Sweetest Lies

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I was lying on the floor playing around with bean- my puppy- when my dad barged into my room. I got up in a halt when I was the tearsin his eyes. " Dad, what is going on ?" I asked worriedly, he gave me a shaky smile and opened his mouth to speak when he got interrupted by my mother's loud yelling. "I can't believe this is happening. Oh my god, holy shit. Jamie and your daughter pack up your clothes right this instant or so help me god." I turned to my dad who was laughing at my confused expression. " We're moving to New york darling." He smiled. " Oh my gosh. Truly?" I asked. The feeling of happiness settled in my stomach. "Yep, your mother got promoted and has been moved there to overlook the day to day activities of the office." He said excitedly. Overlooking day to day activities? Wait that means -" she got promoted to COO! Ahh, I can not believe it. I'm so happy." I jumped in my dad's arms and hugged him, tightly. But of course, those moments just had to be cut off. " Jamie, pack up your things or I'm dragging your white ass over here." My mom yelled. I laughed at my dad's pale face before I pushed him out of my room. " Oh, and before I forget, Anna and Josh wish to see you when we arrive in New York." My dad gave me a quick pity smile before he shut my door. I took a deep breath before walking to my closet. Let us not focus on them, Gigi.

Now you must be wondering who I am or not caring enough to wonder who I am but too bad cause I'm telling you anyway. Hi, I'm Jewel Harper mostly known as Gigi to my parents. And those are my parents, Khadijah and Jamie Harper. Well, they are not my biological parents, Anna and Josh are. Anna and my mom are sisters twins to be more specific and Anna abandoned me right after giving birth to me. She wasted no time to hand me over to her sister and leave with her rich boyfriend who unfortunately happens to be my biological father. To anyone else, it seemed like they were just teenagers that were not aware of their actions but believe me when I say they were fully aware. Cause if you think about it, leaving your newborn baby in the hands of your younger twin sister and thinking she'll be able to take care of a baby at 17 is a dick move. But let us not dwell too much on the past. My dad was with my mom through it all, even when my grandparents kicked my mom out and all and he also named me Jewel, yes my mom hated the name at first but she eventually grew to love it.

Mom did not throw the rest of her life away if that is what you are thinking my dad's parents -grandma and granddad- offered to take care of me until they finished university and get a somewhat stable job. And they did a great job at raising me, all four of them did. Mom studied business and economies and now has a great job, as you might have noticed. And dad decided to study English literature, but he's a stay at home dad. And boy do I love him for it.

Moving on, I finished packing all my suitcases and got out of my room, Bean wasn't that hard to pack for. Just his snacks and dog bag that's all. I'm going to buy him some new shampoo and conditioner when we land which might be in 16 hours. "Gigi, we need to leave. Like now." My mom shouted. I quickly ran out of my room with everything I need and dad helped with Bean and his staff. "I don't understand why we need to leave right now, I mean you just got promoted." I rested( or at least tried to) my arms on my mom's shoulders. "Actually, I got this promotion 2 weeks ago, I did tell you we are going somewhere in two weeks, but you didn't ask where so frankly you are at fault here. And what are you trying to do, you're 149, 86cm (4'11) this isn't working." She laughed at me and patted my hair, patted! She is acting like she is not 157cm (5'2).

I was about to reply to what she said when my dad came and told us to get our butts into the car cause we were going too late for the check-in. Luckily we got there just in time for everything. I got into the airbus and sat next to an old lady who was telling me about her grandchild and a pet parrot. I didn't enjoy that one-way conversation if I'm being completely honest. After very long hours and conjoining flights we finally reached New York, America. Dad called a taxi for us and we got to our new flat. A three-bedroom with 2 en suites and a tiny balcony. I think fuck yes, and one thing I could not wait to do was sleep cause jet lag had taken a major toll on me.