“Dad, can we talk about that? I need to tell you something but in private.” Eliza and Tom both knew that discussing Benjamin in front of Eleanor was not good at all. It was difficult shielding her from her own biological father but Eliza had no choice. She did not want Eleanor to know the monster she had as a father. She knew that it would break her heart so she decided that it was better if she did not know him at all and she was determined to have it that way. “Uh, Mary!” Tom quickly thought of something and called for one of his maids. “Yes, sir?” “Could please take my darling granddaughter to the living room?” he directed his maid to escort Eleanor away from the discussion that they were about to have.Eleanor stared at them with confusion wondering why they wanted to send her away. Her concerned eyes caught their attention, making them bend their knees.“Sorry Eleanor, your mom and I just need to speak for a bit.” Tom wanted to give a vague explanation, hoping that Eleanor
Eliza and Tom were extremely worried as Eleanor was standing before them with an orange popsicle in her hand. Behind her, Mary rushed along with a stressed out expression. “I’m so sorry sir and ma’am… I turned my back for just a minute and she disappeared.” Mary begged for their forgiveness, understanding what a grave mistake she had committed. “Eleanor… sweetheart… What are you doing here?” Eliza sprang up from the chair, tucked some of the hair at the front behind her ear and approached her daughter. “I was searching for you mommy…” Eliza realised that she had been away from her for a while now causing Eleanor to be a bit nervous. After all, it was the first time being in that house and city… naturally Eleanor was not too comfortable in unfamiliar surroundings without her mother. “I’m sorry baby.” she leaned in to take her in her arms.“Don’t worry, I’ll be with you from now.. Okay?” “Now come on, finish your popsicle before it melts completely.” After Eleanor gave a nod of und
“Psst, hey… you look familiar to me!” the girl sitting behind Eleanor whispered after poking her shoulder. The words uttered by the girl confused Eleanor. It was confusing to her to put it simply. She did not know who that girl was and wondered what she meant. “What do you mean?” Eleanor whispered as her curiosity got the best of her. The two were facing each other even though they were seated one ahead of the other, causing them to receive attention from the rest of the class as well as the teacher. The teacher who was named Mrs. Vitalo was busy trying to teach math to the class when suddenly she noticed everyone’s attention was stolen by the conversation between Eleanor and the girl behind her. Mrs. Vitalo got upset that her efforts were going in vain by such disturbance. She did not like it one bit and in response to that, she took the duster sitting on her table and banged it hard on the surface of the table. She successfully grabbed everyone’s attention including Eleanor an
“Bailey, there is this new girl who looks like you!” These words that were mentioned by Stephanie, sparked attention in Bailey’s initial uninterested mind. She could not believe what she was just hearing. “What did you just say?” the “I mean… she is not as pretty as you are but she is definitely smarter… like she crushed the teacher at math” The atmosphere was a pin drop of silence in Bailey’s mind as she processed what she had just heard from Stephanie’s lips. It was something that she never heard anyone say to her before. All her life she went by having compliments commenting on how unmatched she was. She was treated more like the Queen wherever she went because of her dad’s influence. “What did you say? Who is smarter than me? Do you know who you are talking to?” she had an annoyed tone dominating her voice. It would have been a trivial matter but for her it was like an insult. “I know but I really do think-” Bailey cut her short with her temper that erupted a scream, “
“Dad, stop!” The little girl’s voice was strong enough to break the never ending cycle of fight that Benjamin was having with Shannon. It brought them back into the real world with their attention immediately directed at Bailey. “Why are you shouting at her? She did not do anything wrong… in fact, she came to me when I needed someone… Where were you? I was calling out to you multiple times before she came to me.” Defeated by his daughter’s words, he tried to defend his actions, “Sweetheart, I was at work-” “Is your work more important than me, daddy? “No sweetheart, of course not!” “Then act like it's not!” Bailey dashed away from the room, leaving her father in a tight spot. Although he returned home to meet her, the type of encounter he had with his daughter was not what he wanted. Shannon took a good look at the state of Benjamin… The frustrated defeated look dominating his face. It gave her a gush of happiness. Letting out a chuckle to mock Benjamin, she followed Bailey a
It was a month later and a new day in the life of Eleanor. She had spent quite a while living and adapting to the new city and life with a new member and environment. At first she thought it would be very difficult for her to settle down, however as time flew and she grew on her grandfather and the maids of the house, she actually began to like her new life. With a usual morning routine done, it was another day of school. Eleanor sat in her usual place in the classroom with a sigh. Although it had been a month since she attended school, she did not really make a lot of friends. It was not something she thought about much initially but later, she would wonder what life would have been if she had had a few friends. She would want to try it out but her shy personality always got in the way, causing her to retract and spend time all by herself.The dullness of the day was setting in place with the grey clouds blanketing everything below it. As they approached the school, the bleak light
“You idiot” Bailey lashed out in rage as she looked at the mess that had ruined her perfect outfit for the play. Her eyes popped out with her lips shriveled up as the anger kept seeping through every part of her body. Though she was quite young, she had the temper of a full fledged adult and control was not a part of her dictionary. After letting out the only two words from her mouth, Bailey had expected some sort of a reaction from the troublemaker Eleanor but all she was greeted by was a still back that had no movement except for the shivers that the body was experiencing. Infuriated by the lack of communication or reaction, Bailey walked up front to Eleanor She needed to confront her to release all the anger that was bottling up inside of her till now. However, what she wanted to achieve seemed impossible because Eleanor’s face was facing the ground without any signs of her getting up anytime soon. “Hey! I’m talking to you!” She attempted one more time to hear some words from
“That girl… she’s… she’s my sister!” Eleanor gasped as her eyes felt stunned looking over the words in the biology book. She thought that if she could find the answers to her questions, it would bring her some satisfaction and subside her hunger to learn more about that girl but in fact, the opposite happened. The shock of the truth hit her harder than she expected. She could not believe that that girl was actually her twin sister. Eleanor never recalled her mother even mentioning a thing about her having a sibling. She always thought it was just her mother and her with her absent father. “Why did mommy never tell me about this?” She thought to herself, questioning many things about her life at that point. The fact that she knew she had a sister out there gave her shivers as it came out of the blue. What was she supposed to do at this point? She contemplated whether she should confront her mother about this but she feared her reaction and whether it was the right thing to do. Sh