Chapter 160 - Ch. 160 Past Sweet Memories

Kaylee and others no longer care about the final result of this music talent show. They decided to have fun on stage regardless they would be in the last position.

Plus, the seniors who played R&B soul songs on their first performance were so stunning that Kaylee and others jumped to their beat.

They didn't have time to make arrangements similar to what they did last night. Neither could they use the same song as yesterday or the song played by their rival seniors because of the rules. Each group was not allowed to use the same song as others.

In the end, they decided to keep having fun and not have to feel pressured about winning. What's important is that they can play music together on the same stage.

If they were to join the next music camp program, they decided to find a way so they could end up in the same group again.

When that time comes, they will search for songs in each different music genre, and this time they will be fully prepared and make sure they will win first place no matter what kind of music they play.

Fritz and Adam already agreed to explore their skill and challenge themselves to play other music genres. Thus, their music group was officially created.

They thought their team group would get the last position at the end of the event because the first and second place was the R&B and Country music genre teams. They had no idea that the jazz team, which had been in the last place, actually took third place this season!

Not only Kaylee and her fellas, but Mr. Smith and others were surprised yet gave genuine cheers at them.

"Not bad, huh? At least we can get free vouchers in the canteen for one semester." Adam's comment made his friends laugh.

The first prize of the first champion was a scholarship for one entire semester. The prize for second place was getting the privilege of joining seniors who perform at important events. And the last one was a free meal voucher for five days a week in the following semester.

"I bet we'll get bored with canteen food after a month." Kaylee could already imagine her stomach will feel full instantly after tasting all the dishes in the campus cafeteria.

"I'll be bored after two weeks. This reward will just go to waste," added Jacob, shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly.

"Then, we can give it to our friend, right?" Letti was not interested in canteen food because she has brought a meal box all this time.

The Campbell family may give her money to buy meals in the cafeteria or any of her necessary staff, but… Letti felt reluctant to use her family's fortune any further.

Even though she confessed to her brother that she had already accepted the Campbell family as her own, Letti felt she was a stranger to them in her subconscious mind.

"You could say that." Kaylee nodded her head to answer Letti's previous curiosity. "Let's go packing. We will go back to the city in a few hours."

The other friends agreed to Kaylee's suggestion and went back to their respective cottages to pack their clothes before gathering back into the dining hall to have their lunch.

On the other hand, Kaylee decided not to return to her room and deliberately let Declan waiting for her alone there. She remembered Declan telling her to come back to town with him so Kaylee wouldn't come home on the bus with her friends.

Kaylee walked towards the hill where there were various kinds of flowers that lived on the uphill ground. In an instant, Kaylee blackened out, and Roxanne took over her body.

Roxanne crouched down and moved her right hand to touch the white flower petals that caught her attention.

'Look! It's a white rose!' Roxanne felt she could hear her sister's voice up close.

She even saw the figure of her dead sister walking to pick the roses with her hands.

'Ouch!' exclaimed the younger sister. She grimaced in pain when her finger accidentally pierced the thorn of the flower stalk.

'Silly. Why did you pick it with your hand? Didn't we buy rose pliers so you wouldn't have to get hurt? Tsk. Why did you hurt yourself?'

Roxanne's eyes softened when she saw herself quickly approaching her sister and grabbing her sister's hand.

'Let me see it.' Roxanne stuffed her sister's bloody finger into her mouth.

'I'm fine, sister.'

'Shut up.' her tone was an angry one, but strangely, her young sister smiled at her happily.

Roxanne remembered, no matter what she did to her sister, Kaylee would always smile at her and follow her like a puppy who follows her master wherever he goes.

Their relationship when they were teenagers was so close that nothing could separate them.

When someone invited Kaylee to be their companion, Roxanne would insist on going, and vice versa. Kaylee would constantly whine and cry and threaten she wouldn't eat all day without her.

They both have similar body stature, but their nature was in stark contrast. Kaylee had smooth and straight jet black hair like an Asian girl. Her milky skin and shy smile that always graced her face made everyone's heart melt and wanted to protect her.

Roxanne loved her sister and adored her to the point she couldn't bear to give her to others. She was willing to do anything to protect her smile.

Until one day… she saw her sister sitting under a tree while hugging her knees in front of her chest. No matter how often she called out to her to get the younger sister's attention, the girl didn't budge.

"Kaylee, Kaylee. What are you doing here?" Roxanne gasped when she saw her sister's eyes filled with tears. "Why are you crying? Did someone hurt you? Who made you cry? Tell me, and I'll avenge them for you!"

Kaylee shook her head in response to her sister's thousand inquires, then shifted her gaze at her with unexpected hostility. That was the first time Kaylee looked at her like that.

"Kaylee?"

"Why? Why do you get everything?"

"What?"

"I don't mind if you'll become the star they expected you to be. But… I can't give him to you."

"What are you talking about?"

Kaylee got to her feet and looked at her as if Roxanne was her enemy.

"I won't give him to you. He's mine."

And just like that… Kaylee left her voiceless without explaining what she did wrong. Only after a few days, Roxanne knew the reason.

Her father… Their own father decided to join the mafia organization from Italy through marriage. Thus, as Hades's elder daughter, Roxanne was bound to marry the only son of her father's partner in crime.

"What!? I won't marry him." Roxanne refused when she heard her father's decision directly from his father's mouth. "He's a sadist and merciless. I don't like him! No! I HATE HIM!!"

"You don't have a choice, Roxy."

"I'm SEVENTEEN, papa… in case that you forget. And what era is it now? Why did you decide my life as you wish?"

"I don't have any choice. You were born as my daughter, and your future husband was predetermined even before you were born. So don't be stubborn and do what I want."

"What if I don't?"

"I've been fed up with all your behavior, Roxy. Don't push my limit," warned Mr. Zouch in a threatening voice, and yet her daughter was not cowering in fear against the most brutal man in the world.

She already knew, no matter how much her father was angry with her, the man never hit her nor hurt her.

"Then don't push mine either, papa. I also happened already fed up with your ridiculous rule and legacy. I'm sorry you don't have a son. But I don't want and never want to take your place. Let alone to marry the man that my sister had a crush on!"

Both Roxanne and Mister Zouch gasped in shock upon hearing her unexpected disclosure.

"Kaylee has a crush on him? How did…"

"No, I was wrong. It was a spur moment… anyway… I won't marry him. End of the discussion."

"…" what a stubborn child.

As if Roxanne could hear her father's curse, she replied, "Like a father like a daughter, don't you think, papa?"

"..." Mister Zouch massaged his temple in defeat, but his next words stunned her. "Reynaldo, lock my stupid, stubborn daughter to her room and make sure she won't escape this time."

And since then, Roxanne was determined to run away and manage to settle herself in Spain for a year before Kaylee joined her.

After remembering everything that happened around nine years ago, it made Roxanne wondered. Will things be different if she agreed to her father's plans and didn't go to Spain?

Maybe her sister wouldn't follow her, and she wouldn't let her die just because she wanted to snatch Declan from her sister.. But… her sister would forever hate her for marrying that person… and maybe… she'll never meet Declan Black.