CHAPTER 1. The First Meet

ROSEANNA

"Okay kids. One... Two... Three.. Four... Once again... One... Two... Three! Yes, that's how you do it! So everyone stop talking it's your time to dance. One Two three! Raise your arms and swing around. From air to ground. Yes that's how you do it!" I explained the little kids who were just looking at my steps and following me. 

I don't know why, but being with these kids is my sole pleasure. Ace brother hates it, but I can't stop myself. I sneak out of house everytime so that I can be with them. 

 "Roseanna, you should get employed here. The kids love you, I will pay you double." The head and my friend of the dance academy asked me, when I giggled. "It's not that easy, you know. Brother won't like it." 

"Come on! Is the 21st century,you have to speak for yourself. You don't have to be oblige yourself with that stupid dick head Remmo!" She gritted, because she really hates him. Last time I came here and they found out, they broke all the things here and warned her to not let me in. But, as I said if I don't dance I feel like death. 

This is my everything. 

"Hey! Don't talk like that, whoever he is. He is still my brother you know. I don't appreciate you talking ill about you." I tried to be sincere but her cute guilty smile that she passed me made me less mad for the case. 

Forgetting her, I again get leaned in my kids, teaching them that how beautiful they can feel while dancing and how, all the stress and worries in thier life can wash of by it. 

I guess this is why I love it at the first place. 

"Roseanna your phone is ringing for a while now, again and again," I was teaching the kids the basic choreography with my hands up in air,as Sally  interrupted me.  

"Really? You should have told me earlier, it can be very important, Who is it?"  I asked from my spot and kept going on, telling them to always look for thier shoulders because that's the most crucial parts of dance. A slant and tired shoulders can ruin a good dance. 

"Okay kids! That's it for today. We almost completed a whole song right? The rest will be compony Ma'am Sally so, Bye." I stopped, sitting on my knees as I bid kids my farewell till I get to sneak out next time from house. They all were chuckling while they all came running to hug me. I opened my arms wide open to take in all the warms from the little ones. 

"Well I don't understand why this caller is so desperate. Have you given number to someone lately? Whoever it is, don't date. He is a despo! 

"At least tell me the number, before you already judge him."

"The caller ID is Unknown number? " she asked sounding very confused as I heard the name with a  huge smile forming on my sweaty face, my heart was already filled with happiness, and I stood to run towards her but the kids won't stay back. 

"Kids I have to take it, its very very important to me. Okay? " I told the kids as they all pulled away. 

"Come back soon, will you please? We love you!" One of the little angel said, when I gave her a big smile and nodded to her. 

"Don't worry prince and princesses I will come back again." 

"You promise?" She asked when I nodded. They went away and got busy in talking in themselves. And I jogged towards Sally  as I snatched the phone from her hand,she got surprised by the snatch and looked at me astonished. Because I have ran alot like this and taking the phone but never with a smile on my face. Well, this is rare for her. 

"Who is this Unknown number? " she asked me smiling and doubting on me as I picked up the phone ignoring her. When she narrowed her eyes and made a gestured of two fingers from her eyes to mine. "I'm watching you!" she mouthed me, and I giggled. 

"Umm hmm? " I hummed at the call in our code language for the other side to listen, Instead of saying hello as Sally  smile touched her ears and shelled it so that she can hear the conversation more clearly, and I laughed and passed away from the room to the other side so the detective Sally will stay back. 

And I walked away before she can do something shitty.

"I'm here. " he spoke as I got filled with happiness.

"Really? " I asked him as he hummed. 

"Than can we-? "

"I'm waiting at our usual place." He spoke as I smiled even bigger as I cut the phone call.  

"Sally  I'm leaving." I hold her as she stopped me. 

"Okay, secret keeper. I want to know everything. From the start to end. No cut outs." Sally insisted, when I smiled, and shooked my head. "No reveals." She got angry at this, as she took my hand and pinched it. 

"Ouch!" 

"That's what I felt right now. Betrayer!" She said making a face like she was so angry, while she was not and I am sure of it. 

"Okay! I met him at my gratuation. He came to meet his sister and then we bumped with each other. His sister's and my gratuation certificates git exchanged. So later he made some source and got my number to call me. Well! He called, and came to pick up the certificate and return. Asked me to have coffee with him that time, and exchanged number. Chatted for a while and then talked for a while, once or twice met him. That's it. Things seem pretty cool right now." I told her, when she gave me a approval nod. 

"That sounds like destiny. I guess he is that knight in shinning armour for you. The one you have been waiting for."

