Sounds from the kitchen woke me up, giving me an early morning headache.
"Arghhh! It's school time again ", I hissed lazily.
I really don't want to go to school today when I still have lots of Kdramas I intend to watch. I heard footsteps and I immediately knew it was mom, she's probably coming to wake me up for school and there, I definitely wasn't interested in going.
Slowly, she climbed up the stairs and knocked on my door. I mumbled a reply in a feeble and tired voice, pretending to be sick and she walked into the room.
"What's wrong Mirabel? ", mom asked when she saw me shivering and covered in my duvet, feigning cold.
"I don't know mommy. It just started in the midnight, I suddenly began to feel cold and sick", I mumbled again.
It was the perfect excuse for me to skip school because I know mom doesn't joke with my health and would never let me go to school in such condition.
"I guess you have to skip school today then"
"But mom, it's the first day of the semester. Isn't that bad? ", I pouted, pretending to be concerned.
"It's totally fine since your health doesn't seem to be so good this morning. I'd just call the principal and tell him to inform your teacher about the development "
And with that, she left my room. I waited for her to leave then jumped up in joy and took a few dance steps, celebrating my achievement.
*flashback*
Mirabel's POV
It was the last day of my examination in grade nine
9
and I was just fourteen years old when I got home to meet mom and dad fighting. Dad was yelling at mom angrily and mom also shouted back in anger.
It isn't a new scene to me so I just walked past them and went straight to my room. Sometimes I wonder if I ever mean anything to them, they never seem to think about me before they start their feud.
They don't even bother to know how I feel about the unsettled family nor what I want. Many times, I tried calling some family members I could reach in Ireland but none was ready to come over to our place in Dubai to settle a family case.
"They're couples, they'd sort it out", that has always been their usual statement so I just gave up.
Neither of them seemed to notice that I even passed by, they were just too busy abusing the hell out of themselves, over something that'd possibly be trivial.
Phew! I guess they're never a perfect match from the start. I sighed heavily and laid on king sized bed and let my thoughts wander far.
My dad is a businessman, he isn't a tycoon but we're financially okay and my mom is a famous and professional fashion designer.
That morning after I left for school, mom had gotten a call to make a wedding dress for an upcoming model who was about to get married in Germany, only for her to find out the woman was dad's mistress and that brought about the fight after mom challenged him.
I cried so hard as I thought about my life. I'm a girl many of my classmates envy in school but do they understand that wealth is nothing without happiness? We can't even have dinner together in peace, somehow, it'd end with an argument, leading further to a feud.
I slept off while thinking and woke up with an headache the next morning. My eyes were swollen but I knew a concealer would do, as always.
A week later, the results were out and I passed excellently. I kept shouting at the driver, telling him to take me home as fast as he could, not knowing the shock that awaits me at home.
Mom was seating at the balcony with a sad look on her face when I arrived and that made me stop abruptly in my steps as I saw her.
"What happened, mom? ", I inquired.
"He left us Mira, your dad left for Germany to settle with his new wife"
That was all I heard before I passed out and months later, we relocated to the United States.
*flashback ends*
Jane's POV
Ever since Wilson left me with my only daughter, I'd sworn to give her the best and never make her feel her father's absence.
Even after we moved to the United states and had spent two years already, she still found it hard to forget him but recently she seems to have forgotten him.
I called her school principal and he promised to inform her teachers about her absence and I made her breakfast then left for my fashion house and made her promise to call if anything happens.
Mirabel's POV
Mom had left home early as she had some clients to meet that morning and I was home alone, exactly what I wanted. I still have three more episodes to watch from a Kdrama I started yesterday
tail of the nine tailed
.
The movie was at it climax and I really couldn't wait. I dashed for my laptop on my table and began to watch while munching on my breakfast of toast bread and tea.
About two hours later, I was done and dragged myself to the bathroom for a quick bath then decided to spend some time drawing. I remember the days dad would get mad at me for eating late because I'm engrossed in my drawing sessions, he never supported it and bluntly told mom he had no interest in me being in the Arts department because he wanted me to take over his business.
The day he destroyed all my drawing books, broke my pencils and other tools was really heartbreaking but I'm free now, at least mom understands this is my passion. Maybe I was right then, they were never a perfect match.
