JENNIFER'S POV
But soon my smile faded as I remembered the conversation of father on his phone, which I overheard on the day of my graduation day as a medical student.
As usual, since my childhood no one had ever thought of attending any of the school proceedings be it my annual function or any parent teacher meetings. I used to win the best student award since the 4th grade. But no one from my family would be ever there to cheer for me. I always had to paste a smile on my face, in front of my teachers and suffer the brunt of my jealous classmates.
Imagine... a little girl of 10 years coming to the house, elated of getting a gold medal for being the all rounder of the class but in return, what does she get from her father? A tight slap for disturbing him while he was busy playing ludo with his son!
So, even on the day of my graduation, I decided not to ask him if he would turn up or not in the function. I thought of somehow smuggling mumma put of the house, as he would not have allowed to let her go if asked directly.
On my way to the kitchen, I stopped midway when i heard some whispers from the balcony of the master bedroom.
"Surely, something isn't sitting well, or else who in his very own house shall speak so softly?" I murmured to myself. I tip-toed to the room, but froze completely when the whispering became audible to me.......
FLASHBACK STARTS
"Yes boss, she shall be 25 soon after 2 weeks." Father stated with a grim look. "No sir, not at all! I always make sure she doesn't have any link-ups, flings or boyfriends for that matter." He growled while twitching his face in disgust.
"Yes sir, she has her graduation day today. I won't let her study more if you say so..." O-okay sir, I understand, it's none of my business." "She shall be brought to you whenever you want, currently she stays in my house!" He almost spat with gritted teeth. Then after some 'hmms' as a response, to whatever was been blabbered on the other end, he exahled. "So, Jennifer Mathews gets to go to her father's MANTHENA ESTATE when she's of 30, not before it...." He trailed off and then cut the phone with a curt nod.
Estate? Like as in, am I rich?
That too... father's MANTHENA estate? Then who is this man in front of me?! And what the heck is Manthena Estate?
That explains I have a mother too, or is mumma my mother?
And... I knew in all these 25 years of my life that my birthday comes in the Month of August. So how come two weeks after in the month of March?
And is that why Alex, Mohan, Anthony, Nathan and all those guys had a hurried break-up with me...? I never had an active dating life but I had been with some guys in my higher grades in the school and college.
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Many questions had bombarded in my mind that day. I was suffocated. But I was sure on one fact why I had been never allowed to handle any of the documentation stuff, or certification things on my own.
I was beyond shocked. Although the people living with me, in this hell were nothing to me except of mumma, but still thinking that I was residing in a house where I was being kept as a kind of hostage, sent trembles down my spine.
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