CHAPTER ONE: BACK TO THE PAST
CH01: Back To The Past. [1]
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Where words fail...
Music speaks...
It speaks of the pain,
of the sorrow,
of the lost,
of the life we live,
it shares emotions.
It's a way to connect,
to understand
What others feel.
Where words fail,
Music speaks.
It tells the truth
Whether you want it or not.
Music shares the souls of those we're around,
of those in the world that we're living.
I wish to share my music with you
So you can understand the pain I feel,
so I can share my soul with you,
so you can understand what I'm going through
— Dawn Flair.
My name is Dawn Flair, this is my story. I was only 16 when I developed a keen interest in music.
Music was everything that mattered to me but my family detested my love for it. But they had no problem when my younger sister; Bianca said she wanted to be a model.
All they wanted was me for me to focus on my studies, make money and become somebody.
Soon I absconded them immediately I got a scholarship. Within a week I was gone.
Over there in Canada, while I progressed in my academics, I had created a little space for my music.
But it wasn't easy, but it got better. Soon, my music were getting streamed online. I had made it. So many famous rockstars also streamed my Music.
A lot of opportunities trolled in, but there's one problem. I had hided my identity, still respecting my father's wishes. Even though I had already gone against it, he wouldn't know.
No one knew it was me. Even with the concerts I had been invited to on series of occasion... I had gone there in disguise.
Sigh,
I wished I hadn't covered my face...
I wished I hadn't given my father the respect he deserved...
Being an online secret superstar is no problem though, but the fame beyond the mask is not to be played with.
I returned home after a while, nothing really changed, everything was still the same.
Bianca haven't graduate yet,
Dad still hadn't stop his paper,
Mom hadn't stop selling cloths.
But in all of these,
A lot was kept hidden from me.
Mother was ill and no one told me about it. Everyone kept mute about it. And I found out in the worst way possible. A way that brought a bad stop for my burning passion for music.
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Flashback,
January 21, 2020.
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"Benita, wait!." the blonde haired lady stopped halfway. She turned to the caller who came running as quickly as possible. It was Dawn.
"And where are you going to? it almost late, remember?",
"Yeah I just need to see Daniella real quick, I will be back before you know it ", She responded sharply.
Dawn raised a brow. "Daniella... okay, then let me come with you."
Benita eyes sank immediately Dawn had said that.
Benita was a teen of many secrets, and many things. One of those things was that she hates been followed. She didn't want Dawn to know anything about her whereabouts.
And getting her of her neck her would delay her plans effortlessly.
"You don't need to come. I said I will be back before you know it."
She spoke again but Dawn wasn't entirely convinced. "What so important about going there anyways? you know it late already, anything can happen in times like this , It best you stay at home.", Dawn begged with her enticing teen voice that Benita envied.
Benita ignored and backed her sister. With her head half turned to the side. "Look I am going. See you by 8:30pm"
'Is this girl mad?!'
Dawn gripped her sisters arm and pulled her back. "Are you mad or something Benita? what so important though?"
"Hey let go!"
"Or wait, I will call her myself.", Dawn released her stubborn sister and took out her android phone. She unlocked it and when to her contacts, scrolls down to Daniella name and dials it.
'Oh no...', Benita eyes widened.
"Hey Dawn." , Daniella's voice sounded from the other side.
"Are you expecting Benita to come over?"
"Benita?"
"Yeah. She's been stubborn about it, she said she has some important stuffs to do over there. I would like to know what before I allow her to come down to your place."
"Umh yeah, there's this personal assignment Mr. Hayward gave me and her on Friday, we haven't finished it yet."
",Is that so?"
"Yeah, do you mind if she sleeps over?", Daniella voice pleaded from the other end. "Please."
"Okay okay... fine,she can sleep over but please, you girls shouldn't stay up or late."
"Alright, thank you very much."
Dawn hung up and kept her face. Benita struggled to hid her joy but Dawn cared less. Since she had heard Daniella, she didn't bother disturbing herself because she didn't trust Benita fully.
"You can go. But wait.", She brought some money from her pocket. "...take this. You might need it."
"No no... it okay, I have enough cash on me.", with that, she left.
'Enough cash?' , Dawn thought. 'Since when did Benita begin to have enough cash on her?'
Dawn could remember vividly that she was always the one to provide for her sister's need.
Whenever Benita needed money, she would always come running to her but this time around, it different.
A year ago, Dawn had graduated from university with good grades, her sister is yet to graduate but not anytime soon. Dawn fears Benita might have been influence by the wicked wave encompassing the university.
Dawn couldn't bring herself to think of this thing her sister might be secretly doing behind her back. She didn't want to think so lowly of her sister.
But what to do...
What will you do if you were in her shoes?
'Somethings up... and I will have to find out.'
