????SHE’S NOT A CINDERELLA????
????A Cinderella doesn’t have to be a princess????
✍️ Written By Precious Pinky✍️
????Chapter Twenty-Six [26]????
????Cherry’s Pov????
“Jennifer?”
“Halo!” She waved with a smile on her face.
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She walked past us and entered into the house without even waiting for an invitation to come in.
I glared at her back but said nothing as I shut the door closed and held Tyson hand and walked us over to the living room where she was.
Jennifer was looking around taking in the changes.
Well, as soon as I moved into the house I changed a lot of things.
And I mostly changed it because of Ruby. I wanted her to move on from her mother’s memory which did worked out.
“Wow. A lot has changed.” Jennifer finally say. Her gaze suddenly came upon me and Tyson.
“What are you doing here, Jennifer?” I ask now.
“Shouldn’t I be the one asking you that right now? I mean, what are you doing here?” She ask, throwing the question right back at me.
Nice work!
“I live here now.” I announced. She formed her li-ps in an ‘O’ shape with a nod of the head. “It’s your turn to answer. What are you doing here?”
“I’m here to…” She dropped her bag on the couch beside her and crossed her arms over her chest. “Where’s Ruby? I’m here to see her.”
“you are here to see Ruby?” I ask again just to be sure I heard her correctly. She nods her head. “what for?”
“Well, I don’t see how that concerns you. So where is she?”
“Ruby isn’t here at the moment.” I answered.
“Oh, really? I’m sure she’s out there working her as-soff as usual.” She sighed. “Then I guess I will have to make it your business now. Tell Ruby when she gets back from wherever she went to that I stopped by and that the reason why I stopped by is to claim what’s mine.”
I scrunched my face up in total confusion.
“To claim what’s yours? And what’s that?”
“This place. This house is mine. She might have disown me but that doesn’t still change the fact that I’m the first child of this family!” She sat down on the couch and crossed her legs over the other. “This house is my property. And if she wants to continue staying here then fine but she has to pay for the rent. I can’t let a stranger stay in my house for free!”
What?!?
I can’t believe what I’m hearing right now.
So Jenny wasn’t here to make peace but to fight over this house.
She hasn’t still change.
she was still the same mean and heartless sister that Ruby was unfortunate to have.
“You can’t be serious.”
“I’m dead serious. But…” She stood up to her feet. “I won’t charge Tyson for living here because he is my brother.”
“i’m not your brother!” Tyson say at the top of her voice.
Both I and Jenny were taking aback by his outburst.
We never expected him to say that or better still to talk back at Jenny.
He was Shooting daggers at her now.
Because honestly if looks could kill then Jenny would have been 6feet under the ground.
How I wish looks could kill!
“What did you just say?” She questioned back after she seem to have gotten past the outburst.
“I said I am not your brother! And you are not my sister. The only sister I have is Sister Ruby. You are not a member of this family. I hate you!”
“Tyson….”
“Did you just talk back at me?”
“Yes! And what are you going to do about it? Chase me out of the house? Sister Ruby never did anything to hurt you. Sister Ruby love and cared for you even when you did ugly things to her. I’m not blind not to have seen what was going on around. You hated her and not just her, you hated mommy and me also.”
Tyson was crying now.
I placed my hands over his shoulder and was calming him.
I’ve never seen him this angry before until now.
Jenny must have triggered his anger.
In fact, she triggered his anger because she was triggering mine also.
“No…you got it wrong there, little boy,” She began. “I don’t hate mommy and neither do I hate Ruby. The only person I hate is You!”
“Enough Jennifer!” She was pa-ssing her limit.
I have this feelings that she’s going to spill everything out about their father to little Tyson.
“Why should I stop? He needs to know the truth after all. Besides he is big enough now since he has the kind to speak back at me!” She looks down at Tyson. “We were a happy family until you came along. Dad was with us at then. He loved and cared for us. He played around with us. He took us to different places and promised to be with us forever. I was happy…
Ruby was happy. We both played around while dad and mom stated in the garden and talked.
Everything were going smoothly until mom announced the news to us.
The news that keeps haunting me until now! And do you know what that news was?”
She bent down to Tyson’s level. They were both on eye level now.
“ ‘I’m pregnant.’ Those were are fu-cking words to us! And ever since then…. everything changed. Dad left. Mom had cancer. Ruby and I became distant towards each other and were always fighting over every little things. Our home broke to pieces all because of you! You caused everything!”
