On Our First Attempt

LEE FAMILY Ariana Lee Dylan Lee - Ariana's Son Logan Lee - Ariana's Brother Sean Lee - Ariana's Father Isabella Lopez - Ariana's Mother KINGS FAMILY Kyle Kings - CEO of Kings Holdings Valeria Kings - Kyle's Sister Dylan Kings - Kyle's Father Carlos Rodriguez - Valeria's Husband Brayden & Bryce Rodriguez - Valeria's Twin. OTHERS Hector Torres - Dylan Lee's Father/Ana's best friend Natasha Anderson - Hector's mother Paul Torres- Hector's Father Jason Fleming - Kyle's childhood friend Miguel Watts - Kyle's childhood friend Lucas Jones - Kyle's childhood friend & Personal Secretary. Cole White - CEO of Platinum Holdings/Ariana's high school mate/lover Conor White - Cole's younger brother. Claudia White - Cole & Conor's mother Stephanie Gavin - Hector & Ariana's high school mate Jasmine Ethan - CEO of PE Holdings. Sofia Ryan - An All time Entertainment News Anchor Camila Jordan - Daughter of Mayor of Las Vegas Emily Tyler - Famous Actress & Jasmine's Friend Oscar Pérez - Valeria's messenger. Febbs Scott - Director of FBI Brandon Scott - Puerto Rican Police PROLOGUE They are many reasons why people self-harm. Even for one person the motivation vary. Some people do it as a way of expressing their distress, taking back control or escaping from situations they find troubling. Others may find it makes them 'feel' something when they are numb and devoid of all feelings. Some people find self-harm gives them a sense of relief. Most people who self-harm have feelings of shame, self-loathing & helplessness and may have sucidal thoughts. Whatever the reason, self harm is normally a sign that a person is feeling intense emotional pain which may be as a result of; Family breakdown or conflict, Relationship difficulties, Knowing others who self-harm, Having a family history of self-harm, Alcohol & Drug abuse. TULE SPRINGS, LAS VEGAS Ariana Lee danced across the clubhouse filled with different kinds of personalities dancing to the rythm of the music being played. Her gave skipped over a group of clubbers sniffing some white substance (hard drugs) as they danced. Haven been familiar with them, she danced towards them and collected a few stuff to sniff herself. She was rapidly intoxicated as she was under the influence of the mood altering drug she just took. She continued to dance like not withstanding the effect the drug was having on her. A few of her clubmates who were also intoxicated by the drugs surrounded her on the dance floor, doing all kinds of crazy dance steps that perfectly suit the kind of booming music they were listening to. They danced throughout the night and by 2am in the morning, Ariana and few of her clubmates decided to walk back home since they were too high to drive home. The jiggling sound of Ariana's cellphone woke her up from her deep sleep. She picked the call and the scolding she received almost made her to drop her phone. "Ariana, this is already past 12pm and as a part-time staff you are still not at work. Don't bother coming again because you are FIRED." The woman scolded and without waiting for Ariana's response, she ended the call. Ariana was unmoved by the woman's threat. She dropped her phone on the bed, yawning she said, "Oh God, my head hurts like crazy, I can't believe I took those stuffs yesterday like some retard addict." She sluggishly stood up from her bed and rubbing her hands roughly on her face, she went into the restroom to freshen up. After almost an hour of been in the restroom, she came out with a towel wrapped around her waist down to her knee cap, with water dripping down her body as a result of the bath she took. She walked past her calendar, halted and walked back to confirm what she just saw. "I need to get to work.....oh shoot, I just got fired. I'm finally doomed, and in the next ten days am definitely going to be homeless if I don't pay my rent." She exclaimed. "I need to go look for a new job, but before that I need to go put some sense into that woman.." She said and immediately got dressed in search of a job. Ariana walked into the Garies Mall with her face tightened like she was going for a fight. She tapped a woman was busy picking out good for a customer. "I already told you that you are fired, so what the hell are you doing here?" The woman asked. "I know, I only came to give you your own part of the scolding. Come to think of it, you only exploited me because I was in need of money. Which other mall pays their part-time staff $20 dollars per week. It's not like I wasn't brave enough to tell you this before but I only respected you because you were my boss. To hell with you and your mall. I gat no time to waste on you any longer, I need to look for a new job." She scolded her boss, causing a rukus at the mall. She left the woman dumbfounded as she was too embarrassed to talk back at her. Ariana around the whole Tule Springs in search of a new job but non seemed to be available until she came across a café at the ground floor of The Kings Holding Enterprise. She walked into the café and inquired about the notice which was pasted outside. "Yes, we are in need of a part-time waitress as one of our staff is currently not available." The Chief Barista of the café said. "I would love to apply for the position." Ariana said, handing out her resume. The Barista collected the resume from her and told her that they would get back to her before the next day. KINGS PALACE, SUMMERLIN NORTH. Kings Palace is the highest building in the whole of Summerlin North with fifty floors and a penthouse at the top. The ground floor of the building included security post office and also a meeting area for the