Diamond In The Rough

MADISON'S POV FLASH BACK I groaned as I sat up from the bed. My head seemed painfully heavy as I raised it up. I looked around but I couldn't find Jackson, my boyfriend. My mind went to last night's ordeal and I sighed. It is done, there is no going back. But why is my head pounding so painfully? I didn't drink last night, did I? That aside, where exactly is Jackson? Is he in the bathroom or something? *Ring!!* I heard my phone ring from the side of the bed and I reached for it with trembling hands. I looked at the caller and it was Clara, my best friend. "Hey, Clara." I said with shaky voice "Keep the greetings, Madi. You're in big trouble." She said and my heart almost flew out of my chest. "Wh..what happened?" "Haven't you seen the trending news on opera?" "No..I.. "Go check it now!" She screamed and I quickly hanged up. I went to opera and...no ,no no no! This can't be happening. My nudes are all over the web. This must be a dream. This cannot be happening. I look like a pornstar! The pictures here didn't even seem like I was in the right state if mind. How can I be with almost four men and I wouldn't know? Was I drugged? The four men had thier faces blurred and only mine was made visible. How could this picture be taken? Did Jackson do this? But why? Why will he do this to me? Why will he tarnish my image like this? Why?! I didn't do anything wrong so why will he do this? Igave him what he has always wanted ; s*x so why will he repay me like this? This picture shows I was giving a man b*****b while being f**ked in doggy style. This is all a lie! This did not even happen. We only had s*x that's all. Oh God why?! Look at the comments! *Oh my God so disgusting* *She's a w***e* *What a cheap slut!* *Wait, isn't that Madison Campbell? The daughter of the owner of TECHMOTO?* *Wow! I cant believe this is her true colour* *And she seemed so innocent* *Cheap sl*t* *Wide hole b***h* I cried as I read through the comments. This isn't happening. I must be in some kind of crazy dream. I threw my phone at the wall in anger and screamed. "Jackson!" I screamed as I cried my eyes out. END OF FLASH BACK Anytime I remember this memory, I always feel like committing suicide. I've tried committing suicide twice but I always get rescued. But why? They should just let me die. Like...what's the use of my existence? There's no where I'll go that I'll not be mocked, reprimanded or insulted.. So why can't I die in peace? But I guess I still have two reasons to live : my unborn child needs a family and my brother still needs me. I guess those are enough reasons. I heard the sound of plates crashing and I jolted out of my thoughts. Gosh! I just broke a plate. Another round of insult coming up. "You never do anything thing good in your life. All you know how to do is to break things. You broke our reputation, you broke our family name, now you broke a plate? What else are you gonna break huh? Tell me you godforsaken child!" Ivory, my stepmother, fired. Eyes blazing in anger. "Mum it was a mistake... "Mistake? Yeah, you always make mistakes. Just the way the bastard in your tummy is a mistake!" She spat heartlessly and tears rolled down my face. My child is always called a bastard and he's not a bastard. He has a father! An asshole of a father who is nowhere to be found. "Clean this mess up, i***t!" She hissed and I fell on my knees, allowing the tears to fall freely. This is what I've been going through for the past four months. Well, who is to be blamed? Me, of course! I was the one that fell for his charms, I was the one that trusted him too much, I am the cause of all these. The name my dad has been keeping for years was dragged into the mud by me in just a day. I'm never going to forgive myself. My stupid mistake ruined dad's reputation to the extent that it almost cost him his company. Well, thank God it didn't. He doesn't show me the fatherly love anymore. I became a complete stranger to him. I really messed up. "Sis, are you crying again?" I heard my brother, Jason, ask. I quickly cleaned my tears and stood up, giving him my best fake smile. "No...something got stuck in my eye." I said as I faced the sink. He sighed and hugged me from the back. "You don't need to cry sis. You'll get through this soon." He pecked my shoulders and I smiled, a genuine one this time. He turned me to face him and he smiled. "How is little Jason doing? Is he kicking?" He placed his ear on my four months