Shattered Queen

~Two~

“I…”

Just when I was about to answer, mom opened the door. When she entered our room, she started
scanning the area, from the roof to the ceiling.

“Your room is cute. I’m sure you’ll like it. Anyway, how do you find the house? Does it suit you?”

“Mom, it’s gorgeous” I said.

“I wasn’t expecting it to be this cute” Nicki added, which gave mom’s face a wide grin.

“Perfect. Besides that, I came here to tell you that the living room is filled with boxes. The truck was
here a while ago. Come get your boxes” mom added, leaving the room.

“We’re on our way mama” Nicki shouted.

Just as I was to stand up, Nicki stopped me and said “You ain’t going anywhere before answering my
question, so you better sit your ass down”

“Okay freak. What I was about to say is that I honestly don’t know. All I know is that it won’t be worse
than the life we had there” I answered.

When I looked at her I saw that she zoned out a while ago, so I took one of the pillows that were on the
bed and threw it at her.
“Earth to Nicki” I shouted.
“Girl, what the hell are you thinking about?”

“Life” she said.

“Do you think boys here are hotter” she added and threw back the pillow at me.

I laughed and said “Like
I just said seconds ago, things can’t be worse, so shut up and follow me downstairs to get our stuff”.

With that, we made our way down to the living room.

…

“Nicki?” I whispered.

“I’m asleep” she answered.

“Come on, you perfectly know you’re not. I won’t let you sleep if you don’t answer me”.

“What do you want from me Krys?”

“When will we start school?”

“On all the things on earth you could have asked, you chose to ask that?” she said in a sleepy voice

“Just answer” I retorted. After a long pause (that made me think she fell asleep again), she turned on
the lamp beside her and said “Obviously when we will get our inscriptions done”

“Ugh, you’re such a bitch. I mean, when will we do our inscriptions?” I said.

“When we’ll get time. Now, if you could let me have my sleep, I’d be really thankful”

I could imagine her rolling her eyes and shutting them closed.

“I just pray that no one knows us here” I continued.

She turned to look at me asking me what I meant.

“I just hope that no one knows us, where we come from, our past, what people say of us, and mostly,
what dad did”

“You’re sounding like a person I know” she whispered.

“I’m not trying to be mean, but when I see a person, either a stranger or a person I know, I feel like they
are able to read dad’s mistakes on my forehead. It’s as if it’s written in big fucking bright letters”

I was about to cry but I couldn’t let myself to it. Calm down Krys, you said you wanted a new start is all I
could tell myself.

“Krys, I thought you understood dad”

“I do but…”

“But what? Krys, all that shit is behind us now. If you want to start a new life, you better find a way of
not thinking about it okay?” She had an expression that I couldn’t quite decipher.

“Nicki?”
“Yes” She said while playfully cringing her teeth

“Uhmm, how do you deal with it? I mean, how do you ignore all the rumors and comments? I’ve never
seen you upset about it”

I was desperately looking for a solution that could definitely help me, and my sister was the best for that.

“You know what?” she said with a smile running from ear to ear.

“What?”

“I simply have no fucks to give” she simply answered, rolling her eyes.

“Girl , I wish I were you” I sighed.

“It’s not hard. Neither is it easy. Just try to apply it to everything negative in your life. You’ll definitely
like it. She said, stretching her arms for a hug.

“Sure will” I said, filling the space between us and hugging her as tight as I could.

I never thought I’d
need comfort from my sister, because we never got enough time to talk about serious life issues, and I
guess talking to her without all the distractions from our family, in our comfy bed was just the
right start.

“Now with your permission miss, Nicki would like to sleep” she said while yawning and breaking the hug.

We all needed a good night of sleep after the hard day we had. The day is finally over.

This is the end of the second chapter. Promise I'll update the third very soon. Don't forget to say how you feel about this book in the comments. Either positive or negative reviews, feel free. And also, don't forget to follow and vote to keep encouraging me. Love you guys.