She's driven to find the truth when she makes a shocking discovery, on a secret about her parents that as well links with herself. Things doesn't turn out to be how they were, Vanessa Holland mind crave for answers. Answers she can get only from her parents, which leads her into finding the real truth about her past self and her parents as well. Things go a bit south after the revelation, but would she recover from the shocking news, which her parents held in for 18 years from her life?
View More"I got in!!!"Emily said barge-in into our front door
"You got in where, did we ..."
"To WSU dummy, remember i told you i got wait listed the last time we spoke right, well i checked just a few minutes ago and found out i got accepted" Emily said with all excitement gushing through her veins
"I'm so happy for you Mily" i congratulated her as well celebrated in our sitting room
"What's all the excitement about?" Mum asked as she walked down the staircase
"Ms Holland, i got accepted into WSU, I and Vanessa are going to WSU this fall" Emily replied excitedly to my mum
"So Nessa's gonna have a friend there afterall, not just any friend, her best friend" mum said grinning
"Seriously Mum ..."
"You know i and your Dad you're a bit worried cause you don't socialize a lot and maybe you'll be a loner in Washington state university"
"Mum, I'm not a loner, I'm not an introvert and lastly I'm not anti-social,I just love staying alone away from people and their heck of trouble "
"The last time i checked,that's the meaning of a loner" Emily said
"Seriously, Emily you're on a side now?"
"Whoa !!! Don't go out on me, I'm not on anyone's side, I'm only trying to state the clear fact but luckily for you you have me as a friend and there's no way I'm going to let you miss out on all the fun in College" Emily said but receive the glare from my mum
"No no I ain't talking about drinking, frat parties and sex... " I choked on my saliva once she said the last word
"I'm just saying we're gonna have fun, that's it" she finally concluded assuring my mum
"Don't do any drastic things that will lead your girls into trouble" mum adviced
"We won't" we said at the same time
"Besides you know how my parents can be right?, i can't try any type of shit" Emily said again, which she was right about, her dad Mr Feran Lopez is a very strict man when it comes to his kids Emily and Pablo (Emily's little brother) but my dad on the other hand, takes things a little lightly with me, maybe cause I'm the only kid or something
"Well Mum, we aren't going off to college till this fall, so you can save the advice for then okay, right now we need to go shopping for new clothes we'll take with us, bye!!!" I said and we left immediately, i didn't give her a chance to complain.
VANESSA'S POV
"Mum, I'm gonna be over at Emily's, I'll be back soon" i told her over the phone as well walked towards their front yard
"Are you girls done shopping?"
"Yeah, we just got back from the mall" i replied
"Be home in time for dinner, your dad's coming" Mum said again
"Have you guys finally made up? I wouldn't want any quarrels during dinner" i cautioned, which was a bit weird
"That's not what we talk on phone Nessa, be home on time" She replied and hung up which left me with a scoff, i know they'll be tryna act all good and happy whenever I'm around but deep down i know there's an issue, but don't know what exactly it is
"What did your Mum say?" Mily asked beside me, now we were already seated on the couch
"Nothing much, just that i should be back in time for dinner" I replied
"Ohhkay" she replied weirdly, not wanting to prey. My family's a bit messed up, not entirely though, but to a certain degree messed up, I'm the only child to my dad Mr Bryan Holland and my Mum, Mrs Candace Holland, there was a time when we were a really happy small family but not until some years ago, things went wild for no visible reason. I'm 18+, turning 19 this fall, speaking of fall, i have just two months to prepare for college and i intend studying English, I'll be an English major and Emily's gonna study media and international relation.
"Hi dad" Emily voiced out which snapped me outta my thoughts
"Good day sir" I greeted politely
"Good day ladies, how've you been Vanessa?" he asked in his weird English tone, he speaks Spanish alot that's why his English isn't really clear
"I'm good sir" i replied again
"Dad we'll be upstairs if you need ..." Emily tried to give an excuse to get us out of there but he beat her to it
"No no no, i was just going out myself,so take care of yourselves" he said and left through the front door.
I got home later that evening and saw Dad car parked in the driveway
"Great! this's gonna be one heck of a dinner" I sarcastically said inwardly...
Okay let's fast forward things a bit, cause obviously my life's too boring to go through two heck of a month, it's only a week now before we move down to WSU, i and Emily had already done the necessary preparations like, renting an apartment, we did that cause of sanitary issues that's always in hostels, we wouldn't be able to cope with everything there, and we agreed on getting a place off campus which we both would share, and if you're wondering how we would get to morning classes on time, Emily's dad got her a car recently to make things easier for her
My parents wanted following suite but i declined, i told them that i would get mine once I'm there, with the little earning I'll be getting from whatever side hustle I'll do there, they weren't really open on the idea but with time they gave in.
