Rosa Garret

I've just returned to London after being away from my home and my parents. I thought everything would be okay, even so, that my heart was still holding aches and bad memories that every street and every inch of my house reminded me of.

And I guess the nightmare started to chase me again… it wasn t fate. It was a stroke of bad luck.

Once I dropped my luggage on the floor and ran to my dad and my mom to tell them how much I missed them.

Once my dad blurted out, "Rosa, you are getting married soon."

They haven't even welcomed me, I have been away for a whole year!

His words echoed in my ear, and I widened my eyes shockingly "what dad? Stop joking, and I have just arrived and…" I was going to continue convincing myself that was just kind of a joke, but the severe look over my dad's face made me stop.

"Dad? What s going on?" I gulped nervously, shifting my eyes between him and my mom.

My mom lowered her gaze to the floor, "Rosa; we arranged your marriage with Daniel. There s no coming back from this decision."

I shook my head, dumbfounded, "Daniel, whom?" I can go far with them over the borders but not my ex Daniel!

My father pulled my hand and said with a wide smile; I have no idea if he was smiling while I was looking anxiously and annoyed with their own words. "Rosa, you will get married to Daniel Charl. His father proposed, and we thought that it would be great. Since we all know how much you and Daniel loved each other." I didn t interrupt my father's words, not because he was saying reasonable facts. But my shock almost hit my brain and tangled my tongue. I couldn t be able to process the words in my head or to form any single word.

But without even thinking, I screamed, "what the heck, dad?! Daniel! We broke up. I can t do this."

My mom raised an eyebrow turning from a friendly tone to her stern one "what s wrong with Daniel? You have grown up tighter as best friends, then both of you were crazy in love with each other, and we all know that broke up was because of the far distant relationship. Nothing more and nothing less."

And I fell on the floor laughing hysterically at my mom's words, "you have no idea what you are talking about. But Daniel means never." I said firmly after adjusting myself to stand on my own feet again.

My dad exhaled and inhaled hugely, not normally as he used to then cupped my cheeks "please, Rosa, I m getting older. I want to see you with a husband who will take care of you if I die. I can t leave you on your own. Please." and with my dad pleading tone and barred tears in his eyes, I just couldn t say any other word.

I suppressed my irritation and nodded, "dad, you will live for long, and I will think about it. I promise you." I said sincerely.

I grabbed my bags, climbing the stairs to my room to only get frozen by my mom's words, "Daniel is a good man, and he loves you so much."

I scoffed at her words; she literally knows nothing about Daniel and about our breaking up. If she only knew how much he hurt me and why I have left.

I dropped my bags down and locked the door of my room behind me drowning with my painful memories cursing the days that made me fall for Daniel Charl and blaming myself for not telling my parents or his parents what he has done to me.

I hated my house and my room and his parents and even the whole country because everything was giving me flashbacks about my lost fake love.

Why didn t I stay away? Why did I come back again? I was doing great at my job already….

But if they wanted this and if it was meant to be, then he will have to pay his old check first. It was his game in the past, but not my game, my rules will begin.