Chapter 1
Bette stepped into her new apartment. She was happy, finally a place of her own. The rent wasn’t that high so she was able to put some money aside. Money she would save to end her study. Lady Luck was finally at her side.
She turned around and went back outside to help Shane unload the van. She didn’t have many belongings. A chair, a matras and a closet and of course her clothes. The closet was the only thing she took out of her father’s house after he threw her out when he found out she was using drugs.The apartment she rented had the other stuff she missed, like a couch, fridge, stove, kitchen necessaries and so on.

With Shane’s help her belongings were soon in her apartment, her house.

“Hey Shane, thanks once again. You sure you do not want to come in and eat something before you go to the gym?”

“No missy, you need to spend this time on your own. You will understand why. And don’t worry, that apartment won’t run, so there will be plenty of times to visit. Besides, I have to run or else I’ll be late for the first class. Carmen won’t be in today, she has a gig.”

“Okey, a typical Yoda answer but I’ll hold you to that promise.”

“That’s okey. Come here, give me a hug and make sure you don’t fuck up!”

They hugged and Shane stepped into her van and drove away.
Bette turned and walked into her apartment. She closed the door and did a little dance. Finally she had something that was hers, her own place. Now she could start and rebuild her life. A lot has happened in the past five years. Yeah she really fucked up.

She walked into the kitchen to wash her hands and start with dinner. While making dinner, she reminised on her life so far…..

Untill her twentieth birthday everything went perfect. She had the most beautiful birthdayparty and life couldn’t be better for her. But shortly after her birthday, she caught her father kissing another woman. She couldn’t believe what she saw. Her father, a very famous businessman, cheating on her mother?
She could still feel what she felt that day. It was as if a cold hand held her heart and squeezed it. For days she was flabbergasted, especially since her father acted normal to both her and her mother. She never saw this coming. And the hardest part was, there was no one she could share this with. So she had to keep this secret to herself.
A few days later once again Bette saw her father kissing that same woman. Now she knew for sure he was cheating on her mother. This time Bette confronted her father and that’s when she found out he was not the man she thought he was. He listened to her and then threathened her that he was going to disinherit her if she would say anything to her mother. Because she was so startled of her father’s threads, she kept quiet to her mother. But keeping this secret fell hard on Bette.