“JENNIFER!” I yelled in anger. I’ve had enough of all his shit.
Why was she saying those mean words to him exactly?
Tyson doesn’t know about their leaving until now.
Ruby have always wanted to tell him but she was going to do that when Tyson comes of age.
“That’s why I can’t seem to bring myself to look at that face of yours because you are a complete replica of dad! Do you also want to know why Ruby loves you?” She continued, ignoring my warning.
She smirked. “I will tell you…it because you remind her of dad! Do you think she loves you? Tsk, keep dreaming, little man because no one loves you! No one!”
“JENNY! GET OUT OF HERE. LEAVE THIS PLACE AT ONCE. GET OUT.”
She was laughing when she stood up to her both feet and look up at me.
“It’s quite funny to see you chasing the owner of the house like that. But… i will forgive you. I’m so kind-hearted. Make sure to tell Ruby what I said because next time I stop by it will be to collect my rent!” She looks down at Tyson and smiled. “I won’t charge you, dear little brother. This house is also yours and that’s because you didn’t disown Like your perfect sister did.”
She snatched her bag from the couch and look at me again.
“Everything shouldn’t be about Ruby… I lost a father and a mother also. I deserve to be consoled as well.”
“You didn’t even show up for your mom’s funeral.”
“I didn’t? Well, believe what ever you want to. i don’t care.” She opens her bag and collected a dark shade from it. “I should get going now.” She gave me a small nod then walked out of the house.
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????Jennifer’s Pov????
I walked out of the house and leaned on the door for a while.
I shouldn’t be weak.
I don’t have to be weak.
They made me choose this path.
They made me this way.
Especially ‘him’ the one man I call my father.
Called.
He was my past now.
And I’ve moved on from him.
From the memory I shared with him.
From the memory I shared with those people I called my family.
Yes, I shouldn’t be mean towards Ruby because she too lost a father but…her case was different from mine.
She had mother after all.
And she was mother’s favorite.
She also have Cherry and Tyson by her side.
And as for me…I was left all alone with no one to console me.
I adjusted my dark shade and made my way to the black benz waiting for me.
I should forget about them and move on.
I should accept my new fate with….
I opened the pa-ssenger’s door and hopped in.
He looked over at me and leaned towards me and ki-ssed me softly on my li-ps.
“Ready?” He asked as he pulled back and started the ignition.
I smiled and wore the seatbelt. “Let’s go baby!”
We both laughed.
I should accept my new fate with… Collins.
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????Cherry’s Pov????
“you don’t have to listen to her, Ty. You know how she is.”
“Is daddy still alive?” Tyson surprised me with that question.
“what?”
“Is daddy still alive?” He has turned to look at me now.
“I…well…yeah? i guess?”
How could that mean bit-ch put me in this situation and leave just like that?!?
“So he did left because of me.”
“No. Your dad didn’t leave because of you. Jennifer is just saying things that would hurt you and Ruby.”
“Sister Ruby hates me. She just see me as a replica of dad and that’s why she’s taking care of me. I caused sister Ruby pain. I’m so mean.” He was crying.
I knelt in front of him so we could be on the same level.
“Ru y doesn’t hate you. She loves you more than anything in this world and it’s not because you look like a our dad but because you are her only brother. Her only family and she lives you.”
He shook his head. “If only i didn’t show up then dad wouldn’t have left. Mom wouldn’t have had cancer and sister Ruby and sister Jenny would have been best sisters. Everything would have been peaceful. I shouldn’t have come along. I should just die!”
“What? You shouldn’t say that. Tyson. Jennifer is just a liar.”
“Tell me aunty Cherry… when did dad leave. You should know since you are Sister Ruby’s best friend. And you both have been friends for what seem like forever.”
“uh?”
“When did dad left?”
“He…I….you….I….”
“he left when mom announced that she was pregnant for me.” He say in realization.
“Tyson…”
“i should never have been born.” And with that he ran into his room and shut the door closed and locked it with the key.
I banged on it.
“Tyson?”
“I want to kill myself!” He yelled back.
“Stop saying that. Please come out. Tyson, please….”
And just then, I heard someone screamed from outside.
What’s that scream all about?
I left the house and ran out of it.
I went to the backyard and saw the scene that was about to happen.
Tyson was sitting down on the balcony, his legs were swinging on the air.
Any slight mistake means death.
Oh no.
He was really going to kill himself.
What do I do?
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#TBC.