I actually brought the idea of getting an internship or a side hustle in college, which Emily immediately oblige to but obviously she's still on with her idea of is having fun over there and i know Emily's idea of fun, we've been friends since the beginning of highschool so I know Emily so well, she might have convinced my mum on the kind of fun we'll be having but I'm a thousand percent sure that parties would definitely be among, clubbing as well but yea no sex, we agreed on that, "NO BOYS" she despise them, I think they're pricks, so technically we both hate them and think they're no good, so the best things we'll do for ourselves is no guys at all.
Not as if guys irritate us or anything, we just don't want to get into any relationship with any of them cause they have only one goal which is getting Into your pants and trashing you midway, but that won't be happening in our case cause we'll avoid them but it don't mean we can't have them as friends, we could be friendly but to a certain limit
"Nessa we're only just a week away, you're ready?" Emily voice sounded happily from the phone
"I was born ready" I boldly replied, mimicking a superhero's voice
"So ... When are we storming WSU?"
"Saturday perhaps, so we could use Sunday in preparation for Monday, which is the main deal" I replied her
"That's fine with me, just triple check to make sure you're with everything, bye see you then" She said and hung up.
VANESSA'S POV "Mily did you call your Mum?" I asked cause we all were about heading out to Westlake park to see the already lit Christmas tree, Caroline and her kids as well but Marie bailed out, she said something about meeting up with her family for church or something"Yea i did, she said I'll meet them there since we're going same direction" Emily replied referring to Westlake park "Cool then, let's head out"Mum instructed and we all responded by moving towards the door Everyone looked beautiful under the Christmas light and the tree was really high above us "Mum, Dad" Emily called out to her parents which she had been searching for and was about moving towards them when Caroline yelled in surprise"Logan? Is it really you?" She voiced out in utter dismay as she looked the direction where he stood, he walked towards us seconds later, leaving a little boy and a lady who seems to be his Mum behind"Hi?" He greeted questionable, he didn't seem to look anywhere else, he just had h
VANESSA'S POV "Mum are you guys ready to go yet, I'm already waiting" I asked both my mum and dad as i waited in the sitting room, we're about visiting Mrs Hart (a.k.a My birth Mum) and it was lightly snowing outside David and his Mum left yesterday after the lunch, they said they were going back to Chicago today and just had to say hi before they left"I was stuck looking for my gloves, it's slightly snowy outside" Mum came in and said "And where's dad, we have to go get Emily first, you guys remember that right?" I said to her so they could hurry up "He'll be down in a bit" she replied me and i saw him walk down the stairs just immediately"Seriously Dad, you had to wear a muffler and a warmer? Are you that cold?" I asked "Yea, of cause I am, is it cause you don't feel like i do?" he questioned "Let's just go okay, Emily would be waiting" we then left after that "Who's there?" A voice came from the security intercom that had a camera "It's Vanessa from Beauty and Elegance
VANESSA'S POV "So Nessa, we have a week to finish exams, how many papers do you have this week" Emily asked"Just one and that's tomorrow, I joined the decor team in the department store" I said to her"That's cause you have free time on your plate, I won't be available for it but I'll definitely show up for the end of years party" Mily said"You'll meet her then right?" Mily asked referring to Caroline"Yea, I'll try to engage her in a conversation" I said feeling a bit doubtful i can even do that, but I'll have to try "Another thing, try to find out exactly where she stays in Seattle, so we can take advantage of the holidays to pay her a visit" "That's right, she stays in Seattle so it's a good match for us, so we won't travel again to some other place" I voiced out LATER THAT WEEK "Hey girls, how's the decorations coming up?" Our department manager Irene asked I and Kim as we headed to the elevator "It's going great" "Better than we expected" We both said accordingly "Tha
TODD'S POV "We didn't know the reason why she left you at the hospital and ran off, since then we couldn't get a trace of her, when she came around to register, she fell reluctant but a friend of hers, what's her name again...""Marie yes, she urged her on and she finally registered, she didn't show up for the required scan that were supposed to be done but surprisingly showed up on the delivery day, she delivered safely without any complications, we cleaned her up and went away to get some other things but on returning, we didn't see her, what we saw was a name beside you as you laid on the bed 'VANESSA' she named you" Dr Miller poured out, I had to turn to see Vanessa's reaction she looked like she just got electrocuted cause she really was in shock, i would too if i was told the story of how I was born and it turned this way "Nessa, how are you holding up?" Came my question but she couldn't give a reply, rather she gave a little sob"Come here" I gave her a little side hug "U
