Chapter 62
The car pulled up in front of the school and Princess grabbed her Backpack, ready to leave.
“Alright my angel, be good and don’t get into trouble,” Aria advised.
“Alright mom, are you going to come pick me up after school?” she queried.
Aria hummed while checking her appointments on her phone, then she sighed. “I am sorry dear, mommy would be too…”
“Busy and she would not be able to make it here on time,” Princess concluded the statement for her.
Aria sighed and bumped her fist on her forehead. “I am really sorry sweetheart,” she apologized.
Princess kissed her on her forehead and got down from the car, she waved at her with a face devoid of emotions and walked away.
Aria sighed again as she watched her leave, she really wished she could make out more time for her little Princess but that was not possible for her.
“Alright Harry, move the car,” she instructed the Driver.
He nodded and took off.
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Princess walked into her classroom with a smile on her face, she walked to her chair and sat down. “Hi girls,” she said to her classmates chattering behind.
The class was mostly filled with girls, just a few boys. The teacher was not there yet so it was noisy, the pupils running around and throwing things in the air.
“Hey, look what my Dad bought for me at our Daddy daughter date,” Mandy exclaimed and waved a little doll in the air. Everyone turned to face her, including Princess.
“Wow!!!” the other children muttered with wide eyes.
“It is beautiful,” Dolly said.
“I know right? I love it so much!” she half yelled and hugged it closer to her chest.
“Well, it is beautiful but not as beautiful as what my Dad got me on my party,” Gwen said and dipped her hand into backpack. She was the oldest among them and quite a bully.
“Here it is,” she muttered and brought out a Woody the cowboy stuffed doll.
“Oh my!” Mandy moaned. “Is that woody?”
“Yes, and I also have his friend from outer space, the one with the laser hands.” She smirked.
“That is so cool,” Mandy replied while the students drooled over it.
“Well yesterday, my daddy took me to the beach and we had a tea party, it was so much fun especially with the sand castles.” Dolly said with visible excitement on her face.
“Wow… Daddies are so cool right?” Mandy asked with widened eyes.
“Yes, I love my daddy,” the class chorused while Princess had her eyes locked on the cowboy doll, she was itching to touch it as she had not seen one of those before.
“Gwen, can I touch your cowboy, I want to know what it feels like,” Princess requested politely.
Gwen crumpled her face, revealing her missing front tooth which she had lost in a fight, her face red with scars.
“Why should I give it to you? does your daddy not get toys for you? Oh I forgot, you don’t have a daddy,” Gwen mocked in a taunting voice and the other kids laughed.
“That is a lie, I do have a daddy!” Princess retorted.
“Really? Then where is he? Why doesn’t he bring you to school or take you back? He doesn’t attend any of the school activities, not even when you participate in tournaments. What kind of father would not attend his daughter`s birthday parties.
I mean, the last time we had celebrated your party, it was just your mummy there, there was no daddy, and you could not even provide a picture of you two together. What type of daddy doesn’t take pictures with their daughter? So how do you expect us to believe you?” Gwen uttered and sneered at her.
“You are right Gwen, poor Lena, she doesn’t have a daddy!” Mandy said in support and the other children joined in the laughter, chanting “She doesn’t have a daddy”
Princess was embarrassed and heartbroken; she placed her head on her desk and started sobbing. This had always happened to her and she was starting to get tired of it. Why did she have to go through all this? She would have felt better being teased if she had at least met her daddy for once, but her mom keeps saying that she can’t see her daddy.
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Arianna returned from her meeting with Mike. Her driver stopped the car in front of the house and she walked in. she yawned, feeling famished. She needed food and good sleep as she had barely had any sleep the previous night.
She was up, making researches on trending fashion collections. Now that she had secured the biggest contract of her life, she needed to be ready, she needed to be at her best and she only had one month before that.
She had already instructed the cook on the type of foods to serve in that one month so that she stays fit, she was also advised to get as much rest as she could and take good care of her skin as well.
Well, her body was her major asset, so she had to take care of it at all times. She had managed to climb up to the fifth best model in the world, but she still wanted to achieve more, and with this global contract that she had gotten, she could get connections to win Miss Universe 2022; that was her major goal.
Arianna walked into the sitting room and saw Princess sitting on the couch, she looked pale and off. That was unusual as Princess was always a cheerful girl, but right now she was moody.
“Hey, my angel… you are back already? I thought you were supposed to have extra hour classes?” Aria queried.
Princess remained quiet without moving or uttering a word.
“Um… Lena, Are you okay?” She asked and went closer to her. She discovered that her daughter was crying and that made her heart misbehave. She had a soft spot for Lena and she could not stand her cry.
What is wrong sweetheart? Did anyone say anything to you? Did anyone try to hurt you? Please tell me my angel,” she pleaded and sat beside her, then placed her hand on her shoulders.
Princess looked at her and sniffed in. Aria cleaned off the tears on her face, “Go on dear, tell me what the problem is,” she urged.
“My classmates mocked me again mom, they laughed at me because I don’t have a father.” She complained amidst tears.
Aria sighed, she was having a lot of this cases from Lena recently. “I am sorry dear, I told you not to listen to that mean girl, and who said you don’t have a father, of course you do.”
“Then where is he mom? Why doesn’t he want to see me and why do you not want to take me to him? I want to know my father, please take me to my daddy, those girls said mean words to me, it was not just Gwen this time, it was my entire class, they laughed and made fun of me.” she cried.
Aria hugged her gently and placed her jaw on Lena`s head. “Listen sweetheart, I understand that you are feeling a lot of pain right now, and I am really sorry, but I promise that I will have those kids reported and punished, I wont let them go free for hurting my Princess.”
“No mom, that doesn’t matter or help in anyway,. I don’t want you to scold or report anyone, I just want to see my daddy, please just take me to him!” she requested in tears.
“I am sorry Princess, but I cannot take you to your father, he is very far away and we cannot meet him.” Aria said and looked down.
“Why mom? You always say that we cannot see him, I don’t care if you want to see him or not, but please just let me see him, let me meet him and know who my daddy is. I want him to touch me, I want him to carry me to work and to the beach and to have fun with me, I want him to get me toys and tell me night stories, I want him to love me like every other kid mom!” Lena persisted.
“But I already do all of that for you sweetheart, don’t I?” Aria asked while fighting back her own tears.
“Yes you do, but I want to experience it with my daddy, I want to do all that with him and not just you,” she fired.
“Well you cant because your Daddy abandoned us! So stop asking to see him!” Aria yelled out of frustration.
The both of them went quiet for seconds, staring at each other, then Princess burst into tears, she stood up from the couch and ran off towards her room.
“Lena wait, I am sorry!!” Aria yelled but the little girl was out of sight, crying as she ran.
Arianna sighed and slumped onto the couch. She always knew this day would come, maybe she should have just told Princess that her father was dead, but how could she do such a thing to Oliver, not just him but the little girl.
She had no idea what to do. One thing she knew for sure was that she would not be going back to Oliver, no matter the situation, she just needed a way to make Lena get over these thoughts.
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