Rin, rin, rin....

I wake up from my wonderful dream when I hear the alarm and the truth is I hate waking up early but I have to go to school and if I don't get up right now, my mother will scold me once again.

I get up and go to the bathroom to take a shower, I get out of the shower and brush my teeth, when I leave the bathroom I see my mother putting my uniform on the bed, my mother is the best even though we have service staff my mother likes to do everything by herself.

Carla, Alice's mom: good morning princess how did my ray of sunshine wake up, I think well because today I didn't have to scold you to wake you up.

While she was saying that I looked at my mother with love.

My mother is beautiful, white skin like snow, blue eyes, golden blonde hair, despite her age she has a beautiful body she looks like my sister and not my mother and I am just like her with the only difference that I have black hair like my

father.

Good morning, Mom.

I greet my mother with a kiss and hurry to get dressed, my mother goes out and goes down to the kitchen to prepare my breakfast.

I proceed to comb my hair and apply my hair care products, since for me the most important thing is my hair, I love my natural black color and how long it is, it reaches my mid-buttocks although it is not noticeable that I have it that long since it gets some natural waves at the ends and that is what I love the most.

After finishing with my hair I look in the mirror and it's not for nothing but I like how well my body has developed at only 15 years old.

Despite my age my body has developed very well, I have breasts neither too big nor too small, a small waist, legs not too thick and buttocks not too exaggerated, I have my body very well defined since I always go to exercise on weekends.

After I finish getting ready, I go downstairs to have breakfast, my father was waiting for me in the dining room, I greet my father with a kiss on the cheek and he does the same.

While we have breakfast we chat for a while, my parents always showing signs of affection, the truth is that I have a perfect life.

After finishing breakfast I get up I say goodbye to my parents.

I give my mother a kiss and a hug.

Carla: goodbye princess, behave yourself, have a wonderful day.

“You too, Mom, I love you.

I go out, my driver was already waiting for me outside, I get in the car, and less than half an hour later I arrive at school.

The truth is that this day is wonderful, the weather is cloudy just the way I like it.

When I arrive I go straight to the library, there is still half an hour to go before my first class starts, I arrive at the library and find my best friend, I approach her, greet her and we chat for a while.

Tania always has something new about her life, her parents are going through financial problems and well, let's say they haven't been the best parents to her, I always give her my support even though she always plays tough.

We went into class and it was time to leave, I told Tania to go have lunch at a restaurant and get some ice cream, she had refused because she couldn't afford to spend that much money, but I told her that it was my treat and after thinking about it for a bit she accepted.

We went to lunch and the day goes by very quickly, today was a different day, I was having a great time with Tania when suddenly I get a call from my father.

When I saw that my father was calling me, I don't know why but I had a bad feeling, but I didn't think much of it and I answered.

Robert, Alice's father: Honey, where are you?

Alice: I'm having lunch with Tania, Dad, why?

Robert: Honey, come to the clinic right now, your mother had a car accident and it's very serious, come immediately.

When I heard what my father was telling me, I felt my heart racing faster and faster and a lump formed in my throat and tears were streaming down my face.

Tania was also in shock as she had the phone on speakerphone, we both rushed out of the restaurant and got into the car a few minutes later, we arrived at the hospital and I saw my father in the waiting room.

He was devastated, I approached him and asked him what had happened.

Robert: I don't know how it happened, honey, I was at the company when they called me that she was here, very seriously, now she is in the operating room.

While my father was telling me what little he knew, the doctor came out of the operating room.

Doctor: Relatives of Mrs. Castle.

We quickly approached the doctor.

Robert: Tell me, doctor, how is my wife?

Doctor: I'm very sorry, we couldn't do anything for your wife, she lost a lot of blood and went into cardiac arrest.

I couldn't believe what I was hearing, I quickly ran into the room and what I saw left me completely in shock, my mother's lifeless body on that stretcher broke my heart.

I was having trouble breathing, I went over and hugged my mother's lifeless body, my beautiful and wonderful mother, I couldn't believe what was happening, in a matter of minutes my life took an unexpected turn.

I lost the most important person to me, I was crying inconsolably clinging to my mother's body, I couldn't control myself and I started crying louder until I lost consciousness.

After almost an hour unconscious I woke up I was in a hospital room, I see Tania next to me with a worried face.

Tania: Oh, Alice, you're finally awake, I was worried about you, how are you feeling, friend?

My eyes fill with tears again and I ask her to tell me that it was all a nightmare, that my mother is alive, Tania looks at me sadly and can't utter a word, that's when I realize that this is all real.

The day after returning home from my mother's funeral, I went up to my room. My father and I hadn't spoken a word to each other since yesterday, and the truth is, I didn't want to talk to anyone.

I went into my room and lay down on my bed, crying until I fell asleep. I woke up to the sun's rays coming through my window, went to the bathroom to freshen up, and got dressed in comfortable clothes. I stayed in my bed all day. I had Chinese classes today, but I canceled everything I had planned. I didn't have the energy for anything.

I heard a knock on my door, asked who it was, and my nanny answered. I told her to come in. I saw her come in with a tray of food and put it on my bedside table.

"My child, I brought you some soup. You didn't eat anything at all yesterday, and you haven't had breakfast today either. You're going to get sick."

