Francisca's POV I know eavesdropping is wrong. One can't just intrude on someone else's privacy like that. But when that someone doesn't close their door properly, they only have themselves to blame. That was a lot of information to process, what I just heard coming out of Dad's office.Mom's friend.Mom's friend, helped her take me, kidnap me. Why? Did mom give her money to do so? Was it because of a misguided sense of friendship and loyalty? All questions I had swirling in my head as I headed back to the living room where my brothers were. I couldn't hide the conflicting emotions and confusion that were on my face. So, they easily figured out that something happened. That something was wrong. And I told them everything.***We were probably hasty in out decision to come here. It's just that when I told what I told to my older brothers, they were....well, saying that there were upset is an understatement.They wanted to come here, to try and understand everything themselves san
Francisca's POV The door that we thought would get us into Donna's office wasn't actually the door. The actual door is the door, within the door within the door. I'm no architect, but this is some weird building. Donna has another secretary that we apparently have to go through, I swear it feels like we are inside a game, getting through different levels of monsters to get to fight the final boss.Fortunately, Donna's other secretary - who I now know was merely the receptionist called this secretary so we didn't have to make any moves to convince this one to let us through. She just pointed us to the door, which was the final door, thank god. "Do we knock, or..." I say, when we are in-front of the door that would lead us directly to the CEO office before Ivan opens the door, aggressively.I wince. Kinda wish we were a bit gentler than that. Don't want this Donna person to think we were attacking her or anything. Though, I'm not sure that's not the exact vibe my brothers are going
Zach's POVI have all the proof I need to put Donna Carlisle behind bars for her crime. For taking my daughter away from me. Matt, Agatha and I are on our way right now to Donna's company, where she is right now. Mister Larsen is supposed to meet us there to hand us the proof. We've already contacted the police, and because I am me, they will not hesitate, they are going to meet us there too. I work fast, I know, but that is how I prefer to do things, I'm not going to give Donna the chance to even think about getting away, about escaping judgment. I'm not even giving her the chance to know that she might- no, will be judged. I can never bring back the lost times. I don't know if getting my revenge on Donna is going to make me feel better, or make me satisfied. It probably won't, I'll still feel the loss of the years I missed every time I look at Fran. But that doesn't mean that I'm going to waste the time I have with her now, which is the rest of my life. I suppose getting Donna
Wendy's POV 6 years ago There is little time. I have to do this now. I have to leave. I have to go with my Francisca and I'll finally be happy. I'm packing my bag right now. I'll soon go to Francisca's room and pack hers. It's a good thing that Zach is on a business trip. He made things a lot easier for me. I finish packing my bag, I don’t bring many things, just the essentials, and I head to Francisca's room. She's sleeping peacefully while I pack her bag. I know that what I'm doing is right. It has to be. I'm not happy here and if I'm not happy then my kids won't be happy. Especially my girl. She's so small and fragile and innocent and if I'm gonna leave, it's not gonna be without her. I've been miserable for years now with Zachary. We fight all the time. I can't remember the last time we had a proper conversation without one of us screaming at the other. So this is for the best. It has to be. I head to Fran's bed to wake her up. "Hey baby," I say softly "it's time
Francisca’s POV 6 years later It’s the last two weeks of summer vacation and Mathew just dropped a bomb on me. “We are moving to New York in a few days, um Brooklyn specifically,” he said. I honestly don’t know how to react to that. So, I only manage to say “what?”. Mathew sighs, sits up straighter, and starts talking again. “I got a job, and it’s a pretty good job, it pays well....and I know it’s gonna be hard for you to change schools and to move to another state but...” he pauses for like 5 seconds then starts talking again. “The company I’m working at is having a bit of a financial crisis and it hasn’t been able to afford to pay our full salaries for two months now and they are beginning to let people off”. He pauses and looks at me. “If I don’t take the job in New York...I’m gonna be out of a job”. He speaks. Mathew is waiting for me to say something, anything. He looks tired, I can see the bags under his eyes. He’s doing the best he can and I’m so grateful for him. He has
Francisca's POV "I can't believe you're leaving," Jenny says. I'm sitting in an ice cream place with my two best friends Jenny and Lori. I've known Jenny and Lori since we were 13. Someone was picking on Jenny so I kind of sort of got in between them and punched the kid who was making fun of her braces at the time. Don't judge okay, Ivan - my brother - always told me to stand up to bullies and I did and I'd do it again. Even if it got me in a lot of trouble with mom haha. Jenny and Lori were already friends so I kind of just joined their group. I was lucky to find them. Can’t imagine my life these past years without them, I just told them about Matt's new Job and us moving to New York in 4 days. They're not taking it well. “I was so excited to start our new year as sophomores together man" she frowns. I smile sadly at her. "Yeah me too," I say. "We can still video chat like every day! And visit!". "But that's not gonna be the same" Jenny pouts. "Honestly, as s
When we finally reach New York, when we are finally in front of our brand new apartment , the apartment in which I'm supposed to live in from now on. Matt wakes me up. He shows me around and the apartment is pretty good, it's awesome actually and I am super excited to see my new room and to decide how I'm gonna decorate it. The moving truck comes shortly after us and we begin setting some stuff up and get settled in a bit. We set up the couche and some kitchen things.After we're done with most things I ask Matt if I could go exploring for a bit. He shakes his head "this is New York Fran, you're not going out on your own this late" he says. Oh man Matthew sees the disappointed look on my face and sighs. "I'll go with you tomorrow and you can do all the exploring you want" he says. And I grin and jump up and down happily while he laughs.The next day Matt and I do get out and explore the city. I see the Statue of Liberty from afar.We even go to Central Park.It's a good day.
Francisca's POV This can't be happening, This can't be happening,This can't be happening, This can't be happening. Ivan and Dan are here, together, at my school, we're going to be attending the same fucking high school. Jenny was right. Oh god Jenny was right! The universe IS trying to get us to reunite. I can already see her smug face. And I can already hear Lori laughing at me because of this....strange strange situation. Dan is saying goodbye to whoever is in the car while Ivan seems to be just walking away, annoyed. And then I see him.My dad. He's right there.Just a few feet away from me. I haven't seen him in so long. He looks...exactly the same. I can feel the tears in my eyes beginning to spill, but I try to blink them away. He's right there after all this time. I could go right to him right now and...I don't know hug him, just stay in my dad's arms for as long as I can. I really want to do that, but I just look at him, stunned, and watch him drive away. I see