"How about this one?" Mariah holds up a sparkly silk dress to Aniyah.
"I don't like it." Aniyah pushes the dress away, focusing back on her phone.
"We need to hurry up." Jackson snatches Aniyah's phone from her hand. "Choose your dress then you can get your phone back."
"Bruh, can I just have my phone?"
"No. Now go find something." He pushes her in the direction of the rest of the dresses.
"Mhm, what exactly is the dress code again?" Aniyah's sister asks as she sorts through a rack of dresses.
"It's like an old fashioned formal. I think." Aniyah answers, taking a few dresses off the clothing rack and walking towards the changing room.
"Who the fuck is 'daddy'?" Jackson grits his teeth as he looks at Aniyah's phone as it's ringing.
Before he answers the call, Aniyah manages to grab the phone from him and run into a changing stall.
"Aniyah, I swear to God. Open this fucking door right now."
"I'm sorry, dad. I can't." She apologies. "We both know I can't and won't open the door."
"Just pass me the phone and things won't get worse."
"I'm literally 22 in less than 2 weeks, am I not supposed to have my free will? I'm not 13, I can talk to whoever I want." She tries reasoning with him as she changes Matteo's contact number.
"Not when you're calling them daddy, you can't."
"Okay, fair enough. But I deserve my own privacy."
"This is why you changed your locks, huh?" Jackson states.
"When the fuck did you- never mind. My locks being changed has nothing to do with him or you. Just let me try on these dresses then we can have a civil conversation later."
"You're lucky you have this door to protect you. Trust me when I say I'll be keeping a close eye on you." He says before his footsteps can be heard slowly making their way further from her.
She slumps down on the bench with a loud sigh and picks up her phone to message Matteo.
Matthew 🙈
Matthew 🙈: You're just going to ignore me?
Aniyah: wassup
Matthew 🙈: Are you free in an hour?
Aniyah: i think so
Matthew 🙈: You think...
Aniyah: you wanna chill or nah
Matthew 🙈: I'm tryna take you somewhere
Matthew 🙈: But you're making this difficult to plan
Aniyah: where do u want me to be in an hour?
Matthew 🙈: Your place is fine
Aniyah: how about I come to yours?
Matthew 🙈: I won't be at mine though
Matthew 🙈: Can I not pick you up from yours?
Aniyah: nah
Matthew 🙈: ?
Aniyah: don't worry abt it
Matthew 🙈: I feel like I need to, what are u hiding
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RomanceAniyah Young, a student studying psychology and business. She's bold, snarky and fun. At the age of 21, Aniyah wants to indulge in her fantasies, though she has only had a few one-night stands and some shitty relationships, she's mostly had to finis...
