***CADEN***It’s been a week after the Christmas Party. I had thought I would be able to see her after that day but I haven’t seen her since that day, nor I have seen my dad in those days. I have tried asking Cohen, about him but he just answers me with the same reason like he used to do every time.‘Business Reasons.’But, I don't buy that lie even a single percent. He must be enjoying his holiday with his so-called wife, while giving me so much stress over here.“Are you heading to college?” Caisey asks me as she passes by my door.“Of course! It’s the only place where I can breathe properly,” I say.“Well! Drop me by my school then,” she stands in the front door with her hands folded against her chest.“Where’s your chauffer? Ask him to do that,” I say.“I wanna go with you today. He has fractured his hands and is going to take a leave for a weeks or so,” she answers. She should have just asked with dad or with Cohen to replace her chauffer with someone else for few days.But Caise
***ESTHER***I let out a heavy sigh as I stand in front of the entrance of the university. I look down at the recommendation letter on my hands provided by my previous university. I never wanted to face the changes in my life. I once, supposed that I had the perfect life and there is no need of changes in my life.But, I was wrong. Some changes are so much unexpected and inevitable in our lives. Same thing is going on with my life.I walk towards the chancellor’s office as guided by the signals. There is no problem in admission as Mr. Payne has already arranged everything for the transfer but the first thing that I realized after coming here is… I don’t like it here.I feel weird as if the atmosphere here, is going to hate me as much I hate to be over here. The air around here seems to unwelcome me.I visit his office and get my paper work done and get out from there. As I haven’t eaten anything since the morning, I think I should grab some food from cafeteria. I had the campus map wi
***CADEN***“Caden! What the hell did you do? She is collapsing,” I hear one of the boy’s voice. I know her. It must be her trick. I uninterestingly glance at her and notice that she indeed is falling down. Her body gets on the floor like a leaf falling down from a tree.It must be a reflex action or maybe I must be a good human being even when I don’t show much of myself to others. I try to hold her hands in the air but I fail to do so. Even after my effort to hold her, she falls down on the floor.“Dad…Dav…,” she lets out these words when she is falling on the ground. I don’t try to go deep with her words. Obviously, someone would miss their dad when they are having hard times, unlike me. “She collapsed right?” one of them stands up and there is fear painted on his face. I don’t know what is she scared of?“Guys, I am not on this. Please don’t enmesh me on this mess,” he says and saves himself out of there and two more of them follow him while the guy who was claiming her quite hot
***ESTHER***I try hard not to open my eyes. I hear them. I hear people chattering around me. Or maybe it’s just more than chattering. Someone is scolding someone. I can recognize the both voices. One of them is of Mr. Payne while the other voice is of …Caden.What is he doing over here? I remember myself getting unconscious right before him. I think this is hospital. IT has such a sickening smell of sanitizers. Did he bring me over here? Why? He said that he hated me a lot. Then why did he bring me over here?And I don’t understand why is he being scolded by Mr. Payne right now?How much I wish to continue to be unconscious at this moment. I genuinely don’t want to listen their chaos right now. I try to pretend as if I haven’t gained any of my consciousness until I hear a slapping sound.I cannot help but to open my eyes with that sound. When my eyes open up curiously, I see Caden’s face facing towards the floor and his hand on his cheek.He hit him. Mr. Payne hit him right in front
***CADEN***It’s her! It’s her one more time. I clearly told her, I don’t want to see her but she keeps on popping everywhere and at anytime.“Why are you here?” I ask rudely.“Do you think it’s my wish to be here? I have to be here because of my circumstances,” she says.Yeah! The circumstance of marriage. How can I forget that?“You’re not allowed to be here? I can’t allow you to stay over here,” I shout at her and try to shut the door but she grabs the edge of the door before that and stops me from closing it.“I am not going to apologize if you hurt you hand,” I say and pull the door but I cannot pull with as much force as I can knowing the fact that someone’s hand is actually in between the door.But she pulls it forcibly and the door flings open.“What the hell?” I shout, then I realize she isn't the one who pulled the door but it’s Julie.“The master had ordered us to reside her without any problems. Please, young master. Let her get inside,” she says.I suddenly feel like Jul
***CADEN***“Esther! You say,” I ask her one more time. She nods her head. My head couldn’t help but turn to the side where she is staying.“So, you adored her a lot?”“Not particularly of that reason but yeah, it somehow won’t let me hate her all my life. How can I hate someone with the same name as her?” she says and walks away from there.How can I hate the name?The name that belonged to my mother!ESTHER!!!I rush quickly to the guest room and stand in front of her door. I want to knock on the door but then, my palms stop in the air. Should I knock on the door?But then, I decided I should knock on the door. And I hit the door couple of times. But she doesn’t open the door. What the hell is she doing inside?Is it possible that she is sleeping right inside the room? Fuck! I wait for a few more minutes but still, she doesn’t open the door.I run backyard from where I can enter through her window. The window of course has the grills but yeah, I know how to undo them. I learned to u
***CADEN***“Caden…Baby…,” she treads her high heels towards me. God damn! Why the hell is she here?And baby? Since when have I become her baby? She is such a ridiculous person. Doesn’t she get that I am avoiding her at all costs?“Natalie!!!” I whisper her name. The way I take her name every time gets so much stressed. This girl never leaves me without a mess.She is wearing a glittery maroon-colored short dress hugging her body perfectly tight. I can see how plump her boobs are and how good her ass looks at it. She has such an amazing physique that she can be an international model. Round big brown eyes, V-shaped beautiful chin, long sharp bridged nose, plump lips, and her brown artificial curls hanging a few inches below her shoulders makes her look absolutely stunning. She can love anyone and anyone could just love her but it’s just not me.
***CADEN***“Caden! You’re here again,” I hear an officer’s voice as soon as I enter the police station. I see his mocking smile as I walk into the office. He must be feeling frustrated after seeing me for the first time in this year. I visited the station almost five times last year and that was probably for speed driving.“Did you Overspeed one more time?” he says looking down at the paper he is concentrating on right now without even looking at me.“No! I didn’t,” I run my fingers on my hair as I say that.“Then what is it?” he turns his head towards the officer standing right next to me.“We caught him fighting outside the pub. The victim is badly injured and there’s a girl hiding from him,” he says.A girl hiding from me? God! He is dragging this matter in a