Five
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I usually don't fit in this parties, but it's his birthday I have to at least show I'm here for him.
I sip on my drink as I wait for him to come from his room, I feel bored with all these people around. I'm at the top of the stairs waiting for him to join me so that we can get down together.
"How does it feel like dating a guy who's almost your father's age?"
Janelle.
This is the exact reason why I didn't want to cone to this party, he knew me and her don't get along yet he invited her.
She is in a purple mermaid gown and given that she was blessed with quite a shape, she looks good.
Honestly I don't understand why Ronald chose to date me, I'm nothing like her. And I don't know what she's doing this side of the house, she's supposed to be downstairs with the rest of the guests.
"It's Ronald's birthday Janelle, can we just respect that and let him have fun?"
"Sure."
I'm glad she's not making it a big deal, I know how bad she can get, especially when she wants to piss me off. I expect she will walk away but she's still standing beside me.
"You know he will dump you once he's done with you."
I know she's just a jealous ex girlfriend who wants to get into a cat fight with me and I'm totally not in the mood, so I do that one thing that will piss her off. I turn to look at her with a smirk on my lips.
"I know he will eventually but why should I focus on the future, I'm going to enjoy the present with him, when you're still young enough to watch it. You know before old age takes away your eyes."
Her face turns into a frown when she understands what I meant.
"He just turned thirty eight sweetheart, there's no way in life that he would ever marry you."
Okay she's just trying to piss me off, I'm eighteen for Pete's sake I'm not even thinking of marriage right now.
"Janelle you should stop being this bitter ex girlfriend and join the rest of the guests."
I think I spot tears form in her eyes, just how deep did she love him?
"I'll give you some advice before I leave, never ever get pregnant for him because he hates children, he will kill it even before it's born." I don't know how fast but my hand moves to my tummy and my heart starts to beat faster.
"You're already pregnant?"
I choose to stay quiet.
"He made me abort for him to get you pregnant?" I think she attracts some of the guests with her high pitched voice.
"Keep it down, will you?"
Ronald doesn't know, I'm not even sure if i should tell him after what Janelle just told me, it's not like I planned for it, I'm eighteen no one in their sane mind plans to get pregnant at eighteen.
"I won't let you have this baby." She says and grabs my arm roughly making the glass in my hand fall.
Everything happens so fast and I can't tell how she pushed me but I can feel as my body is rolling down the flight of stairs, it's a painful experience as I hit my head on the ground, I can hear her burst an evil laugh as she calls me murderer.
I'm lying on the floor almost unconscious and all I can hear are voices of people calling me murderer, they are tormenting my ears, I cover my ears with the palm of my hands tightly to stop the voices, but nothing.
My eyes shoot open and I let out a sigh breath when I realize I'm in my room and it was just s nightmare. I'm wet from the sweating.
The nightmares come once in a while, they were always about Ronald and how he died but the one for Janelle it's been long since I had it.
The worst part of it is that its always a recap of what happened that night.
I check the time, it's six in the morning, I don't have much to do on my schedule today but I'm not getting back to that bed, I've had enough nightmares for the night.
The shower feels refreshing but I can't seem to get off the nightmare from my head, meeting Janelle was a bad idea, those nightmares had gone, mainly because Ronald was always there but now that he's gone I don't know how I'm going to battle them.
When I get downstairs an hour later, dad is in the dining room with Charlotte, I don't know what she is doing here so early in the morning.
She's showing him something on a laptop and I'm eager to know what it is because I'm sure it's about me.
"Good morning."
"Morning." Charlotte smiles as she drinks on her tea.
"Another scandal."
My dad says in a hoarse voice, I expected there would be one, after what happened at the restaurant last night.
"What did I do this time?"
"They say you had a fight with Janelle, there's an image of you two looking like you're about to tear each other." Charlotte says as she shows me the image.
"We weren't fighting, I knocked on her drink accidentally and you all know she hates me."
My mom walks in from the kitchen as I pull out a chair and sit.
"Coffee or tea?"
"Tea."
I want to feel relaxed and coffee won't give me any of that. I'm so sure I'm going to have another bad day, I have been having plenty of those recently.
"What happened to you avoiding new scandals?"
My dad asks in an angry tone, I don't know why he is being this way he's the one that told Joe to take me to that restaurant in the first place.
"I wouldn't be in that scandal if you didn't tell Joe to take me to a restaurant full of celebrities."
He always finds a way of blaming me yet he is always the author of my life story, he is the one that suggested dating Ronald would be a plus then when it turned out messy he blamed me and now he wants to blame be for the scandal when he is the one that initiated it in the first place.
Sometimes I always wonder how my mom got married to him, she day's he changed when he started making a lot of money, I think he always had this side of him all along, the money brought it out.