VANESSA'S POV "Vanessa wake up, we need to head out now" I heard against my blurry eyes as i rubbed them "Huh?" I asked confused"Go take a shower so we can leave and while you're at it, cover that ass up cause you won't like what I'll do to it" He said smirking which made me look downwards to see what he meant"Holy shit" I said and dragged his tee shirt which i wore to cover me further, it pulled up cause of my sleeping position"Let me go freshen up" I said hurriedly and dashed up to the bathroom."So what are we having for breakfast?" I asked once i got into the car cause he was waiting on there for me "I got some things" he said and pointed to the takeout bags at the back seat which i stretched to get"Wow Todd, when did you get this" I asked already digging my hand into the bag to get the fries and slushie out "You want some?" I asked"No I've already taken something, i went out when your were bathing to get it" He answered which was now totally understandable "Vanessa, we
TODD'S POV "Guys exams are around the corner, no frat party this week" Alex suggested"Fine by me" Logan concord "Bummer" Cole sulked a bit but I wasn't paying much attention to the guys hangout that was happening right now at my place, I was rather spaced out with my phone cause I've been trying to get a hold on Vanessa to know of she's back from thanksgiving cause it was actually Monday today"Dude someone's at the door" Someone said but it didn't seem clear cause i was spaced out"TODD" I heard a loud call and immediately snapped out"Where did you go dude?" Logan said"Someone has been knocking, expecting someone?" Chad questioned which came surprising"No not really, could you go check it out?" I said to Chad"Ooohh who do we have here, a surprise guest?" Came Chad voice as he opened the door for whomever it was, it only made me more curious"Todd's in right?" I recognized the voice immediately i heard it "Yea we all are" Chad answered and made way for her so she could see us
AUTHOR'S POV The winter season was already close by, Vanessa and Emily prepared their stuff for the trip back home for thanksgiving, the semester had already ran out and most college students had already gone while some few others were yet to go and the duo were among this set, they didn't want to go just immediately.EMILY'S POV "Okay babe, I'll see ya in Seattle, call me when you get home incase we loose ourselves in traffic" i said to Nessa as well were about getting into our separate cars"And hey don't pick a fight with them okay" I said again referring to her parents"Jeez okay Mum, you're done?" She said sarcastically and asked but i didn't understand and i guess my expression gave it away cause she clarified "With your little talk, it sounds like you're giving a pep talk or something" She said and entered her car "Haha real funny" I replied sarcastically and got in as well, checked my mirrors and all"Let's go" I instructed and reversed out of the apartment Ever sinc
DAVID'S POV I couldn't believe I was standing right in front of my dad after all these years, someone I haven't seen since I was born for the past 24 years of my life was just seated in front of me, I didn't know if I should be happy to see him or angry he made us pass through those hard times years back, but one thing I knew for sure was that he owes me a detailed explanation, Mum had already gone to to attend to some other customers so I took Vanessa seat."Why did you do it?""Rebecca told you? I know nothing I'll say now would mend my mistakes or carelessness but I'm gravely sorry" He blurted out "My mom didn't actually say anything, anytime I asked her she will dismiss the question and it's made me believe that she was truly hurt, so I want to hear it from the horses mouth, what happened?" I demanded authoritatively "First of all I'm Bryan, Rebecca and I were dating in high school behind her parents back because they didn't approve it, I think it happened during prom night ca
VANESSA'S POV "Mily I'm home" I called out once i and Todd entered the sitting room, he decided to see me off inside after our trip from his place, don't worry about the other bathroom sesh, nothing happened, well except for some few foreplays Todd didn't mind that we didn't have sex, he enjoyed everybit of our time, though last night he was really jacked up and wanted to blow it out but i didn't let him for reasons i can't even think of, i felt so bad afterwards but he assured me we were cool, made it up for last night this morning."Vanessa why weren't you picking up your phone, you didn't even call to let me know you were at Todd's, for two freaking days" Emily lashed out on me "I'm so sorry Mily, i just wanted to rest in anew environment, I swear it won't happen again" I tried assuring"Yeah, yeah whatever, anyways your...""Dad?" I cut her off immediately i sighted my Dad approaching us from the inner room"What the hell...""That was part of the reason i kept calling you, yo
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