protruded tummy and he made kicking sounds with his mouth. I laughed as he brought his head up. "I'm sure he's fine." I rubbed my tummy and he nodded as he held my shoulders. "I don't like seeing you cry, sis. I really get hurt when you cry." "I'm sorry." I said and he hugged me. "Just stay happy for me and Jason junior." I sighed deeply with a nod. Well, my parents gave birth to two children, Jason and I. Jason is sixteen years old. Two years younger than I am. We are rich but not that rich. At least out of 100 we are 75 so we are able to aquire every needs and wants Cars, houses, and other material things. We are very blessed but unfortunately, I'm enjoying little out of the blessings now. They feed me but I use my own earned money to take care of myself and my baby. Thank God I saved a lot of money before all these happened. Jason also helps. "I'm going to see Clara today." I said and as I expected, I got nothing but a scoff and a head shake. "That b***h haven't call for the past three months. She avoided you like a plague and you wanna visit her?" He scoffed unbelievably and I knocked his head playfully . "Come on, she's not a b***h, she's my best friend." "Best friend indeed." He said and I chuckled. "Let me go freshen up." I said and we both proceeded out of the kitchen. I got to my bedroom and I slumped on my bed. I stripped off my clothes and proceeded to the bathroom. I took my bathe and I came out of the bathroom. I sat in front of my dressing mirror and I sighed at the depressed and weary face staring back at me. Pregnancy didn't change me one bit. I'm still the beautiful brown skinned Madison. My mum is black American so I got my skin color from her and yeah my dad is white. I lost my mother in a car accident when I was five. Dad married Ivory two years later and she presented herself as a caring mother until I got to highschool and everything changed. Of course, dad didn't believe all my reports about her so I just gave up. I took my comb and I groaned at the sight of the over full, long and puffy afro hair. Afro is beautiful but combing it can bw very stressful. Jason has told me to straighten it but I love it like this. It adds to my beauty and my mother always told me not to cut it when she was alive. After almost thirty minutes, I was done with my hair. I packed it right at the middle creating a puffy ball. I took a yellow slip on that matched my floral gown and I wore it. I exited my room and I took the stairs. "And where are you going?" I heard Ivory ask. "I'm going to see Clara." I said and she returned her gaze back to the book she was reading. "I'll be back in less than two hours." She didn't bother to reply me. Well, I'm kinda used to that. I got out of the house and proceeded to the main gate I'm supposed to take one of the cars but I'm not entitled anymore. Clara's house is just few blocks away so I'll just walk. ★★★ *Ding dong* I rang the door bell and a voice answered. "Coming." The door creaked open, revealing Clara's mum. "Oh... it's you." She said with a scornful look which I get a lot. "Good afternoon, ma'am." I greeted with my best smile. "What do you want?" She spat disdainfully, totally ignoring my greeting. "Um...I'm here to see Clara." I said and she scoffed. "Who's that mum?" I heard Clara ask from inside. "Madison?" She said as she came in full view in front of me. "Be fast with your talking." Clara's mum said as she left the door. "What are you doing here?" She asked as she locked the door behind her. I didn't expect that question. What I'm I doing here? Is this the first time I'm coming to her house? Am I not allowed to come to her house again? "Let's go in. I have to talk to you." I said as I took a step but she stopped me. "No no no. Don't let us go in. Say anything you wanna say here." I sighed and nodded briskly "Well, I came to check up on you since I haven't seen your call for a long time and even if I called you, you wouldn't pick so I thought maybe something came up and..." "Oh..nothing came up Madi." She cut in and I bat my lashes rapidly. "So why didn't you.. "I deliberately didn't call." She said and I smiled lightly "Look Madi, you're a great girl but you and I can't be friends anymore." She said and I swallowed hard "W...why is that?" I stuttered and she scoffed. I know where this is going and that even hurt me more. "Why is that? Are you really asking me that question? For f***s sake your goddamn nudes were on the web. Just take