Sold
Have you ever had to choose between life and death? To have to immediately choose your fate and how you plan to live it within a moments notice? I have and let me tell you, I hope its something you will never have to endure.
As I write down these words I plan to tell you how everything turned out, but alas, I am getting ahead of myself; for in order for you to understand everything completely I must start from the beginning mustn't I…
…"Sold!?" I stared at my step-mother in complete shock.
"Yes dear, you've been sold, to a Mr. Nicholas Gray. Quite a charming fellow really." I kept staring at her with a look of disbelief.
"What the hell do you mean you sold me to a rather charming fellow? Why I hope my father rolls over n his grave if you've really done this!"
"Well Erin, you know how hard it is to scrape together enough money to live off of, and when that fine man showed up today asking for you saying he would pay a handsome amount in order to obtain you, well I really couldn't refuse now could I?" she sat down in a nearby chair merely smiling at me as if she had just made the best decision of her life, probably for her, but surely not for me; my god the woman was as mad as a hatter.
"So in other words, since your to lazy to get off your ass and do a little work, you would rather sell me away like some cheap whore to a man that I don't even know! I can assure you that when he comes here looking for me, that I will be long gone from here. And then where will you be…hmm…because I know for a fact that what ever money he gave you, its probably already gone due to your bad spending habits."
I stopped my ranting long enough to look at the expression on her face as her eyes flicked back to me. "You will be going and that is final." she said it in a solemn voice that I never listened to before, so why should I start now. She hates me, so she tried to be ride of me. I smirked at her "Yeah? Prove it." She returned her own little sneer to my smirk.
"Mrs. Thatch doesn't have to prove anything, and she is right; you will be leaving with me, tonight."
I stood in shock as I listened to the man's voice from behind me. 'What the hell did I do to deserve this mess?' I silently asked myself.
