Prologue

Hi, I'm Clara, the protagonist of this novel. All my life, I've been caged up in my house because I'm the only daughter of my rich parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw. Daddy has eight companies in different parts of the world making him a very busy man but he still manages to find time for his family while mummy's an actress. She's also very busy but she spends more time with me than Dad. So when both my parents are away, I'm stuck at home with my nanny, who teaches me house chores and cooking. She doesn't force it on me, I asked her to teach me because I'm always bored at home so I thought learning some of these things will help me pass time and it did. I also have a tutor who gives me lectures. This was basically how my life went down until one day.

I was sitting at the pool side when a maid told me that my mom was looking for me. I was really shocked because at this time, mom was meant to be at the industry trying out some costumes or reading some scripts. "Where is she? "I asked the maid curiously. "She is in the living room with your father"she replied. Dad was here meaning that it had to be something serious. So I put on my robe and walked as fast as I could to the living room. I saw my dad and mom speaking with excitement. "She's gonna be so happy when she hears the good news"mum said grinning with joy. "Mum, dad, you sent for me"staring at them in confusion. The thoughts running through my mind were"did I do something wrong? did mom get a new contract? Did dad win a lottery? Are they finally gonna allow me make friends?"

"Clara, we have exciting news" dad said with joy obviously shining on his face. "What is it?" I asked with deep curiosity. "You're gonna be a big sister!" Mum jumped with joy as she gave the news. I don't know if I spoke with excitement or Shock, but the word "What!" just flew out of my mouth. I held my mom's arm with hope that they were not lying and said "are you serious? "Mom replied "yes Clara, I'm one month and three weeks pregnant" giving me the "trust me" look. I screamed endlessly as I was overjoyed but I was a bit jealous that I won't have my parents undivided attention again but who cares, I was gonna have a sibling, a companion, someone to talk to, my boring days being the only child

at home, were finally fading away.

Obviously with a father like mine, we celebrated this great occasion with a grand house party.

SEVEN MONTHS, ONE WEEK

LATER

it's finally mom's delivery date, mom was taken to the family hospital about 7:36am while I stayed back to clean up the house. Two hours later, dad called my phone, "Twins! twins!" he spoke with excitement. "Really?! I'm on my way!" I said. I called one of our drivers and got into the car. "Take me to the hospital" at those words, the driver zoomed off. Several minutes later, we arrived at the hospital, I jumped down and rushed into the hospital.

"Excuse me" l called a nurse close by. "Please I would like to see Mrs. Bradshaw, I'm her daughter" I said while panting heavily. "She's in ward 302, congratulations, its a healthy set of twins"she said after searching a book. I rushed to search for ward 302,when I finally found it, I pushed the door open and walked in. my dad noticed and beckoned on me to come forward, I did and I saw the adorable set of baby boys sleeping peacefully. I'm pretty sure they were identical but one had black hair and the other had white. I went towards my mom, she must have really laboured because she looked exhausted but she was asleep.Dad said"they're beautiful,aren't they?"Yes they were, the most beautiful babies I had seen, well the only babies I had seen.

As time passed my Jason and Jaden grew making the house a less boring place but I still had the undying desire to go to school with other kids. For the past thirteen years of my life, I never left my house(except for the day, my brothers were born) so obviously, one day, I will get fed up and I did.

That day, when my parents came back from work, I was sitting in the living room watching TV and my brothers were playing in their rooms. When I noticed my parents stepped in, I said"mom, dad, we need to talk" with a worried look on my face. They knew that look meant it was something serious so they sat down on the nearby couch while I switched of the TV. Then I began "mom, dad, I sick of the house and I really want to school with other kids. Before you said I can't go to school with other kids because you didn't want anything to happen to me as I'm your only child, well now that I'm not the only child anymore and I'm thirteen, I would like to go to high school and not a day school but a boarding school." They looked at themselves then looked at me, then mom said "we'll think about it honey". When she said those words, I had already lost all hope but the next day, I was surprised. In the morning during breakfast, dad called me "Clara", with a mouthful of eggs, I replied "yes dad" he continued "we've decided and you're gonna start school next term, you're right, we have been caging you up in the house for too long, it's time you had your freedom" "really?!" I asked with full hope. "Yes darling, you can start your shopping by yourself tomorrow, alright?" I replied, "yes mom, thank you so much, you're the best parents ever" I left my seat and went over to hug them. That is how my school life begins.

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