Janice, a beautiful college freshman, lived with her single dad, Karl, in Singapore . One day her dad met a woman, Samantha , at a singles’ site and it was not long before they started dating. Karl was smitten by this sweet and nice woman, and made her his bride. Unbeknownst to him, behind this sweet façade was a conniving, hexing woman. She moved into his apartment along with her two teenage daughters, Carla and Starla, who also joined the same college as Janice’s.
Soon after they were married, the stepmother began to show herself in her true colors. She could not bear the pulchritude and charm of her stepdaughter, and even more so, because it made her own daughters look egregious. Janice was made to do all the chores while her stepsisters would spend their day playing games on PlayStation.
She was forced to wear worn clothes without revealing a hint of flesh while her stepsisters would swagger their rotund bodies in miniskirts. While her stepsisters got all the compliments, she got all the vitriol. Janice , though, showed unwavering resolution in such difficult times and tried to be as compliant to her stepmother as she could be.
One eventful night, Janice and her stepsisters
were invited to a college party. Janice , though,
was not allowed to go. Her stepsisters made her
iron her clothes and put make-up on their hideous
faces. After they left, chaperoned by their mother,
Janice was left alone heartbroken and spent her
time at home lamenting her kismet while her stepsisters
spent their time frolicking with the frat boys.
During all this whimpering, her phone rang. She
picked it up and it was a new cellular company
that had just launched its service in Singapore
.
“Hello Ma’am, this is SingCellular” said the woman at the other end, “We are proud to congratulate you that you are one of the five lucky winners who have won a free phone from our service after a random draw.”
The phone was delivered within 30 minutes and had the Bluetooth dating software installed. Janice was apprehensive as to what she should do, but she soon decided to sneak out of the house and visit a friend’s house. She knew she did not have much time on her hands, as her stepfamily would return by around midnight . She got onto a subway train on her way back from her friend’s home, and was hoping boys would notice her in the beautiful dress that she just borrowed from her friend. And notice they did. A handsome boy sat next to her and sent her a Bluetooth message to check if she was interested. Unsure of revealing her identity, she chose the nick “Cinderella” that she came up with right there. They exchanged a few missives and the boy was completely enamored with her nonpareil beauty. They hardly had the time to exchange any other contact information before the subway train stopped at her stop, and she had to scurry her way home lest be late.
The boy was left agog with the anticipation of meeting her again, but he knew not how. Back at home, Janice too could not stop thinking about the handsome young boy he had just met. Though she knew not the name, she knew she loved him too. She tried not to let her emotion get the better of her, as she tried not to let her stepfamily know of her dalliances. She spent the night squiggling in her bed with only his thought giving her company. She knew she had to meet him too in the worst way. The star-crossed lovers spent their next day in affliction and the thought that they might never meet again. But their lot thought otherwise.
The next day Janice’s stepfamily had to
leave again for a shopping festival downtown.
She was left alone again. She took the opportunity
to sneak out again and boarded the same train
she did the previous day. The boy, too, was anticipating
this and boarded the same train too.
They both stood close enough but much to their chagrin, they could not see each other as their backs were toward each other. She still sent a love message to that Bluetooth phone which he duly received. But unfortunately, before he could reply, the time to separate was again nigh. She had to leave at her station again.
He was again left distraught, and so was she. He then read the love message she had sent him and it was the most romantic thing he had ever read. He knew no one else could have written it but her. The next day he put an advertisement in the newspaper and asked all the girls to send him a love message.
He knew only Cinderella could write something of that proportion. He was glutted with messages from all over Singapore , but only one touched his heart. It was Janice , his Cinderella.
The boy, Martinelli, was the son of an influential Italian investor and his family enjoyed much clout. Janice’s stepmother had no choice but to let Janice go with him.
The couple having gained much popularity through the ad, had their first tryst broadcasted live on Singaporean television and later it became Singapore ’s very own love story. The couple quickly canoodled and they plighted their troths then and there.
Her stepfamily was waiting for its own comeuppance at the hands of Cinderella’s father, but Cinderella was too kind to let that happen. She was happy with Martinelli and forgave her stepfamily for the misdeeds that they had brought to pass during the time they were together. They too were remorseful of their deeds and for once, they were happy for Cinderella too.
The couple tied the knot the next month in an event that was attended by thousands, including her stepfamily. A few days later Cinderella left her home in Singapore and moved in with Martinelli in their family mansion in Italy for she had now found love in a land faraway.
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