"I guess. I don't know. Maybe." I hesitated to make any remarks when she smiled but then, she stopped. 

"What about your brothers, do they know about him?" She asked me suddenly, sending me in a dilemma too. "No! They don't know anything." 

"Then what about thier approval?" She asked me, when I shooked my head, and waved her bye. "Let me go now! He doesn't have much time!" I screamed walking out. 

"When will you come again? Kids love you." She asked me as I smiled but I was rather down inside. 

"When Ace Brother won't be home like today, soon though he soon is going on a business trip overseas. " I told her as she made a pitiful face as I chuckled looking at her.  And I goodbye the kids as I left.

As soon as I walked out from the little mirror dance academy as a black car approached and made a huge sudden brake. As I freaked out. 

And I realised there were more two black cars behind it. 

I apologized as I was getting late so ran all the way without looking back. 

After running for a long time. I finally reached at the top of the hill from where the entire California is visible. 

I climbed the stairs as I saw him waiting for me on the Rock. 

"Vellore..." I called him as he looked back at me. And his lips too curled up as he turned me and I ran to hug him. 

"I missed you!" I slowly whispered while my face was buried in his chest, as he giggled. "I'm so sorry for being so late. The work has been hectic, I had no choice."

"An apology won't do all. You gotta do something for me," I cried, making a pout I distant, and looked at him when he shakes his head. 

"I can't stay. I have to leave. I just wanted to see you for once," he said as he already started to pull apart. 

"What about me?  I didn't got to see you. " I said to him as he stood at his spot and bended a little till my height and gave me his beautiful smile, he kissed me on my forehead. 

"Now can I leave?" He asked me in few seconds as I nodded. 

"When will I see you again?" I asked him as he looked upset too. 

"I don't think it will be any sooner, we might never get to see each other." he told me as I got a little sad but then he kissed on my head again and he started to tell me goodbye, "Bye, girl!" 

And I too bid him goodbye. 

I sat at the rock as I looked at the beautiful view.

All the huge shops that are way to bigger than my heights were now smaller them my feet. 

And I wondered around as my phone started to buzz. I looked at my phone as I saw it was Shelly  aunt. 

Did did Brother came back? 

I picked up the phone as I heard her panicked voice. 

"Roseanna come back. Ace Brother  is back. And today Remmo sir is here too." she spoke in a panic voice. As I told her to calm down. 

"Don't let him know I'm not at house." I told her as she started to cry no no. 

"No Roseanna no. He asked for you in the living room in ten minutes." she said as I stood and now I was panicking too. 

"Why? Why did he ask for me?" I asked her, when she dropped her phone, and the call came to its end. 

"I will be there but it will take me twenty minutes. I'm at - I'm at market" I told her a lie as she told me to hurry up  and I cut her phone down as I took my bag and started to ran. 

I took the taxi as I finally reached the house. I sneaked in from the gate backside as Rick started to splash water on me from garden pipe as I kept asking him to stop. We both giggled as he finally stopped when Shelly  aunt  took the pipe away from him.  He was her ten year old son. As she took it away and I finally looked up as I saw Ace Brother  as my hands that were rested to dodge the water away now interwined together, I made my head down. He was not alone. 

There were three more men with him. I messed up in front of his guests.  He will be so furious right now and I am sure, this time the result will be much more wild. Because not only he saw me leaving the house without permission but Also I ruined his mood. 

I was standing wet there as Shelly  aunt  came with a towel and covered me as she took me away while they were standing there. 

"Roseanna what the hell did you do?? Not just you became drenched in front of him he also got to know that you went out!! " she cried as I looked at her half hair were cut down till her ear and the other half were lingering till the elbow.

I did this too her. The last time I went outside and Brother  found out he cut her half hair in half as he left the other side. And asked her to leave it like that. 

I don't know what he will do this time to her. 

She is like a mother too me. While Brother  have kept her to be my shuttle. 

If I make mistakes. She have to bear consequences. 

Its always been like that. Whenever I make mistakes she have to take the punishment. And she have been doing this all this year without quitting because she knows if she will leave too I won't have anyone left for me in here. 

Though I really love my Brother s. But only she have been my backbone ever since I came in this house when I was six after mom died. 

I changed in new clothes, Shelly  aunt  came and stood in front of her. Her face was releasing a worried smile as she looked at me. 

"The man you saw earlier is here for your marriage." she told me, my eyes widen. 

Marriage? 

Me? 

I'm just 18 right now.