Spending my last few hours in the hospital made me more excited, thrilled and scared at the same time. I was going to finally see how Araceli lived and the clothes she wore, the food she ate knowing her lifestyle will be totally different from mine and blending in without invoking suspicion.
The door suddenly swung open and Ace came rushing in with his spiderman T-shirt, black shorts, and white trainers.
Rachel watched as he jumped on the bed excitedly swinging my hand left to right, clearly excited and enthusiastic about having his big sister come home after almost two weeks at the hospital.
"Ara"!
"Ara"!
"Ara"
Ace said.
"Yessssss” Rachel replied as he called her name to show that she was excited too because she couldn't help it with him being so excited.
"I heard you the first and the second time, ” Rachel said again when she saw
Rachel said, smiling a bit from the boy's excitement that was infectious, spreading a smile across her lips. She dropped down from her bed while holding him in her arms.
"Drop me down, Ara, I am not five anymore,” Ace said as Rachel started to tickle him around the room.
Ace was giggling, laughing sounded so cute she wanted him to keep laughing, It's been so long since she had genuinely smiled or laughed since the incident.
She really needed this.
"Alright alright, I will let you breathe for a second.
Rachel said as she let the boy because he was starting to go purple reminding her of the girl from Charlie the chocolate factory.
Before she could get a hold of Ace again, he had raced out of the room calling dibs on the front sit of dad's car which evoked some happy memories from Araceli's past
"Ara"
"Ara"
"Ara"
Ace came running towards her excitedly, today dad decided to take Ace to wonderland after performing well in class.
"I call dibs on front sit in dad's car"
Ace yelled excited
Rachel smiled as the memory filled her head, then decided to get dressed. When she was about to get dressed the door swung open again.
"Hey sweetie,are you ready?" Mrs. Gracias said, smiling gently.
"Give me a minute,”Rachel said.
"Alright we will be waiting in the car, ” .``We are glad to have you back, Ara.” Mrs. Gracias said with a warm smile.
Rachel swung her room car and clocked out of the hospital. She waited a bit till the machine signed her departure.
Pushing the doors open, rays of sunlight attacked her eyes making her squint a little. That was when it dawned on her that she hadn't felt sunlight in over a week.
Slowly taking some time to let her eyes adjust to the sun, she looked into the parking lot seeing different varieties of vehicles from a brown O'brian pick up truck to black Chevrolet and a 2009 Honda which resembled her car.
A wave of emotions hit Rachel as a flash of memory hit her all together. Her cheating bastard of an ex and the truck pummeling her and crushing her and her car. She stumbled back a little holding the rails that lead out of the hospital as she tried to gather her composure again.
Before she could worry about finding Mr. and Mrs. Garcia's car again, Ace came running towards her and grabbed her hands in his small chubby fingers.
"Dad said I should get you, he said you might have forgotten what our car looked like,”. Ace said, squinting his light brown eyes looking up at Rachel.
"But you still remember daddy's car right,"
"...And the card games, my little piano and…" Ace continued..
"I remember most of it, Acey," Rachel said, giving him a little smile.
"I also remember that we called dibs on the front seat," I told him enthusiastically.
Acey laughed at remembering and started running towards the car and Rachel followed him closely behind as they walked towards a 2020 Rolls Royce.
She stared in awe as the sun highlighted the curves of the silver car.
That's Araceli’s parents' car??
Awesome!
Acey quickly got in the front seat and closed the door quickly while sticking his tongue out through the window laughing at the little victory.
"Hey, are you ok sweetheart?” Mrs Gracia asked as she came down from the car and led Rachel to the door, slowly opening it for her to get in.
On entering, Araceli's dad gave her a warm hug telling her how glad he was that she was alright, she felt just how much love the Garcia's had for their daughter.
It's just so sad that their daughter is already dead and she was in her body right now.
But nevertheless, she will take care of them like her own family.
The car ride wasn't as long as she expected as we soon alighted at an estate gate, After the driver was given a pass and they slowly moved through the giant black and poise gate which was written in gold letters.
The Garcia's Estate and house holdings
Rachel marveled at the glorious beauty and finesse of the estate planning.
So they didn't only live in a “super only rich people estate” but they also owned it.
The stop of the car brought her out of her thoughts and a gentle hand held onto her to take her out of the car.
On seeing the person, she thought he was a relative or maybe a family friend she was supposed to know.
He was dressed in an expensive black suit and black dress shoes with his hair slick back.
"Honey, do you remember Mr Gonzales...Our butler?”
Mrs Gracia asked looking at Rachel with concern thinking maybe she might still be battling little amnesia.
