Unaccustomed Without You
Chapter 17: Remembering the past

Pov Callista's

The Flashback

This morning I came in a hurry because there was a modeling audition, the opportunity for me to develop a hobby and also my career, being a model was one of my desires since childhood, she said, my parents never supported the decision I made.

I have to grow up and follow the rules they set since I was not born. I think back to when I was 9 years old, I was in an inter-school modeling competition, and yes I won that competition, she said, I was proud to tell both my parents that I could win it all..But my father was also very angry, living in that world is hard, not just sitting in front of people, that's how they think.

"You can't be serious about doing anything more promising!" Jerk my father, even the cup I brought he slammed to pieces.

"Daddy.please, let me do what I love, all this time I've been practicing martial arts at Daddy's request!"

My family is very strict to look after me, because my father and mother are the biggest Mafia clenches in the country. Not only my father, but my mother was the same, surely their enemies were everywhere.

Since childhood I knew what their jobs were, it was because I agreed to study martial arts if someday my Dad and Mom asked me for help.

"In a moment you'll be living alone, son, we have to let you live independently, you have to be able to take care of yourself, that's because Daddy told you to practice martial arts!" my father's light, my mother who had been silent at the end of the day let out her voice.

"Lista.. Outside must be a lot of our enemies who do not want you to live peacefully, be wise in choosing decisions, I know you really like the world of Modeling, Modeling, but you need to be able to balance that with the traditions your grandfather created!"

"When that time has come mom" I asked softly, my family has a unique tradition, which others may never have done. Every child in my family who is 9 years old, he will be left by his parents to live independently without any help, must survive alone no support from the family or financially support, he said, really have to try it alone, they will be abandoned for 19 years old, and will only return when the child has entered the age of 28 years.

"Yeah Nak.. The day after tomorrow we will leave!" father explained to me, his face looks so unwilling, I know he heavily leaves his only daughter, but what can be done, it has become a tradition of the Williams family.

"Are you ready for the List!" ask Mom.

"Whether I'm not ready, I don't have to be ready!"

Father thrust a large suitcase, stock for me to start my own life, there was a set of very beautiful jewelry, I knitted my forehead, pensive for a moment, for what I was given jewelry as good as this, I was given, I was only 9 years old then why was I given such expensive jewelry, I thought to myself.

"Daddy, why did you give me such expensive jewelry ? won't this endanger me more?" ask Dad.

"It's the Williams family symbol jewelry, but you're only allowed to use one of them, you can't use all of them together, inside each piece of jewelry it's a special chip that connects you to us, so even if you're far away from us, you're still connected and we can tell you how you're doing with this chip! you should always wear her one of Callista, lest not!'' Bright Dad long wide.

I nodded my head quickly.

"We'll be back when you're 28!"

"Calliana!!" Calling my mother her twin, my mother has a twin sister named Calliana Quinza, while my own mother named Calliara Quinza and my father Abraham Williams.

"Is your job done!"

"A little more! I've entered their house, just executed it!" obviously aunt Calliana.

"Recover quickly, lest David Alberto know what we mean! I really don't want her to enjoy her wealth by taking her from our family Liana!" Here I am still trying to digest every word from them, but because I am 9 years old I am silent and do not want to bother.

Two days later, both of my parents went to Korea to live there for the next 19 years, while Aunt Calliana was still here and a week later she followed both of my parents.

I started living alone, trying to find a bite of rice alone, if people knew about my strange family traditions, he said,they will definitely blame my parents for leaving me alone here, but that's where our personalities as a Williams family come from, until the end I met Fiona and her parents, they were so kind to me, my parents agreed.

Until the end I was raised by the Cloe family, I owe a lot to Father and Mother Fiona, who had been kind enough to pay for my education, and freeing me to choose which way of life I want, even though beyond all that I am still a descendant of the Mafia who might continue it to posterity later.

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"Callista Quinza!" when someone broke my daydream, I stood up and faced the moderator who directed me to the competition room.

At that time the judge was one of the famous actors Kevin Lano Alberto, like a stranger in my ears I heard the name Alberto.

I entered the competition with very high confidence, but during the final selection, I had a little accident, I fell down while going up the escalator in a hurry due to the fact that my legs became swollen and difficult to walk, I was eliminated because of that, my hope to become a extinct model was already.

But it seems like Goddess Fortuna is on my side, Kevin Lano Alberto came to me with a partnership, a marriage agreement to boost my popularity in the world of models, while he needs a wife to raise his name as well. Before I asked my parents for permission, they approved of it, because it turned out that Grandpa Kevin had seized my mother's family-owned company in a very Cunning way, my grandfather was brutally murdered, to make my mom and Aunt Calliana do the same thing to Grandma Kevin.

My first assignment from the Williams family! marry Kevin!