THREE

CHAPTER THREE

DIANA

I know they want the best for me but they have to understand that I also want the best for myself and the best is finding my own path away from their stifling presence and many achievements. I don’t want to always remain the girl who was born into the Rodrigues family and always known for my parent’s wealth. I want something more and even if they cannot understand it now, they will later.

I don’t know exactly what…

A knock interrupted my musings in my diary and I closed it immediately and sat up.

“Come in” I said.

Mara’s head poked in as she surveyed my countenance before walking towards me in slow measured steps. She sat beside me and held out a hand, waiting while I placed my hand in hers with my eyes brimming with unshed tears

“I want you to know that I know how you feel and I will support you finding your own path away from all this” She told me

“Nobody seems to understand that this is not another tantrum throwing and I really do not want to be just the daught