His Obsession (On Going)

Chapter 1

Melanie's Pov

Life has not been easy at all for my elder brother, Nicholas ,and I since mum and dad died in the lorry accident. It's been a week exactly, since we moved here(New York City , our aunt's) to start a new life. I always remember those times when my parents were alive and feel sad. My parents weren't really friends with riches-you know what I mean-but they made us feel really comfortable. When they were alive,aunt Sarah was so nice to Nick and I.

During Christmas and other occasions,she would come and visit us and bring us lots of gifts and we really loved her. She showed a lot of of love, concern and financial support during mum and Dad's funeral so when she offered to take us along with her to New York,I was really glad because she was like a second mum to Nick and I. Also we had no one to take care of us except her.

Nick and I arrived here one week after Mum and Dad's funeral. Aunt Sarah enrolled me in Madonna High school while Nick started working as a jeweller at one of the local jewel shops. Initially,she was nice to us and I really loved her.

Everything changed when armed robbers invaded our home on a night when Nick and I had a sleepover at my new best friend Jiela's house. It came to my knowledge that Nick had a crush on her so i had this genius idea to host a sleepover ,well, at her house

In our absence ,robbers barged in, took most of our stuff and ....the tragic part of this all is that one of these disgusting men decided it was going to be fun to take advantage of aunt Sarah.

She became devastated that she started blaming Nick and I..I mean sometimes I think it would have been better if I hadn't come up with my not-so-genius idea....sigh.

Since that day,she's been super mean to us. Oh and if I didn't mention it,aunt Sarah wasn't married. She said we brought nothing but bad luck.

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I rubbed my eyes as I felt the Suns Ray's on my eyes. I opened my eyes to see Nick shifting my curtains but quickly covered my face with my blanket.

"Hey wake up".Nick said while shaking my shoulders.

I began whining saying that I didn't want to get up because I was really exhausted. I knew I had to get up else I'll have to deal with aunt Sarah's tantrums.

I keep forgetting to say vital things ....she got pregnant when she was taken advantage of and is now, well.... three weeks pregnant. That made her grumpier than ever.

I finally managed to remove the blanket off my head. With sleepy eyes,I greeted Nick and he gave me a pat on the head.

"Nick!" I squealed with a playful glare.He knew I hated it when he did that because it made me feel like a kid.

"What, little sis? ". He asked me faking innocence. I rolled my eyes and went to the bathroom.

When I came back,Nick had already left so I quickly dressed up and held my hair in a messy bun as usual and went downstairs to continue with my hellish life.

I was quite surprised when I saw that the table was already set for breakfast.
Ummm....What's the occasion? I wondered.

Maybe aunt Sarah was expecting some visitors,I thought and shrugged. I was about to go to the kitchen to do my usual chores I do every Saturday morning when I heard my aunt's voice sweetly calling me.

I was quite taken aback because ever since the robbery issue,she's never called me with that tone. I went to her anyway.

"Darling",...she began,"I want to have breakfast with you",she continued while battling her fake lashes at me.

"Aunt,I really have a lot of things to do",I replied ,boringly but she kept on insisting so I eventually give in to eating with her.

Maybe it's the pregnancy hormones,my silly unrealistic brain thought.