Blackheath

feard

After the pain went away . I found myself surrounded by a huge group of people who all looked scary and some familiar faces . Who were they ? Then it suddenly clicked, it was the people I saw who scammed all those Compassionate people years ago . The Same people who inspired me to get into the life of crime . Then the scary man who I saw years ago came up to me

Him : " when your world went blank and you saw the tall black figure infront of you ,that was me "

I nod my head in fear and panic . Then he took out a chocolate and gave it to me

Him : " that's for the pain "

I quickly ate the chocolate and finished it up . He knocked me out a few minutes if not minutes hours ago , why was he giving me a chocolate? . It just clicked, the most notorious gang leader and most feard south african just gave me a chocolate.

Him : " I know who you are , you are the little girl who's been robbing Cape Town for nearly 4 years now "

How did he know ? I thought to myself then without me having ti tell him he told me : " that safe you stole , honey that was a trap . The safe had a camera on it and what stupid person just puts a diary next to a safe with the safes code in it . The locket that was for the code to enter had a red stone on it right ? "

I nod my head and he said :" that was a camera we used to see your cute little face . When people started complaining about their items getting stolen around CPT and it wasn't any if us because we had all left for London, we knew that someone who's not one of us was stealing around CPT so we had to get to the bottom of stuff . So after 4years in London and looking at my little girl through the pendant everyday for 4years . I came back to South Africa just to see you face to face , bought this house and made it fancy and left the doors open for you to come rob my house so that I get you . " he said that as he smiled and caressed my hair .

I was shaken by fear as I looked at the projector which was showing pictures of me when I slept , ate and cried. Good thing this man had not put pictures of me naked .

Him :" I did see you naked cutie pie but we don't talk about that "

Thus man is creepy as I thought to myself.

Him :" I know that you were once very fat but hey , I don't do anorexic insecure kids . Matter of fact I don't do kids "

I felt more insecure than ever Then he patted my shoulder. People were right that he is very scary . I peed my pants multiple times during my meeting with him . I was too scared to even stand up .

Him :" Cassie , I need you to stop stealing okay ? Stealing is for daddy and his crew not you . I don't want your depression getting you into the life of crime because of you feeling depressed and overwhelmed by your sister "

How did he know about me being depressed and my sister ? And who is he to tell me not to steal ?

Him :" you always have mental breakdowns in your room and cry about your sister being the favorite and hee being 1 step above you , I have observed quite alot for the past 4years Cassie "

Then I remembered all those days I had a mental breakdown and the locket on the safe always facing me .

Him :" but before I let you go , get us to your house so that we can take that safe and hide it in this house , I really do not want to carry on invading your privacy and the money is still yours though just keeping it in this house . But baby girl the money is ours if don't stop stealing and secondly you have to come for errands in this house every Friday from 10PM until 4AM "

He sounded vastly serious and scary and slowly moved away and dialed a few numbers and started making calls

Him :" baby girl since you wet yourself, you might want to change your clothes before going into my car . Choose anything you want to wear then it's yours , its first hand , I bought all this before knocking you out because people tend to pee themselves when I need them or talk to them "

Obviously people would pee themselves when being in contact with him . This man in scary.

Five old ladies came in whilst holding the clothes of all sizes which were all black and another old lady who came in with a huge trolley of undies of different sizes . The clothes still had price tags on them and the undies were still nicely wrapped in a fine plastic bag . It was all new,man stuck True to his words .

The man and the old ladies came out allowing me to have my privacy , I wore ripped black skinny jeans and a big NASA t-shirt with black slippers and put on a blouse . I came out signaling that I am done then the man grabbed my hand and dragged me to a sleek huge garage with many car slots and many floors filled with car slots . I followed the man into a lift which lead to the top floor of the and followed him to a BMW which was pitch black and screamt that he is the one in charge. The man opened the back-door for me signaling me to hop in and he hopped in through the otherside , infront of the car, was a huge buff scary looking man of no words which I assumed was his body guard and the man behind the wheel was also a buff scary man which I assumed was his driver . The top garage screamt luxury and had the fanciest cars , which I guess is this man's personal cars .

The car sped out with four G63s surrounding it as it drove .

The scary man seemed to be quiet until I got to my place.

I snuck to my room through the pipe I used to sneak into the apartment everyday I stole something. The scary man and twenty four other shady looking men and women followed, once all in my room, the scary man pointed to the safe without a word and then took it with out a word . They threw the safe out the window . The safe atleast bounced onto a trampoline which was put by the shady looking people to make sure that a sound isn't made when the safe crashed .

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After taking the scary man kissed my forehead and wished me a good night before coming out .

Why was the scary man not as scary as people portray him to be ?

The next day was back to school. Adventure time was over so I had to sleep , tomorrow was my birthday, it slipped my mind ,I am turning 11 tomorrow.

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I woke up as always not expecting anything special besides cleaning the dishes and preparing to go to school then mom and dad celebrating mine and Cassidys birthday while indirectly making Cassidy more special.

