LAWLESS CITY

my father's shadow

I remember being a mummy's girl, my mom loved me so much she always gave me what ever i needed as long as i want it. she always spent time with me and she never told me no. she made sure to spend enough time with me to cover up for my dad not being able to spend time with me since he was always busy with work.

my mom was a journalist. one of the best in the field, she always gets to the root of every case and reported only the truth right from a young age i had always admired her. i wanted to be like her, no in fact i wanted to be her, to have her spirit to do what she does, to report back to the people, to have a wonderful family, to have the fame. i have always loved the attention i got since my parents were extra ordinary in what they do. they were the best in their fields and i am enjoying he benefit of being the only child my parents.

my dad was a judge and he is respected in the whole country and state his even famous outside the country. while my mom travels around the world because of her job and whenever it isn't dangerous she takes me with her on her trip because i have shown my interest in what she does so she wants me to learn from her.

I was satisfied with my life cause i had the perfect family couldn't asked for anything better. my dad loved us more than anything though his usually not around due to his work he still finds time to spend with us. i was jealous of my self, i definitely had the perfect life, fame, money, the best parents, you name it. i was the envy of all my peers plus i had the best grade in school. but everything changed on a very faithful day.

i was fifteen when my mom had this important job she had to travel with her team for a week, i literally begged her to let me come along but she refused saying it was too dangerous. she promised to call everyday and said she would only be gone for a week and when she got back we would go to the spa together. I was really looking forward to her return so we could hit the spa together.

after trying several times to convince her to let me tag along and failing miserably i gave up.

mom would call me every night before going to bed when she left, we would talk about our day and other stuffs.

but on the fourth day she didn't call or text. i tried calling her but i couldn't reach her i had a terrible feeling but just decided to kick it out. i tried calling her the next day but same thing, still not reachable. i called on the sixth day and it was still going to voice mail. i knew something was wrong so i called dad. he said he hadn't heard from mom for two days but he just assumed she was busy but he would contact her company so i shouldn't worry. but i couldn't help but worry, what if something happened to her? she did say this trip wasn't going to be an easy one.

we later found out that the company couldn't reach any of the team members that were sent, all six of them were missing including my mom. we carried out a search party and turned the city up side down but mom and her team were still not found.

four days into the search i had a dream, in my dream mom came to me she kissed me and asked me to look after my father, she asked me not to cry too much and that she is always watching me and she is sorry for leaving early. when i woke up i was covered in layers of sweat, the dream felt real and i knew mom was gone and i won't be seeing her any more.

I ran down the stairs in a hurry to talk to dad about my dream but stopped when i heard he was talking to someone. i never imagined that what i was about to hear would turn my world up side down.

mom and her team mates were found in a ware house and there were beaten to death. i couldn't help the loud cry that escaped my mouth i didn't know how long i sat they crying but dad didn't come to stop me or console me. he was buried in his own grieve.

after mom's burial dad made me take up law even though i insisted on following mom foot step he refused and would hit me whenever i made him loose his temper.

it wasn't easy living when mom passed away, dad was never around he never paid any attention to me, he buried himself in his job and made even a bigger name

for himself. he later caught the thugs responsible for mom's death and condemned them to death by hanging but our once peaceful home never knew peace anymore.

dad wanted me to follow in his foot step so he took me to the best law school and with my grades i got nothing but the best. but as time went on that little timid girl that missed her mom and always does things right went away with the time.

I soon made a name for myself and started having my own ambitions. for example being the best chief judge California has ever had ever better than my dad though people call him the best. I don't car he methods i will have to use but i won't back down, i hated the man for all he put me through. I wanted my own name, my own fame, and my own money i wasn't planing on using a penny that belongs to him. that man practically made my life hell. it was after my mom's death that i discovered that he never really loved me, he only loved his wife and once she was out of the picture she abandoned me and left me to my faith.

after graduating as a judge i started my own firm and soon i was slowly getting known but not for my just judgement but for my surname and it sickened me. i really wanted that old man dead but i had to wait, i had devised a plan that will bring me to my goals quicker than expected. i will be the youngest chief judge that this country has ever had and i would soon have everyone rapped around my fingers.