Mine and His

Chapter2: Memories

Taylor's POV
Taylor's apartment

"If you like be engaged to anyone in this world, I'll get you back even if it's the last thing I do" Allen's voice rings in my head as I stir in my bed trying to get up. Finally, I push myself up and get ready for work.

I leave my room and move to the kitchen before coming to the living room and seeing Allen.

"Good morning" he greets grinning innocently. I nod in acknowledgement before heading to the door.

"So what am I meant to do while you're away?" he asks

"You're free to go anywhere around the house except my room" I turn and walk to the central table. "In fact, I'm locking it" I push a button on the table and a big screen appears.

"Select command" a robot-like voice is heard.

"Lock room" I say

"Input voice pass code"

I turn to Allen and smirk evilly before saying "I'm engaged"

"Voice recognized. Room is now locked"

"Voice controlled house?" Allen raises an eyebrow, no sign of hurt in his eyes after what I just said.

"Obviously. I assume you know who my dad is"

"How could I forget? He was the richest man in the country"

"Correction, he is the richest man in the country"

He chuckles lightly. "That old fart"

"He's not an old fart, he's my father"

"But that's exactly what you would've called him ten years ago"

"That's the thing, that was ten years ago and this is now. Things have changed" I blink the tears threatening to flow. I can't cry in front of him. "In fact, I have to go, I'm late for work" I turn to the door and storm off.

"I was just trying to start a light morning conversation" Allen yells after me but it's already too late.

Allen's POV
Taylor's apartment

Taylor leaves angrily and I yell to get her attention but she doesn't turn back. I just shrug and go to kitchen to make breakfast. I see a cooking book and I open it just to find out it isn't a cooking book, it's a diary. It's Taylor's diary.

I stare at it in confusion because the Taylor I know doesn't keep diaries. The first entry is ten years ago, the day after the planned elope and the last entry is yesterday. I flip through the pages and see an entry that catches my attention.

                      3rd November, 2012
                                         Dear diary,
Today, dad's company made a voice changer. It works perfectly and as long as you've spoken into it, your voice is automatically recorded and saved. I used it once to get admission into dad's private office today but it's quite useless unless I get people to talk into it so I kept it in the attic.

I look up and smile before closing the diary and going to the attic. It is quite hard to find it but luckily, I do and get the dusty old voice changer. I'm glad to see that it still works and I go to the room I assume is Taylor's room.

I turn the machine on and see two voice options: Taylor's voice and her dad's voice. I select Taylor's voice and set the pitch before speaking into it.

"I'm engaged" I say.

"Pitch too high, you're an intruder" an alarm rings.

I try again, reducing the pitch this time around.