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In the public's eyes Mavery Santiago is the richest, most spoiled girl in Los Angeles, California. Nobody know what truly happens behind the walls of her penthouse. Her father is a raging alc...
"Mavery I swear to god if you don't get your ass ready in ten minutes I will call your father!" I roll my eyes at my step mother's empty threat against me. If she wants to call my dad and tattle on me for not getting ready for a stupid ball, she would be interrupting his meeting. Even Kathy isn't so stupid to interrupt his meetings.
"I dare you, Kathy." I mumble sarcastically and tumble out of bed. I glance at my nightstand and see that it is nearly 6 in the evening, I'm not surprised. I had a late shift last night at the bar I work at across town. I know what you're thinking: why the hell is she working when her dad is rich?
1) I am pretty sure he does illegal things for his money 2) Working is my escape from home (Besides college) 3) I like to be independent.
Sometimes when I sneak in the door at 4 AM, my father is awake and punishes me for being out all night. Not because he cares about me, but because of his reputation. Thankfully, he was passed out drunk last night and didn't even know that I crept inside the apartment at 4. He would be disgusted with me if he knew that I worked.
When I go to work nobody really knows me. I have an alias which is Mackenzie Lawford. I also work on the other side of town so people aren't stuck up or huge snoops like where I live.
I sigh and snap back to reality when I see the dress Kathy laid out for me, probably while I was sleeping. I cringe at the thought of her snooping around in my room.
I quickly did my hair and makeup. I did a natural look and topped it off with some lip gloss. Then I went and tried on the dress Kathy left for me.
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My first thoughts were how much skin I was showing. These balls are filled with my fathers 40 year old colleagues that always eye me like vultures. Thankfully, makeup could help me hide my bruises. I wouldn't dare go against my mother and wear a different dress. After all, sitting through this ball in a dress I'm uncomfortable with is better than a week of bruises coating my body, so I sigh and grab my phone and purse and head down to the lobby while I await my limo.
The ball is around 15 minutes away from our penthouse. During the ride I prayed that tonight would go by fast. After what felt like forever, we pulled up into a drive away of a luxurious mansion. Kathy met me by the entrance and we walked inside together with fake smiles plastered on our faces.
Immediately, a butler came to escort us to the ball room. After a few turns down different hallways, he stops before a set of closed double doors. "That took you long enough." Kathy scuffed at the poor guy after he lead us to the closed doors of the ball room. I rolled my eyes at Kathy.
"What's your name?" I asked the man. "Howard..." he mumbled, almost as if he was scared I would get him fired. "Thank you for escorting us, Howard." I smiled at him. "My pleasure." He bowed and left Kathy and I. "Wait until your father finds out you are flirting with the help." Kathy says, I can clearly hear the disgust in her voice. "Having manners isn't flirting Kathy. And not everyone has their legs open 24/7." I roll my eyes at her then take a deep breath before putting on my fake smile and pushing open the double doors that lead into a massive ball room.
All eyes fall on Kathy and I as we walk in. I keep my head up and act like I don't want to run out of this room because of these men looking at me full of lust. Kathy and I make our way through people and stand by my father who is talking to one of his business men. One that I have never seen before.
"You have never told me how gorgeous your daughter is..." he says with a wink in my direction. "I'm not interested." I say, trying to sound polite. What does he expect me to say?
"You are pretty attractive for a 60 year old." Yeah right. I'm 19 fucking years old I'm not losing my virginity to someone who is old enough to be my grandpa.
"Please ignore my daughter's rude attitude." Kathy steps in, which makes me so angry. "I'm not your daughter." I blurt out and immediately regret it.
My father shoots me an angry face and I already know I'm gonna be punished tonight. My father is huge on reputations. He wants everyone to think that him, Kathy, and I are a huge happy family. So any time I say anything negative about Kathy I'm risking 'tarnishing our reputation'
The man chuckles, "Trouble in paradise, Princess?" "It's just that time of the month for her." My father says with a smile, I already know I'm getting punished later. The man laughs again.
Asshole. I think to myself.
-A little while later-
After a few more encounters with my fathers people, Kathy went to talk with the other wives of the men, all just as stuck up as Kathy. Now I'm just standing here in this massive room all alone. I felt like this ball would never end.
I left the room and decided to look around a little bit, until I found myself outside on a balcony that had a beautiful view of Los Angeles. During events like this I always end up outside somehow. The cool air always calm my nerves. I wondered why I hadn't came out here earlier, instead of staying cooped up in that room.
I closed my eyes and took in the fresh air. For the first time in a while I felt at peace.
That's when I heard gunshots go off.
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Gunshots?! What is happening! Find out in the next chapter!
