THE ERADICATION OF PAST

Being Candour

V: my brother. He was a singer.

She wasn't able to make words. I held her hand since she was in my reach distance.

V: My parents were very ambitious. Me and my brother, We just never got along together. So .... uhh... my parents had their favorites. My mom she loved to dress me up in so many weird clothes and she would just go crazy about it. How...one day, she will become a fashion designer and I... her top model.
But my father he did not approve of my mother's dream and considered it trash.

She laughed.

V: My parents divorced when i was 9. I wanted to be with my dad. I love my father.

Her face went cold and unbothered with hint of all broken inside, she was still trying to hide her feelings. I looked at her. I gave a look which said " nothing will change if it's kept inside, just push it out and move on, by push it out I mean talk about it ". Something with concern but also acceptance and understanding.

V: Well, love-d my dad.But he had his favorite. Danniel. I despised him for that.
He and I were spoiled as kids. My dad, He's a director. My mom was an aspiring fashion designer, she had to work a lot, to at least take small dress orders by individuals. I always fussed about dad not being there, was such a troublesome child, you know the kind who never gets satisfied and always wants something she does not have. My mom died, when i was 15. I had to go live with dad. I was angry by then, on my father. I felt and thought, it was because of him, she suffered and even worse i thought it was because of me. Cause she wanted to give me a good life even if she was ambitiously driven. There was no support from my father side to raise me, clearly he didn't much care about me and of course he wouldn't really want me there.

I think i can speak for all of us... her life sounds like trouble. I am hoping it doesn't get worse but she hasn't even got to the 'Danny' matter yet.

V: I stayed alone, at school and at the manshion. We lived in london then. I am from London actually.

She said the last two lines in her normal accent.

R: waitttt what???
L: How many secrets do you exactly have?
T: You have a great american accent, which i fail to have even now.

She smiled proudly of her self. I smiled seeing her smile, it was just nice to see her smile.

V: Danny... He and i started to go to the same school. He was a jerk, the school jock... until i started going there.He was 17 and I, 15. He played in the volleyball team. One day when he was playing after school for a tournament selection, I had to sit there and wait for him. There was a ball about to hit me but i striked it with no biggy. The coach saw it and got me in for tryouts, which I also aced and got in the team.

T: Let me guess he didn't like it.

V: oh... he was so excited.

L: what? i don't get it.

V: He never wanted to play it, he just did it for dad. But what he was more excited about was hitting me with the ball. But final selections, I got in and he... got out. Humiliated he came to confront me, At home. My father took his side and screamed at me badly, like i wasn't his daughter.
He first smirked at me, when I was grounded for 2 weeks.

L: how did you like him then?

V: He smirked, until... My father told me that i cannot go to that tournament finals or until he brought our mother in.
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(FLASHBACK)

Henry(V's dad): You... little brat,you took away your own brother's place in the team. Do you know how hard he worked for it? Do you know how hard I trained him for it?

V: I did not MEAN TO DO IT. I was just good at it.

H: then act like your not. I am pretty sure you also inherited that from your mother, just like how you inherited the ablity to humilate others.

Danny's face showed a little anger when dad took in mother into the conversation.

V: My mother, just wanted to shine on something she loved, YOU... humilated yourself by NOT supporting YOUR wife.

I saw Danny look down as though realising something. What can he realise with his thickhead.
A hand landed on my cheek before I land my eyes back on my father.

H: You cunning little.... Let me see how you go to that tournament, If you can't be there then Danny would be selected right?

Ohhh if I had a knife at that moment.

D: Dad that's  enough !

V: What's wrong now? Daddy's little princess!!!
D: I am trying to talk for yo.... never mind.

He said, looking at my face which was rage filled.

D: You can't call her a brat dad... even though she is one but yeah, If she is good at it you can't do anything 'bout it.
H: Oh I can. I am not sending her.
D: your doing the same thing father, You can't feed her also to your ambitions. She doesn't belong to you, she was with my mum not you.
H: your mum? She is still My daughter.

D: You don't behave like it.
H: where you heading at, boy?
D: Listen to her, I think, where she heading at..... ugh... is right.
V: excuse me?

Danny was a calculative person, he knew what would be of good to him or at least would be of profit to him. He always sided with me when he can also be benefited. I still don't understand how he is under father's control.
D: *heavily sighs* I mean, If i don't support my OWN sister in her, victory. Its just me, who is humilating myself. I don't want to participate in the tournament. I've been behaving to her like I am someonelse, To which i am really sorry.

He said looking at me. Honestly I am - Shooketh.

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V: and basically my dad, He was adament and tried to stop me from going but, Danny fought for me and took me to the tournament on time, cheered for me and gave me courage honestly. Even though he did it actually for himself, He did something also for me. After that tournament we never went home, we got an apartment and he offered to take care of me. First i was hesistant a bit but being with him was better than being with dad.

V: He did not go to any university. He really took care of me, I did some small part time to help him, sold some of my paintings. And one day at home I got a parcel and went to give it to him. He was in the shower. I heard him, His Voice.... It was .... sooo good. I told him how he should become a singer. He said he had already talked about that to dad but he discouraged him, like he did to me. But i told him how we were now not his puppets or pawns.

V: slowly, He was a hit. Not very big but many people already knew us due to our father's reputation. I helped him make some video songs by making posters and design the idea behind them, his friends helped too. One day, After some heavy party after his first concert, He woke up and tried to speak out to me, but no words came. He .... Lost his ability to speak? It was a condition, the doctor said. He finally went somewhere at night without my knowledge and....

Her voice through the last was just mournful.

V: they just said, they found his body in his car, said he drunk and drove. I know he wouldn't do that. He ... I owed him everything. I still do. All those paintings in his room, were done by me. Due to his popularity, people also considered my art and design, that's how i have the job i have today. He took care of me, how my mom and dad should have, they were just ambitious people, not FIT to have children, If you're just ambitious why care about loving someone? But Danny he cared for me, bought me everything and spoiled me in ways i never thought i would be spoiled again. His death was a mystery to me, but all reports were against my suspisions, I went nuts tried to sue my father. But i was just given a therapist. But that kind of worked i think.

This is confusing.

Thank you for reading!!!