"I don't want anything, Nana. I'm not hungry."

"Come on, my child, have a little."

My nanny took the cup of soup and began to spoon-feed me.

"Nana, have you seen my father?" I asked.

"No, my child, yesterday, as soon as you went up to your room, he left and hasn't returned."

I was bothered to hear that. The same thing had happened at the hospital, when I woke up and asked Tania about my father, she also told me that he had left.

He hadn't even bothered to ask how I was doing or give me a hug. Right now, I need him, and he's taking off.

After eating a little, my nanny left, and I lay back down, remembering my mother and how my father had become so distant in less than a day. That's how I spent the rest of the day. Night came, I showered, and I went to sleep.

The next day I got up because I was a little hungry. It was 11 am, and as I was halfway down the stairs, I saw my father in the living room with a woman and a girl about my age.

They realized that I was there and got up and walked over to the bottom of the stairs. I stood there motionless and a little confused.

"Dad, who are they?" I asked, bewildered.

"They are Luisa and Lisa, my wife and your half-sister."

I was shocked and very upset to hear my father talk about this like it was nothing.

"From now on, she will be the new lady of the house, and I want you to treat her as such, her and your sister. From today on, they will both live here, so I'm going to ask you to behave yourself and be nice to them."

"Are... are you crazy, Dad? You were unfaithful to my mother with this woman, and on top of that, you bring her to my mother's house just like that? What's wrong with you?" I replied in a loud and annoyed tone.

I've always had a very bad temper, and I don't let anyone walk all over me. Although I may seem innocent and a pushover, the truth is that I'm quite the opposite.

"How dare you speak to me like that, young lady? This is now my house, and I can bring whomever I want, do you understand? So if you don't want trouble with me, you'd better behave yourself."

"As far as I know, this house is not yours, it's mine. My mother left it to me, just like the company. Nothing here belongs to you, so get this woman out of this house right now. Respect my mother's memory."

My father was red with anger. He took long strides toward me and raised his hand to slap me, but luckily, I have good reflexes and dodged it before he could touch me, which only made him angrier.

"Don't you dare hit me. I see why Mom decided to leave everything to me. She suspected this. How dare you do this to her! You're shameless. You're not ashamed to bring your mistress and your illegitimate daughter into this house? Your wife died just two days ago!

Two days and you're already bringing your lover to live here? You have no shame, and yet you have the nerve to tell me to behave myself?"

"Listen to me, Alice. Listen to me very carefully because I'm not going to repeat myself. Yes, your mother left everything to you, but you're a minor. You're only 15 years old, and I'm your legal guardian. And from now on, what I say goes in this house. And don't you dare call them that, do you understand? I'm your father, and you owe me respect."

"Ha! Respect, Father? You think that after this, you or your wife or your daughter deserve any respect from me?

It's been almost 2 years since my mother's death, and almost 2 years since Luisa and Lisa came to live in this house.

If you can even call it a home, my father and those two women have made my life a living hell.

A couple of days ago I turned 17, I didn't want to celebrate it, well, I haven't celebrated it since my mother's death.

First, because my father, Luisa and Lisa, have made it one of the worst days.

And second, because my birthday is in the same month that my mother passed away and that makes me sad.

I miss my mother, every day that passes I miss her more, and even more when I see the kind of father my father has become.

He wanted to take me out of school by Luisa's order, according to her it is a waste of time for me to study, but I wouldn't let him. Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose but not always and Luisa could not get what she wanted since I didn't let her.

And Lisa wanted my father to stop giving me money, so that he would give it to her since she likes to spend money as if it were going to run out but she didn't get it either, and although I ended up getting slapped by my father, because she started insulting me and I did the same, and my father didn't like me insulting his treasure, yes treasure that's what he calls her.

Lisa, after she started living here and saw that I am very good at everything I do, and that she can't be as good, she awoke a certain envy.

When I was only 10 years old, I already spoke 3 languages, and now I speak 6, French, Russian, obviously English, Chinese, Italian and Spanish, I have mastered them very well, I have always been good at learning to master other languages.

While Lisa doesn't speak her native English very well and she already wants to speak others, it doesn't matter much to her either.

I am very intelligent, always occupying the top positions as the best in class and since Lisa is not doing very well, she always ends up being almost the last.

Well, the one who should be scolded and cut off all kinds of expenses should be her but no, what she does wrong I end up paying for by doing it too well.

And it's not a simple punishment, no! Lisa always arrives playing the victim, and saying that I insulted her, that I did this, that the others etc... and my father who doesn't even believe a single word I say, believes her and sends one of his bodyguards to lock me up in the basement, they tie my hands and feet, and that's when my father takes the opportunity to take revenge, as do Lisa and Luisa when my father isn't looking.

When my nanny finds out, she gets me out of there, since my father doesn't say anything to my nanny, I think he has some respect for her since my nanny knew his mother.

My nanny always ends up defending me and she is the only one that no one, not even my father, can reproach anything and when she is not around my hell begins.

I know self-defense, but sometimes they catch me off guard and they manage to catch me and lock me up but I don't plan to wait long, I will leave this house, I'm just waiting to finish school next year, I'm leaving and I will turn 18 and I will recover everything they took from my mother.