Not knowing Rachel was only looking in awe because she was surprised a butler could look this expensive then a regular working class man, but then this was the butler of the fucking billionaire!
That's some old money shit.
Some maids help take her bag while bowing a little to her, she felt strange as if she is a totally different person
Oh wait…
She is a totally different person now, she is Araceli Nicole Gracia the daughter of Mr and Mrs Gracia.
Rachel reminded herself as she got into the house and her eyes opened and jaw dropped to the ground, white walls, huge frames of definitely expensive art, exotic sculptures here and there with maids running around the house getting things done.
She couldn't help but open her eyes wide in amazement.
So this is what living as a heiress felt like.
She was led to her room to rest and change into her "usual clothes" which she guessed would be some expensive ass dress which could pay for her entire college funds and still remain for her to live a little over an average jobless graduate.
Rachel got into the toilet to take a hot shower as more memories came to her, seeing how Araceli loved gardening and the times she played card games with Acey or her company office.
She was glad these memories came now because it would have been awkward and embarrassing if she didn't remember where her own office is.
When Rachel finished taking her bath, she went to Araceli's closet which was bigger than her apartment and triple the size of her living room. She saw all kinds of designer and unreleased merchandise from Gucci and Prada.
She couldn't help but run her hand through a size gown and decided to try it on.
While getting comfortable with the princess-like queen size bed, she suddenly heard a small knock that startled her as she rose from her bed and a maid walked in with a tray and she could smell how good the food was from over here.
The maid set up her food on a little table beside her bed and left after Rachel told her a little "thank you".
After looking at the meal which was scrambled eggs, toast, some bacon and a small bowl of very appetizing looking strawberries. She took a bit at the first strawberry and moaned at the rich taste.
While taking the third, an elderly maid quickly opened the door of her room looking at her in shock as she took the strawberries.
"But but...Miss..."
"I never knew you developed an unusual taste for strawberry,”
She asked looking at Araceli carefully as she was still chewing on one.
Rachel instantly realized that Araceli doesn't eat strawberries or didn't like them or both.
"Uhm i just felt like trying some, it's been a long time since I have taken them," Rachel mumbled nervously.
"Okay Miss, if you say so," The elderly maid replied skeptically."I am fine Antonia,”Rachel found herself saying with a warm smile.Antonia?!So that's her name…Antonia smiled back and turned to go gently.After she left, Rachel got lost in her thoughts, realizing even though she had transmigrated into Araceli's body, she still carried her past life with her.She was just in Araceli's body but she didn't dislike or react to the things Araceli liked, she was still the same old Rachel.Wednesday 7:30The sun forced its way through the big window and way too expensive curtain and reached her on her bed, Rachel turned and faced
A knock resonated through Rachel's office interrupting the company production records. She had to say, Araceli did a pretty good job managing such a complicated and diverse company such as this one, Every unit in the organization was well sorted and performed well with well filed reports on sales,production and welfare. It made it easy for her to know what she was doing and where she was heading to. Her secretary walked in as she finally discarded her cloud of thoughts while she made a mental appointment to meet all the heads of various departments. The petite woman in front of her wore a navy blue office skirt and a white floral blouse with low black heels and a tied up ponytail giving her face sharper features
Was he dreaming or did Araceli just yell in a public space? He hasn’t seen that much fury or anger before, especially not from the ever calm and meek Araceli which he found boring but now...Now she has ALL of his attention. I mean was it possible for someone to develop a strong and outstanding personality over one strange ass journey, because if that is possible, he will like to take all his exes to conversion therapy because of their dry ass humor.He completely forgot about the hostess he was flirting with and ran out to meet Araceli and met her waiting for her ride outside."Araceli"!!!"Urghhhhh" Rachel groaned internally.
