CHAPTER 1: THE BEGINNING AND LIFESTYLE
TRIS (PRESENT)
"How could you let this happen"? Odessa screams at me while holding my report card and flinging it in my face. "won't happen again ". I respond with the same reply I do all the time. "I will not accept it this time I let your s**t slide all the time but me being silent to your behaviours also has a limit. you have crossed it tris, this will be my one and only warning if you want to stay in wellspring with sunny you will behave young man". she was threatening me? with the bit if life I had? she knew I couldn't leave sunny and she was taking advantage of the fact. sunny my little sister couldn't go through the same path as me and I was staying with her to ensure this. I snapped out of my thoughts and before realising a hand came at my face. SHE SLAPPED ME! my cheek still burned. "y..you slapped me! how dare you raise your hand at me after everything I'm doing for your sake?" I said in a trembling voice. it was the truth I was working like a dog for her all because I was the next heir to her inheritance and her business. I never wanted to be what I am today. my mother odessa had formed me into a lifeless monster all because she wanted me perfect for the position I never wanted. the fact was I had never considered Odessa my mother, she might be blood but she was never a mother to me. all she ever was to me was called a boss. and it's not surprising I hate my life thanks to her! . "ofcourse I slapped you it's not like you don't deserve it. I have seen no performance in your work. your becoming lazy and arrogant it will be no surprise to me if you turn out like your father." she said in an aggressive manner almost spitting at me. these words hurt like actual hell these words were worse than her slap. because all my life I have been working to not become what my father was. I hated my father, he was and will be the worst person known to the face of earth. he left me all alone with odessa only when i was nine. i remember, I remember it all too vividly and I'll never forget that day. it was when I realized the world wont actually care if things don't go your way. the world will move on even if you don't.it was and is scary how people change
I was done hearing whatever insults Odessa had to throw at my face. I turned my back on her calmly striding toward the main exit door of our house. right now I was anything but calm I was furious with her. I was hurt by her words. and I wish she cared but I was well aware she didn't. "yeah walk away like your father did. your a coward ". these sentences made me stop my track and turn to her. "I will never be what my father was. and you'll never be something meaningful to me." these were the words I said before I ran out the door.
