TMWKL2 - Intro

She squinted her eyes at the streak of light that seeped into her room; and then opened them widely as she remembered today is the day she has been waiting for. The day has finally come; it was the first step onto her new path. All what she fought for the past six years was becoming a touched reality. THE touched reality! Finally her family will understand her patience was worth the wait and her determination was in its place. The nagging would stop, the lecturing would stop, and most importantly the glares and smirks of the extended family will also stop.

She stretched her arms upwards placing her inverted palms on the soft headboard; and pushed with all her strength to stretch her sore body. She let out shrieks, hums and moans until she kicked her duvet off and laid bare in bed staring at the ceiling quietly. When you plan an exact moment so many times in your head and it eventually comes; your brain doesn’t know how to react to it. That’s exactly how she felt, she didn’t know how to organize her thoughts or place them. She sighed loudly, causing her stomach to sink into her back as she exhaled deeply. A huge grin formed on her face knowing she has lost the last 2 kgs that held onto her waistline for so long. She patted her stomach as a drum and giggled at her own silliness. There was always something childish about her behaviors, but she learnt over the years to confide them to the walls of her bedroom and not show them in public. She kicked the air twice and screamed before sitting up straight in bed! Grabbing her Iphone as she crossed one of her legs under her, she checked her KiK messenger and grinned at her brother’s message:

-lets do this!-

She sent him double kisses and climbed out of bed rushing to the Nespresso machine. Her youngest brother, Nasser, bought her a Nespresso machine for her birthday to stop her abuse of his machine. When he first moved back from London she would barge into his room just to get a fresh espresso. Until came the day he was fed up with her, and bought her own machine as an early birthday present. She placed it on the large mirror cabinet that she loved so much, so every time she entered the room she would smile at her brother’s quirky gift. She pressed the on button, and the machine started buzzing! She stood with her side resting on the cabinet taking pictures to post on Instagram. The smell of the cubano blend mixed in the air with the scent of last night’s candle; and she soon forgot about Instagram and the pictures. She waited as a patient child infront of the machine, watching her espresso cup fill with the precious golden liquid.  She counted as the droplets of coffee splashed onto the surface; grabbed the tiny glass cup in a rush and headed toward the lounger. She took a quick sip of the hot coffee and placed the cup ontop the magazines on the silver coffee table. At a click of a button, the lights were off and the curtains started to retrieve letting the sun’s rays fill the room. She walked over to the bed stand and grabbed her Ipad; as she preferred reading her emails on it. She skimmed through her inbox as she walked back to the lounger placing the Ipad onto her lap, and reached for her coffee. The start of her day has commenced and she sat there flagging, archiving, marking! No one really understood why she would work on such a day and especially at 6 AM!!  Everyone called her a workaholic; she referred to herself as focused determined person. Within 10 minutes; her inbox was clean, coffee sipped to the last drop and ready to start her day.

As she walked towards the bathroom she heard a faint knock on the door, and knew instantly its Caroline her nanny. No one knocked ever so lightly as Caroline did.

“yes Caroline”

The door to her bedroom opened slowly and caroline’s head popped behind it, holding it exactly 10 inches from the frame. She smiled warmly at the woman that co raised her waiting for her to talk but caroline didn’t smile nor talked.  She started to get concerned!

“caroline is everything okay? Mama and Baba are okay?”

“yeah yeah …everyone is fine ..but”

“but what?”

Her heart started sinking slowly down her ribs, to her hip going faster as it went south! She hated surprises and above all bad news or anything that is negative!

“its burned!”

Her mouth dropped in an O and her eyes expanded with fear …