Boundaries

Chapter 2 Locking Everything

Hence, Giselle decided to continue this habit all the time before going to school. However, Julia will stand in front of the door.

"Mother, what are you doing in front of the door?" Giselle asked.

"Hand over your diary," Julia extends her hand.

"There's no way I am going to give you that, it's my privacy!" Giselle yelled. "I am going back to my room fist,"

"Not without the diary!" Julia suddenly snatches Giselle's bag for her diary. Luckily, Robert came out in time and got back Giselle's bag in time.

"Giselle, go back to your room first, dad will settle this," After Giselle went back to her room, Robert immediately questioned his wife. "Julia, have you ever thought if your actions are strict to Giselle? They are crossing the line,"

"I care for her. I want her to leave whatever crap she is doing right now and get herself back to knitting!" Julia says her rules.

"The thing is, Giselle didn't even like them, and here you are thinking that it will do something good to her," Robert said. "Do you ever considered what she liked?"

"I don't care whatever crap is that. She needs to cut off the things I hate!"

Julia stormed off while Robert continues to recall the moment when Giselle told him everything about Julia. Giselle was tearing all of the sticky notes Julia stuck to her diary and threw it in a bin.

"Dad, I got a serious question to ask you, do I deserve to have privacy in this house? Why do I feel mum needs to know everything I do? That feeling is honestly why I hated her,"

Robert feels bad for Giselle while she goes through the torturing days like this. "I'm very sorry for what mum does to you. You know, I will try to tell her about it, but I am uncertain if she will listen,"

"Dad, it's not your fault if you can't talk it with her. At least you tried," Giselle understood her dad is not to blame.

After Giselle finished writing her diary, she still kept it back in her drawer and went to school after locking the drawers. She also took the keys with her so Julia won't read her diary this easy.

Before she leaves, Giselle looks at a closet and opened the closet doors. Giselle also got locks for the closet because this is where her bow and arrows are hidden. "I wish I can embrace them in my room, but someone will definitely destroy it if they see it,"

Later, Giselle kept her keys properly inside her bag before sitting inside the car. Julia is sitting at the passenger's seat while her father is sitting at the driver's seat. The whole atmosphere is very tense as Giselle never opened her mouth once because she could set a trigger on Julia.

Once Giselle reached school, she released a deep release as she finally overcome the fear of not talking inside the car. "That feels one nightmare honestly,"

She walks to her class and puts her bag down after reaching her spot. Her friends saw her and walked up to her. Giselle sat down and raised her head to see someone walking to her.

"Quinton? You came early this time," Giselle said.

"Don't you know me well, Giselle? My parents are going outstation today, so they have to send me to school early," Quinton just replied.

"Right...got a little busy these days, so I some how forgot about it,"

"Are you stressed out these days?" Quinton said. "We are friends since elementary school, there's nothing that I don't know about you. Anyways, I got news,"

"What news?" Giselle asked while she takes her books out.

"Do you know that album from Rizzies which was released a few days ago?" Quinton shared. "Their title song just reached 100 million views in 4 hours,"

"Wait, isn't that Chissels?" Giselle said.

"You should catch up the news soon, Giselle. It's Rizzies," Quinton continued to be fantasized in this world. "The reason why these girls got famous with the album because a clip from the music video went viral and it's everywhere now. You should check it out soon!"

"Well, I wished I had the  time to do all of that." That was when Giselle explained the stress and pressure she got from Julia to Quinton.

"She's still opposing you from archery? C'mon now, just tell her how good archery is," Quinton came up with suggestions.

"I told her that multiple times already, but she just doesn't want to listen,"

Then, Quinton continues to provide suggestions how Giselle can continue her archery while persuading Julia, but all of them are taken down one by one because Giselle has tried everything Quinton suggested.

"I don't want to disappoint you. In fact, I appreciate all of the suggestions you gave me, Quinton. But mum always have something planned behind us and she is sure to stop me from continuing archery," Giselle told the truth.

Giselle's other friend, Olivia said: "Honestly, your mother is too strict at this point. She should get her own medicine that this is over the line already,"

"Yea, you might need to find the right time to tell her, that's it," Emily said, another of Giselle's friend.

"Thanks guys, I will try either way. I am not sure if winning is going to happen," Giselle said. "That's why I am lucky to have my dad as my back bone. He is always supportive,"