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Chapter 1

I wake up with a bright room. the curtains and window open from yesterday. I prefer them to be open when I sleep now. I remember that it is Saturday. my day off of both work and study. I can see my calendar that I was given and a big red circle around today. "strange...why would I have circled today?" I query as I slowly get out of my nice warm bed and walk over to my calendar. I look at the date and realize that I left home 6 months ago. It's so strange that just 6 months ago I was trapped in a house that never loved me and a relationship that never was there. 

I can hear the phone go off bringing me out of my reminiscing about days gone. slowly I walk over to the phone, looking at the caller ID stating that its Robert calling me. " I wonder why he's calling me? I don't have a shift today." I ponder as I picked up the phone and answered it. 

"Hello, sweets." greets Robert forever sounding sleazy and dirt cheap as always. "Hey, Rob I thought I didn't have a shift today. I don't do I?" I ask gingerly as I start to rifle through my chest of draws trying to pull out some lounge around clothes for my day. "normally I wouldn't ask you on a day like today for you hun but there's a big booking of lads who  live in town who have all just turned 18 in a very short time span and well you are the best dancer we have."  I stop picking out clothes as I hear Rob say this sentence.For bookings, I normally get paid way more because at Rob's lounge nobody ever wants to do bookings and if it is as large a group as what rob says it is it means extra cash right before it starts to become busy for me with mid-year exams. " alright Rob you've twisted my arm. I'll be there at 6:30."  "perfect! see you then luv" and with that said I hung up the phone.  dancing isn't the job I ever wanted but it pays the bills and is good money.  

I step out of my room and into the lounge room/kitchen area. it's not the biggest space in the world but this place has everything I need for now. I proceed to cook a breakfast of scrambled eggs on toast with some mushroom on the side. I mean even if it's 4:00 in the afternoon a girls gotta eat. so with that, I eat my breakfast and then go for a shower. 

I turn the water up to full heat slowly allowing me to accustom myself to the temperature of the water. I wash my hair and wash the rest of myself but my mind is on other things. I think about my mother and the way I used to remember her as the light in my life that as the years went by became darker and more twisted until she no longer felt as if with a soul or a heart for the daughter she once loved. 

I hopped out of the shower and I placed on the clothes I had picked out while on the phone with Rob. I placed everything I would need in my bag so then I knew that everything was packed and ready to go for tonight.

suddenly the doorbell went off. "odd... I never get anyone  come to the door." I think as I go to answer the door. " who is it?" I say as I pull open the clunky door with it's old handle. "post. you have a package here. please just sign here. the guy hands me the small package along with my bills and he gives me an electronic device to sign which I do. "cheers for that. Have a great day!" the poistie says to me as he turns around and leaves down the corridor. 

I take the items that are in my hands inside on to my little coffee table to open and look at. I open the bills first. they seem to be cheaper than expected which is always a lovely surprise. I then look at this strange package that I have received from someone unknown.

 I grabbed a knife from the top draw in the kitchen and go to open up the box. inside of the box, there was a note. the note was on card that was yellowed through age. the text on the card was written in what looked like an old pen or quill due to the ink stain but all the note said was; "this is yours."  I looked at the note again curious as to why it only contained this one sentence. the  box only contained, along with the note, a necklace. the necklace was a silver chain along with a royal blue diamond. brighter and more vibrant than anything I had ever seen before.    

I place the necklace around my neck, wondering why someone has sent this and the note to me, and get rid of the rubbish. I then place the bills in the basket on the countertop in the kitchen. I double check the bags I packed earlier to make sure that I have everything in the bag. I grabbed my two bags looking back into my apartment and making sure that the windows and such were closed. I lock the door as i head out into the hall way. I know I don't have to be quiet because nobody else lives on this floor but some guys may be moving in soon . "it would be nice to have neighbors..." I think as I head down to the garage in the basement. I find my parking spot marked with the number of my apartment,39, and jump into my car and head towards work.