A twisted love story 1

Part 1 :The last wish

I’m Melody, but everyone call me Mel. This name was the only memento that my mom left me, that’s why I love my name. I don’t remember a thing about my mom but my dad always told me that she loved Music .I’m a high school girl, I’m seventeen. I live in a little house with my dad and sister, and you can count us in the category of ‘poor people’. My dad used to be a doctor but he retired from this job, because he blame himself for not being able to save my mom, he says that he’s unworthy of such profession, so he’s working now in a restaurant, bakery and cake shop. He choose this places because it makes him remember his beloved wife, she was a good cook and always made delicious dishes. I love the relationship that my parents had, I wish to find a husband in the future who cares about me as much as dad cares about mom. The money that he earns isn’t enough to support two daughters, me and my older sister. Actually, it’s enough for me, but not for my sister Katy. I’m studying in a public school while she’s in a private school. She care so much about appearances, and spend the money in expensive clothes and make-up. In spite of her nasty personality, I loved her, but sometimes I have the urge to kill her because I’m always doing the household tasks while she’s in her room like a princess dying her nails and applying all types of creams in her skin. My life wasn’t that bad, I was happy, I had a good father that cherish us , I had my pretty dog Yuki, I had kind and loyal friends who are always by my side.
Lately, my dad’s friend has been visiting us frequently. He seems to be a rich man. It appears that my dad saved his life and he’s very grateful to him. Anyway they were good friends.
One day, my dad fell ill, we took him to the hospital. The doctors told us that he had water on his lungs, I remember the name was ‘Pleural Effusion’ and need a surgery to remove the water. I didn’t expect it to be a serious sickness. They took him away to the operation room. They took him away from me. I had a bad feeling, a very bad feeling, my blood ran cold and my heart beat grew quicker and quicker, louder and louder in every instant. I sensed a mysterious existence lingering around the room, an unperceived black shadow targeting my father, it was following him like a stalker and went just after taking away my dad’s soul. It was death. The doctors went out of the operation room, they didn’t need to say anything to announce the dreadful news, their vexed faces conveyed the message that their tongue was going to utter. The tears that I was holding from the start escaped my eyes without warning, they continued to fall with non-stop, and then my father’s words echoed in my mind: ‘’Never cry my Mel, don’t show your tears to anyone, you have to stay strong’’. I tried to stop them, but I couldn’t, my soul was flooded with pain, overcharged with awe, there was no place left inside of me to hide them.
The fee of the operation was paid by my father’s friend, and the funeral too was held by him.
He offered to live in his house, I didn’t accept it, but my sister approved to the idea since she’s a money digger. I found a letter in my father’s thing.
‘’Dear Melody,
If you read this letter, that means that I’m no longer in this world. I’m sorry because I hid my sickness from you. I don’t want you to blame yourself for not noticing. What I wanted to say to you is that my friend want to marry his son to your sister, he want to be sure that his son in good hands. His son don’t know about all this story, so accept to go living in his house and help your sister to get closer to the son. We want this marriage to seem natural. I know that you don’t like to be a burden to anyone, but just go there and when you finish your job you can leave wherever you want. It’s my last wish for you.’’
Part 2: A new house.

I arranged my luggage, tidied up all the house before leaving. My sister was impatient, her curious eyes annoyed me. She knew about the son, she overheard a conversation between my father and his friend. A fancy car was waiting for us outside. We got in the car, the seats were comfortable. The next thing I remember is the door being opened by the handsome chauffeur into an enchanted place. There was a luxurious palace encircled by a dreamlike garden, much like a castle where the charming prince lives. While I was captivated by the wild beauty of the garden, my sister was absorbed by the well-designed building. We advanced in the magical land until we was in front of the door. The family welcomed us with the most heartwarming smiles expect a fetching man who looked indifferent and annoyed. He had a mesmerizing beauty, a rich chocolate hair which was thick and lustrous, his eyes were a deep ocean blue. He had distinct cheekbones, prominent jaw curved gracefully around, and a pale skin that made him look devilishly handsome. I had an immunity against handsome man, since I prioritize the internal beauty, ‘He had a hard-nosed attitude, he’s a spoilt brat ‘’ this is my first impression of him. In the other hand my poor sister was seduced and enchanted, his allure made her drool. I was afraid that this story end up with a one sided love. He showed no interest in Katy.

