Destiny: A twist of fate

Just like every other random day, Isabel wish she could sleep for another hour. "Bing, Bing, Bing", one could hear the sound of the old alarm clock ringing loudly in the room. Trying to catch more sleep, Isabel slams her hand on the alarm clock which resulted to the alarm clock falling to the floor. "Isabel, what's wrong with you?, will you get up and pick up that clock", her mum roared from the other end of the bed. Isabel, rose up from the bed and sluggishly picked up the clock. " why will this clock ring so loudly by this time of the night, mttttzzzzz", she murmured to herself as she tried placing the clock back on the small table close to the bed when she saw the time on the clock, " 6:34 am already?", Isabel couldn't contain the pain that it's already the break of dawn. " how can two hours feel like two minutes", she continued murmuring. The previous day was so hectic for Isabel. After school she joined her mum in their grocery store which closes by 10:00pm, after which she cooked when they got home and tried doing her homework but it was already so late. With sleepy eyes she was able to finish her homework by 4:30am. Isabel shrugged her shoulders as she picked up her toothbrush and went outside. The bathroom was outside the room so she had to fill her bucket with water and head to the bathroom with her toothbrush and towel. "darn it ", she furiously left the bucket of water and headed back to the room. "are you done bathing", her mum asked while dressing the bed. "no mum, I forgot my towel", she replied with sleepy eyes. "hurry up, don't forget you have to take some stuff to the store before leaving for school", her mum added. "okay mum", she responded as she rushed towards the bathroom. It was 7:15 am when Isabel picked up her school bag and headed to the storage to pick up the groceries for the store. Breakfast is a normal routine for most households, but not this one. After the chores at home and preparing for school, there isn't much time left to eat, that is, if there is food at home. So she eats her breakfast during lunch break in school. Sometimes Isabel thought about how different her life would be if she was born in a well-to- do family talk more of a wealthy family. " Isabel, stop thinking about it, this is the life chosen for you ", she said to herself. But this isn't the life she wanted for herself. She had dreams, wild dreams, beautiful dreams but what could she do?. The only thing she could do was to study hard because she knew that was the only way she saw the possibility of being taken away from the life she lived. "why are you still standing there?", her mum's voice brought her back to reality. " I'm already leaving mum ", she grabbed the carton of groceries and left. Sometimes her mum could sound really harse but she couldn't blame the poor woman. Who wouldn't be when your husband divorced you few months after finding out that you are diagnosed with stage 1 CKD.