Simply Twisted *UNEDITED*

Chapter 11: Little secrets

Simply Twisted

Little secrets

Music : ♫ Listen to One day by Kodaline

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It had now been exactly three months three weeks since her rendezvous with Lisa in London, regardless of their random and awkward friendship their ties grew as they kept in touch. Lisa claimed she was getting by, even better-she'd gotten accustomed to life or so she tried convince Lexie.

She'd picked up that Lisa was miserably in denial and perturbed, if not-haunted, by her past choices. For instance breaking things off with her amazing ex-boyfriend who had a stable career as a lawyer.

"Of course they were perfect together," Lexie mumbled gazing at the dullness. "But what do I know about relationships and I've never really been in one."

"So you chose to be a hostess despite your Economics major and IT minor first class degree, what is wrong with you?" Lexie remembered admonishing her a while back. When she'd shared her life's story over an hour and a half call.

"I thought it didn't make sense  signing up for some monotonous boring work. I guess...let's say, I was naïve Lexie." She'd confessed.

That night had been intense, she recalled; lots of whimpering from both ends of the call. Lexie had disclosed how she was angered and often battled the emptiness of lacking a father figure her entire life. In little details they shared much and sobbed all the more over their misery-stricken lives. It saddened Lexie that despite constant prayers, her memory still was vague and grey, it made her livid. The little faith she'd been fed by Kayla was slowly dwindling.

Lisa had managed to talk her down, then. Usually, Kimberly would but Kim was busy leading her life miles away from her. Somehow Lexie felt like they were peas from the same pod, they surmised over light chuckles to rubbish off tears. Only difference-she was three years younger. Despite Lisa being brought up by a caring mother, her earlier life wasn't so charming.

"We were like church mice trying to get by," she'd said. "Tough life, went hungry some days just so my small cousins could get fed. At the time my mom's sisters were staying with us, single mothers starting up families. Can you imagine I once dropped down unconscious from being famished? Anyway, in sixth grade while shipped away to boarding school at age eleven, we somewhat lost our mother-daughter ties to a well to do doctor. Sir Primor, six foot tall handsome man, deep voice but overbearing character; I could never blame her for falling in love. It hurt me regardless, to be the step-child, so believe me Lexie; I know how you feel- I too, never got to grow up with a dad." Lisa explained.

"Oh dear," Lexie remarked looking at the parallels of their lives. I hope my mother doesn't replace our bond it with some guy, she'd thought inwardly.

"Don't pity me, such is life; I'm glad it's different now. I just wish I had taken up my masters class, it was a decent scholarship and I was assured of a well to do job. I promise Lexie i regret I chose to live little, look at me now," she'd whimpered over the phone.

"So that's why you broke up with your ex-?" Lexie had inquired.

"Yeah," Lisa collaborated.

"I'm sorry, truly, you couldn't have..."

"I could have L, I still remember how he pleaded for me not to leave him, cried even. I broke his heart."