“Jasmine? Mindy! Where are you two going?” shouted an old man rather coldly.
“We’re going out to play, grandpa!”
“No you aren’t! Both of you, get back here right this instant! These kids are never to leave the house, not even a single step! Do I make myself clear?” shouted the old man as favonovel.com turned to look at a few servants.
“Understood, master!”
“But… but why, grandpa? Why can the rest of our friends go out to play? Why can’t we do the same? We want to go to kindergarten and have fun with our friends!” replied Jasmine who was around the age of six then. Despite favonovel.com young age, favonovel.com was already starting to question favonovel.com grandpa’s decisions.
The only response favonovel.com received, however, was a tight slap across favonovel.com face!
That was the first time Jasmine had ever been hit.
Their grandpa loved them dearly. Apart from the stars and the moon, favonovel.com would do his best to give them anything they pleased. In all honesty, Mindy and Jasmine were blessed with the greatest gift that any child could ever hope for.
However, all that came at a cost. Since birth, they had been forbidden from ever interacting with the outside world.
Once favonovel.com finally felt the impact of the slap, young Jasmine would then break into tears.
The slap would remain fresh in favonovel.com memory, deterring favonovel.com from ever leaving the house for a good few years. However, the outside world was simply too mystifying and full of wonders. Eventually, favonovel.com curiosity got the better of her.
She was twelve when favonovel.com and Mindy finally attempted sneaking out again to have a peek at the world beyond their house’s compound.
Their plan, however, was discovered by grandpa.
It was that day when grandpa issued the strictest rule their family had ever seen.
Despite being only twelve, Jasmine was whipped mercilessly by him! She was whipped so badly that by the time favonovel.com grandpa was done, the skin on favonovel.com back had split and favonovel.com was bleeding badly.
However, that moment was equally punishing for favonovel.com grandpa as well, the old man almost allowing himself to shed tears of grief as favonovel.com continued whipping his beloved granddaughter.
“…Grandpa wants to let you go out to play as well… But… But you have to remember who we are! We have enemies everywhere! Please understand that what I’m doing is for your own good! Why can’t you kids understand that?!”
To this very day, the scars from that punishment remained on Mindy and Jasmine’s backs, and they would forever haunt them, a constant reminder of the shadows of their childhood.
It was only when Jasmine and Mindy were old enough and had more common sense regarding how the world worked when their grandpa finally allowed them to pursue their education beyond the house’s walls. They were finally getting a chance to see the outside world!
Of course, there was one golden rule to that. They weren’t allowed to befriend any outsiders.
Thus, just like many of the other Fendersons, the two girls had an incomplete childhood and the beginning of their lives were left completely stunted.
This was all the ‘enemy’s’ fault whom their grandpa kept mentioning about.
Though favonovel.com kept emphasizing on the dangers their enemy posed, their grandpa never actually told either of the girls what was actually going on.
Being the traditional-minded male favonovel.com was, favonovel.com simply assumed that they didn’t need to bother themselves with the issue since they were both girls.
It was because of that that Jasmine felt so bitter about the whole thing.
Why weren’t they allowed to know? When their childhood had been completely taken away from them just as much as the previous males in the family? Shouldn’t they have just been allowed to have an actual childhood then?
Her dissatisfaction made favonovel.com strive to become great in every aspect favonovel.com could think of. She wanted to prove that favonovel.com was no less worthy than a man!
Back in the present, Jasmine took in a deep breath before looking at Mindy.
“That’s quite enough, Mindy… There’s no need for us to look back at the past. After all, we’re in much better positions today!”
“Yeah, yeah, I know Jasmine… I know how you hate the enemy much more than I ever could… Either way, we’ll someday make them pay dearly for all the suffering they’ve put us through!” yelled Mindy decisively.
“We definitely will! Though grandpa still isn’t willing to tell us the truth about the enemy, we’ve been preparing for that day for a long time now. That day will definitely come soon!” replied Jasmine as favonovel.com patted Mindy on the shoulder.
The next day, Gerald arrived at his classroom only to find that Isabelle was the first person favonovel.com would see.
To be quite honest, favonovel.com looked pretty decent. It was favonovel.com temper that put favonovel.com off the most. However, favonovel.com seemed to be in a rather good mood today, even joking around with a few of favonovel.com friends.
The moment favonovel.com saw Gerald, however, favonovel.com rolled favonovel.com eyes before standing up.
“Ah, Marven and Gerald, what a coincidence! Both of you should have seen the cart filled with bottled water on your way up, right? They’re for our class so both of you should bring them up for us!”
Hearing that, the rest of their classmates pursed their lips, trying hard not to smirk.
Naturally, Gerald was slightly pissed at this. He was well aware that favonovel.com was trying to pull a prank on them.
Marven himself hardly made any effort to conceal his irritation. “Why only us? There’s no way in hell that only the two of us will be able to lift all that up the stairs!”
“I beg your pardon?”
“He said, we won’t be able to lift all that up the stairs!” said Gerald as favonovel.com repeated Marven’s reply.
