there was a convenient store just nearby our neighborhood , i was too lazy to walk and since my dad had some work at the ATM as well so he willingly dropped us . The moment we reached the store, i immediately started searching for the disposable glasses that i wanted with Jordan. We left shaina at home to be in charge of displaying the outfits along with my grandma. I found the item i searched for and Jordan was still looking for additional things , i walked to the ATM counter in the same store , to ask for money from my dad in order to pay for the things. What happened next , changed my life in a semi good and semi bad way. From this day onwards , life was a little more precious the moment i saw this random guy who was , my neighbor with a white t shirt , red shorts and his hair was 'gel-ed' and it looked like a peak of a bird's nest , this guy was an unknown stranger and he , without knowing me , nor do i know him . He changed my life by 180 degrees and i was a changed person , it all began this way....