Chapter 11:Signing her first dealToday is the day she has been waiting for. She was both excited but nervous, enthusiastic but worried at the same time. The future of the company depended on this deal she was going to pitch today. Araceli has been working on the deal for over 6months with a whole research base and backup file, she knows that the contract wasn't only important to the company but to Araceli too, this was most of her life's work, hence why she couldn't afford to mess it up.She got up an hour before her alarm due to her restlessness, so she decided to take a run to clear her mind, A run and a good coffee will keep her straight,so she left the house at 6:27 am jogging up to her estate.The sun had partially risen and the air was cool again her face but she could feel the sl
Waking up to the smell of frying bacon and toast is something Rachel can never be used to, she turned in her bed while looking at the time figuring she probably slept through her alarm. She had been catching up on a series she had watched in her past life and slept late, you know, totally "normal" stuff. She went into the bathroom to wash up and wore some casual band tee and comfy sweatpants.On heading downstairs,she could hear Ace telling the cook what he wanted which was quite obvious from the time she has known him, it has always been pancake with chocolate syrup with a glass of cold almond milk, this was Ace every morning breakfast and on rare days he chose to make scrambled eggs with toast and orange juice. She headed to the coffee machine to make her morning dose of caffeine to start the day, she too
"Nice to meet you Ace, I'm Yandel," Yandel replied, bending his waist to the kid level as he gave Ace a knuckle bump."Yannyyyyy!!!. the queue is too long can you help me get the popcorn" Maya whined as there were just four people in front of her.Yandel groaned and rolled his eyes while he went to the popcorn stall to get three large popcorn packs for Celi, himself, and Ace."Maya come over here please," Yandel called to her."Yes," She answered sweetly."This is Araceli, CEO of Garcia's Enterprise and Ace, her kid brother," Yandel introduced."Hi" Maya said indifferently, not really caring about the ki
While Yandel was driving them home, Rachel got lost in thoughts as she stared outside the window thinking of everything that had happened within the past two hours, she looked sideways to yandel and he was just focused on the road, he turned to look at her too and gave her a reassuring smile as if reading her mind for her need for affirmation he gently squeezed her hands on her laps that were fidgeting a little and she let him as she turned to the window.While Ace went missing, she and Yandel had splitted ways, and she had called the police station straight away, reporting a missing child and described Ace as a brunette boy above 3'9 with green eyes. She was hysterical that time. She felt like the whole world.is closing down on her."Ma'am you need to calm down if you want us to really hear you" the police replied, Trying
"I like Yandel better than Xander…."Rachel finally got the courage to look at him after Ace had said that."He doesn't like my...fiancé" Rachel said with a little pause before referring to the evil bastard as her fiancé."Well he didn't fail to mention it to me too," Yandel added, laughing a bit at the mean face the kid made when he referred to Xander."He also said he wished I was his brother-in-law too," Yandel added with a confident smirk knowing it was going to evoke a reaction from Celi."He said that…!!" Rachel asked surprised and curious o
"Araceli..""Yandel…Cole…""Sorry for being late your honor.." Araceli said with a confident smirk. All three of them walked in and it felt good, everyone had their jaws hanging down and eyes bulging out. Mrs Garcia was already on her feet about to run to hug her daughter while Amy stood there in tears. Ricky, Ben and Mariah were all on the same row, jaws hanging down in surprise. Emily and Nathan were totally unmoved instead, smiling proudly at their brother in a well tailored suit with Araceli by his side and Cole in jeans and black T like he always wore."And sorry for not being late as you guys thought I was.." Yandel said smiling at the crowd but especially at the man who was in a gray tailored suit and his hair was drawn back and held together by gel sitting beside Alice and Xander. The whole Miller family had a missed reaction but one of them in particular had his eye out of his socket more than the rest."Order court!! I will not condone such an insolent act in my court!!" He
Rachel"The Millers!!!" I yelled but paused again."Wait, they actually aren't the only ones you know…they are actually more of them, the Preston's, even the Azariah and I know all of the Xander's investments and none if it has nothing to do with the news outlets. I have gone through his papers before, his original documents that he had locked in a safe, that's how I knew he wasn't that smart to pull off all that happened," I told him my face dropping. What could Mister Douglas Miller, Alexander's father possibly want from us, that he would need me dead. Whoever this person was, has a good reason to kill me or want me dead but he also didn't make any sense.As for my father, not even I knew of the several women he has gone around with that my mother was very much aware of, but no one knew exactly why he did it. Sleeping with a married man's wife. So Mr Miller could have his reason for doing it, each of the Miller were suspects now and even Alice."Look, go freshen up okay, clean yours
Rachel"Hmm, you seem to like this place a lot huh.. Maybe you could join me, we would make a fun pair…" A familiar voice joked beside me. The familiarity of the voice was enough to spread chills all over my body, at the same time, soothe the burning feeling at the back of my head. It felt like my eyes were open yet closed, I could see her but I couldn't see anything else, just her."Araceli…" I called her name lightly before I felt my chest burn."Am I dead this time, did i make it this time around??" I asked her, looking at her smile so pretty at me, it was almost like staring at my reflection but the prototype. Even by mere looking at her I could see how much different she looked from me, she looked sharper while I was much more blunt on the edges "Isn't that a little narcissistic?? Staring and admiring me when I'm you.." She teased as I rolled my eyes in reflex."There's no way I'm you. I asked before who I was here and you never gave me an answer but now I see the answer clear a
