The billionaire's decision

Chapter 1

"Alaya, I don't understand why you tolerate her," my best friend Arya rolled her eyes as she threw herself on my bed. 

"She treats you like a maid and she is always taking your money or always being a bitch. You don't deserve this Laya!" I knew what she was saying is true but there was nothing much that I can do about it. 

"I know, but she is the only family I have left" I sighed as I was spinning around on my chair staring at the ceiling. 

"That's not true Laya, I'm your family too." Arya said as she got just up from the bed and hugged me. 

What what I do without her. 

Arya and I have been best friends since we were in kindergarten. She was the first friend I had ever made in my life and now she is like a sister to me. She's been with me through everything, even the death of my parents which happened in a car accident three years ago. I was only 17 at the time and if it wasn't for Arya I don't know how I would've cope with that.

"I got through with another job" I told her shaking of the thoughts of the accident and changing the topic. I knew how she would react since she already complains that all I do is work. 

"You barely have time for yourself and you took another job!

... and so she started with the lecture.... 

"I'm worried about you, I keep telling you that you should come live with me and you wont have to work so hard, that way you can finish your education instead of working your ass off to give that bitch" She sneered.

 She really hated my aunt and it's obvious why but she's my mother's sister and although she is nothing like my mother she is the only other family I know. My dad was an only child and when parents died, he and my mom moved here before I was born. My mother's family were estranged and when my parents died, my aunt left Louisiana and came to take care of me. She definitely was not mother material at all, as I basically took care of myself, but without her here I might've been sent to the orphanage. 

"Arya you know even if I want to leave this is where I grew up, all my memories with my parents are in this house and I can't leav......"

"ALAYA AMAYA JOHNSON Did you wash my clothe..... WAIT" she paused as she saw Arya sitting on my bed. "Did I tell you that you could invite friends over?" She said harshly. Aunt Carla never allowed me to have anyone over. Arya usually sneaks in the window and she never finds out because she doesn't come round my room unless she needs something. 

"No Aunt Carla, Arya just came to... "

"I don't care what she came to do, show her out and make sure my clothes are ready I have to go out later." She said and walked off.

"That bitch! " Arya spat with her middle fingers pointing towards her back. Luckily Aunt Carla too far away to even hear her. 

"Arya, come on.....I'd text you when I'm finished here and we'd go get something to eat before I go to work" I said checking the time. 

One of these days she'd get me in trouble but I love her to death. 

I opened the door for her to go but she just climbed out the window. "Old habits die hard" she winked as she jumped on to the lawn. 

As she left I started my chores and organised for work. I worked in a restaurant as a waitress, the owner was one of my dad's closest friend and he offered me the job once I was old enough to work so that I can take care of myself. My shift is 6pm to 12am. 

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About an hour later I was ready to go to Daisy's Burger joint down the road. This is Arya and I favourite place. We spent most of our childhood here and we still meet here whenever we wanna eat together. 

"Aunt Carla I finished all the chores I am leaving now to grab something to eat before I go to work"

"Whatever" she rolled her eyes. 

"I am starting a new job from tomorrow so I won't be home during the day" I said. Her eyes shot as me as she had a smirk on her face. 

"A new job you say?....So that means you'd be bringing more money home....you know to properly take care of the house I mean." she smiled. The scrubs you bring in barely feeds you...

What is she even talking about.. I questioned in my head. She gets almost all my pay and plus when I come home there is never anything to eat and it always early have groceries at home but she calls for random menus to be prepared and when I ask her for money for the ingredients she always say I'm the one working. Sometimes I feel like she just uses my money for her own and doesn't give a shit about me. 

"Well I wanted to save that money to go back to school so that I can finish my degree" I sighed.

A loud chuckle echoed from the living room. "You're wasting your time with that, you know your'e not even smart" she laughed, "if I didn't agree to be your legal guardian you would've been in an orphanage, and now that you're old enough you want to be ungrateful?"

"I...."

"Don't you think you should give me as much as I gave you" She sneered. "If it wasn't for me taking over you would have nothing not even this house so do your part and stop chasing dreams it's not going to happen"

"Okay" I said softly and walked out to go meet Arya.

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