Princess Series One: A Cinderella Story

First Shot

Princess Series Book One

A Cinderella Story: First Shot

Cinderella Tuazon

"Erella! Where are you going?!" dinig kong sigaw na naman ng step-mom ko, si Gracie. I don't bother on calling her 'tita' or 'mom'. Wala siyang respeto sakin, so why should I respect her?

I rolled my eyes and faced her. "Out," sagot ko.

She raised an eye brow at me. "It's past nine pm, Erella! You have work tomorrow!"

I groaned. "So? I'm the boss. And they can carry on without me," bored na sabi ko and twirled my car key in my fingers. Napatiim-labi ako. "And it's not like andun ako palagi." Which is true; aside from being the President of T-Zon Enterprises ay ako din ang COO ng Clishique.

Clishique is a company I started with my friends; Belle, Jasmine, and Ariel.

Gracie glared at me. "You will not go out!"

I opened the door and smirked. "Watch me," sabi ko and went out. I closed the door just in time to see her get down the stairs. Nagmadali akong nagpunta sa Chevy R8 ko at pina-andar ito.

But that bitch of a step-mom that I had ordered the guards to keep me in. I rolled my eyes at her attempt. Siguro nakalimutan niya na ako padin ang boss ng bahay -- Daddy's last will and testament says so.

I rolled down my window. "Open the gates," utos ko sa isang guard namin, Arthur is his name.

Mukhang kinabahan siya. "Miss, si Señora po ka--"

"I don't care what she said," putol ko at napangiwi when he called her 'Señora' because the fag said so, "remember; ako padin ang boss. Open them. Now."

Tumango siya at mabilis na binuksan ang gate. I rolled my window up and sped up and away from the mansion.

When my dad died six years ago, iniwan niya sakin ang halos lahat; the company, the mansion, some properties all over the world, and eighty percent of his wealth. Pero there's a catch.

I get to have the mansion, but Gracie and her twins get to stay with me.

I get the company, but I have to sit and act as President or CEO.

I get some properties all over the world, but the vacation house in Las Vegas, Nevada is Gracie's.

I get eighty percent of my dad's money, but I can only access forty percent of it until I get married.

Of all the things, the last one is the worst, but most important one. Hindi ko nga alam kung anong napunta sa isip ni dad at 'yun pa ang kondisyon na nilagay niya eh, para namang my life isn't bad enough na iniwan niya ako under Gracie's custody. Thankfully, after I was eighteen, hindi ko na kinailangan ang custody niya, I'm as free as a bird. But still with fucking limitations.

Finally, after twenty minutes, nasa highway na ako. Nasa tuktok kasi ng isang hill ang mansion namin, for privacy and security reasons. It takes twenty minutes to just reach the mansion, then may security kami sa gate, then high-tech security measurements sa loob ng mansion gates. It made me feel like I was in a cage.

My life isn't the best. Oo, madaming nagsasabi na nasa akin na ang lahat. Pero I want nothing more than to punch those who say that. Namatay ang mom ko while giving birth to me, then my dad died when I was seventeen, leaving me with Gracie and her twins and they still make my life look like a living hell--maybe worse.

Pasalamat nalang ako at andyan ang mga kaibigan ko -- Belle, Jasmine, and Ariel -- na kasama ko sa halos lahat ng downfalls ng buhay ko. We understand each other; rich girls but all lacking in love. Kaya we rely on each other for it. Dahil kung may mga tao man na magmamahal sa'yo ng husto, 'yun 'yung mga taong naiintindihan ka ng buong-buo. It's what makes our friendship strong and unbreakable.