Author's POV"Nelly?" Madeline called out.Nelly, who had been struggling with the security personnel immediately began to plead with Madeline to ask them to let her go."Please, let her go. I know her; she's a friend," Madeline said to security personnel."Are you sure, Miss Hawthorne?" One of them asked."Yes I'm sure," Madeline replied.The security personnel let go of Nelly, who ran over to Madeline's side. Madeline turned to look at her sister and said,"You may return to mum's room. Tell her that everything is fine and there's nothing to worry about."Marie rolled her eyes but did as her sister had said. After she had gone away, Madeline turned to look at Nelly and asked,"What was the reason for that commotion earlier? You scared the whole hospital.""I'm sorry; I came to the hospital and saw you and your sister coming this way. I waited for a while before making my way towards here but the security guys wouldn't allow pass through," Nelly said."What exactly was was purpose o
Author’s POVNelly?" Madeline called out.Nelly, who had been struggling with the security personnel immediately began to plead with Madeline to ask them to let her go."Please, let her go. I know her; she's a friend," Madeline said to security personnel."Are you sure, Miss Hawthorne?" One of them asked."Yes I'm sure," Madeline replied.The security personnel let go of Nelly, who ran over to Madeline's side. Madeline turned to look at her sister and said,"You may return to mum's room. Tell her that everything is fine and there's nothing to worry about."Marie rolled her eyes but did as her sister had said. After she had gone away, Madeline turned to look at Nelly and asked,"What was the reason for that commotion earlier? You scared the whole hospital.""I'm sorry; I came to the hospital and saw you and your sister coming this way. I waited for a while before making my way towards here but the security guys wouldn't allow me to pass through," Nelly said."What exactly was was purpo
Author's POVSuddenly, her eyes brightened indicating that she remembered. A bright smile appeared on her face.“You’ve forgotten what tomorrow is?” Daniel asked, his voice sad.“And why would? How can I ever forget that our anniversary is tomorrow?” Madeline replied. Daniel’s face brightened. He was glad that Madeline remembered.“I’m glad you remembered. I have a surprise for you,” he said.“What is it?” Madeline asked.“If I tell you, then it would no longer be a surprise,” Daniel said. Madeline groaned, causing Daniel to laugh.“I’m sorry babe but you’ll have to wait until tomorrow,” he said to her. “Fine; just know I won’t be able to sleep well tonight now cause I’ll be thinking about this surprise,” Madeline said.“You will babe; you will,” Daniel promised. After talking for a little bit more, they decided to end the call as they were both feeling sleepy. The next day, at school, Madeline and her friends sat around their table.“So what are we going to go about our Pearl con
Author’s POVJust a few steps away from the restroom door, Madeline was shocked to see Pearl and Aaron standing together, the same Aaron was withdrawn from her school. Her spine tingled with chill. She finally received confirmation for all her gut instincts and assumptions about the two of them being related. There could not be a more obvious coincidence about how identical they were. Memories of all the times she’d dismissed her concerns ran through her head, in part because Daniel had claimed that unrelated people may look alike, and in part because she didn’t want to risk her fragile connection with Pearl. She quickly—almost instinctively—took out her phone and, with a shaky palm, stealthily snapped a photo of the two of them. She realized that her friends also needed to know the reality, thus she had to tell them about this discovery. She didn’t wait a second to send Emily and Sarah the images and the note, “You won’t believe what I just saw.” As she watched Aaron and Pea
Author's POVSeeing that he couldn't find anything wrong with the ingredients they used in preparing the dishes, Lucian had no other choice but to return back to the hospital. Finally he got there, and the doctor told him that they've finally been able to find out what was wrong with Madeline."I guess we were looking elsewhere. We kept running tests on Madeline and we discovered that Madeline fell sick as a result of an allergic reaction to something she ate the previous day," the doctor said.Lucian looked at the doctor with a confused look on his face."An allergic reaction?" He asked."Yes; an allergic reaction and in order to find out what caused it, we asked her what she had eaten the night before and she mentioned an Italian dish. We traced what could have given her the allergic reaction and we found out that her allergen was seafood," the doctor said.Lucian felt relieved especially after the doctor told him that they've administered some drugs to Madeline and that she'd be be
Author’s POV"Tell me, what did you find out?" Madeline asked."Well, my friend, whom I told you guys about, spoke to his friend and he found out that Pearl is actually Aaron's twin sister and was studying in another school but suddenly left. I guess that's when she came to our school. Besides that, he couldn't find any incriminating thing about her. In fact, she was the best student in her old school," Daniel said. Madeline wasn't too surprised by the new information she had gotten since she had always suspected the relation between Pearl and Aaron."So what are we going to do now? I was thinking we would find out some dirt about her to push her out of our school but now that there's none, we can't get her to stop troubling me," Madeline said."You see, babe, you can't extinguish negativity by engaging in negativity. If you want to protect yourself from Pearl's attacks, we need to find a better approach.""What better approach?" Madeline asked."Talk to her and find out why she's do
Author’s POV"Really? From which school?” Madeline asked excitedly.“From NYU, I haven’t opened the email yet. I wanted to do it with you by my side,” Daniel said.“Okay, are you home now?” Madeline asked.“Yes I am. You can come over,” Daniel said to her.“Okay; I’ll be there in a minute,” Madeline said, ending the call.She jumped out of bed and got dressed in more proper clothing. She quickly walked out of her room, made her way down the stairs and saw her parents in the living room watching television.“Where are you off to?” Lucian asked as he saw her walking towards the door.“I’m just heading to Daniel’s; he received an email from one of the prospective colleges. We want to check it out,” Madeline answered.“Don’t stay out late,” Anne said.“Okay mum, bye dad,” she said as she opened the door and walked out.She made her way out of the Mansion’s premises and walked over to Daniel’s house, which was just a few blocks away. When she got to Daniel’s house, she rang the bell and th
Author’s POVMadeline rolled her eyes because she obviously knew who had just spoken. She turned around to find Jessica, the school’s queen bee and her minions standing behind her. She opened her mouth to speak but someone beat her to it.“What are you doing here, Jessica?” Emily asked, a frown etched on her face. Jessica said with a smug smirk, “Oh, just checking if losers like you got an invitation to the prom.” Madeline couldn’t help but become irritated. Choosing not to lose her composure, she answered, “Well, Jessica, you’re invited to the prom too just like everyone else, loser it is not. You don’t have to fear losing your crown. It’s not like any of us on this table are going to compete with you for prom queen.” “Please, I wouldn’t be caught dead at a prom with the likes of you,” jeered Jessica. “ I should be doing better things,” she added. Madeline turned to her friends and dismissed Jessica’s jeers, saying, “Let’s not waste our time on negativity. We should be con