Unexpected Connection

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“Hey Anna! Shut up and go to sleep!”

I’m positive my mother would love to send me to boarding school. The thing is she’s not my mother, she’s my stepmother. She absolutely hates me. If it weren’t for my dad I wouldn’t be able to live in my own house.

When my mom died a year ago my dad became delirious. He missed her so much that he picked up the first hussy he could find at the supermarket. I mean I swear Mariana - my stepmother - was a prostitute. My dad just found her while she was looking normal; or as normal as she can manage.

Now she acts as if she was born out the womb rich. She made my father buy her anything and everything, from designer names to rubies and gold. He so blind by the fact that she really doesn’t love him and she only stayed for his money. THE HECK! I don’t think she was only a prostitute, I think she was an actress as well! But, who knows.

“I don’t feel like it!” I shout back at her, rolling my eyes.

Mariana walks out of the kitchen with a cigarette in her hand. I swear she’s going to burn the house down one day. She has a scowl on her face and I can see how she made sure to put as much makeup as a clown and left her breasts hanging out.

“What did you just say to me?” She challenges me with her eyes, raising her eyebrows. Of course, i’m not scared of her. But if I were to tick her off too badly, she would make sure to make my life miserable.

“I’m not tired.” I tell her, folding my arms in front of me. “It’s only ten o’clock and I have plans with my friends.”

“What are you like twelve?” She asks. “Nobody wants to hang out with an unattractive child like you.”

“I’m sixteen!” I argue. “I have plenty of friends.”

Mariana rolls her eyes. “Whatever. But if you get in my way in any way tonight, you’re dead meat.” She threatens. “Whoever your father slept with to make you, he made a big mistake of not wearing a condom.”

When she walks back into the kitchen I proceed to angrily flick my middle finger up at her. “Bitch.” I mutter under my breath.

I wait on the porch for my boyfriend to come and pick me up for tonight, so my life could start. I can’t wait to get away from this house. I mean being an only child in a rich mansion, and only having a slutty stepmother and a maid to keep you company is so gross. I mean my dad is never around, and when he is he’s entertaining Mariana.

Finally a black Corvette comes in through the gates of my estate and my face instantly brightens. The car drives through the curve and stops in front of my house. Inside I can clearly see my boyfriend Chase with his dark shades and letterman jacket and my best friend Ariana smiling in the backseat.

“Hey guys!” I say jumping into the car through the opened roof, instead of opening the door like a normal person. I peck Chase on the cheek and I smile at Ariana.

“Hey, what’s up, Anna?” Ariana asks me. I can see her texting away on her IPhone without even giving me a glance.

I stop myself from rolling my eyes. She’s always on her phone when we’re out trying to have a good time. “Mariana is on my case again.” I mumble. “I’m ready to pull out her extensions.”

“You’re mom?” Chase asks.

“Stepmother.” I correct him. “She totally hates my guts ... But thats okay, cause the feeling is mutual for me.”