*Recap*
At this point I don't know if I'm saying this to reassure myself or I'm trying to reassure her but I keep on saying nothing but reassuring words.

Karla's pov

A few days later (3days)

'Oh my! Am I really doing this?
God, I'm really doing this?'

*Inhales and Exhales anxiously*

'Ok, it's ok, it's gonna be okay. You've already done phase 1 and written the phone number. Just dial.' .
I said to myself.

It was quite easy though, since mom was at work but I almost got caught when Marcus saw me getting out of the office, when he asked I told him I thought the phone was ringing.
Smooth, I know, but he believed it so............
                     yeah.

I take in a deep breath and let it out and put on my big girl panties and open the Phone app.

I press the dial button.
I look on the small piece of paper in my left hand, so unaware of it being the avenue for something so catastrophic, written on the poor ripped part of my note book paper was a number.

A number which will lead to both my salvation and doom.

Doom, in the sense of the loss of freedom, from me being myself  but rather being hidden

but

Salvation, in the sense of freedom for my loved ones, no more feuds, no bankruptcy and most importantly shelter and comfort for them, even though they don't like this, bloody hell,
I don't even like this.

+500 23 9435 7164 , I dial.

*Ring* *Ring* *Ring*
Forwarding call

"Hello, Good afternoon this is Johnathan&Co Flower company. I'm Miranda -the secretary, who am I speaking to?"

"Uhm, Hi, Good afternoon, this is Kayla Roland and I'll like to schedule an appointment with Mr.Richards, for this week.
It's urgent." I say.

"Oh, ok. I'm sorry Miss but he's going to be busy this week and out of town for the 3 weeks. So I'll have to schedule you for next month."She says.

"W-what! No! I need to meet him it's important and urgent. Please, it's actually urgent! Tell him Lilian Roland sent me."

"Lilian Roland sent you?" She asks.

"Yes." I respond.

"Ok, I'll have to check on something first. Could you hold please hold on for 15 minutes?"

"Sure." I say.

She put me on hold.

*Door opens*

"AHH!" I say throwing my phone in the process. Thank God it fell on the bed.

"Why are you screaming?" She yells.

"You scared me!" I say, "Plus  you didn't even knock!"

"Sorry about that,So what are you doing?"

"I'm just on the phone with one of those  boutique's I buy my clothes on. I'm on hold because she's checking if the dress I want is in stock." I say, blatantly lieing.

"Oh, okay. Well I wanted to talk about us being bankrupt."

The next day Mom told the whole family, not the extended family but whole as in us and the workers and left the part about marriage.

Jimena doesn't know about the proposal nor does she have an idea of what I'm doing because if she knew I'm sure she would have guessed but I'm sure Marcus is suspicious.

"What about it?" I ask.

"I, I don't know but I feel like a burden. I mean, like we are now officially bankrupt and it probably means y'all won't be able to pay for surgery and I feel like a  burden because of y'all are gonna be bothered. I already know you've started taking double shifts at the library and I don't want you guys to—"
She says.

I move to the edge of my bed where she's parked and give her a big tight hug like the ones she gives me and says,
"No, you are not a burden. You are family and I -no, we all love you and treasure you so much. We all just want to see you happy and working again. Ok?
So you're not a burden. I don't want you to say that about yourself again and if Mom heard you she'd smack your head."
And we both laugh at that.

"And don't worry about the double shifts I was already planning to this was just a little push for me." I say.

"Do you want to watch a movie?
It's been a while since we had Lazy Saturday nights or days." She says.

"Sure!" I exclaim, and I realise and say, "but after I'm done with the call."

"Ok, I'll go set up the food and I'll ask Marcus is he wants to join" She says.

"Ok." I say as she wheels out of my room.

I sit back on my bed and pick up my phone.

"HELLO! HELLO!" I hear once I put my phone beside my ear.
Ouch my poor ear.

"Hi, sorry I was talking to my sister." I apologized.

"Oh it's okay. And I can fit you in for Wednesday at 3pm?" She asks.

'Well, I don't have anything important on Wednesday just school and my evening shift from 4pm to 5:30pm.' I thought.

"Yes. Wednesday is good." I say.

"Great. We'll be expecting you." She says.

"Have a great day." I say.

"Thanks, you too." She says and hangs up.

'Hmm, she was actually nice.' 
I thought.