residents and non-resident of the building with a very large fountain situated at the middle of it which sometimes served as a site of attraction or tourism for resident of the building. Only high profiled dignitaries could live in the building because of it's outrageous rental price. In this building, the level of your social status also determines the floor you live in. That is; the richer you are the higher the floor you can purchase and live in, while the owner of the building owns the penthouse. Kyle Kings, a resident and also the owner of the Kings Palace, walked into the building after a tiresome meeting at work. He was greeted by some of the the residents who were at the ground floor by the time he arrived and he had to respond with a handshake even though he was tired so as to look modest and humble. Immediately he entered into the elevator, he stretched out his hands and his personal secretary immediately added a hand sanitizer to his palm and also gave him a small towel to wipe it off. As the elevator stopped in front of his penthouse, he stepped in and paused to give a thorough look at the house before going in. He lightly scrubbed the doors with his hands and sneezed hard afterwards because of the little dirt he found on the door. "Inform the cleaning lady that she's fired and get me a vacuum cleaner." Kyle said and immediately removed his tie and folded his long sleeves in preparation to clean his house to his taste. Lucas Jones who was his personal secretary quickly obliged in order to avoid infuriating him further. After a thorough cleaning of his house, he finally decided to rest but before then he had to ask his PA of his schedule the following day. "You would be having a meeting with the board members by 12pm and after then a Dinner with the CEO of PE Holdings by 5pm." Lucas explained. "Cancel the Dinner, my sister is coming over tomorrow." Kyle said. "Okay Sir, but do you know how long you've been postponing your meeting with her now?" Lucas wondered. "Do you want to meet with her in my stead?" Kyle asked. "Why would I? Lucas scoffed. "Wanna eat with me before I leave, I already ordered something." Lucas suggested. "Why don't you get a girlfriend so you can eat with, do I look like am hungry?" Kyle said. "I would take it that you don't want to eat now and have the food delivered later." Lucas said as he walked towards the door. "See you tomorrow, and don't keep me waiting." He said as he walked out of the penthouse and into the elevator. "Look who's talking." Kyle scoffed. He went into his room and took his bath before finally heading to bed. TULE SPRINGS Ariana got home very late and tired because of the stress she faced during the day. She flunged her bag on her bed and after eating a whole box of Pizza, she changed her dress and went straight to bed. The next morning, as she was preparing her breakfast in the kitchen, her phone rang and she ran to pick it up immediately. "Is this Ariana Lee?" The caller asked. "Yes Sir." She replied. "Ok then, Am Paul, a waiter from the Kings Café and I was asked to inform you that you can start work by today." The caller explained. "Ok, thank you sir. I will make sure to be there on time." She replied and immediately she ended the call, she stopped her cooking and went back to her room to get prepared for work. On arriving at the café, the Chief Barista called her into her office to have a private chat with her. "As you already know you are only a part-timer and once our staff is back you might be discard..." The Barista was still talking when she was rudely interrupted by Ariana. "I don't have a problem with that." She said. "Oh Ok, but you have to be careful so as not to land us in trouble because the CEO of this company is way too hygienic and doesn't allow the acceptance of any staff without a thorough medical examination." She continued. "I sure will be very careful, so how much am I going to be paid?" She asked. "$600 dollar a month, $140 per week and $20 per day." The Barista explained. "Wow, that's great compared to my former pay. So can I start working now?" She asked. "Ah yeah, but you have to always put this on during working hours." She said, handing her a uniform which include a brown coloured mini skirt and and top with two pairs of gloves. "Do I really need the gloves?" She asked. "It's very necessary because that's what the CEO ordered." The Barista explained. "Oh, Ok.....ma." She said and quickly went into the female changing room to change her clothes even though she didn't like the idea of wearing a glove. She was asked to serve a few people present at the café so as to test her working skill and she passed perfectly. The Barista was impressed by her performance and she commended her for it. After few hours of working, the Barista received a call from the CEO's office to bring up some coffee for the them. The Barista ordered two other staffs including Ariana to deliver the coffee. They went to the top floor of the building where the meeting was taking place. They began to arrange the coffee in front of each staff and as Ariana placed Kyle's coffee in front of him, he noticed that she wasn't wearing a hand glove. "Where the hell is yo......." Kyle wasn't able to complete his statement because as he tried to move Ariana's hand away from his coffee, she mistakenly poured it on him. Kyle screamed, scaring her and every other person at the room. He quickly rushed to his office bathroom which was on the next floor since he detest using public restrooms and removed the shirt he was wearing. Lucas quickly provided him with a spare cloth which were always available at his office. After