Surprises and Secrets
Needless to say I was hating my life more and more every day. Hattie was making it miserable by ordering me around as much as she could. Olive made me count her money everyday three times a day. Mum Olga orders me too.
So I hang out with Mandy whenever I'm finished with my work.
Everyone has a nickname for me now. The kids at school call me "the girl in the corner." Everyone at home calls me "Cinderella" because of all the cinders I catch on me when cleaning the fireplace. It seems to be the place I get the dirtiest. And Mandy calls me "sweet." Don't know why. She just does.
I was sitting in my room going through a book of fairytales when my cell rang.
"Hey" came Char's voice.
"Hi" I said to him.
"You will never believe my news!"
"What?" I asked putting the book away.
"I'm coming to Bast!"
I could feel my years begin to slip away and all the courage in me fade.
"When?" I asked trying to sound excited. Better think of a plan.
"Next week."
"Oh no!" I said trying to sound down, which wasn't very hard. "I'll be gone that week. My stepfamily and I are getting out of the city to get away from the hassle of everyday life."
"That's too bad" Char said sounding really down.
"I'm sorry. But hey. You can tell me all you did when you get back."
The next week I had just finished cleaning the fireplace when the doorbell rang. I was so covered in soot you couldn't even recognize me, so Mandy opened the door.
I decided to peek around the corner to see who it was without being noticed.
I heard Mandy speak and then a male voice. I looked around the corner and I couldn't believe what I saw.
I wanted to die.
Needless to say I was hating my life more and more every day. Hattie was making it miserable by ordering me around as much as she could. Olive made me count her money everyday three times a day. Mum Olga orders me too.
So I hang out with Mandy whenever I'm finished with my work.
Everyone has a nickname for me now. The kids at school call me "the girl in the corner." Everyone at home calls me "Cinderella" because of all the cinders I catch on me when cleaning the fireplace. It seems to be the place I get the dirtiest. And Mandy calls me "sweet." Don't know why. She just does.
I was sitting in my room going through a book of fairytales when my cell rang.
"Hey" came Char's voice.
"Hi" I said to him.
"You will never believe my news!"
"What?" I asked putting the book away.
"I'm coming to Bast!"
I could feel my years begin to slip away and all the courage in me fade.
"When?" I asked trying to sound excited. Better think of a plan.
"Next week."
"Oh no!" I said trying to sound down, which wasn't very hard. "I'll be gone that week. My stepfamily and I are getting out of the city to get away from the hassle of everyday life."
"That's too bad" Char said sounding really down.
"I'm sorry. But hey. You can tell me all you did when you get back."
The next week I had just finished cleaning the fireplace when the doorbell rang. I was so covered in soot you couldn't even recognize me, so Mandy opened the door.
I decided to peek around the corner to see who it was without being noticed.
I heard Mandy speak and then a male voice. I looked around the corner and I couldn't believe what I saw.
I wanted to die.