Chapter 1: Prologue

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“Hey, Kate. Are you ready? We are leaving in an hour.”, my mom asked me smiling from ear to ear. She stands tall wearing a knee-length dress. She is quite pretty and I love her the most. She is the best mommy in the world. “Yes, mommy. I am done. But I can’t find my sandals.”, I reply as I bend down to look for my sandals. I spot them under the bed. I move my body under the bed and my small five years old body gives me benefit. I pull them out and wear them quickly. “Mommy, I am ready. Let’s go.”, I giggle and hold her one finger with my small hands. We walk out of the house which we will be leaving soon. As we are shifting, so I have to leave this house. My father has started a new business. His office is far away from here, so we needed to shift. I can see my mother’s car and her chauffeur, Mr. Clifford. He is my favorite uncle here. He loves me a lot and even plays with me when he has no work. “Good morning, mam. Good morning, baby Kate.”, he greeted us with a smile while opening the car door for us. Mom replied before sitting inside, “Good morning, Sage.” “Good morning, uncle Ford. How are you?”, I greet him. I call him uncle Ford as I can’t pronounce his name properly. He chuckled because he finds it cute, “I am perfect baby Kate.” He helped me to settle down on the back seat of the car before going to the driver’s seat. Soon we were on the road. I smiled at my mother when I saw her looking down at me smiling. “She is the kindest and sweetest girl I have ever met.”, Uncle Ford smiled and spoke. My mother caressed my cheek and spoke, ”Yes, that’s true.” Turning to the uncle she continued, “You know Sage, one day she gave her whole lunch box to an old needy woman, along with her pocket money. She didn’t even eat a single piece the whole day. She is so kind.” I smiled shyly while they two chuckled. “Mommy, will there be kids of my age?”, I curiously asked my mother. I didn’t have friends earlier. So, now I want friends so I won’t get bored. “Yes, there will be. In fact, there are two kids in our neighborhood and one boy next to them. They all are of your age. You can befriend them.”, she replied to me while patting my head. “They won’t hate me, will they?”, I ask her nervously. “No, sweetie, they won’t. You are the loveliest and sweetest girl ever. You are beautiful, intelligent, and kind. They will definitely like you.”, she squeezed my hand, reassuring me. ** The journey to our new home was quite longer than I had expected. After four hours we finally arrived. Mom picked me up and went inside the new home. It is quite bigger as compared to our previous one. Shifting was over by the evening time. And then mom took me to the neighbor’s house. This is not a house, it is a mansion. This place is four times our house. It has a big garden, a pool, a hall to accommodate two hundred people at a time. And a lot more to discover. I was eyeing the place in awe wide eyes when my mother’s voice drew my attention. “Good evening, Mrs. Hamilton. How are you?”, she moved forward towards a pretty, slim, and tall lady. I stood in my place. “Good evening, Mrs. Wilson. I doing great. Have you shifted completely?”, she asked mommy in her polite voice. “Yes, we have. By the way, where are your children? I want Katrina to meet them.”, mom said pointing her finger at me. The other lady looked at me with a smile. “Say hello to aunt Silvia, sweetie.” “Hello, auntie. How are you?”, I spoke shyly, my voice almost inaudible. I came near her and shook hands with her. She took my small hand and picked me up. Pinching my cheek she spoke, “Hello Kate. I am fine. You are so cute.”, she kissed my cheeks. “Why don’t you play with Alex and Joanna. They both are in the playroom, That one.”, she pointed at the door. I turned to look at mom, when she nodded and smiled, auntie put me down on the ground. I slowly walked towards that room. I pushed it and entered. As soon as I entered, I saw a girl and a boy playing with balls and toys. The boy must be Alex and the girl must be Joanna. As I approached them, Alex’s brown eyes met mine. But suddenly Joanna shrieked. The next thing my mind registered was me on the ground, with Joanna hugging me on top of me. My mommy and auntie Silvia rushed inside, toward us. They both picked me and Joanna up, “What happened, Joanna?”, asked auntie, “Are you okay, Kate?” “Mommy, finally I got a new friend. Alex and Xayden are boring.”, Joanna beamed. She turned to me, “Will you be my friend?”, she asked pouting her lips. “Yes, I will. Friends?”, I replied grinning. I extended my hand to shake with hers’. She was jumping up and down, clapping. “Hurrah!”, she exclaimed. “Oh! I forgot to ask your name. What is your name?” “Katrina. But you can call me Kate.”, I spoke. “I’ll call you Katy. Now let’s play.”, she took my hand and dragged it to her toys. Barbie and her big toy house, balls of various sizes, various animals, birds, cars, two cycles, tennis, badminton, drawing books, and many more. We settled on cycles and roamed around the mansion. Alex also joined us soon. She also showed me her room which she shares with her two years elder brother Alex. Joanna became my friend while Alex said nothing. But he had something that kept pulling me towards him. Many times I found him staring at me with amusement filled in his eyes. After some time Xayden also came to play with us. He lives next to Joanna’s house. That day we all became best friends. But I didn’t know that one day my life will change completely because I will be the devil’s wife. *****
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