All Chapters of Behind Drawn Curtains: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

"who was that young man that dropped you off?" my dad asked me as I walked in. He must have been watching from the window."oh, he's a colleague.""I thought that girl was to be dropping you off?""yes, but she had something to take care of so she rushed back home.""and the company, thought they were handling your cab fare?" before I could respond, mother interrupted."Oh come on, she just got back and you're bombarding her with all these unnecessary questions. Welcome home, go freshen up, your food is in the microwave, just heat it up again. And, you were really good on air." "thank you so much mom. Goodnight dad.""you're spoiling her," I heard my father say, but I was way too tired and in a good mood to pay attention to anything that would weigh me down. I dropped my bag on the table and fell face flat on my bed. Thoughts of today coming in li

"so, school aside, work aside, I wanna know more about you,""okay, Janine Davis is my name, I was born and raised in California, I actually graduated last couple of years, I'm 21, always. wanted to be a radio host, maybe even a tv host, and I'mm fulfilling that dream of mine,""interesting, so, any boyfriend?""nope. I don't have a boyfriend,""for how long now?""over two years,""wow, that's... that's long.""I haven't really given thoughts to relationship, or rather I did not want to because it wasn't necessary,""how so?""had much on my plate, a lot to think about.""okay, so why did you move down here?""well, situation just wasn't good for us, and neither was the environment. A change was necessary,""well, that's good enough, any siblings?""an elder brothe

"so guys, to wrap this session up, I heard that the Prince, our beloved eligible Prince of the Kingdom of Gardiner, is planning on making a trip down to Arizona, to introduce his future bride and the future queen of the kingdom to the world," she played the applause button, "I'm actually excited with this news, waiting to see the lady who has captured the heart of our charming Prince, making him leave his kingdom, his throne, to come down to her. Isn't this amazing? No date has been released yet but there's something interesting to look forward to, any girl would kill to be in the lucky girl's position. So guys, this was late night talk with Janine and I'm glad to have had time with you guys, until another time, enjoy this song by Lauv, Never Not," she said taking the headphones off."alright Janine, you've earned your pay for the week," Aisling's aunt said handing her an envelope,"thank you so much," Janine said as she pulled out the money, "um...

"morning mom," she greeted her mom as she sat the table for breakfast,"why the long face? Still mad at me?""I don't have time to waste on a fruitless argument. Aisling just lost her parents.""oh my, that's really sad, send my condolences to her," Janine just nodded and poured herself a glass of juice, "I don't feel really hungry," just then her phone beeped, it was a message from her boss,with everything that happened yesterday, you need a break as well as I do. I want to meet with my lawyer so i can take responsibility legally for Jared. Take your time."I won't be going to work today," "good, now I want you to come back home immediately after your classes and don't waste a second," her dad said. She rolled her eyes at him,"I won't be coming home immediately either, I need to be with Aisling, so still expect me l

"bye babe," Keith said as he pecked her and watched her step out the door before driving off. Janine noticed a strange car parked in front of their house, 'I wonder who came by.' she thought to herself as opened the door and walked in."I'm home mom," she said as she pulled off her shoes, she heard chattering and laughing coming from the living room and curiosity got the best of her as she hurried to the living room to see what was going on."Uncle Mark!!" she screamed as she jumped on him the moment he got up."Janine!! You're all grown now," he said ruffling her hair,"it's been ages, how have you been?" she asked sitting beside him,"I've been great! And you? I see you glowing and looking fatter, you've even grown thick," he said smiling making her push him a little,"stop uncle, and yes, I have the glow, my boyfriend just dropped me off."