changing his clothes, he sat in his office and ordered everyone working at the Cafeteria to come to his office and as soon as possible, they all came including Ariana. "Where is that b***h who just tried to kill me?" He lashed at them. Everyone turned to look at Ariana who was hiding at the back and was forced to come out to the front. "So who sent you?" Kyle asked. "Uhmmm.....I don't understand what you are saying sir......I" Ariana stuttered. "Oh, so you are trying to say that I don't know how to talk right?" Kyle asked angrily, interrupting her. "No sir, that's not what I meant, I......" Ariana was still talking when Kyle rudely interrupted her. "Oh, you mean am a liar now right?" He asked. Ariana was infuriated by Kyle's continous rude interruption. "Can you just shut up let me make one good sentence?" Ariana fired at him, before she realized she wasn't supposed to be rude to her boss. "Ok then. You are FIRED." Kyle lashed at her. "Wait...t what? How can I be fired? This is just my first da....y." She'd already completed her statement before she realized that she would be putting the Barista in trouble. "Oh really? Who's in charge here?" Kyle asked everyone there. "Sir, am the one." The Chief Barista replied. "Where's her medical records and resumes?" He asked. "Sir Uhmm...I asked...." Ariana tried to defend the Barista but was rudely shut up by Kyle. "I wasn't talking you bitch." Kyle scolded. "Sir, she's just a part-timer so we thought it wasn't necessary to go through such troubles since she'd be........" The Barista was still talking when Kyle rudely interrupted as usual. "So, you now make the rules here right, no problem......You're also FIRED." Kyle scolded. "Sir please I..." The Barista begged but it fell on deaf ears as Kyle asked the security to walk them out of his office. This act infuriated Ariana making her bent on expressing her feelings since she was already fired. "Who do you even think you are hun? Do you think just sitting up here makes you onto of the world? Come to think of it you made that coffee pour on you and now you are making us take the fall for your carelessness? Are you that selfish and stupid? To hell with you and your job, am out of here." Davina fired at him. "How dare you talk t......." Kyle tried scolding her but Ariana already walked out on him. He felt humiliated since this was his first time getting scolded. He was so infuriated by Ariana's approach at him but what infuriated him the most was the fact that he couldn't lash back at her the way he wanted. Ariana on the other hand though sad that she lost the job she just got because of her rude boss, she was happy she was able to talk back at him the way she wanted. She stopped by a restaurant down the lane to get something to eat. She sat on the table by the window and ordered for Tamago burgers and a cup of iced Americano. She whined about her frustrating life as she ate. She was almost done eating when she her phone rang. "Oh God, it's Hector. Video call by this time, am sure Dylan must want to speak with me." She said before slowly picking up the call. "Hey Hector, how are you doing?" She asked. "Am fine and you?" Hector asked "Am good, what's up?" Ariana asked. "Dylan, wants to speak with you." Hector said giving way for a ten year old Dylan to speak with his mom. "Hola Mom." He said. "Hey Dylan how are you doing?" Ariana asked. "Am fine and you?" Dylan asked. "Am good. How's school?" Ariana asked. "Boring of course. Mom when are you going to reconcile with Granny and come see me?" Dylan asked. "Hmmm....Dylan, Mummy can't come righ......." Ariana was trying to explain when her son interrupted her. "Mom if you don't come before my next birthday, I promise I would never see you again, I will tell Dad to take me very far and I would never call you again. And I would also tell everyone on my birthday that I don't have a mom." Dylan said and without waiting for his mom's response ended the call. Ariana was heartbroken and hurt by his son's words. Even though she missed him, she wasn't ready to reconcile with her own parents. Forget about being emotionally ready she wasn't even financially ready. "Oh God! How much can I even save up in just one and a half month before his next birthday. I'm not even employed as we speak and I might as well be homeless soon." She muttered to herself. As she continued whining, a lady who had been overhearing her conversation all this while walked up to her. "Hey Gorgeous." The lady said. "Hey! How can I help you?" Ariana asked politely "You look stubborn, spoilt and very young to be a mom." The lady said. "And you look rich and old for you to still be without children." Ariana replied. "Exactly what am talking about, stubborn and fierce." The lady said. "And you are also right, I have too lovely kids, though many people tell me that I look younger than my age potrays, maybe they were just hyping me." She continued. "What do you want from me?" Ariana asked, this time more impatiently. "Am Valeria and you?" Valeria asked, taking a seat in front of Ariana. "I didn't say you could sit." Ariana queried. "I have a job offer that could make you enough money in the next one month and also secure you a place to stay during that time." Valeria said. "Were you eavesdropping on me?" Ariana asked as she was already getting angry. "Come on, I just happen to be sitting behind you and you weren't at all secretive about your speech." Valeria explained. Ariana remained mute not knowing what to say. "Hey am only here to help. We can help each other you know." Valeria continued. "What kind of job offer are we talking about here?" Davina asked.