Set me free - Episode 1

 

Michelle:
"What do you mean my mom is here?!" I ask Mrs Paulina. She'd just pulled me out of class, only telling me to pack my bag and go to her office. I had quickly done as instructed and hurried to the Principal's office amidst murmurs from my classmates. I can just imagine what they were murmuring. I even heard Peters snicker something about my true slummy attitude showing forth . I had wanted to stop to punch him in the face but decided against it. That is surely what they want. They already look down on me for being the poor scholarship kid. Always expecting me to do something bad like steal from them or act like a delinquent but I never give them something to confirm their perception about me. You probably didn't want William to see you like they do. My mind taunt me but I shut her off. William might act like he's not like his dumb jock friends but to me he's worse. He's always looking at me with pity and I find that worse than the disgust in the other  kid's eyes especially because ever since junior high, I've crushed on him but all he gives me is pitiful eyes. I remember putting a cake which by the way, took me all night to bake in Mrs Carol's kitchen in his locker back then in the first year of senior high. Guess where I found said cake later that day? In the trashcan beside my locker! I'd cried my eyes out that day and sworn  to forget about my stupid crush

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. I'm still working on the forgetting him part though. You can't blame me. He's damn cute for a snub. 
"Miss Daniels are you even listening to me?" Mrs Paulina's wrinkly old fingers snapping in front of my face brings me back to the present and I shake my head at my thoughts. 
"Your mom called the school a while ago. I'm afraid she's pulling you out of St Michaels." Mrs Paulina says and my mouth falls to my feet accompanied by my heart. "What?! Why?!" I ask but the old lady just shake her head. Don't get me wrong, I hate it here In St Michaels but I've taken six years of this torture just so I can get into the College of my dream and read medicine on my scholarship. This is just going to ruin everything. St Michaels was supposed to be my pass into the University to study medicine. I know how nearly impossible it is to study medicine in this country when you are as dead poor as we are. 
"She should be outside waiting for you by now Michelle. Go meet her." Mrs Paulina say dismissively and I feel my fist ball up. She also looks down on me like the rest. I grab my bag off her over polished table and flee out of her office, ready to get answers from mother. I hear the bell rings as I hurry out of the office and in my haste I run into someone.
"bullocks! I'm so sorry." I apologize as I push my long hair out of my face. Dawn's unhappy eyes narrow down at me. I'm a bit shorter than her and I feel smaller just by her scrutinizing gaze.
"Oh, it's you." her icy voice make me grind my teeth painfully. She's so nice to everyone except me. 
"I didn't mean to. I was--" her slim finger go up and I clamp my mouth shut. 
"save it." she hiss before sashaying off. I see her big smile as she sees William hurrying towards the class and I throw all manner of curses on the couple as I match my way down the hallway.
True to the Principal's words my mom is just outside resting on her beat up pasat car. I can see some of the students pointing at the car. Now I have to do the walk of shame to the car. I lower my hair over my face as I walk quickly to the car. I get there in time but the stupid door is jammed. I groan frustrated. They are laughing at me. I know it. Mom make matters worse as she pull out of the front seat of the car to help me. She's in her waitress uniform. 
"Let me help you." she whisper as she maneuver the door open. I slip into the car and shut it before she can walk around the car to the other side.
"Put on your seatbelt honey." she instruct as she turn the cold engine on. 
"I told you to never come to the school to pick me up." I grind out instead. Her eyes snap to my face but I don't register the hurt. I'm so angry right now. What makes her think she can just pull me out of this school after making me go here for almost a decade?!
"I get that you are angry sweetie but you--"
"and in your waitress uniform even! Mother!" I exclaim before she finish. 
"Michelle..."
"No mom. I've had enough! Of you, them, every freaking person!" I yell. 
"You don't mean that." she says without looking away from the road as she drives. She's driving faster than usual but my anger doesn't even let me register it.
"You don't know what I want mother! What makes you think you can pull me out of this school?! Why are you set on ruining my life mother?" I shouldn't be taking my anger out on my mother but I can't stop now that years of hurt is coming out. 
"Why mother!" I yell again when she doesn't answer. She's just tapping nervously on the stirring wheel. 
"Mother!" I yell again. 
"Your father is here. We need to leave." she say completely distressed. My mouth is just hanging open 
"You said he's dead." I point out. 
"I'm sorry" she sob out as she try to hold my hand with her free hand. I flinch as I pull my hand away from hers.
"baby, I didn't want him to take you away from me. You know these rich people. They---"
"Wait. My father is alive and he's rich?!" I focus angry eyes at the side of her face.

Read " To Live For Once (Set Me Free II) " by the same author ( Ameh juliet )

. She's crying but so am I. I mean how could she be so selfish as to keep me away from my father who could have given me a better life!
"Baby you don't understand! I was pregnant for my boss and an illegal immigrant. I got deported. I couldn't---"
"wait, your boss? Deported? You mean---"
"yes, Michelle. Your father is a white man."
"what?! "
"I'll explain later. We need to get out of town first." she says and I frown. Get out of town? Is she being serious? 
"Stop the car mom." I grind out.
"no." 
"mom."
"No, Michelle. We are leaving no matter what!" she spit as she swerve off the road to a side street. "mom! Take me to my father! Why are you so selfish!" I grab her arm to get her to listen to me. The blaring of a trailer momentarily silence my pleas as it comes out of nowhere and crash into mom's beat up car. I jerk off my seat as glasses fly everywhere and a sharp pain shoot through my eyeballs and I scream in mind crushing pain.
"Michelle!!" I feel mom's warm body engulf mine as everything goes black. 

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