Turning Tables

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*Stella's  p.o.v:*

The plane had finally landed in Miami, Nina and I headed together outside the plane in order to pass the borders and seal our papers. Once we had finished, we took our suitcases and headed where our parents are supposed to be waiting, there was a lot of people with bouquets and ‘welcome’ balloons. I will hope that my mom is not waiting for me neither holding a silly bouquet of flowers or a stupid balloon.

Andddddd…. Here she is!! She’s waiting for me and she bought a bouquet as I see. I rolled my eyes mentally approaching her wearing the fakest smile I could come with. Suddenly, a strange man is standing behind her with a balloon and bouquet too who I assume to be her upcoming husband. But the weirdest thing is that he saluted me while he was searching for someone else. I said goodbye to Nina and left her finish her papers before she sees my family and my embarrassing mom.

My mom’s hugs were warm and sweet, I remembered back when I was a little kid playing with my doll house and she used to bring me my favorite cinnamon rolls. I wish that I could stay like that forever. For a moment, I forgot everything I was holding inside of revenge for my mom.

“Ehm, mom? Shouldn’t we go? I mean that I’m hear while Richard is still looking for someone.” I whispered to make sure that Richard doesn’t hear us.

“First, you should call him ‘Uncle Richard’ and second he’s waiting for his daughter, she is living in NY too.” She explained.

“Here she is,” he yelled and that’s my first time I hear his tough raspy British accent “Nina, Nina I’m over here.”

Wait what?! Nina!! Oh god!

“Nina! Mom!”

“Stella! Dad!” Nina and I spoke in unison.

“Wait what! You know each other?”  Mom and Uncle Richard also asked in unison.

“ I will explain.” Mom suggested.

“Nina is Richard’s daughter who’ll be your future step sister. Do you know here?”

“No, I mean yes. We met on the airplane and she was sitting beside me.” I explained still shocked from what had just happened. What a great coincidence.

“Shall we go or we’re going to camp here.” I said sarcastically grabbing my stuff and ready to start moving.

“Yes, yes we are.” ‘uncle Richard’ -as my mother told me to call him- said with his stupid cheerful voice.

He has a super Range Rover with white covering the outside and red in the inside. It was enormous and expensive apparently. Nina and I sat as we don’t know each other, only silence is clouding above us.

“Stella I got a little surprise for you.” My mom did a great job by breaking this silence.

“Another surprise besides this shocking one?” I said referring to Nina and rolled my eyes but this time she saw me and send me a killing glare. “Fine, what is the surprise?” I asked her with my super ironic tone.

“Stop it,” she sighed then continued ,“ we are heading to Richard’s villa since I moved in with him earlier to get my stuff ready there.” That was a truly surprise, I didn’t expect that actually.

“Mom, I came to Miami to sleep in my comfortable little squeaky bed and enjoy the view of my childhood room. If you want go and sleep in  your fiancé house, or may I add ‘villa’ but I will go and sleep in mine.” I remarked really upset with her boring idea. I am not used to scream in my mother’s face but this idea caught me on fire.

“Okay, as you wish honey.” She whispered something to Richard about being sorry and like that while silence came back to roam around us and Nina is completely deeply still shocked.

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Our home is still the same .The same living room which is brown, the same kitchen and even the same smell. I directly threw my stuff and ran to my room which is still the same as it was. The light green color is still covering the old walls, the bed is being warmed by the fuchsia covers on it, my old laptop is placed as it was on the desk with dozen of books gathered above each other beside it and finally what I was looking for I hope it’s still in its place. I directly jumped inside my closet looking in my locked drawer for it. The wooden little box my dad left me before he disappeared. The same box is still dumped for about a year in my secret drawer, I used to open it when I was upset or sad about something but now I just want to remember every single detail placed inside it.

I opened the little brown wooden box slowly brushing my fingertips over the small engraved details on it. The first thing that came to my view is the photograph that’s been taken when I was 1 years old. I studied the way he smirked while holding me on his shoulders making me his little princess of his large kingdom. He was smiling but his eyes held behind them a strange kind of sorrow and sadness, as if he knew that someday he’ll leave us. 

The other thing that I found is my special necklace from him. I’ve never worn it because I was really irritated because of his stupid action that he had done. But recently, I kind of miss him and I’m eager to see how he is looking. The necklace was silver with a small star pendant. I took it feeling the little star with my sensitive fingers, placing it around my neck .Then, I noticed a white envelop in the bottom of the box, I was ready to hold it when my mom suddenly popped in my room leading me to cover everything instantly and hide the envelope in my pocket.

“Stella, are you alright? You look pale or something.” She pointed to my face examining it.

“No, no I’m fine. Uhm, mom I’m sorry…” I lowered my gaze ashamed of my latest behavior with her.

“Baby girl, a mother would never ever be sad from her daughter. I may have been a little upset but I still love you. It’s normal for a teen as you to get annoyed because her mom is going to marry another one but think of me. I sacrificed a lot to raise you properly, I was the father and the mother and even your best friend. I had done a lot in order to not make you feel in need of your asshole father. So, we’re going to forget about all the past arguments between you and me and start a new life full of love and happiness.” She started to get a little bit teary.

“Mom, I totally understand you and I will always love you as my father, mother and as my closest friends.” I hugged her passionately feeling her care and love that were radiating from her heart to mine.

We headed downstairs to catch up lunch. She cooked my favorite kind of macaroni ‘the twisted one’. We started to eat when Richard and Nina came and joined us. I caught my mom’s eyes stickered on my neck. What was she looking at? I put my hand on my neck feeling the silver necklace I’ve worn recently.

“Stella, what is this?” she pointed to the star pendant and Richard’s eyes joining Nina’s directly flied to my neck.

“It’s a small necklace I found in my room. It’s from the box my dad had left me.” Her face turned red directly after these words left my mouth.“Mom! M-mom, are you okay?”

“Take it off Stella if you please.” She demanded anger filling her eyes.

“No, I’ll not. It’s the only thing that’s left from him.” By that I threw those words and stormed from the living room leaving two shocked persons and an angry one.

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last night i was planning on doing a double update but my friend died he was shot actually and i planned on doing it later. may his soul rest in peace and pray for him guys his name is khaled.

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