Unlawfully Mine

Eloise's POV

I woke up to the golden rays of sun glistening in my eyes, 'wow that's bright' I thought to myself as I put my arm across my eyes to block the sun.

As I lay there, I can hear the birds singing and chirping away which reminded me, it's my twenty first birthday. Every year on my birthday I would wake to my mum and dad singing me their own version of the birthday song but this year I didn't.

'Something must be wrong for this not to happen' I thought. I jumped out of bed and called for them, but there was no response, starting to worry, I ran downstairs to see if they were there.

I went into the living room; everything was decorated in 21st birthday banners and is a massive twenty-one balloon that is standing tall alongside my presents. Smiling to myself for what my parents have done for me I knew they were okay.

I called for them again, and still no reply. I left the living room and headed for the kitchen. Upon nearing the kitchen, I can see the kitchen door is closed to and I can hear my parents talking quietly. I listened in before I made it known that I was there.

“Please just talk to him Spencer, we can't go through with this deal. She's my baby, our baby, none of this is right" 'what is my mum going on about, why is she crying?' I questioned myself?' I decided to listen to what my dad had to say before I went into the kitchen, whatever they were discussing had to do with me.

I put my ear to the crack of the open door again as soon as I started to hear my dad talk, "do you really think I want this to happen to our daughter? Do you really think I am happy about this Connie? Remember it wasn't just my fucking doing, you were there, you agreed, you signed them God damn papers too. We have no choice but to continue our agreement with Mr Oakes."

At this point I have so many unanswered questions. I was so confused. I don't know what came over me, but I burst through the door as if I was trying to break it down. Startled, my mum began to sing happy birthday to me, but I cut her off, "What are you both talking about? What papers? What deal? What can't you do to me and who is Mr Oakes? I fired all my questions to my parents a once.

My mum and dad looked at each other, my mum gave my dad a look as if to say 'don't you dare say a thing' but my dad ignored her gesture and told me to come and sit down next to him whilst patting the seat of the black leather breakfast stall that is beside him.

As I sat down my mum started pleading to my dad to not say anything and to just let me have my day and then we could sit down as a family and talk about it together later. "You know we can't do that Connie; you know we are meeting Mr Oakes this evening; Eloise needs to be prepared instead of having this news sprung onto her later" my dad said apologetically.

"Seriously, can you just tell me what the hell is going on please. I am sitting in limbo here" I said frustratedly. My mum started to cry again and said she couldn't do this and walked out the room.

"Please dad just tell me what's happening." My dad turned to face his whole body towards me, he cleared his throat and said, "Remember when you was a little and I told you a story about a family who were going through a very hard time and they were on the verge of losing everything?”

“Yes, I remember, what does that have to do with this?” I asked confusingly. “Let me finish and you will understand.” Said my dad as patted my knee.

“Do you remembering me telling you, one day a knight in shining Armor came to the rescue to help this poor family out by giving them money, and the money they borrowed from the knight worked out not being enough so, the adults of the family had a meeting with the knight and they had do something that they did not want to do, and no matter how hard they tried they had no other choice and had to do it anyway.”