TESORO (His hunted Treasure)

When it Ends it Begins

Sumeya

"Five, six, seven, eight, Let's go!"

"And one, two, three, four, Zintle be mindful of your position, if you guys are not in sync this will look very bad"

"Come on from the top, and one, two, three-  No stop, stop the Music!"

"Rea, What are you doing?, we have been learning the same choreography for two weeks now, I don't expect you still be looking back to check the next move," I asked her getting frustrated.

"I'm sorry, sis I've been having a tough week I promise I'll practice more" she replies her voice cracking.

"Ok, let's call it a day, get some water and we come back to do stretches," I tell them.

I walk to my bag and picked up my phone to see I have a missed call from Luna, It has been two years since I moved back to South Africa, exactly 4 years since Marcus died and uncle Emilio retired from the organization.

Emre Yildrim disappeared like a ghost, Demir went back to Turki, and thankfully Avery dodged an arranged marriage.

After a year, Iva and Uncle Emilio renewed their vows, and the twins graduated early from businesses school, I still have so many questions, how did they even get time to study during that chaos especially Ermanno with such high grades, but I guess he has always been a genius.

Even Luna skipped a grade when we were younger, a family of dangerous nerds, my adoptive family, the only real family I had.

"Ok guys, make a circle, I need to talk to you about something"

I watched as the girls move to the center of the studio and sat budda style on the floor, they were all teens, still, in high school, the youngest was 14 and the eldest was 18, they all had a passion for music and dance, they were all super talented and versatile and I wanted to help them reach their full potential.

I always felt like with the kind of life I am living I could never do what I love, but this has made it possible for me, ever since I was young I wanted to be a performer but things didn't go my way and I never had the support, after being trafficked I gave it all up, I was ready to die when the twins and uncle Emilio found me.

And the whole situation turned out to be a blessing for me, which is why I am grateful for life, for my family, and for a second chance, and that is why I opened this studio to help and build young confident girls.

"Ok, so you guys know we have less than a month, less than a month to perfect the choreography, spice it up with your beautiful personalities, and do it as we own it, less than a month to win, I know I am hard on you guys sometimes, but you know why we all here, this is a start to our lives our future"

I look to all twelve of them.

" This is an opportunity of a lifetime, win this you get worldwide recognition, so keep your focus"

I hear a beeping sound and checked my phone again, it was time for me to leave.

"Ok quickly, tell me about the unit performances, how is that going, any difficulties, new ideas?, please be very brief I have a date, I can not spend all my time with you little rascals" I joke.

They laughed and start teasing, soon we finished our talk and I instructed Rea to lead the stretch and close up when they are done.

"Ok guys, be safe and see you next week, Lisa will lead practice in my absence"

I hear groans and smirked to myself, Lisa was the second eldest at the age of seventeen, however very strict and professional, she was also the best dancer in this group, every one of them was perfect and had a unique charm, Lisa was just the Ace of everything she did, a perfectionist, super shy and very straightforward but a beast on stage, her duality never ceased to amaze me.