Chapter 1
Unacceptable 🥀 🥀
TITLE: SOLD OFF
• Apartment 210
Kelly tip-toed to the corner of the house. She stuck her head out and there was her Aunt, Dianne, chewing so hard on a bubble gum. There was a man in front of Dianne, wearing a black suit and looking so fierce. He took out his briefcase and threw twelve stacks of cash in front of Dianne. It seemed her eyes grew wider as he took out the money one after another.
"So when are we getting the girl?" The man stared straight up at Dianne.
"Anytime he's ready to marry her," Dianne viciously said as she took up a single stack of cash, running her chubby fingers through it.
"The family will come back by 6pm to get her."
Kelly's heartbeat raced ten times over. Was her Aunt really going to sell her off for 12 stacks of cash? Dianne was never good to her, but why? They were still family.
"Alright. I'll get her ready."
The man stood up. "Hope you've gotten enough to seal your lips?"
"Sure," Dianne smiled. The man turned around and left the house.
Kelly hurried to her room and shut the door. She was trembling. Her aunt had told her she was getting married to the first son of the Reeds family but she thought it was some kind of joke till what she just saw in the living room. Kelly knew her aunt was a snake. With all the money she had witnessed her taking just a few minutes ago, Kelly knew one thing was up — she was getting sold.
Getting married to someone you've never known or seen wasn't part of Kelly's plan. She'd heard how rich the Reeds were. They had a big shipping company and they were very generous. She heard how kind they were, but something deep within her didn't let her accept this.
She stared at the wall clock. It was 3pm and she had three hours to try and escape. She was not sure about escaping, but... she needed to try. She went to her closet, picked up her journal, the locket her mom left behind before dying, and a few clothes. She arranged everything inside a little side bag, which she slung around her neck down to her shoulders.
She stared at the balcony in her room, moving towards it. She stood contemplating how to jump because she was scared of heights. Suddenly, the door to her room flew open and in came Dianne.
Dianne gave a halt on seeing Kelly with a little bag, about to jump. Kelly was petrified.
"Kelly! You're tryna escape?" Dianne acted all so nonchalant. She knew how fragile, both physically and emotionally, Kelly was.
Kelly quivered violently. This time, she didn't jump. She lost her balance and fell with a deafening scream. Dianne wasn't expecting it. She knew Kelly would never have jumped on her own. She rushed to the balcony to see Kelly on the ground, checking out her knee which had an injury from the fall.
"Kelly!" Dianne snapped. Kelly stared up at her. "Get back here now!"
Kelly knew it was now or never. She got up and tried to run, but realised her dress had been stuck upon the railings of the garden. Now Bass, Dianne's guard was running towards her, and out of fear, she used so much speed to run off that part of her dress tore from the railings, leaving a tiny piece on the railings. Right now, the motive was to escape so Kelly didn't look back.
She ran down the sloping area of a bush part, as her heartbeat accelerated with every step she took. Bass was not giving up either. He kept chasing after her, though he was beginning to get tired, yet Kelly only seemed to be getting faster! He was dying of thirst.
Kelly kept running, in no time she'd find the highway and jump into a taxi, she'd definitely escape. Finally, she'd be free from her aunt who only made her life a mini hell.
"Ah!" Kelly heard Bass scream from behind her, making her take a pause to stare at him.
He sat on the ground, holding his ankle wailing in pain. "Snake! Ouch! It hurts!"
"Bass?" Kelly felt it'd be completely wrong to leave him over here to die so she hurried back to him. "Bass, are you okay?"
"No!" he cried. "Snake... I got bitten."
"Let me look." Kelly pushed his trouser upward but found his leg spotless. Just then, Bass gripped her hand with a vicious smile. Only then did Kelly realize that Bass had acted just to trap her.
Bass knew that Kelly was soft-hearted, so he was left with no other alternative.
"Bass, please don't do this", she pleaded but he was forever loyal to Dianne. He held Kelly as firmly as possible leading her back to the house.
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• Apartment 210
Kelly was back at Dianne's feet, in tears.
"I'm trying to make your useless life better," Dianne said, hostility in her tone. "Yet you planned to run away? How much more ungrateful can you get?"
Kelly had her head down in tears. "I'm sorry, Aunt. Can... I not get married? ... I want to go to Paris and find a good job... I promise I'll take care of you."
"The Reeds will take proper care of you, Kelly. Even if you want to work in space, they can afford it."
"Please, Aunt."
"Please, Kelly," Dianne said sarcastically. "Get up and go pack up! They're coming to get you in 42 minutes."
Kelly had no other option. She was forced to go pack up. Dianne made her wear a purple dress that was simple, though elegant. Kelly stood in front of the mirror, lost in thoughts, when Dianne walked into her room.
"Enough of the sulking, Cinderella," Dianne sneered. "The car is here and it's the latest Rolls Royce."
Like that even mattered. Kelly stood up, holding her suitcase which Dianne instantly grabbed.
"Let me do that for you," Dianne gave a fake smile before leading the way out.
On getting outside the house, Kelly saw the elegant and flashy black car in front of the house. Two men in suits were waiting outside of it. The first one got the door for Kelly.
"Go in, c'mon," Dianne urged her.
Kelly sat in the car, feeling a certain cold down her stomach. The next guy took the suitcase from Dianne and placed it in the trunk. Both guys sat at the front seats of the car, which had tinted glasses. The car was not only luxurious on the inside but the air in it felt like a premium offer.
As the car zoomed into the chilly evening, Kelly could see Dianne waving so happily at the car from the mirror. Of course, Kelly knew it. Dianne would be thrilled, after all, she got a lot of cash and is getting relieved of her as a liability.
Kelly didn't know what to make out of this. Should she cry? Or just comply? Chill and escape when she gets to the Reeds family? Kelly so badly wished this was a nightmare and she'd wake up to realise she had her mom and dad and they lived happily in a little glass house by the lake in the woods.
She inhaled deeply. It hurt to dream the dreams you had no idea on how to chase in life, and now, Kelly just got sold off to a family for reasons she didn't know but if there was one thing she knew is that she didn't like the way the guys in front radiated a cold and scary aura.
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