The intensity of the unpleasant memories that Susan had come back to America to meet made her head feel light. She almost collapsed as a result of how suddenly her head spun. Looking at her kids while they waited for their luggage, she remembered how she so desperately wanted to have an abortion when she discovered that she was pregnant.
'I can't do this for you, Miss, I'm sorry. You'd destroy your womb, and the possibility of you ever having kids again will be minimal because of your unique health pattern. Just bear the pain of having them, children are never a loss my dear...' the doctor advised her, and so Michael and Judy were born.
Susan could not help but observe how all eyes were on her children.
'Do these kids belong to any celebrity out there, or what?' an onlooker thought out loud while she stared at Michael and Judy the twins. It was not new for the kids to have strangers intrude on them like that, so they didn't pay too much attention to the lady.
'I swear, they have to belong to either a celebrity or an angel because their genes are magnificent another onlooker said. Speaking of the twins' genes, Susan stylishly felt her hand across her face. The kids didn't look so much like her, they had to have inherited all that angelic beauty from their dad. Remembering their dad brought nightmares in the daytime to Susan's mind. It was the father of these her bundle of joy that had made her flee her own home. The irony. How could a monster be capable of conceiving these angels? Susan shuddered at the thought of it. Life could not be any more of a maze than it played out for her.
'Our bags are out' Michael yelped when he sighted their luggage rollout of the automatic display trolley that transported them from the aircraft to the airport to be picked up.
'You can't carry all of them Mikey' Susan told her son while he single-handedly wanted to take the entire three luggage down.
'I can mom, I'm strong' he argued, lifting down his and his sister's because they were smaller. Susan held in the urge to laugh when he tried to lift her luggage and nearly tripped himself over.
She helped him lift it out of the trolley and rolled it out while the kids rolled theirs as well, and soon they were on their way out of the airport.Susan had to move back home because she had gotten a job opportunity concerning a fashion concept she had nonchalantly uploaded on the internet. A renowned fashion company contacted her just at the nick of time because she was running dry financially speaking. She would have stayed back in the foreign country that she was in, but she had more than herself to look out for, and besides, the payment that the said company was offering was very tempting, hardly anyone would turn down that sort of offer, so she started to arrange to return home. It was safe to say also for Susan, that everything was aligning perfectly for her. She was going to put up with her mom's sister, and she discovered that her cousins had left the house for school and work. Of course, her aunt was more than delighted to have her around, and the twins, she had never met them either so she looked forward to babysitting them. She had not even met them to know how angelic they were, yet she couldn't wait, how much more when she met and became acquainted with them?
'Urgh, why do people keep looking at us?' Michael said with an air of pride while they walked out of the airport. Back in the country they were coming from, individuals and agencies often approached Susan on her kid's behalf, hinting at using their precious faces for adverts and the likes, but Susan turned all of them down, now she was back home because she was going bankrupt, she started to wonder if she didn't make a mistake by turning down all those sweet offers, maybe she would have never had to return to this nightmare of a country. She made a mistake, as far as she was concerned.
'I like the attention' Judy cooed in her high-pitched angelic voice, clasping her palms together while they stood beside their mom waiting on her to hail a taxi for them to get in and be on their way to their grand aunty's house. Susan shook her head at the conversation her kids were having with themselves. Their attitude was so dismissive to strangers, as sweet and innocent as they were, she wondered where they got that sort of attitude from. Speaking of their occasional nasty attitude, she bent to give them a pep talk concerning how she expected them to behave when they got to their grand aunt's house.
'No rude comments about your grand aunt, always be polite and remember to say hello. Please just be your best, okay?' she said to her kids, adjusting Michaels Denim jacket, and tightening up Judy's ponytail for a better fit. Michael, the most devilish of the twins replied to his mom's plea with a cunning smile.
'We would see about that mom' he replied.
'I'd be a good girl mom, I'm always a good girl' Judy replied.
'Oh my love, aren't you always a good girl truly?' Susan replied, giving her daughter a warm hug while she looked at her mischievous son, flashing an evil grin at her.
'Michael, no jokes' Susan snapped, trying to be as serious as possible no matter how close to letting out a bout of laughter she was concerning the drama that Michael was currently making. Soon after, they were in a cab, headed into the city from the airport. Susan fought to control the plethora of thoughts that crawled into her consciousness while they were on their way to their new abode.