The family consisted of four persons: my father’s friend Drake and his wife Algaya, Alois the first son, and Cecilio the second son. The special charm of Alois was the result of the blend of his American father and Russian mother. I wonder how the cadet is, I wish he’s not like his brother. He’s fifteen, so it’s impossible to switch to him if things don’t go as expected with Alois.

Algaya always wanted to have daughters, that’s why she was very happy to have us living with her, she even prepared a bedroom for each one and decorated it. After all, living here wasn’t a very bad idea.

It was already 5:00 PM I went to take a shower and then took a nap.

Around 10:00 PM, it was dinner time, we gathered in the dining room. I thought myself in heaven with all the delicious food served in the table. The family were discussing some matters, while my sister and I ate silently, I don’t know what they were talking about since I was so concentrated in the food until Drake scared the shit of me with his question.

-Alois, what do you think about the young girls I brought here, they’re charming! Don’t you agree?

-The older one is beautiful. The other one is plain.

What the asshole just did say, I am plain, he didn’t even bother to call us with our names. The bastard Cecilio in the other side burst in laughter. I wanted to gauge their eyes with the fork in my hands. I forced a smile into my face and looked at him with murderous eyes and said:

-Thank for your compliment sir Alois.

Everyone in the table laughed. Algaya looked very entertained. Her laughter was the loudest.

At least he said that katy was beautiful.

Part 3: The girl next door.

The next morning was a Sunday, I didn’t have school, so I went to discover the area where I’m living now with my bicycle. There was only big houses around, it’s a place of wealthy people. In my way, I perceived an angel sitting in the bank. She had a stunning beauty, her skin as white as whipped cream, and a black chocolate silky hair, her lips so soft and red like strawberries, she’s a delicious cake in human form. I stared at her while driving the bicycle, she eyed me back with her big eyes, and smiled at me. I grinned back. She was the most beautiful thing I’ve seen so far, unlike my sister her beauty was natural. I continued my tour, and I found a beautiful lake at the end of the street. In my way back to home, I found two tiny dogs wandering .I couldn’t let them alone, so I picked them and brought them with me. I filled a large bucket with water to shower the cute dogs and then Alois popped up from nowhere, Cecilio was following him again.

-Hello, mother of dogs

-Hi son, you can join in your brothers.

I loved the look in Alois eyes. He was surprised. Yey, my win, Cecilio laughter amplified the impact.

-Shut up Cecilio!! He said with a furious tone.

I looked up to find the angel I saw earlier watching us from the window.

-Alois , who is she?

-She’s our neighbor, Raphtalia. She live there with her brother and father.

He blushed as he said her name with a gentle tone. His eyes sparkled like a pair of jewels.

Alright! The things are getting more and more complicated. Alois is in love with the girl next-door. I told my sister my latest discovery. She was frustrated and out of her mind

-I won’t let anyone steal my Alois.

-He isn’t yours to be stolen. You have to do something. The girl is a real beauty, you stand no chance.

-She’ll regret it, you’ll see. I’ll make him fall for me.

Katy tried to approach Alois in all ways, but he kept ignoring her, responding non-chalently.

I tried to help, I would always talk about her in front of him and how she took care of me, I told them several stories about her, some showing that she’s funny ,others that she’s kindhearted, but really he didn’t care at all, Cecilio was the one who heard me instead.

The next day, Raphtalia came to the house with her brother. It was common there to neighbors to visit each other from time to time. Drake introduced us to the visitors and then we congregated around the table to dine together. I pitied Raphtalia, Katy stared at her with vicious eyes, while Alois looked at her with the most affectionate expression he managed, and to run from this trailing eyes she turned to talk to me, she was sitting next to me.

-Nice to meet you Melody, I hope we can be friends. She said with her gentle voice.

I was suddenly in the spotlight. Both Alois and Katy were surprised, I was too.

-Sure, it’s my pleasure. By the way you can call me Mel. I said trying to seem friendly.

We kept discussing together, she wanted me to teach here how to plant flowers, she saw me before taking care of the garden, we talked about music ,she plays piano, she suggested to play with her sometime with my violin. She isn’t a bad girl, at first I answered her just to not sound rude but I found myself enjoying the discussion. We shared a lot of interests, she can make a good friend.

It was already 12:00PM, the visitors went to their home, and then Katy jumped at me.

-Good job!! Now we can now approach her and distance her from Alois.