He was almost twice her age. She was twenty-five and he was forty-five. He already had seven kids everyone had known about. His first "wife", whom he never legally married, gave him his first set of children, Daphne, Daisy, Diana and Nicolette who came after his second and legally married wife's first child. She grew tired of his "womanising" ways and his abusive behaviour and left him for a chance at a better life in a foreign country after she learned of the "outside" child. Apart from leaving this old life behind, she also left her four daughters with their father. His second wife, the one he legally married and never divorced, gave him two children, Whitney and Anderson. Whitney stayed with him occasionally while Anderson never really saw his father. There are some questions about his paternity. He had Raphael's name on his birth certificate but looked a lot like the man his mother had ended up with when she had decided to leave. His third wife gave him one son named Jasen. She decided to leave just before Chandani was in the picture. Apparently there was a rumor that Raphael had gotten a married woman pregnant and they had a fight, after which she had lost the child, leaving him to be blamed as the reason. All charges were dropped however and she has since patched things up with her husband. Raphael's oldest daughter, Daphne, was one year younger than his newfound flame. Her husband, Bryden, and her had a baby named Christopher and were doing pretty well on their own since their courtship started when Daphne was a mere fourteen years old. Raphael's second daughter was also married to a man named Kai and they had Raphael's first grandchild whom they named Sarah.
Raphael and Chandani's relationship bloomed very quickly and before long she grasped the opportunity to move to the city into his home with three of his five daughters and one of his two sons, leaving behind her failed marriage and her first son who by now, was no longer an infant and was very much capable of taking care of himself as he was about to start high school.
They had grown accustomed to seeing strange new women ever so often from their father, most of whom were just as in the fairy tales, wicked old hags, who showed them no love and desperately wished they hadn't existed. Chandani was his fourth and was a different woman. She was more of a friend than a "stepmother" to the children. They grew to accept her and loved having her around for she seemed better than the rest but never worthy enough to replace their mothers, which was completely justifiable. Her son Avidesh was considered a "black sheep" though, as he was dark in complexion and seemed a little bit slow so he was never really welcomed into the new family.
Before long Raphael and Chandani were expecting their first child together. Me. Raphael was still stationed at the Brasso police station and he met Molly. A mother of five who had owned the only shop in the area for miles. Her husband had taken ill and would soon pass on from this world. On his many visits to the shop he would come into contact with Molly's youngest child. A fifteen year old girl named Herah. They would exchange conversation at times but she wasn't as sweet as most teens her age for she was a troubled child. There were stories about her father taking advantage of her innocence. She had been expelled from school after being caught having sex in a washroom cubicle with another pupil. I would assume her encounters with her father had a negative effect on her as with any other child in that situation for she had taken a liking to another father figure, Raphael.
She started to call Raphael on the phone at the police station for they had now become "friends". They started going out for drives and having conversations about what troubled their minds. Herah started to grow obsessed with the idea of having Raphael as her own. She made advances to him on one of their drives and this was the start of Raphael's troubles. Chandani had noticed a change in Raphael. He no longer wanted to be at home. He often returned from work with "love bites" about his neck and tried to almost never be present. He didn't feel the same towards her or her unborn child for there was a new younger woman in the picture.
The time came for Chandani to have her baby. By now she was aware of the other "woman" because she would receive frequent phone calls of abuse by this troubled teen. Raphael still tried to keep his alternate life a secret but Whitney and Nicolette were aware of his every move as he never hid anything from his children. Raphael left work and came to her aid but didn't prove to be as comforting as any expecting father. He yelled, "shut d fuck up na. Ah tryin tuh drive." with much shock to Chandani. Nicolette who came along for support with Chandani looked on in awe. He had left them there at the hospital and didn't return until she was discharged. It seemed he had no love for his new son. As Chandani came home she placed her newborn on the bed and went to the standpipe at the road to full a few buckets of water. She had returned to an empty house as everyone was out partying. In agonising pain she lifted each bucket up what seemed to be miles of stairs and began washing not just her clothes but Raphael's children clothes as well. They had grown too accustomed to Chandani and now treated her as more of a slave than a friend. She then cut some white sheets to make diapers for her new son as Raphael didn't leave any money or food for her. He was too busy "wining and dining" his young girlfriend. Daphne and Daisy had some marital problems and decided to return home to Daddy's house. Daphne, Whitney and Nicolette had taken Chandani to a shop which was only a few houses away. They would get food stock from here on credit and their father would always pay the bill when they returned. They assisted Chandani in anyway they could and she later grew a close bond to Whitney and Nicolette.
Two weeks later it was time to register the new baby and apply for the birth certificate. Whitney had liked a boy named "Ricardo" and Diana had liked a boy named "Enrique" and this would become my first and middle name. Raphael was now very busy with his job as the country's government had been overthrown and there was now a coup taking place. Diana and Whitney being teens decided to throw a party that would later become out of hand. Diana and Whitney had smoked so much weed that they were now atop a friend's car by the road with nothing on but their birthday suits. On hearing a threat from the neighbor to call their father they ran under the house to a man made pond their father had made to occupy his time, which really didn't do well at occupying his time, and dove in. Giggles from everyone who was there (mostly teenage men) accompanied this act. Chandani stayed in her room with Ricardo. Later that night Raphael returned after hearing what his daughters had done and he bagged all their belongings as he said, "Alyuh is fuckin slut. Yuh wa take man in my house? Not in meh mother cunt house! I eh want allyuh back here! Leave. LEAVE!" They left and waited downstairs, hiding until he left. Chandani felt sorry for them and welcome them back in when it was safe.
The very next day Nicolette had returned from a sleep over at her best friend's house and gave Chandani a letter. It was a letter from the underaged tramp addressed to Raphael. It read,-
"To my dearest Raphael,
I know people say I'm a child and I'm not right for you but soon I will be sixteen and no one can stop us from being together. I won't be a child forever. I love you and soon we will have a life together. Don't worry about what my sister Sita says. She's a fool and I wish I could just kill her and never have to deal with her again. My mother and her don't know what they are talking about. I will kill myself if I can't have you and they know I mean it because I have tried it before! Soon we will have it all my love.
With Love Always
Herah"
Even though this hurt Chandani with every word she read, she had Nicolette and Whitney there for support and they decided to make a bonfire with all the stuffed animals that they were hiding for their father. All gifts from the underaged home wrecking whore.They had called her and played a song that was popular at the time and seemed to fit into this scenario perfectly, "she's just sixteen years old, leave her alone they say." They all had a laugh and enjoyed the few minutes that the fire had lasted but after joy always comes sorrow ...
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