Beautiful Gianna

Chapter 3: A strange feeling

Gianna's POV:

Today is my 18th birthday and I am so excited, yet something inside me is telling me that today I am going to find out something shocking. (knock, knock) Who is it?" "Good morning Miss Gianna it is me Nanny Greta" "Hello Nanny, good morning." "Good morning, your mother sent me to come and call you up for breakfast miss." "Thank you, Nanny, but what did I tell you about calling me Miss, please just call me Gianna." I go downstairs and the dining table is filled up with every kind of breakfast from Italian to Ghanaian breakfast to French delicacies. "Good morning sweety, how are you?" "Fine Mom thanks" "Well happy birthday!" "Hahaha thanks, Mom, where are Jaiden and Jaxel?" "Right at your back sis'' I turned around and found Jaxel and Jaiden smiling, and Jaxel holding a pink-wrapped small box. "Happy birthday!" they stated. "Come outside with us" They used a piece of cloth to cover my eyes and led me to the garage. "Surprise!!!" " Wait... like seriously? A brand new beige range rover!" "Yes, and that is not all, since you love singing, we, including Mom, decided to open and renovate the old music studio upstairs, and well…sign you up for a talent show…if that is ok with you." "ok? This is the best news I have ever received! Thank you so much you didn't have to." "Nah ah ah, today is your birthday so we have to spoil you rotten…" The studio is so big I didn't even know we had such a big room. The colour of the walls is peach while the singing equipment was black and purple, my favourite colour…and in the middle of the studio there is a galaxy-themed table and a laptop on it, it is like a dream coming true! "Madam the car is ready" one of the bodyguards came in and informed Mom, "Okay guys we better get going or we will be late" "Mom wait, I got a new car, so I will drive" "But dear-" "no buts mom, Archie you can tell the driver to take the day off, we will take my new Polar3." "Woo hoo! That's our little sister!" We sat in the car for over one hour, and since we had started to become bored we decided to turn on the Bluetooth and listen to some music… " ten thousand reasons for my heart to say, ohh-" we sang almost the whole journey to the restaurant and by the time we arrived our voices were exhausted. " Hello, my name is Clari Gonzales, and I rented a table for four" "This way ma'am" our VIP room was fabulous! There was a rectangular dining table in the middle of the room which was gigantic, a couch for the four of us to sit on and watch the big TV screen there then there was a private washroom. The walls of the room were pink with a shade of purple at the bottom. We ate and watched a couple of movies until it was time to go home to start the real party. Suddenly Mom's phone started ringing. I had been eagerly awaiting her birthday for weeks. She had planned the perfect party and invited all of her friends to celebrate with her. But as the day approached, things began to unravel.

As the sun began to set, Gianna's mom received a call from her office. There was an urgent mission that required her immediate attention. Despite her best efforts to stay, she had to leave to attend to the matter.

"I'm sorry, baby, I know this is not what you wanted on your special day. But I promise to make it up to you," her mom said as she hugged her tight and left the room. Hours passed, and Gianna, along with her two younger siblings, Jaxel and Jayden, waited anxiously for their mother to return. They had enjoyed their day, but they couldn't shake off the disappointment of their mom not being able to celebrate with them. As the clock struck 9 o'clock, they heard a car pull up to the mansion's driveway. Excited and relieved, they rushed to the door to greet their mother. But what they saw made them freeze in shock. Instead of their mother, they saw a man in a black suit with dark shades standing at the doorstep, holding a letter in his hand. "Is everything alright? Where's our mother?" Jaxel asked, unable to mask the fear in his voice. The man handed the letter to Jaxel and left, he eagerly tore it open. As he read the contents, his heart sank. Their mother had been caught up in a dangerous situation, and he couldn't disclose any details except that she was safe. She had left detailed instructions for them on how to keep the house secure and what to do in case of an emergency. They ran to inform Nanny Greta who sighed and said " I knew she was a spy for a very long time, and I had a feeling that this day would happen" Gianna, Jaxel, and Jayden looked at each other, unsure of what to do next. Their mom was a spy, and they never knew that. They had never imagined that they would be left alone to fend for themselves. As they quietly made their way back into the mansion, they noticed something unusual. The house was set up differently than they remembered. There were secret compartments and hidden passages that they had never noticed before. "What's going on?" Gianna whispered, fear creeping up her spine. Jayden took charge. He gathered his siblings and sat them down, explaining to them that their mom was in danger and that they had to follow her instructions to keep themselves safe. The night was long and scary, but as they bedded down for the night, Jayden saw his siblings asleep and felt proud of himself that he had managed to keep his siblings safe.