Andrea lazily get up and change her clothes, once she's changed she stall more time before she looked for her mom's stepsister, she doesn't like them... but she doesn't have a choice now. By law they are her only close relatives that can be her guardian, unless she wants to stay in the orphanage until she reached her right age to claim her fortune.

Although right now, they treat her like a nobody, they wouldn't dare lay a finger on her, coz they know that she's still useful.

According to her fathers' will, if ever something happens to their whole family, all fortune will be distributed accordingly to all charity organizations and to all their workers, who have been working with them for decades. That's why she knew that, even if they want to kill her they wouldn't dare,for now. She knew that they have plans but she will never allow it to happen.

She just have to wait for her eighteenth birthday so that she can claim her inheritance and to kick them out. That is if they still haven't finished her money by then.

She's only sixteen, there's still two more years before she can do anything. Andrea's not sure whether she'll survive those two more years together with her leech distant relatives. That's why she's always on guard, she have to act smart and aloof, she wants them to know that she's not stupid to let them take away her parents hard-earned fortunes.

"Mom, I'm exited! Finally I can go to Z city to study." Andrea heard Charity talking to Anabelle, her mom's stepsister. She doesn't want to call her aunt, for her they are not a relative but a leech who sucks blood from her.

It's not like she's being greedy or stingy, but these people has no ounce of shame in their body. Just the day after they found out that her family died in an accident and she's the only survivor, they moved in instantly without even asking her permission, as if they don't really care about her.

"Don't be stingy, Andrea! We're only helping you and this is how you treat us?" Anabelle shouted at her when she saw them on her parents room.

"This house has a lot of room but you're not allowed to go in my parents room or use their things!" Andrea countered back, she's shaking in anger. How can she not be angry? Her mom just died and the leech step sister used her things and flaunt it as if she owned it.

"Bah! You're like a spoiled lady, what's wrong if I want to use my sisters clothes? You should be grateful that we're here and helping you out and you don't have gratitude at all!" Anabelle sneered at her without feeling remorse of what she's been doing.

If it's not for the neighbor who keep murmuring against Anabelle who witnessed the scene, she wouldn't let Andrea go.

After that incident, Andrea, asked the servants to seal her parents and brothers room. She doesn't want anybody to spoil their rooms. She wants it to remain as it is.

Charity looked up when she noticed her and sneered at her as if she knew something that she didn't. She just ignore her and keep walking to the other side when Anabelle told her to sit. She doesn't really feel like sitting in front of these leech family. But she's too tired to argue that's why she sits in a vacant seat far from them.

"Charles stand up and transfer to her side. She's about to stand, but charles hold her hand and motioned her to stay still. She sat there and compose herself, she shouldn't let them intimidate her. It's her home after all.

"Hey, you know I'm going to Z city tomorrow to enroll? I heard that there's a lot of wealthy and foreign men who went to study there." Charity gloated at her but she didn't even bat her lashes to look at her.

She's been to Z city before, there's an international school there that Andrew, her twin sibling and her planned to go to next school year, it seems that it'll be only her and think that she'll be seeing Charity there as well doesn't sit well.

"I called you because I want to inform you that your referral to Z international school will be using by Charity instead." Andrea stiffened after hearing it.

"What do you mean, she'll be using my referral? I need that referral this upcoming school year." Andrea stand up suddenly and face Anabelle waiting for an explanation.

"Bah! You don't need to go and study overseas, you have to stay here and obey us. You don't need education because once you reached eighteen, you'll be marrying Charles!" Anabelle spilling out their plan for her. "You'll only wasting money when you're already betrothed!"

"BETROTHED? Who says I want to marry, that lazy, perverted son of yours? And you have no right to tell me what to do!" Andrea spat. She wouldn't let them bully her, in her own house.

"Andrea, it's the logical way to marry your cousin, we don't want you to end up with some random guy who only after your fortune." For the first time Carlos, husband if Anabelle speak up.

"Haha! Random guy who's after my fortune? If there are some random people here, who's after my fortune, I can tell that it's you and your family is the best example! You must be mad to think that I'll agree to marry that scoundrel son of yours!" Andrea spat, her hazel eyes nearly black with fury, "You forget that you are not really relation of mine at all! That fortune you worry about does not belong to you, but only mine! I'd rather kill myself than to marry him!" After she said her piece she turn and run ignoring them calling her name, she ran from the room out of the house and towards to their stable.

