Chapter 1
"Abby, Come on, your grandma is waiting in the car, " Mom said from her room.
"as if I care if she waited or not, " I said then took my suitcase and went to the car or let me be more specific the limo, I entered it and didn't even look at my grandmother.
"Hello to you as well Abigail, " my grandmother said.
"my name is Abby " I answered without looking at her.
"that's not what your father named you, " she said and my blood started to boil at the mention of him, so I turned to her and said "one, my name is Abby, two don't mention that man whoever he is in front of me, and you certainly shouldn't refer to him as my father, " and I watched her glare at me but I held my glare towards her as well.
"Abby, enough, " my mom said and I backed off and looked out through the window again.
when we arrived at Zandaria where my so-called father lived, lately I had a lot of accidents so my mother saw that it's for the best that we come back here, my grandmother started talking again.
"well I can't say I'm surprised by your daughter's attitude Monica, of course you weren't there to teach her some manners, since you've been working all day because you refused to come here since she was a kid, " she said and I lost it, did she just insult my mother? I pushed her to the car door and put my hand on her neck but didn't squeeze.
"wanna say that again woman?" I asked and squeezed a little bit and my mom started trying to pull me away but I stayed in place.
"well at least my mother has worked to grow me up on her own and didn't put her children with nannies because she was too selfish to be a real mother, " I said and let go of her, and she started coughing immediately and I smirked at that.
I know that anyone would be surprised by what I've done but my grandmother isn't even too old, she got married and had kids at a young age, I mean there is more make up on her face than mine.
when my grandmother went back to normal she glared at me and entered the old-fashioned palace, my mom just looked at me with disappointment and followed her, and I looked around and realized that this place is sure as hell is creepy.
I went to my new room that has a king-size bed, it's too big for a one-person room but I mean what do I know I always lived a simple life, then suddenly I heard a knock on my door.
"come, in, " I said and the door was opened and my uncle who I know from photos entered the room and smiled at me.
"Abigail, " he said and I cut him off politely and said "please, I'm just more comfortable with Abby, " and he smiled, honestly he seems nice.
"of course, I just wanted to welcome you here and I want you to know that I'm really happy about having you here with us, " he said and I smiled at him.
"thank you, Zack, " I said and immediately realized that maybe I should call him uncle and said "I'm sorry is it okay to call you directly by your name?"
"of course I mean I wouldn't be comfortable if I called someone I met now uncle, " he said and smiled then headed out.
I started to unpack my clothes when the door was knocked again.
"come in, " I said but this time a boy entered maybe 1 or 2 years older than me, he had light brown hair, brown eyes, he wore glasses.
"hi, I'm, I'm Eddie your uh your cousin, " he said and waved hi to me and he seemed nervous, like really nervous, so I went to him shook his hand, and said "Hi Eddie, I'm Abby, "and I felt him relax.
"Nice to meet you, Abby, I just wanted to say hello, " he said and turned to leave but I stopped him and said "wait, wait, " and he turned around and looked at me.
"if you are free, can you please be my tour guide, I mean this place is really big, " I said and he immediately answered "yes of course, "
while he was showing me every inch of this Palace we started chatting.
"so, is it a nickname?" I asked and he gave me a confused look.
"I mean, Eddie is it a nickname?" I asked and he smiled.
"oh yeah, it is, my real name is Eiden," he said.
"I will stick with Eddie, " I said and we both chuckled.
"so who else lives here?" I asked.
"ahh, grandma had 4 boys and 2 girls, the boys are my father Zack, uncle Eric, uncle Michael and uh your father, uncle Gabriel," he said and I felt some uncomfortable at his mention but got over it fast.
"Uncle Eric and Dad live here but uncle Michael is in London with his family, " he explained and I asked, "how come queen Layla accepted this?"
"oh she didn't, he went off without her accepting this, and she doesn't talk with him but we do," he said.
"and the girls?" I asked.
"Aunt Martha and Aunt Faye, they live in Zandaria near each other, " he said.
"What a big family I have, " I said and he agreed "yeah, "
"grandchildren like ourselves?" I asked.
"I have my sisters Rebecca, and Angela, and uncle Eric has a daughter her name is Lily, " he explained.
"and their wives?"
"my mom her name is Yelena, and uncle Eric's wife her name is Helen, " he said.
"Mr.Eddie, Miss Layla wants you and Miss Abigail to attend the family dinner, " an old man said, he is like Alfred in Batman.
"Abby this is our Alfred, his name is Thomas, " Eddie explained.
We went downstairs and when we arrived everyone Eddie told me about was there and God help me this new phase of my life will be hard.
"join us, Abigail, " my grandmother said and I started heading toward the table.