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Seventeen
"Do you think Jade and Hana fought?"
I asked Daniel when we got home. We were both in my room, lying down on my bed.
"Why do you care? It's not like you're interested in their stuff."
I turned to look at him, his gaze was fixed on a picture on his phone. He was obviously going through someone's I*******m page. He put his phone away when he caught me looking.
"Stop peeking, it's not like I'm watching porn."
Aah God! How did I become close to this guy in the first place?
"Hana is full of surprises sha. I never thought she could raise her voice at Jade."
"Desperate times call for desperate measures."
"Was she desperate and how would you know that?"
I asked, propping my head up with one
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Behind The Gate of Lakeview Twenty
~Jade's POV~'Baby, how're you?'I stared mouth wide open at Zee, wondering what she's doing in my school. Today is the day we vacate school and our PTA. Mom is supposed to be here, not Zee. And besides, when I left home this morning, Zee was still in School. She was putting on a podka dot short Bubu that I've never seen on her before and I know I'm so stealing the gown. That what younger sisters are for anyways, stealing their elder sister's clothes.'What are you doing here?''What can't I do here?' she shrugged 'I'm here for your PTA''So Zee, you're here as my guardian. Mad oo. Who's guarding who?'I came to the hall where the meeting was holding and I was on my way out when I stumbled upon Zee.'Wo, baby. I don't hav
Behind The Gate of Lakeview Twenty One
~Jade's POV~It's been two weeks since we vacated, two weeks of trying to convince that what Zee said is wrong. Two weeks filled with the thoughts of someone I'll rather not think about. I was sitting in front of the wall mirror in my room, trying on different earrings when Zee entered the room. She did a double take when she saw me. She flopped down on my bed so she could stare at my reflection in the mirror.'You look good, I didn't know you know how to do makeup like this.''I picked up a thing or two from you.' I smiled'By the way, Are you not going to Hana's house?'I nodded, it was on the 26th of December and that's the day Hana and her family celebrate Christmas.'You are taking extra measure to look this good and you're going to Hana's place?' She asked, then she added, as an afterthought 'Is your crush there by any chance?'I rolled eyes and turn
Behind The Gate of Lakeview Twenty Two
~Jade~I felt like I just walked into a script.I felt like I'm drowning.I felt like I'm standing at the edge of cliff.I stared at the woman, digesting what she just said. Her icy cold tone sounded familiar, sounded like an older Zee's voice. I looked at Zee, she was looking at the woman as if she has grown two heads. I looked at Mom, she looked pale and she staggered at the woman's word and she gripped a chair's handle to support herself.'What daughter?'Mom asked again and she moved closer to the woman.'You're delusional' She continued. 'Get out.'The stranger stared back at mom, eyes unwavering.'Am I?' She turned away from mom again to stare at Zee who has now moved to the center of the sitting room.'You look so much like me.' She continued, her voice cr
Behind The Gate of Lakeview Twenty Three
~Jade~Zee's room was locked when I got home. That's absurd because Zee rarely lock her door. Maybe she went out. I thought as I made to leave her room, then I heard a sob from her room. I knocked louder.'Zee, are you inside?'No answer'Zee! Zee!! Zee!!!'I was only answered by silence. I turned to see Saheed entering his room. I followed him inside.'What's wrong with Zee?'I asked him immediately we were inside his room. He heaved a sigh and sat on his bed.'Our parents told her the truth'I staggered a little.'What truth?'My voice shook as I asked.'The strange woman that came was right. She's Zee's mother'I staggered and stumbl
Behind The Gate of Lakeview Twenty Four
~Jade~Happy new year except that there's nothing happy about the new year. Things have gone downhill since Zee attempted to commit suicide. It was really a narrow escape. She healed quickly and was discharged just two days after. Mom was discharged too. Our home fell into a rhythm of silence I never thought could happen to us. I wished Grandma was here, she would know what to do, how to resolve all these. She seemed to me, someone that would resolve anything and everything with just a snap of her fingers but sadly, she wasn't here anymore and we have to fight our way through this, ourselves. Dad called a meeting just last night to talk about the things that were happening. What was supposed to calm the situation ruined it even more.'Zainab, you're our child, our first daughter, nothing is ever going to change that. You fed on your mother's bre
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