'Mhhm' Susan huffed when she saw Joey's face on a massive billboard while she was en route to her aunt's house from the airport.'Pure girl indeed' She yelped and briefly laughed out loud. That was the slogan that the brand Joey was advertising on behalf of chose to call her.Michael glanced at his mom and made a face that seemed to ask what the drama was about.'Mom you are always in another world' the wise Michael said innocently and continued to look out the window, taking in the splendour of the new country he was in. Susan looked at him with lovable eyes. His advanced gimmick always took her by surprise. Anytime Susan felt that Michael had reached his elastic limit in blowing her away with his magnificence, he would strike again with something else that would only raise the bar.Thinking back to Joey, Susan realized that she had not heard anything about her throughout the five years that she spent out of the United States. She had completely forgotten about Joey. Susan wasn't sur
'Hello Richie' Joey cooed at the abrasive man that sat behind the expensive desk. 'Do me the honour of being my guest at my birthday dinner, please?' she informed President Williams.'What?' the egocentric man asked her in a humdrum tone without lifting his eyes from the work he currently had his attention on. As if he didn't hear what she said the first time. 'Today is my birthday, I have a dinner party later at...' Joey was saying when the man interrupted her. 'Happy birthday Joey, but I am not showing up for your party' he replied abruptly. Joey was silent, waiting for him to state the reason for his decision, and he did when he felt she had stalled her own reply, or abrupt exit from his office long enough.'I have a lot on my plate, there's too much to do to be attending any parties' he said in a cold, harsh tone that sent a chill through Joey's spine.Joey could not understand why Richard would not ever bring himself to accommodate her into his reality the way she wanted. Every
Susan was taken aback by the number of onlookers that were at her dad's house.'What in Jupiter's name is going on here?' she muttered, the closer she got to her former house. 'I LOVE YOU JENNY CALANDA' one of the spectators yelled into the air passionately. Susan made a confused face. Who the hell was Jenny Calanda, and what was he or she doing at her house, receiving cheering from strangers? It was not until she got close enough, that she realized that her dad's house was the venue for some sort of red carpet event. There were a lot of celebrities flashing heavy smiles toward the paparazzi, and lots of cameras took several hundred shots per second at these said celebrities. 'Excuse me' Susan said confidently while she tried to pave way for herself through the clustered crowd that blocked the entrance of the house.'Hey, not so fast woman, where the hell do you think you are going?' one of the onlookers dared question Susan, blocking her off from continuing her manoeuvre towards t
'Stop pulling me as that' Susan barked at Joey, forcing her wrist free of Joey's grip while they advanced towards the garden, away from the crowd of other celebrities that had graced the event.'Did you hear that today was my birthday and I was having a celebration, so you came to ruin it?' Joey asked Susan angrily. Eyeing her with contempt. Susan's dressing irked Joey a lot, she was indeed distraught.'You didn't have to show up looking like this, you look like a damn pauper' she added. 'I don't care what you say, or think of me. I just want my mother's items, and then I'd leave your so-called event' Susan replied in a cold tone, eyeing the entire area with a nasty glance to match Joey's sting. She was hurt. Years had passed and Joey couldn't even be nice to her, at least for the first time she had seen her in four years. She called her a pauper. How nice of Joey, but Susan didn't expect any better from her. As unpopular as Joey was while they were growing up, she still managed to b
'Oh, the nerve of you Joey. You don't cease to amaze me with your stupid guts' Susan snapped at her stepsister after Joey threatened to burn her mother's clothes. The closer Richard Williams approached them, the more fire burned in Joey's belly, to enable her to say all the nasty things she could think of to Susan.'You are a bastard. Sorry to break your sorry ass bubble, but my dad told me about you when he was drunk one night. He told me this grave secret. You are a wanderer, a wild pig without anyone out there to own up to bringing your sorry ass into this world. So when I tell you that you are below my maid and that you can't even clean my bathroom, you should know that what I'm talking about is for real. You are way beneath me, Susan' Joey barked, her eyes looking towards Richard Williams from time to time while he approached them. Throughout the entire argument since it started, however sharp Susan was with her words at Joey, she maintained a sense of calm, but now that Joey had
Susan was full of resentment.'I know you heard me tell you to leave me the hell alone' she repeated at Richard. The fact that he had just concluded that what Joey claimed about her was true. It pissed her off like nothing else in the world. She used to think that since she became a mother, it was easier for her to curtail her temper, but this scenario she was having with Joey and Richard was proving her assumption wrong by far. She was losing her mind. 'If you touch her again, I'm going to have your hands cut off since you can only afford to be a mad bully with them' Richard warned Susan. An enraged Susan bit Richards's hand, the hand which he held on to her wrist with and refused to let go, she bit him so hard, that bite marks sprung upon the area that her teeth had dug into.'Mad fucking dog' Richard barked at Susan, letting go of her hand and sneering at her. 'I thought you'd hold on to me forever Susan said scornfully at him, rolling her now free wrist around to ease the pain t
Susan's aunt Mabel was grooming Judy's hair when Susan arrived. The little girl's hair, as young as she was, had the texture of someone that had been grooming it carefully for ages. The hair complemented Judy's face a lot, making her look like a rare gemstone. She was perfect to look at. Michael, on the other hand, was playing with his toy. They had both taken a bath and were waiting for their mom to return.'Mom' Micheal yelped happily when Susan walked into the house. He gave her a warm hug that made Susan's eyes fill up with tears at how much better her kids made her feel. If only they knew what she had just been through, Michael especially. He would be mad.'Mom, have you had dinner yet?' Michael asked her with obvious concern in his voice.'Yes, I have my love' Susan lied. 'You both go in and get some rest, I have to enrol you in a nice kindergarten tomorrow. You have had a bath, right?' Susan asked. Her kids nodded. By now, Mabel had tied up Judy's hair behind her in two straigh
Moonlight poured into the room while Susan cuddled her kids jealously to herself. The lights were off, although Judy, as usual of the twins, wished she could sleep with the lights turned on. All that playing and activity all through the day, now the kids were tired. They clung to both sides of their mother, holding her as if she was going to escape if they dared let her free. The day's activities flashed across Susan's mind. She had to go back to her family's house again. She needed those clothes.'I will go there when dad is around' she muttered while she thought of the possibility. Hopefully, her dad being around will make a difference to her, if not, she might do something that no one would expect, not even herself. She shook her head at the thought of her stepsister and her stepmother. The joy Joey felt from humiliating her still made Susan wonder why she was so mean, and to what end. and what did Joey ever hope to achieve? she had no idea. The bed the three of them lay in, a me