"It's called blending in Pascale, you were supposed to blend in not start a fight."
I roll my eyes when he looks away, if he sees me roll them at him, it won't end well.
"Dad, my life is always going to be that way you should get used to it by now."
"You always mess up, when you got into that relationship with Ronald, you claimed you were in love with him."
Well I was at the time, I don't say it loud though.
"Then you just got reckless and got pregnant at eighteen then you got rid of the baby, do you know how that would have made you a bigger name than you already are?"
"I miscarried!"
"Wait, you were carrying Ronald's child?" Charlotte asks and we both ignore her.
I feel as tears form in my eyes, I hate it when he brings that topic to the table and he knows it, he knows very well what happened but he always blames me because he claims that was a total child.
"Did you really Pascale?" He raises his brow and I push back my chair. I'm not going to have this fight with him.
"Just stop it Todd."
Mom walks back in with my cup of tea, I'm not even in the mood of having breakfast.
"You're taking her side again."
"That was two years ago Todd, she was young and we both know Janelle pushed her down the stairs, how long are you going to blame her for every misfortune? Even the ones that she didn't intend."
I love my mom to the moon and back, apart from the fact that she always has my back, she can stand up to dad when she feels he is being too much.
"I made her a house hold name and I'm not going to sit here and watch her ruin all that." He pushes his breakfast away and makes to stand up.
"You ruined my childhood." He looks at me in disgust and I'm sure he's going to say another hurtful word.
I guess I'm kind of used to it.
"I should have focused on Tiffany, I'm sure she wouldn't be as useless as you."
Here we are again, him comparing me to his step daughter.
"Okay I've heard enough, if you think Tiffany would have made a great daughter then what the hell are you doing here? You know what? Just leave my house, I'm so done with you comparing my daughter to that woman's child."
I love it when mom switches to defensive mode.
"You have a step sister?" Charlotte asks surprised.
"Shut up!" We both say in unison and I almost laugh at that, almost.
"Fix this Pascale, it's all on you." Dad says as he walks out.
It sounds more like a threat.
I sit back on the chair once he's gone.
"Are you okay baby?"
"Yea." I dry the tears that have fallen.
"You know if you told the world about the miscarriage and how your father treats you, you might just earn their pity."
How did she become a PR officer because her ideas are insane.
"That was a family secret that you weren't supposed to know Charlotte so i suggest you keep it that way." Mom tells her and she keeps quiet.
I know Charlotte can be different sometimes but I'm sure she can keep that secret.
"I need to fix this mom."
"You don't have to force people to love you baby, some day the truth will come out and they'll realize they were wrong about you."
"What if it never happens, the only person that knows what happened is Ronald and he is gone."
"Then I think you should reconsider Trevor's proposal." Charlotte cuts in.
Trevor again, the only reason I haven't fired her yet is because I adore her in a way.
"The one of me fake dating someone famous?
"Yea."
"Did he tell you he is the famous celebrity that I should be dating?"
"Who is Trevor?" Mom asks.
"I don't know, Charlotte can enlighten us."
"I didn't know he wanted you to date him, but if that's what he wants I think it's a great idea."
I thought she would say it's a crazy idea but she's agreeing to it.
"Can someone tell me who this Trevor is?" Mom asks again and I'm just as eager as she is to know who he is.
Charlotte quickly types on her laptop before she turns it to face us. It's his profile, there's an image of him in a tux with a smile plastered on his face, he looks like a god.
"Trevor Mulwa, his late father was a minister, to the world of business he is a mogul, he owns the biggest PR and Law firms in the country, he has a masters in PR and law and a PhD in law, he is a lecturer at one of the local university."
I keep scrolling through his profile as Charlotte explains to us.
"Apart from lecturing he still practices both PR and Law, he works for a lot of governor's and well known people in the country, his law firm works for the president."
"What? He's achieved all that at his age?"
I don't know his age and I can't see his age on the profile but the man I saw last night is nothing like what Charlotte is describing.
"He is thirty two years old, I know, he looks too young for his age."
He can't be having all that at his age, it doesn't make sense.
"He owns all that at his age?"
"Most of the company he inherited from his father, but he has made it what it is, I must say he is a hardworking man. For the past two years he has featured in the top forty under forty, if he's said he wants to fake date you to clear your name I think you should go for it, he is famous."
I'm still in utter shock, I can't believe the person I was taking so lightly has this big name behind his back.
"I don't think it's a good idea." It's typical of my mom to get worried but if this is going to help with my career, I think it's a great idea.
"Call him, tell him I want to meet him."
I don't know what his deal is but I'm sure I can use his fame for my own benefit.
I'll beat him at his own game.
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