"Cactus!" I recollected what she said to call her. I knelt down and gave her a hug. "How are you?" I pulled away and questioned.

"I'm fine," She said. "Whoa! We're wearing the same shoes. Daddy look, Wraya and I are wearing the same loafers. We must be soulmates," The little girl stated.

"I know right," I said.

"C'mon, let's go." The beige man stepped closer to us and grabbed the little girl's hand. "...but Daddy," She whined and tried to pull her hand away from his grip.

"Reality!" He called sternly and warningly. The little girl looked at me and pouted. "Sir, you didn't have to yell at her like that. All she wanted to was to have a little conversation with me and not something that warranted her getting yelled at." I stood up and started with my arms folded on my chest.

"She's my daughter, not yours and I don't think—" He paused for a second and scanned me from head to toe. "Someone like you should be giving me parenting advice." He stated before turning back and leaving with Reality. The little girl had to run to keep up with the large steps he was taking.

I scoffed loud enough for him to hear. I couldn't believe he looked down on me. "Someone like me?" What was that supposed to mean? "Someone like him" shouldn't be in charge of such an innocent child.

"Who is he?" I heard Raven ask. "Wraya met him at the club but turns out he is a very unsophisticated married man with a daughter. Oh, he also lives in our building," Nova replied.

"You know what, let's not let someone like him ruin our day. We still have a lot of things to buy." I let out a deep breath as I tried to shrug off the encounter.

—

Shopping took longer than I expected and we weren't able to get everything I planned on buying. I decided to shop the remaining things online as we left the mall.

I bought some new clothing that didn't cause me to look like I came out of the trash and also some not-too-expensive but pricey enough designer bags. Gucci, Celine and Versace.

No more tote bags. No more thrift store items of clothing.

I also got a mini-box to put on my clothes for whenever I would be going to the club.

We got home, Nova and Raven were up in my room, arranging my closet and dressing table while I sat and chilled on the balcony. I grabbed the coffee I bought from the café opposite our building and took a sip while going through my contacts.

My eyes landed on Gift's name and I couldn't stop staring, contemplating calling her and demanding an apology but I quickly decided against it. She should be the one to call first and apologise.

If she doesn't have the common sense to do that, it can't be helped.

I scrolled down and saw Jake's number. Deciding to call, I tapped his name on the screen and it began to ring. Remembering that he would probably be busy at a part-time job, I quickly hung up to NOT disturb him.

...but I was bored and I needed to talk to someone who knew me. I stood up abruptly and went back into the great room. I took the stairs and went up to my room.

"You're not done yet?" I questioned when I entered and saw my walk-in closet door, open and Raven walking out of it. "Yes. We bought a lot of clothes,"

"Well, I need to change now. I'm going out to meet someone," I wanted to go to the convenience store, where I used to work to just have a friendly chat with Jake.

"Who?" Nova questioned.

"A friend," I simply stated.

I stepped into the closet and closed the door behind me. I skimmed through the dresses I bought and picked a long sleeve ancient pink mock neck long dress. Taking off the skirt and cropped top I had on, I wore the dress and paired it together with super chunky black lace-up boots.

I took a look at myself in the long-length mirror before grabbing an enveloppe triomphe Celine bag in the colour black and paired it with the dress and boots. Being satisfied with how I looked, I started to move the important things in my tote bag to the Celine bag.

After I was done, I went out of the closet. "Wow!" Nova exclaimed. "I knew the dress would look good on you but I never knew it would look like it was made especially for you."

"Yeah, you look really beautiful. Like a celebrity," Raven said. "Look at the Celine bag,"

"Thank you," I smiled.

"Do you have a social media account? You can't look this good and not take a picture to upload on Moongram," Raven said.

"No, I don't have any social media account and definitely not one on Moongram," I shook my head.

"Well, starting from today, you do. I'll create an account for you. All you have to do is take beautiful pictures." Nova and Raven ended up forcing me to take pictures after I refused to go outside to pose for pictures. Nova took the pictures in my room saying she would upload them on Moongram.

To be honest, my teenage dream was to be famous on social media but knowing I had a part-time job and no money to buy pretty clothes, I gave up and decided to focus on what I had going on. My part-time job.

Over time, I just started dreaming about marrying some rich business tycoon and becoming the Madame of the Household.

Going to the convenience store to meet Jake, I decided to make a stop at the mall and get his little sister and brother, Rue and Rai a gift. I couldn't possibly go empty-handed.

I arrived at the store with two shopping bags in my hands. I pushed the door and went it, immediately spotting Jake behind the counter. "Wraya!" He called.

"Hi Jake, How are you?" I questioned with a smile.

"How am I? How are you? Look at you! A Celine bag? Really Wraya? You look like a celeb while I'm still stuck behind the counter," Jake exclaimed.

"Thank you," Maybe I do look like a celebrity. Maybe I was celebrity material. "I got this for Rue and Rai," I lifted the shopping bags up.

"Ah, Rue and Rai are here with me." He pointed behind. I turned back and saw them sitting quietly together. I stepped closer to them and passed the bag to them.

"Hi Rue, Hi Rai. My name is Wraya. I am Jake's friend and I got you guys those. Rue, you know me right?" I did a little introduction while they checked the shopping bag.

"Whoa!" Rue let out as she brought out the cute pink plushy cross-body purse. "I got a camera," Rai said. I had gotten Rue a purse while I got Rai an instant camera. I wasn't the best a choosing a gift, I just chose the first thing I saw.

"Thank you, Wraya." They said in Unison.

—

I spent over three hours at the store chatting about useless things with Jake and even helping him with the customers every now and then. We talked about his college and his living conditions. I would be more than happy to have them move in with me to the penthouse if necessary.

The kids really liked what I bought for them and I couldn't be happier that I went with gifts instead of going empty-handed. I also learnt a bit about them. Rai was ten while Rue was eight.

Entering the penthouse, I found Raven and Nova sitting on the sofa, watching a movie with the lights off. "Wraya, You're back!" Nova said as they averted their gaze to me.

"Oh my god, you need to see how many followers and likes you've gained on Moongram in just a few hours, you're going to be a ce—" Raven was cut off by the doorbell ringing.

"Did you order something?" I questioned, the girls shook their heads, responding. "Then who's there?" I mumbled as I walked to the door.

I opened the door and was shocked when I found the beige man standing in front of the door. "We need to talk," He said.