(A SHORT CHAPTER)
????SHE’S NOT A CINDERELLA????
????A Cinderella doesn’t have to be a princess????
✍️ Written By Precious Pinky✍️
????Chapter Thirty-Five [35]????
Theme: No changes…????.
????Jennifer’s Pov????
I angrily stormed into her house.
I heard she was back from Boston now.
God, I so much hate that bit-ch ! She made me hurt my own sister!
I bumped into Linda, who happens to be a maid for Kara. She was old enough to be Kara’s mother but yet she wasn’t treated with respect in the house.
Sometimes I wonder why she hasn’t poisoned Kara and her father yet!
“Oh, Jennifer. Is Kara expecting you over?” She ask.
They all know me to be Kara’s best friend. Well, I once considered myself to be her best friend but I was damn wrong because that bit-ch wasn’t my best friend!
Best friends don’t hurt their own friend’s family!
Did she even considered me as her best friend?
I should have thought about that first.
“Well, no. Why, she isn’t home?”
“She just came back home. She’s in her room. You don’t look so good… Are you alright?” Linda reach out to touch me lightly on my cheek.
I smiled. “i’m fine. Thanks.”
“Okay.” She pulled her hand down to her side.
“i should go see Kara now.” She nods her head and watched me climbed the stairs up to Kara’s room.
I opened the door without even knocking.
I was damn angry!
I wasn’t angry because Kara hurt Ruby. No, I was angry because I had been the one who had advice Kara against my own sister.
I stopped on my track as i look down at my feet.
Why exactly am I here? Do I blame Kara for what I did to my sister?
She had only asked me for advice but I never asked her who the person was.
But even if I did…and then it turns out to be that the person wasn’t Ruby, would I have still go on with the advice?
Of course I would.
I would have still hurt someone else.
“Jennifer.” I heard my name. I look up from my feet to see who it was that had just called my name.
Of course it as to be her.
Kara.
She was smiling at me as if everything were okay.
She walked closer to me and pulled me into a warm but yet cold hug.
She slowly pulled away and ushered me to sit down.
I didn’t.
I just stood there and was staring at her.
She raised a questioning brow at me as she sat down and crossed her leg over the other and grabbed the glas-sof whiskey from the table and sipped at it.
“You shouldn’t be drinking…you are pregnant, remember?”
She started laughing as she took another sip from the gla-ss. “You of all people should know that it’s all a lie. Me? pregnant?” She huffed. “Malcolm barely touched me.”
“Wow..I can’t remember adding that to the advice.”
She waved it off and stood up to her feet. “I just thought, why don’t i add a spice to the plan. I never expected it would come out to be this perfect. All thanks to you that bit-ch is somewhere crying here eyes out.” She started laughing again.
I clenched my jaw and dug my nails I to my palm. Would it be wrong of me to punch this goat right in her jaw?
Would I be arrested for it?
Yes, Collins might come to hate me being the fact that ‘this goat’ was his cousin.
But I don’t care.
She hurt my sister!
“Shame to me then.” I muttered under my breath as I stare down at my feet.
“Shame to you? And what’s that suppose to mean? You should be celebrating with me, Jen. We won. We’ve put that thing right in her place where she belongs. You should be happy for me.”
I look up at her. My eyes were welled with unshed tears as I glared at her.
I could see the confusion written on her faces as she stare back at me.
She was confused.
Damn, I was confused also.
She dropped the glas-sof whiskey on the table and crossed her arms over her chest as she looks at me as if I was the most interesting thing in the whole world!
“How can I be happy when that bit-ch happens to be my sister!” I literally yelled at the top of my voice.
She flinched a little over how loud my voice was.
“what?” She choke out as she knitted her brows in confusion. “Are you fu-cking kidding me right now?”
“Does it look like I’m joking? Ruby Darlings is my sister. my fu-cking baby sister! And I hurt her. I hurt her because of you.”
“Wow. This is so real to be true. Wait, that boyfriend snatcher is your sister?” She questioned again.
“Do not call her that!”
“Oh. Wow.” She suddenly started laughing. She kept on laughing until she had tears running down her face. She clenched her tongue as she kept laughing. “Wha…what?” She say in between laughter. “This…” She clears her throat. “This is crazy. So you worked with me to bring down your own sister? You must really hate your sister, girl.”
“Does this look funny to you? This all this look funny to you?” I spat. getting agitated by the bit-ch nasty behavior.
“Hell yeah! It’s damn funny to me!” She came closer towards me. “What, do expect me to start pleading with to forgive me for bringing your sister to her place?”
“fu-ckyou, Kara. I’m going to tell the whole world the truth! I’m fu-cking going to make things right!”
“My doing what exactly, Jen?” She questioned, giving me a pointed look. “Hey, have you forgotten that I’m pregnant? And what, do you think the fans are going to believe you over… me? Do you even think your own sister is going to believe you You’ve done nothing but caused her pain, Jen. You hate your sister…You are no different from me!”
And she was right.
She was damn right!
I was no different from her. After all I was still the same person who started all this.
I hate myself right now!
Kara chug-ged down the whole alcohol and went over to her bed.
She smiled as she lay down on her bed and used the blanket to cover her lower part of her body.
“I need to sleep, Jen. Pregnant women are not suppose to stress themselves.” She winked.