a look at yourself! You're pregnant. You look like a woman at ninety two. You're seen as a w***e in the whole neighborhood and I can't be friends with a whore." She said without any emotion and I smiled ; a smile of pain and disappointment. I wiped the tear rolling down my cheeks and sniffed. "So..let's not come across each other again." With that, she slammed the door right at my face. Okay Madi, don't cry. You're supposed to be used to this by now. You're always casted away by everyone so this shouldn't make you cry but it hurts so damn much. Clara is my best friend and I can't believe she said all that. We've been friends since third grade and she's been like a sister to me. Why would she say all that? *Ring ring* I heard my phone ring and I took it out of my purse. Oh it's Jason. I sniffed in and wiped my tears before answering. "Hey, sis" "Hey, Jay, what'sup?" "Just wanted to check up on you. Coming back from Clara's? I smiled out tears as I walked "Yeah" "How'd it go?" More tears poured as I remembered all Clara said. "It went...it went great. Very great" "Something happened right?" That's my brother for you. He knows when anything is wrong with me. "No, nothing happened." "Okay. See you when you get home." He sounded unconvinced "Bye" I ended the call and I continued my walk home. ★★★ "I'm home." I announced as if anyone would answer me. "You're back."Jay said as he climbed down the stairs with his laptop in his hands. "Hey, where's mum and dad?" "I do not know and why do you keep calling Ivory mum?" "I'm used to it." He hissed and sat on the three sitter couch. "Come take a look at this." H tapped the space beside him as be scrolled through his laptop. I sat beside him and peeped at what he was doing. "What's up?" "A guy is requesting for a hacker. He said his computer has been infected with a virus. Like somebody put it there and he can't access his files and documents and he needs to access a file urgently." I hummed as I stared at the laptop. "You can do that right? You studied this tech stuff in high school." "Um...is there a pay?" I asked "Um mm..." He hummed as he scrolled through his laptop. "3000 bucks?" He exclaimed and I chocked on the water I was drinking. "3 grand?" "Yeah, seems like he really needs that file." He said and I nodded. "So will you do it?" "Is that a question? We are talking about 3000 bucks and you're asking me? Heck yeah! I'm doing it." He grinned and I sat upright. "All you have to do is to email him your account number." "It's pay before work?" "Nope." I nodded with a shrug. "But I have to create an anonymous email. I don't want the person to know it's me." He nodded with a hum "What about your account? He can trace you through your account." He said and I smirked, patting him on his shoulder. "Oh brother. I ain't a hacker for nothing" "I trust you sis, now get to it" "Yeah" I collected the laptop from him and I set to work. I stretched my hands and cracked my knuckles as I closed the laptop. I finally finished with helping the man with his virus problem and yeah I got my 3000 bucks. Now I can buy more baby clothes and accessories. I can't wait to finally give birth. I bet my baby will be so cute. ★★★ *Knock knock* "Who is it?" "It's me sis, you done?" "Yeah" I opened the door and his sixteen years old cute face popped in. "Dad's back." He said and my face went down. "You'll be fine." He assured as he squeezed my hands, giving me an assuring smile. "Hey, dad." Jason greeted as we got to the sitting room. "Hey son, how was your day?" Dad replied with his ever sweet smile which he ceased to give me from the very day I disappointed him. "Welcome dad." I greeted with my best smile and he only gave a nod. I'm okay with that. At least I got a nod. I was always ignored before but now, I got a nod. That's great news. "I made dinner." Ivory said as she took his suitcase. I really wanna have the chance to cook for the family but Ivory won't let me. She'll say I'll contaminate the food with my immoral hands. And I really love cooking. I spend my leisure time in watching cooking tutorials and learning new recipes. I have a book of recipes I invented myself which I've never gotten the chance to cook. My dream is to become a successful chef but dad wanted me to study business so I can take over his company. Not that that can happen again anyways. I just wish there's a way to make my dream come true. I'm gonna make it come true, I'm promising myself that. . .