I sat in the room and watched Mrs. Lovett, the woman who had taken me in, bring food to her husband, Albert. I was only six at the time. "Thank you love." He said as he started to eat. Mrs. Lovett smiled at him. Then, I saw Benjamin Barker, the barber that owned the shop upstairs, and his wife, Lucy, with their child, Johanna.
I walked out to them before Mrs. Lovett could grab me. "Hello Emily." Mr. Barker said when I walked out with them. Lucy smiled at me warmly. "Are you going for a walk Mr. And Mrs. Barker?" I asked them. "Yes, dear, we are." Lucy replied kindly.
She was really a beautiful woman. Her yellow hair was pulled back into a bun, her blue eyes sparkled, and her pale skin glowed. "Do you mind if I go with you?" I asked Mr. Barker. His mysterious brown eyes looked to Lucy who shook her head no. "Not this time." He said as he rubbed the top of my head and messed up my long red hair.
I looked over the carriage at the baby. Johanna looked just like her mother. I could swear that she wasn't even Mr. Barker's daughter. She had yellow hair, nothing like Mr. Barker's black hair, and blue eyes. "We better get going then. Goodbye Emily. We shall see you when we return." Lucy said starting to walk away, with Mr. Barker behind her.
I watched them walk off. I was thinking of my own parents. I never knew them. My father left my mother when I was born and my mother died soon afterward. All I know is that I have her green eyes and my father's red hair.
"Emily!" Mrs. Lovett called from the door. I turned and looked at her brown hair that laid in a mess at the top of her head and I stared into her brown eyes. "It's time to come in love." She said. I nodded and ran inside to my new family. Maybe I'd get used to it here, but I had no idea what was going to come next, or how it would change my life forever.