Arielyn
"The fact that she is like me is the reason I don't like her, I can't learn from her, I don't want to be near her, she gives off weird energy, can you take me with you, please? I don't mind wherever you take me, just don't leave me here,"
He begged.
"I can't do that, Raul, you are under Kendrix's care, I just can't take you away, I don't have a right to,"
I explained to him but he wasn't having it.
"He isn't my legal guardian, I just live with him there are no legal bindings, I don't want to be here if you are not, you are my big sister and the reason I got better so quickly, what will happen if you are not here?
He sounded so sad saying it, I didn't even realize he saw me as his big sister, I never had a younger sibling but the fact that he thought me worthy of being his big sister warmed my heart. I couldn't say no to him so I agreed. As soon as I nodded, he ran upstairs and came back a couple of minutes later. We carried our stuff outside and got into the ride I had ordered. I debated between going back to my dad's house and using a hotel but in the end, I decided that the hotel would be better, I booked a two-room suite while we were in the taxi.
"We will stay here until I can find an apartment,"
I informed Raul, who just nodded. After we settled in the hotel, I decided to call my dad, I didn't have enough money to get an apartment but I had plans.
"Dad, it's Barrie,"
I said when he took the call.
"I know it is you, I am just shocked that you called me, are you okay?"
He asked, I had never heard my dad sound so concerned about me. It gave me the hope that he would listen to what I had to say and also help me without getting mad at Kendrix.
"Yeah, I am okay but I need your help,"
I told him.
"Whatever you want, princess,"
He replied, I took a deep breath before speaking.
"Dad, I need to borrow money from you, I am in a bit of a situation right now, I need to get my personal apartment but I don't have enough money, I will get a job at the general hospital and pay you back soon,"
I requested, there was a long moment of silence after I finished, I feared he might not want to help me.
"What nonsense are you talking about Barrie? Why will I loan my daughter money? You are my princess and have a right to everything I own, I don't want to ask what happened as I trust you will let me know,"
I couldn't believe my dad had changed so much towards me, first, he was addressing me as princess and he was understanding too, that's not the dad I grew up knowing. That's not the same man who sent me away and isolated me, he was so different now.
"Dad,"
I whispered because I was too shocked to say anything else.
"You don't have to worry about getting an apartment Princess, I have a lot to make up for, the least I can do is make sure you are comfortable, you have your own fully furnished house, if you want, I can send you the address, you don't need to borrow money from me,"
I didn't know what to say, I didn't expect him to be so supportive. Before I would have said no and told him I didn't need his help but not right now, I needed all the help I could get.
"I would like that, dad,"
Maybe it was time to use my nepo baby privileges, I wasn't in a position to shy away or not accept it right now. There was no reward for suffering when I could get things easily.
"I will do that, also, do I need to beat someone up?"
He asked in a very serious tone, I figured out what he was talking about. I really didn't want him to get involved with whatever was going on between Ken and me.
"No Dad, you don't have to, I am okay, I just want a fresh start,"
I told him, I liked the fact that he wasn't asking me to move back home.
"Alright, just know I am always here if you need anything, like I said, I have a lot to make up for, I don't even know where to start from, right now, I am just happy you thought of me when you needed something,"
My dad said. he sounded emotional.
"That's because you are my dad, who else will I run to when I need help? It has to be you,"
I said as my eyes watered again.
"Thank you,"
He asked me about other things and I answered his questions as much as I could and also asked about his health and well-being. After I ended the call with my dad, I went to Raul's room and informed him that we got an apartment.
"Already? That was fast,"
His response and the face he made got me laughing for the first time in two days.
"Yup, did I forget to tell you that my family is loaded? My dad is the richest man in O-when,"
I bragged, he didn't look like he believed me, he brought out his phone and I saw the moment he realized.
"You, oh my, I think I only attract rich people,"
He joked and had me laughing again. I realized that I wasn't alone, I had people on my side this time, unlike the last time, it made it easy for me to believe that I would be okay.
"We will move by morning, since I already paid for today, if you need anything that would make you comfortable, you let me know and I will get it,"
I told him and he nodded. I left him and went back to my room, it was still early in the day but I was already tired and wanted the day to end already, so much happened since last night and I was beyond drained from crying and overthinking, I decided that I wasn't going to think about anything, especially not Kendrix, I took my time to block his contact, not like he would call, when he finds out I left, he may even smile and be happy, I hated the image that formed in my head, I shook it off and decided to make good use of the huge bathroom the hotel room had. I told a long bath, then ordered room service for both me and Raul, by afternoon, I got the address from my dad with a video of the whole house, it was bigger than what I had expected, I called him and thanked him, he was just happy that I called him twice in the same day, I promised him that I will come around when my brothers were there to come to say hi to them, I wasn't so sure I could ever fix our relationship because we didn't know each but I was willing to try.
I also soft-launched my decision to Win-rose when she called to check up on me; she had a lot of questions but I told her she would find out the details later, she didn't like that I was keeping things away but I told her that I wanted her to focus on herself and get the full gist when she returns which she reluctantly agreed to. The rest of my day was spent checking for job vacancies, there were quite a couple of them, I even sent my resume to the general hospital because that's where I really wanted to work. It might take days or weeks to get a response but I didn't mind. I had almost everything figured out, the only thing I couldn't figure out was how to get the pain in my heart to reduce, Ae wasn't having any of it because she refused to make a single appearance, I didn't try to force her because I knew just how much we trusted and believed that Kendrix was really the one. He would already know I moved out and took Raul with me, he didn't just lose me, he lost his son too, which serves him right.
"We will be okay,"
I mouthed as I laid in bed watching a movie, yup, you guessed, a sad-ass movie, what to do? I guess I like the pain.