"KARLA!"  I hear Jimena shouting.

"Yes! Yes, I'm coming!"
I said as I climbing down my bed and hurriedly putting on  my sage flip flops and taking my phone. I speed-walk down the stairs to the movie room.

(Ps. The picture above is her fit. Minus the shoe and bag.)

*2 hours later*

'Are you crying?' I gently ask Marcus.

"No!" He says with his voice all croaky. Jimena snickers.

'Yeah, definitely not crying.' I thought.

"Don't mind her, it's okay to cry."
I say. 

"I'm not crying but she waited for him her whole life and then she got killed when she met him?! That's awful." He says with his voice croaky from 'not crying'.

She crawls over from her side of our long U shaped couch to where he's sitting and starts to pat him,"There, there big bro it's no need to explain we know your very 'manly'." She says and actually does the bunny ears.

He scowls at her.

"I can't wait for Nico to get older." He says.

"Yeah and when he will, you'll be some middle-aged man who is all grumpy and works at the bank. "
She retorts in a duhh tone.

*Gasp* "Take that back!" He says.

"Nuh-uh." She says crossing her arms and shaking her head.

They continue bickering and I slowly tune out.

'Wow, I'm gonna miss this.
The laughing, the crying, the bickering, the pampering.' I thought slightly laughing,
'I'm going to miss it all.' I thought wiping my stray tear.

"You pipsqueak you made her cry!"She says flicking his head with her finger.

He says "Ow! *holds his head* Really pipsqueak? And I'm sure it's you who made her cry. You know she doesn't like being put in the middle of your bickering."

"My bickering?!" She says,
" Why you—"

"Okay. That's enough." I say trying to break up their bickering.

I realise I'm hungry and there's one thing we all can't resist and that beautiful creation is
Food.

"Guys! How about Magix?" I ask.

And they both stop and yell "Yes!"

Magix is our local Italian diner which is owned by middle-aged Italian couple.
They have the most tastiest, cheesiest pizza's.

Sunnyvale may be small, and not that popular but we got some good stuff and I'm glad I get to live here.

"I'm driving!" He says.
"No! You drive like a grandma when he's with us.
Ok I probably shouldn't say that Nana will have my head."
She says and we all laugh.

"Let Karla drive." She says then her eye brows furrow and she says, "Now that I think about it,
Karla is a maniac at driving, she drives like a race car driver, I'm pretty sure she probably was one  in her past life. So.........let's just order for us to be safe and for it not to be tiring? K?"

*Time Lapse*

I'm currently in bed talking to Tina, she got into a college in Arizona but chose to stay here.

She said something about how this is her home and how she's actually glad that it's a grade A college and she just has to drive about 9 minutes there or walk there for 12 minutes.

"So how was your day?"
I ask Tina.

"I'd say it was fine. Just productive and now I'm tired!"
She says.

"What about you did you get productive or were you just lazying your productive form of lazying? Is lazying even a word?" She asks.

"Hey! And no I wasn't being lazy! I was a little bit productive then
I went back to being lazy until Jimena barged in and pulled me out of my lazying to watch a movie with she and Marcus. Ion know, I'm not the English Major."

She playfully scowls at me and says,"How is Marcus by the way?Does he have a Girlfriend yet?"

I shake my head and say,
"Chilee!! You and your crush on my brother! And no, he still doesn't have a girlfriend."

"What, I can't help it he's cute!" She says.

"Okay, EWWWWWWWW! Just Ew" I say.

Then we start talking about stuff, from pins on Pinterest to trending books on Wattpad and other stuff. We eventually hang up because it was late and I was doing off, we tell each other good night and promise to call tomorrow.

A/N:
My poor baby!
She's going through so much.
😭🤧. But suffer first enjoy later.

Things are going on and more things are going to happen in the upcoming chapters!!!
Let me tell y'all this,
I can't wait!!

More drama, more tears, more interruptions and new people!

Are we ready???!!! Because the story begins from the next chapters!!! So buckle up because this will be the roller coaster!!!

And the pic above of a girl which some how fits how I imagine Karla except for the eyes but she isn't really what I imagine.

So please comment down how you imagine her.
I mostly visualize her as me, tho,  but comment down yours maybe that will be the permanent character.

Kkk, See y'all Queens in the next Chapters!!! 
Stay safe!
Sending ❤️❤️❤️❤️, QueenieAnne!

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