ՏᎬᎡᎬΝᎪᎠᏆΝᏀ ᎷᎽ ᎻᎬᎪᎡͲ

The loan

In a room a tucked away at the end of a narrow hallway in a small charming house with a single bed, dressed in patchwork quilt of faded pinks.

In the corner, a small closet was crammed with clothes that were neither too big or too small and a couple of mismatched scarfs hanging on the door. The room was not large nor perfectly tidy but it held the warmth of a life well lived, of dreams still forming, and of a girl who could always find magic in the most ordinary things.

Jasmine sat on the bed after receiving a call from the people her dad borrowed loan from, she thought about her sick dad in the hospital and how pathetic he seemed now.

After the death of her mother Sera, her dad chose to remarry for the happiness of his daughter and so she could have a mother to look up to. Her step mother Monica also had a daughter Annie who was same age as Jasmine. But as time they began to show their true colours. Monica was a two faced evil woman who was always pretending to be an angel in front of her dad, she never really cared she just wanted her dad to be well again.

In the living room Monica was angry because her so called husband couldn't repay the loan he collected, which meant that you have to work for their company or worse properties would be seized, but there wasn't even much properties left because they've sold almost sold everything to pay for the hospital bills of her husband.

"Why can't he just die for goodness sake"

Monica cursed.

He better not die mom. He has to get well soon he can repay the loan, because nobody's going to work for the rest of their life to repay his loan. Annie lamented.

well that shouldn't be our problem cupcake because he has a daughter for that. she mocked. as for you my Baby you're going to get married to a rich man so you won't have a pathetic life like this. Monica smiled at her daughter.

Jasmine sat down on her bed still wondering how things got this worse. she and her father had a comfortable life until those gold diggers stepped into their lives.

she never asked for a mother because her daddy was enough. but he kept insisting that he wanted to give her a complete life.

her father even took out loans to settle her needs which included unnecessary jewelries and a nose job in Korea and many other unnecessary spendings she just kept demanding and Mr Walter was so in love and didn't want to refuse anything she asked. it wasn't really a big deal for him to pay back but he started suffering from different health issues which made him to loose his job.

Jasmine sighed frustratedly. she just lost her job last week and has been on job hunting since then which was really stressful.

The sound of her name made her regained consciousness from her deep thoughts. I'm coming she replied her step mother who was already sounding angry because this was the fourth time she was calling her name.