Episode 1

They say that life is enjoyed through the love of parents, the love of siblings, the love of friends, the love of family, and above all, the love of a man, but in my life none of that exists. I have no friends, male or female, no brother, no sister, they don't even consider me part of them. My parents, what can I say about them? Since I was a child, they left me alone in the care of a maid who only mistreated me. I was always alone, with no one to talk to or share a dream with.

At fifteen, my parents married me off to a man who didn't even show up to sign the marriage documents, only his parents, who gave me the document to sign to be married, in an office where only my parents, the judge, and the parents of the man who would be my husband were present. His parents brought me to this huge house where they left me alone with all the luxuries and servants, who have never spoken to me except to ask me to have breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

I have everything I could want: books, the largest television on the market, a computer, beautiful clothes, unique designs, very elegant shoes, accessories, very expensive and unique jewelry. I have the most expensive bed with silk sheets. There is only one problem: I will never be able to leave here. This has been my golden cage for 8 years.

Today is my 23rd birthday. My in-laws send me, as they do every birthday, a beautiful and unique gift to congratulate me, and a card that says "HAPPY BIRTHDAY". My supposed husband, whom I don't know, I don't know what he looks like, how old he is, what his name is, because they never let me read the marriage certificate and he never presented himself to me. I know he exists because on this day of my birthday he sends me a large bouquet of white orchids. I know they are one of the most expensive, that few people can afford to buy them, and he has the luxury of sending me a huge bouquet, along with a card that says, "Enjoy your solitude, wife."

My name is Kaia, today is my 23rd birthday, and as always, I am alone. The servants of this house ignore me and take care of me as if I were the most precious object in this house. I don't like my life, but I am afraid to leave. I have never done anything for myself, I don't know what the world outside is like. I watch the news every night and what they say is horrible. I have never made an email or entered a page to interact with someone because I don't know what to say or do. I feel so pathetic.

I am in my room reading one of my favorite books, hoping that this day will end. The day doesn't help much, it's raining so hard that it only depresses me more.

I hear someone knocking on my door. It's strange that someone would come at this hour, it's 6 pm, two hours before dinner. I get up and go see who it is. When I open the door, I see the housekeeper who tells me.

"Your parents have come to visit you, you can go down to greet them."

After saying that, she just leaves me alone. Although I was surprised by their visit, what could my parents have come for? They had never come since I was married, I had not seen them again. I suppose it is not something good.

I head to where they were. When I see them sitting in the large living room of the house, my mother's face looks upset, or so I think it looks strange. I approach and say to them

"Good afternoon, parents."

It is strange, neither of them responded to my greeting, they just looked at me in such a strange way, I didn't like the way they looked at me. Then I hear my father.

"I want you to talk to your husband and tell him to approve my project."

I heard right! They are here so that I can talk to a man I don't know. How do they expect me to do that? What can I tell them? I have never spoken to my supposed husband, do I tell them that? Or would it be better to tell them to introduce him to me first and then I'll ask him?

This is a joke, I have to say something. I think about my words carefully, so I can answer them.

"Father, I would love to help you, but I have never spoken to him, how do you expect me to ask something of someone I don't know."

I see my mother stand up very angrily and approach me in a strange way, I don't like this at all. The next thing I feel is when she hits my face, I think it was with her hand, I didn't see it well, I didn't expect it.

The pain I feel is strong, I try to rub my face with my hand to try to calm the pain, I feel a strange taste in my mouth, I feel my lips to clean them thinking it was saliva, when I look at my hand it was red, is that blood? I don't understand what I should do or say, why are they so upset? Why did she hit me? Then I hear her say to me.

"Learn what your place is, we gave you in marriage to a great family that has you with all the luxuries in the world, it's time for you to pay for everything we have done for you, talk to your husband and tell him what your father told you."

What madness is this? What have they done for me? What nonsense is she saying? At that moment I tell her.

"I would love to do it, but I don't know how to communicate with him."

I was trying to finish explaining to her when I feel another blow to my face and how she pulled my hair, I try to stop her, but the more I tried to grab her hands or throw her away, the more she clung to hurting me. It was difficult for me to defend myself, I really had no strength, I had never done any exercise, the only thing I did here was to behave like a porcelain doll, one of those that are fragile.

I didn't know what to do, not to mention the physical pain she was making me feel, something I had never felt in my life. I really didn't know what else to do, the pain clouded my brain, and then I hear the voice of the housekeeper.

"Madam, sir, the young master wants to speak with one of you, and madam, could you let go of the young lady."

I feel my mother let go of me, when she turns to see where the housekeeper was, I see her giving the phone to my father, how he was talking to someone, after a few minutes he hung up and says to me.

"It seems that what I wanted will be done, thank your husband, we will not look for you again, let's go."

That was all he said and then I just watched them leave, they didn't give me a hug, or a show of affection, the truth is that it hurt me, because they are supposed to be my parents, isn't it supposed that a mother protects and takes care of her children, but I have nothing of what are supposed to be my parents.

The housekeeper brought a first aid kit, I didn't understand why, until I felt the pain, when she was healing my wounds, which I think my mother made me more than one, I had pain in my face, in my lip, in my neck, in my arms. Once she finished healing my wounds, without saying anything she was going to leave, but at that moment, although I was nervous and insecure I told her

"Madam, who called?"

I thought she wouldn't answer me, as she always ignored me when I wanted to talk to her, but I was surprised when I heard her say

"Your husband!"

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