I slowly made my way out of her room and ran out of the house.
I could hear Linda calling out to my name but I didn’t answer her.
I just kept on running….with no destination in mind.
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????Malcolm’s Pov????
#One Week Later!
“Malcolm must leave the band! Malcolm must leave the band! Malcolm must leave the band! HE MUST LEAVE!”
“why exactly do you want him to leave the band?”
“We don’t want a cheat and a heartless guy to still remain in the band. Malcolm must leave the band until he makes peace with his legit girlfriend, Kara! MALCOLM MUST LEAVE THE BA…”
Joe shuts down the TV and toss the remote control on the table and glared up at me.
I didn’t flinched. i wasn’t even intimidated by the ha-rd look he was giving me now.
“Is this what you wanted? Huh? Answer me, Malcolm!” He yelled.
I didn’t say anything.
If I told him what I wanted then he would do nothing but listen to the angry fans out there and put me out of the group.
Because right now what I want is to see her again.
The one girl that always make my heart beat just by hearing the sound of her footstep.
It’s been a week now and everything still remains the same.
“What were you thinking when you engaged yourself in a relationship with her?” He questioned now.
“I love her.” I say in a low voice.
“Hell, stop telling me that. You live who? You and Ruby can never be together, Mal.”
“And why not? Why can’t i be with the girl that I love?”
“Because she’s Ruby! She’s the girl you love that’s exactly why you can’t be with her! I’m doing this for you, Mal. It’s your career we are trying to maintain. Now look, the whole fans want you out of the band…Is that what you want? Choose, Mal… Ruby or your career.”
I look de-eply into his eyes. What do I want…?
Do I want to still remain with Ruby or do I want to still continue my career as a musician?
“What do you think, Joe?” I questioned.
He stood up to his feet and walked closer to me. He was standing just few inches away from me.
“i want to believe that Ruby is nothing but just your fu-ckbuddy.” He say and I almost laugh at that.
fu-ckbuddy? How can i cla-ssify u see that when in reality I haven’t even slept with her!
“Yes, Ruby is just my fu-ckbuddy. Hell, she absolutely nothing to me! She’s a girl who I used to satisfy my need. You don’t expect me to choose her over my career or do you….” I smirked. “Was that what you were expecting to hear? If you don’t know, the person who should be cla-ssify under that is no other person than Kara. And mind you, I love Ruby and i would choose her over anything in this world. She’s my first priority and not an option.” And with that said, I stormed out of the office.
If the fans wants me out of the band then fine but I wouldn’t give up Ruby…
I wouldn’t give up on our love!
….Never!
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????Narrator’s Pov????
“Did you get the video?” Joe asked the guy that had just walked out of the bathroom.
“Yes.” He replayed the video for Mr Joe to see.
Mr Joe smiled at it and let out a contend smile and sunk down into his chair.
“Edit the video as soon as possible. Someone needs to watch that video.” He said in a low voice as a smirk appeared on his face.
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????Ruby’s Pov????
I opened my eyes slowly.
fu-ck! my head hurts!
I look around and all I could see was the familiarity of my room.
I suddenly heard the door creaked open and before I knew it, I was in a tiny arms.
“Sister Ruby! I missed you so much. How are you?” Tyson ask as he pulled away.
I smiled. “I’m fine. And yeah, j missed you also. Where are the rest?”
“In the living room. Do you know how long you’ve been lying down in this bed? The doctor said it’s because you were so shock that’s why you fell into…um…what did they call it again?”
“Concussion.”
“Yes! Concussion!” Tyson say.
Cherry and i chuckled as we watched the little man continually repeat the word in his head.
He ki-ssed me on my cheek and ran off to the living room, leaving just Cherry and i alone in the room.
“How are you now, Ruby?” She ask after a moment of silence.
“I’m fine. Thanks for your concern. How many days have I been asleep?” I finally decided to ask.
She shrugged as she sat down by myself but I pulled her over to lie down by my side and wrapped my arms around her body while I rested my head against her chest.
“A week.” She answered.
I wide-ned my eyes in shock. “A week? like one week?”
“Yup. Like one week. The police chased those things away as soon as you became unconscious. I’m sorry we couldn’t save you just in time.”
I slowly shook my head as I tightened my arms around her waist.
“I should be thanking you for coming out on time to save me. Damn, those fans are witches.”
we both started laughing and suddenly the room fell quiet and the both of us listened to each other’s heart beat.
“I miss you.” I suddenly breath out.
I heard her chuckled as she wrapped her arms around my body.
“Me too. But why didn’t you tell me?”
I knew exactly what she was talking about.
Why didn’t i tell her about Malcolm and I?
oh, it had been a secret relationship all those times.
I shrugged.
“It’s been a secret.” I simply replied.
I could see her roll her eyes at that. “Indeed.”
Everywhere became quiet until Cherry spoke up again.
“I have Something to tell you.” She began. She was going to say some more thing when we heard the bell rung.
We both got up to our feet and made our way out to the living room.
I was damn surprise to see Mr Joe, standing right in the center of my room.
“Mr Joe?” I questioned.
“I won’t want to waste any more of your time, Ms Darlings. But I’m here to show you something so you would know that everything Malcolm ever said to you was all a lie all along.”
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#TBC.