In the quiet of the stables, breathing heavily, she leaned her hot face on the silken neck of her horse. "No longer her to be exact," she thought bitterly, Anabelle order that midnight will be given to Charles, since The scoundrel likes it. She didn't even have a say or did they even asked for her permission. They just use and abused Midnight.

When her father was still alive they have quite a few thoroughbreds horses, but while she's grieving on her family's death, Carlos sell their horses and if she didn't roused from her grieved and fight for Midnight, he would have been lost to her too.

Midnight had been a gift to her from her father on her fifteenth birthday, and it galled her to have to share Midnight, with anyone who mistreated an animal as Charles did. She traces smoothly and tenderly the half-healed wound of Midnight, made by Charles.

"Clary, are you still in bed, you lazy pig? Hurry and dress, Autumn had her foal last night!" Andrew shouted, his voice was filled with pride and excitement. His hazel eyes just like her twin sister is gleaming with sparks.

"Why you didn't wake me up sooner? Where you were there when the foal was born? Is it a filly or a colt?" Andrea asked while changing her pajamas.

Andrew laughed at her twin sister, "Chatterbox, just ask a question one at a time. It's a colt, a beautiful black little boy. And I wasn't there when it gives birth. Father says it has to be yours, as a birthday present to you, since our birthday is coming soon."

Second later the twins raced down the curved staircase, across the wide hallway, out to the massive double doors at the front of the house and leap down the wide steps of their mansion.

Hand in hand, nearly out of breath, they reached the stables at the rear of the house. They approached the large box stall at the hall end of the stables.

Maxwell Zaragoza, tall and handsome in buff breeches and a slim fitting coat of blue with a silver buttons, was already standing there, as well as the head groom, Mr. Smith.

Glancing at the twin who's breathing heavily, Maxwell, smiled at his children, urging them to go near.

"It seems that you woke her up, can't wait, e?" Teasing his son.

"No! Besides, Andrea would be a spitting fury if I stalled a little bit longer. You know how pepper pot she is!" Andrew answered, his eyes darting over her sister whose eyes are bigger than a pot as she put her two hands on her hips.

"I'm not a pepper pots! I am growing up nos as a young lady!" She refuted that makes her father and brother hooted with laughter.

Maxwell, picked and swung her up affectionately, "You're growing too fast my pet. And I have to remember you're not my little girl anymore."

"Oh, father! I will always be your baby girl" Andrea promised as she hugged her father tightly.

"I know you will my pet. But come, let us admire your new foal."

Andrea sank down onto the straw littered floor, next to her brother admiring the new foal. It was black and silky. "Oh, how beautiful you are!" She exclaimed touching the foal in front of her.

"What are you going to call him?" Andrew asked her sister.

"I-I thought you would like to name him," Andrea says shyly looking a little self-conscious.

"Really? You'll let me name him?" Andrew asked in disbelief.

"Of course, you silly! Why wouldn't I, you're my twin brother!"

"I know it isn't very unique, but I like the name Midnight. Because he was born just before midnight and he's certainly black!" Andrew says excitedly.

"That would be perfect, Andrew! I like it!"

Andrea can not help herself but to cry with those memories of her twin brother Andrew. She suddenly clamp her mouth when she heard footsteps near the stall where she's hiding next to Midnight.

"Hmp! That spoiled brat didn't know her place at all!" She heard, and she's sure that it was Carlos, Anabelle's husband.

"Relax da, once we are married, I'll teach her a lesson on how to respect you and Ma." Charles says with pure malice.

"Tonight, you have to force yourself on her, make sure by tomorrow morning she's already obedient and will never question our intention!" Carlos says firmly that makes Charles laugh out loud.

"Don't worry, just tell Ma, to put this powder on her food and leave everything to me." With that the father and son leave the stable without knowing that their plan is going to be a failure.

Andrea can not believe what she heard. She can't stop her tears from falling. But it didn't mean that she's gonna bend on their whim.

After a few more minutes, she composed herself and check the stable whether there's someone else or not before she went back to her room pretending that nothing happens.

She still has a few hours to prepare for her long journey. She wouldn't let them take her only freedom.