I cleaned the dishes and prepared for school, went to school then bullied children as always while Cassidy and her friends celebrated her birthday and gave her gifts . After a long day it was home time , as I stood by the gate , a black Porsche drove next to me then a tall black figure came out and dragged me into the car while Cassidy screamt and people around were cheering on me getting "kidn*pped" .

I knew the route I was taken as the car sped up , I was getting taken to the scary man's mansion but in-between getting swapped between cars exactly the same as the black Porsche.

I eventually got the scary man's house which looked beautiful. Last night I hadn't looked at the house properly but now I see glamor and luxury. It was huge with a huge blue waterfall infront of the house . The house was full of black and gold .

I saw the scary man on the huge stairs walking down towards me as I entered and he cold greet me .

Him :" hello baby girl , happy birthday "

Me :" Sir my name is Cassie "

Him :" Darling I know , I do it to tease

Me :" not a great way to tease a minor considering your age and why did you kidnap me ? I am supposed to be home eating my birthday cake "

Him :" baby girl , you sure bout that cause the last time I had my men check , your sister Cassidy was laughing with your family and celebrating her birthday without you. They don't care about you "

Me :" Ofcourse , I am not surprised " I let out a tear then thr man came and gave me a hug , the hug was warmer than the hugs I ever got combined

Him :" don't call me sir , call me Jay "

Me :" Jay it is ..."

Jay lead me to the back yard which had a glistering pool . The pool and yard screamt luxury . There was lots of delicious food in the counters which was at the porch and a huge 3 tier cake with my name saying happy birthday and multiple gifts . I have never felt this special before and songs were played , it was just me and Jay .

Me :" Why did you do all this for me ? "

Jay :" I am your friend and that's what friends do "

Me :" I never said that we're friends "

Jay ": you're hard and tough hey ? We're friends then "

I roll my eyes and carry on to chat with Jay , I felt comfort and love for the first time in my life

That night when I came home , I had the motivation to live and breathe until I opened the door and saw all the balloons and half eaten cake with " Happy birthday Cassidy on it " and realized that Jay was right , these people don't care about me but bygones will be bygones.

My life took a drastic turn soon , I was happier and I didn't feel anxious anymore. I started eating well again and surely my body got into shape again,I was no longer a skinny anorexic girl but the chubby girl I was when I was 7 .

I got bodyshamed again and it didn't bother me . Jay made me happy again and was like a father figure to me . Every Friday I would climb into his car at 10PM then come back home at 4AM .

Jay and I would play games together and he taught me life lessons. He taught me to study well and effectively and my grades started pushing up . I went from a below ten student to begin one of the best.

Again good things don't last forever , my mom caught me sneaking out and followed the car to Jay's place. She just had to ruin my happiness, she grabbed my arm and took me out of Jay's house and forbade me from going to it ever again . My mom started homeschooling me from then and installed bars everywhere around the house . I was always locked inside the house and I slowly relapsed into my depression and anxiety then soon my anorexia. My dad would bodyshame me constantly and I couldn't avoid it because I no longer slept at the attic where I escaped from everyone but in-between my parents.

Even in my dad's sleep,I was getting bodyshamed.

Cassidy's life just got better and better . She came home with awards everyweek and scholarship opportunities.

Soon we were 14 . Jay tried to fight for me to live with me but then always failed because my mom wouldn't budge and bribes with my mom never worked and my mok just refused to give up parental rights .

And soon we were 17 , by 17 was long dead inside with no feelings at all and looked like a spider . Cassidy left for varsity and I still wasn't allowed to come out . The fire burnt hard in me and wanted to just die more than ever .

Everytime I blinked it was Cassidy and her beautiful face just staring into my soul .

When I closed my eyes Cassidy was there. I hated her I hated her. I wished every bad thing on her . Why couldn't I be Cassidy. Cassidy just had to have it all.

While Cassidy bagged a scholarship in the best school in South Africa, I was made to wash the floors and endure my dad bodyshaming me all the time all while getting homeschooled . My mom just had to remind me of how much I am of a failure . They destroyed me to pieces and I don't think that I will ever forgive my parents. While Cassidy bagged a scholarship at Oxford, I had to make money for the family by being a maid and drop out of school for them. I hate all of them , I just hate all of them .

Running away from this family eventually became my biggest deal , I ran to Jay's house and he let me in . Jay was fuming at how my family treated me after he saw how skinny I was again . Jay went to court and sued my parents dry and adopted me legally this time. Jay and I eventually moved to Doha to start a new life .

In the process of doing so , I changed my name to Lia Blackheath .

Jay is now someone whom I call my dad . Jay is brown so people often think that I am his birth daughter and it's something I love .

Jay had no wife or family so him adopting me was the best decision of his life , I am his one and only daughter who he loves and cherishes.

That's why today I am Lia Esmarada Blackheath and have no traces of my original background.

I own a top notch jewelry business and is the richest woman in the world today .

Most feard just like Jay but worldwide feard . Not only for crimes though but for the things that I can do with my money.

I am Lia Esmarada Blackheath, currently 21 . I am both brown and arab