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With Bianca away, Dawn decides to go through all her stuff.
Bianca had always been a bucket of trouble. Very secretive and worse, doesn't like involving her family in her personal issues.
If there was one thing that Dawn knew about her sister, it was that Bianca always want to feel among.
Worse, She's never satisfied.
Dawn heaved a sigh when she couldn't find anything useful in the room, she was about to leave when she spotted a phone on the bed.
She didn't notice the black android phone till now and she was shocked when she walked up to it. She knew the brand too well for Bianca to own.
She picked it up and discovered it was a twelve pro max. She opened it and discovered it was locked.
She observed the wall paper and it was of Bianca.
Dawn couldn't open the phone but she saw a message in the nortification bar.
[Acct: 0985755531]
[Amount: 500,000$]
[... See more ]
Her eyes were in pain when she saw this. "What's going here?", she couldn't understand what she was looking at.
She scurried out of the room, she went straight to the living room trying to get her head around but it was interrupted by a sudden vibration that was comings from her pocket.
She dug her hand into it and brought out her phone. She checked the caller ID; Bruno.
"Hey Bruno," she uttered as she answered the call.
"Yo, sorry for calling this late but is Bianca at home?", The caller asked.
"No... why, what happened?"
"I saw someone who looked like her but I wasn't really sure so I had to call you to inquire."
What's Bianca doing over there? Dawn thought. The caller who happened to be Bruno; his said location problem wasn't all about the distance but something else.
"Bianca isn't home. She went to Daniella place to finish up and assignment."
"Ion think so, Daniella right? the two of them are literally in front of me. Hold on, I will take a picture."
Within seconds, Bruno was fast about it as he snapped the girls and sent it quickly to Dawn.
Dawn received it and her heart snapped. It was truly Bianca and Daniella. The duo were dressed his w***e outfits, and where they were wasn't good. They were in front of an hotel
"What is she doing there? oh my God!."
"I don't know and I don't really like the look of it. I suggest you come down here as fast as you can. I will try to keep them busy."
"Thank you very much Bruno."
"Ha, no problem. Just get down here quickly.",
"Alright alright.", In haste she hung up and scurried out of the house and boarded the next available taxi that came her way.
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Meanwhile, Bruno Gadocks. A close friend of Dawn, they were never really that close but deep down. Bruno always had a soft spot for her. He had dedicated himself to be there for her every now and then.
Even with the poverty that hung in his shadows; he has never stopped to breath because what he breathed was something or someone special.
He wasn't as muscular and big like some men, he was just tall moderate individual with high hopes. He had black eyes that matched with his all black outfit.
His hair cut appeared low and dyed. Even though he wasn't living such a good life. He had a job he earned monthly from. Working under one of number one top most influential people in the country.
The Emerson enterprise.
He scurried up to the w***e out girls and sort to interject their path but his phone stops him halfway. Daniella who was beside Bianca heard a sound but when she turned, she found nothing.
She had stopped to inspect but Bianca called her over just in time before she could figure out where the sound had came from.
Bruno gasped , he had flung himself inside a nearby bush as soon the call broke through.
"God! mother what is it this time.", Bruno beamed at his phone.
"It already 8:00pm son, when will you be coming home?"
"Once I am done with work, for now, let me work."
"Okay fine. Also..."
"Now what?"
"Nevermind, we will talk later when you come home.", his mother sounded a bit down but it didn't occur to him in the slightest.
He was only bothered about Dawn's sister.
"Better." Bruno hung up and came out of his hiding spot and followed the girls. They were close to the hotel already.
What to do? how to stop them? had already fled his mind the instant his mother called him..
"Christ... this is not good. Dawn is going to kill me if anything happens to them, what the hell can I do now?"
"Hey there.", Daniella uttered with an enticing smile and continued. "We have an appointment with your boss. I am Daniella Vizel and my friend over here is Bianca Flair.", Daniella, the blonde girl introduced herself as well as Bianca's.
"Yeah... the boss told me already of your coming. You shouldn't keep him and his friend waiting. Follow me.", He said and led them in.
Bruno face stiffened as he watched the body guard lead the girls inside.
"No no no... this is not good!.", Bruno ran out of his hiding spot and dashed forward but he was too late. The door slammed against his face.
"Christ!...", He yelped out, people who were around looked at him with weird thoughts scurrying their minds. He noticed and quickly got a grip of himself and pretended like nothing happened.
He left the place to call Dawn Immediately.
"Hey Dawn! Where are you?"
Dawn walked on the pathway with haste, she had been trying to get a cab but no one answered her. Heavily stranded with no idea on how she was going to get there on time.
"What the matter? is Bianca okay?", She came to a halt. "Please tell me she's okay", she was already worried as it seemed.
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