Alex was soaked to the skin. She slowly walked out of the water. Her clothes were completely wet with mud patches all over it. Her shoes were suspended on a tree's branch and she didn't feel like climbing to get them. So, she forgot about them. A cold wind was blowing and it was nearly sunset. Alex started to walk towards her house, bare foot and wet from head to toes.
How did she get into that river and her shoes up that tree? To find out read her story.
Part One (before)
Chapter 1: Holly, princess of the house
"ALEXANDRA Marianna Swan! Come here NOW!"
"I'm here mum, Mrs. Swan looking everywhere, behind you!" I said
"Can you explain this!" she replied showing a broken vase.
"Oh no! Your birthday gift! (She laughed evilly in her mind, she hated that vase!) Will! Simon! Come here you little idiots! Why did you break mum's gift!" I asked them.
"You said it was not beautiful!" said Will
"And that you would like to break it into thousand pieces! So, we did it for you." was Simon's answer
"Aren't you happy now?" asked Will "You look sad" he said feeling guilty.
Holly, my elder sister, entered the room and saw the pieces of broken glass on the floor.
"What happened to my 'Vitrail'? My beautiful work of art!" She yelled
"You can thank Alex and the boys, Holly!" Said my dad ironically
"Asraël! How can you say that? Sometimes I ask myself if you have a heart!" my mother said to my dad, who did not dare reply, everyone was afraid of Mrs. Swan.
"How dare you do that? I spent two weeks painting this for mum's birthday!" Holly asked me.
"Calm down my dear Holly. They will pay for this! Alex! No T.V. for a month. Simon and Will! No pocket money for a month." My mum said looking at us. "Holly dear, you look heartbroken! We are going shopping to forget those little idiots and replace this gift. I shall buy you tons of new things! "
I hated mum; she always preferred Holly to any of us! Holly was the princess of the house and she knew it. I was really disgusted when I saw her smug look as she and mom were leaving, hand in hand. Sometimes I even wonder why mum 'wasted her energy' as she would have put it to give birth to my brothers and me. Why didn't she drop all three of us at an orphanage? Life sure would be easier there.