"This is taking too long, we need to check up on him. I mean how long is it gonna take for the police and back up to get here?? Acting like we have the who goddamn day doing nothing but sitting down looking pretty and empty as hell," She looked at her mom hoping her whinig was going to get to her she was going to try and tell her to go in there and ask what's going on."You need to take a chill pill okay, for all we know, he got bigger fish to fry and you going there will just be getting in his way and taking up all his planned tattics and throwing them away. So no, Araceli, you are going to seat your impatient self down and wait till he is back," She continued typing and face timing on Ace's laptop since it was the only laptop available. For the past thirty minutes, she had been trying her best to just sit calm and enjoy the silence and sound of keyboard clicking but it was getting suffocating.It was already passed twenty five minutes and he wasn't back yet and he was yet to contact
Xander"Watch where you are going bro!! F!ck" My shirt had a little of starbuck strawberry shit on me and I knew with in seconds, I was going to start feeling so sticker and uncomfortable.I spilled several curses as I walked from my private gym to Where I was suppose to meet Alice. I don't know why of all places she couldn't just choose some where we could both be comfortable with a little less human interact."Hey, hey...Mr Miller right?" The man who ran into me came back and I held myself from groaning out loud. What the fuck does he want for fuck sake. I'm just trying to get to my meet up hoping I get lucky with her today because she has been acting extra weird ever since Saturday evening we had a fall out. She barely replied my text and after I sent a whole bunch of texts, she sends a cool or fine. It became increasingly over bearing so I decided to come to the gym and put some of my frustration into lifting some irons and honestly, it actually does work.Out of like ten, I was
They were only half way through watching lilo and stitch which Ben has probably watched for the twentieth time in the past four months. He still had the fire to watch it again, which was honestly amazing. Lilo and Stitch was a classic but Ricky was already tired of seeing it and was beginning to get really pissed off at Stitch's voice. It sounded like a really REALLY bad recording from the past, even though it was used as an alien voice, it was still really annoying to listen to.He decided to adjust his position in Ben's warm arms but found out that he had already slept off, and he was the one who changed the channel. Ricky tried to stand up to put the TV off and drink some water but he coiled his arms around him tighter and turned over so they weren't facing the light of the TV. Ricky stretched for the remote and turned off the TV so that they could sleep well.Just a few minutes after he made this life changing important decision as he himself was feeling really exhausted from the
"It's why I'm out here. I came to take him back then I realized that he didn't know me and you guys were not in the hanger so I headed back to the Car to see if anyone approached it. Don't worry about my wound, the cook there helped me clean up my wounds and stopped the blood loss and took out the mic they pull under my skin," He explained further as he stretched his arm. He looked behind me and Mrs Garcia and saw Ace holding a taser in his direction."F*ck...the whole family is actually like this.." He shook his head then decided to crank his neck making a cracking sound into the night."Do you even know how to use a taser?" He asked Ace, who looked at him cockingly."I have watched enough videos and I think lama is still passed out back at home, i hope they find a way to wake her up," He said proudly and I smiled till may brain processed the information that he just spewed and I realized that this boy electrocuted the cat in our household, which made sense why I didn't see the cling
I pressed the gun in his direction and he screamed...literally. I looked at him as his face turned to the palest form od white after pulling such a stunt on him. A click sound echoed in the night night showing that the shell was empty making him breath heavily."That's for keeping us twenty two minutes late," I smirked at him before walking past him making sure my elbow brushed his and walked up to the car signaling one of the guards to help take our luggages from the big SUV that was meant for the guards to drive. She wanted a more elaborate way of moving our things but I managed to convince her that we needed to move secretively without being noticed."That gave me a f*cking scare. What the hell was that about anyways, between you and your mom??" He picked a brown channel travel bag that was one of the monthly calendar gifts to our family."I don't know, years of vex, the fact that she ruined me of all the friends i made here in months, made them hate me and after that, she had the
Rachel"Do you have your bags and passports??" Mrs Garcia asked, holding my hands as we sat at the back seat of her favorite vintage 1965 which she only used for special occasions like when she was invited to Washington to make a speech in a forum that had some of the world's most b important people."Mum...the vintage," I stared at the Mustang and she smiled proudly at it."If not That I would be tagged as a loco puta. I would have named her my third child, she's so beautiful, isn't she??" She said with a dreamy look in her eyes as she looked at the car shining in its glory from the light Cole's private hanger had. The place was empty and we had guards to extra survey the area before we alighted.The place was huge as hell, the tarmacs to the runway lighting, it looked like a full mini airport and it was beautiful and there also happened to be a private restaurant just behind the huge garage that housed the plane. The name was something I didn't bother to read as the food called my