Entangled Hearts: Swapped by Fate

“Hey watch it!”. Sandra snapped as Sophie bumps into her mistakenly while carrying two boxes up the stairs “Sorry, didn’t see you there, please can you give me a hand?” “No can’t do, I’m busy”. She said as she sat on the couch in their living room, fixing her eyes on her phone “Doesn’t seem like it”. She made her way to the staircase Sophie was helping her mom put some old boxes away in the attic but Sandra cared less about what they were doing and the mom seemed to be less bothered as well with Sandra’s behavior because it has always been like that even when they were little “Sophie, are you done carrying the boxes?!”. Her mother yelled from there front porch Cleaning sweat from her forehead “Uhmm yes, yes I’m done” “You guys didn’t come to my graduation”. She said as she made her way to the dining to eat dinner along with them carrying a glass of water “I was busy with work”. Her father said as he used a tissue to clean his mouth not staring at her but at his wife “Sandra, why didn’t you make it?”. She sat beside her “I was too busy” “Too busy?Too busy to attend my graduation but I told all of you ahead of time”. She said in a rather calm tone Silence filled the room until her mother broke the silence . “You don’t have to be sad my dear, you took pictures right I’ll look at them later”. “I’m not sad, just disappointed”. She stood, took her plate of food and left the dining table “Tsk, drama queen”. Sandra rolled her eyes as she ate her food “I can’t waste my time with that. Her father muttered Sophie slammed the door behind her, with her clenched fist. She was about to shout but tears took over it. She knelt down beside her bed and cried her eyes out “Why….why do they always treat me like this”. She crept onto her bed, folded into her blanket and cried herself to sleep “Good morning dad” Gerald tucked in his white sleeve shirt in his trousers walking over to his dad laying on his bed “Morning son”. He grunted as Gerald helped him up “I want to talk to you about something” “Can it wait, when I get back” His dad gave him a mocking look “What?”. Gerald laughed lightly “I can see you are now a man, ok if so when you get back”. He coughed slightly “Sorry, with your condition I have to make sure that everything is alright in the company but you….never mind”. His father kept his face in a way as if he already knew what he wanted to say “That’s what I wanted to talk about” Gerald smiled looked at his watch and sat down beside his father again “Few minutes won’t kill anyone” “When you get back” “What the…dad it’s not making sense you were just…” “Go to work”. His father said in a sharp tone .As he went out of the room his father stood up from the bed already dressed and went downstairs Maids and bodyguards greeted him as he went towards the main entrance. He stood from the door and watched the car drive off from the compound “Sophie, Sophie!!!”. Sandra screamed her name while tugging her hardly on the bed, which made Sophie to jump out of her bed while making a fist “What happened?”. She wore shock on her face, her brown eyes turning dark Sandra laughed at her “Did you forget that we are going to the mall?” “No I didn’t, I even… s**t” “What happened?” she said with her hands on her waist “I forgot to set my alarm, maybe that’s why I overslept. Sandra hissed and left her room “Shut the..door”. Sophie folded her hair in a bun while heading towards her door to close it .“She always does this this urghh” She went over to her closet and picked out a Jean, corset and a denim jacket to go with it as well “This looks good”. She twirled, still looking at herself in the mirror. She rushed downstairs and saw Sandra “Good morning mom” “Morning, where are you going?” “Accompanying Sandra to the mall” She gave her a stern look“Hmm ok” Sophie briskly walked over to the car. They didn’t talk much so she popped on her air pods and listened to music till they got to the mall. She still had her pods on but removed it as she started seeing Sandra’s mouth moving “What did you say?”. She folded her face at her “Huh, I said we will go to the cloth aisle first” “As usual”. She gave a knowing look. Sandra shopped like a maniac so Sophie already knew the routine. Holding on to bags she can barely carry, going back and forth to there car to keep some “s**t”. Gerald rubbed his chest region with his hands hurriedly “Is anything wrong?”. His chauffeur Micheal asked “I didn’t put on my black jacket” “Should I turn the car around” “No don’t do that, just take me to the mall let me see if they have what I would like” “Ok” “Wait here let me get my other credit card from the car”. Sandra didn’t wait for Sophie’s reply before she dashed off “Wait, carry some of the bags with you!…shit”. Sophie dropped some of Sandra’s haul on the floor Gerald was talking to his driver, Micheal, about the jacket when he saw someone. He got completely lost in her brown eyes, there was something magnetic about her despite the load she was carrying. He was awe struck that he didn’t notice his surroundings. What are you looking at?”. Micheal traced his eyes and he smirked “l can see someone has got your attention” “Shh, I’m going to talk to her”. He was walking over to her then bumped into someone. He looked up and she was gone “f**k!, did you see where she went?” “Nope, I’m as dumb founded as you are”. Gerald hit him on the shoulder and stormed out of the mall angrily “Ouch, wait for me” “My hands are hurting so much from all your things I carried today Sandra, go make your own dinner”. She said laying on her bed watching a movie on her laptop “You witch”. She sighed and left the room “If I’m a witch then you’re an incarnated devil”. Sophie muttered “Good evening dad”. He tried to keep his mood up despite him not talking to his mystery lady “How was your day?” “Good” “You forgot to your jacket” “I got another one” “Ok”. He stood up from his chair and went to sit on his bed, Gerald followed behind him “You wanted to tell me something this morning”. Gerald said unbuttoning his shirt Few moments later Gerald face turned pale, as he couldn’t believe what his father said