Chapter 01

Bruna Reis

When I was finally close to Dona Ivete, as she always looked me up and down, at least she seemed satisfied that I was dressed properly as she likes, I greeted her, as I always do in a cordial and good manner.

- Hello mom, how are you?

Did you have a good trip?

She smiled cynically and commented, running her hand through her bag.

"Unfortunately not, you know I hate coming to this place!"

Not that I have any prejudice with the house of God or anything like that, it happens that it is a place very far from everything, but as always, it's just up to me to sort things out.

Yeah, your dad just keeps busy in that damn company...

- I understand!

All right, what it's like to hate this place.

After all, I lived the last 20 years of my life in this damn hell, now tell me what you want this time?

- She sighs looking at me with disdain and commented looking at the great hall around us.

— Well Bruna, as you know your father arranged a marriage between the families, so next week you will leave this convent with me!

But since I know you can only wear this kind of clothes here, I'll still arrange some things in the city, and you'll probably stay here this week, it's good to start getting used to it, because your marriage to Theodore is very serious and important to your father. also…

"Ah, so my marriage was finally set up with the big chicken in New York?"

Wow, how exciting to get out of here to become the new horn of the city, okay, I understand that this wedding is important for you, after all, I'm only good for that, right?

It's no use trying to tell me no, because you ended my life a long time ago when you put me inside this damn convent, I have nothing against God, but you took my freedom... - my mother looked at me seriously and commented with sorry for my words.

— You make a storm in a teacup Bruna, are you missing something in the time you've been here?

Were you hungry or cold?

Stop complaining for nothing, maybe if you had a much worse fate than this convent, and believe me, I'm sure you would prefer this place than you are in another if you know what I mean!

- I'm not going to argue with you, your problem is that you always think you're right, I'm not a dog to live in prison all my life, let alone some merchandise to be sold to a man I barely know!

However, I will make one thing clear as soon as I can I will divorce this man, I don't want to be stuck with a person I don't love...

— Turns out that's not for you to decide!

I already explained to you that in our family things are different, we are a rich family and we have to maintain our status and you will not ruin our family name if i know you intend something i will put you in a worse place than this convent and believe me, you won't like it at all.

— You know what, I don't need to put up with something like that, get out of here Ivete, you better get out of my face, because I don't need a mother like you, in fact I've never had a gift in my life and you won't be missed. now, because I don't consider you  my mother, but a witch and my father a demon, which is true, I hate you, in fact, I hate everything related to you, now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to my room and I didn't bother to tell me to stay, because I don't want to look at your face anymore today, bye bye...

— I still haven't finished talking to you Bruna… come back here immediately and respect me, even if you don't want to, I'm still your mother and you must respect me!

- I looked at her still from the stairs and commented again as I turned to go up and leave.

“My conversation with you is over for today!

Now get out of here, even though you're my mother... She's nothing but a viper a real bitch that I want away, as soon as I marry this man I will forbid the entry of all of you in my house, I'm not obliged to live with people who never wanted my presence...

She didn't answer me any more, maybe she understood that the one who doesn't want to approach her, it's me... my family spent half my whole life ignoring me I lived several Christmases in that damn convent, several new years, alone sometimes some girls came back They went home and stayed with their parents, but I stayed here alone, the only one who didn't go anywhere, every Christmas that passed was with the nuns, I don't know what's the matter with them, with me?

But my mother is a very cold woman.

I think I sometimes think that instead of a muscle that pumps blood in place it has a piece of stone, because I've never seen a woman so cold and heartless in my life.

I spent the rest of my afternoon in the library where I liked to spend my time, as I occupied my head with reading, I also took the opportunity to browse the internet.

It was almost 6 o'clock in the afternoon when I decided to leave the library, Sister Maria was giving the last orders to the new novices I walked into my room, and I looked for something to wear and go to the bathroom, today I just wanted this day to end more Soon, I need to start getting used to my new reality.

1 week later…

A week had passed, I was packing my last bags to get out of this prison and go to another I wasn't so excited!

After all what could I expect from a wedding like this??

Good thing I know it wouldn't be, I'm not the type of person who deludes myself and much less hope that something good will happen to me, however I believe that maybe my future husband will treat me better than my own family, if he doesn't want to, he has nothing to do with me, I will respect that.

I'm just going to ask him to treat me with respect!

When the plane finally landed in the United States, I breathed a sigh of relief to be back in my country and not in that convent on the other side of the world, I have no idea what place that was, but I imagined it to be in a place far away from everything where the rich people put their children and forget about them, I will research with time and denounce the environment no human being deserves to be trapped for a long time in such a place…

My mother goes silently by my side in the limousine, she didn't say a word to me even when she went to pick me up, she is making a kind of silence for me to speak, but she can die choking on her own poison if she wants to. !

I will never bow my head to her or anyone in the Reis family again, after this wedding takes place I will try to get them out of my life once and for all.

As soon as the car parked my mother got out quickly, from close to me I shrugged and pretending not to care, I also got out of the car looking at the immense mansion of the Reis family, I observed the coat of arms that made that family have a great status, I walked inside while watching the servants bringing my luggage, my mother then spoke in the room.

'You'll stay in the room on the left downstairs, it's only for a few weeks!'

Until we organize everything for the wedding...

'It's great for me!'

Do you have anything else to say to me?

- She looked at me calmly and commented while sitting on the couch.

— At night we will go to the house of your future husband!

We will have a dinner, the family decided to organize everything, so that you can get to know each other better...

"Okay, I'm just going to get some rest!"

Well, I'm exhausted from the trip.

- Before I could leave she commented again.

"I'll send one of the maids!"

Take the dress I had you made for this dinner.

Until later, don't worry too, I've hired a good makeup artist to make you look good and a hairdresser...

I just agreed with her words and went to my room and thought: So I would finally meet the scoundrel Theodore today?

I have no idea what our meeting will be like?

I just hope he's at least nice to me and doesn't treat me like one of his whores, because if he comes to treat me badly, I'll also forget about my good manners.

I don't intend to start a war with him, we can live in peace, however if you don't accept my conditions, I believe we will both make hell in each other's lives.

After I took my shower I decided to take a good nap I needed it, after all I hadn't slept at all on the plane, I didn't like to fly I had a certain paranoia that the plane could crash and I would die.

I put on the nightgown that my mother had recently bought for me and lay down passing out in a sound sleep, for the bed was so soft that it was not difficult to fall asleep quickly.