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Chapter 2: Help from a beggar
I was about to cry, so I ran up to my room. Everything was gone, and so was my hope. I mentally kicked myself. If they hear you crying, they're going to take even more advantage of you, I told myself. So I quickly washed my face.
"Mai, Mom said that you have to leave now. We're getting ready to sell the house," my cousin said.
I sighed, got up, and left. I didn't even know where I was going to stay for the night. As a wandered the streets, saw the boy that I had encountered that afternoon. He came up to me and snickered.
"What is SO funny? What is SO funny that you have to laugh?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings."
"Look, kid. You didn't hurt me at all."
"Do you want somewhere to stay for the night?"
"You have a place?"
"Not really, but I can find somewhere for the both of us."
I shrugged, but followed him. He was really sweet to take me somewhere, when he barely had enough for himself. Later, he decided to take me to the middle of the desert. He sat with his back against the rock and patted the ground next to him. I looked at him, but he pulled me down.
"Don't be scared," he said.
"I'm not scared. It's just really weird having to live like this."
"You'll get used to it. The only problem is that you might get hungry."
I looked at him. There was something about him that I hadn't noticed before.
I laughed. "I've been talking to you for a while, and I still haven't asked you your name!"
He laughed too. "It's Joey. What about you?"
"It's Mai."
"Erm..Mai, can I tell you something?"
"What?"
"What happened to you? I thought that you didn't have time for a beggar like me."
I looked him in the eye and sighed. "My aunt and uncle, the king and queen, said that all of the riches were stolen, and they kicked me out, to make a long story short."
His face softened. "I'm sorry. I never knew that they kicked you out."
By that time I was holding back tears.
"Don't worry Mai, it's okay to cry once in a while." He reassured me.
Tears started streaming from my eyes. I didn't want to be a poor beggar! And I know that my aunt and my uncle were just scheming something to make me go away. Oh..I wish that I could tell Joey everything! Wait, maybe I can!
"Joey..Can I tell you something? And will you promise to never tell anyone?" I desperately asked him.
Chapter 2: Help from a beggar
I was about to cry, so I ran up to my room. Everything was gone, and so was my hope. I mentally kicked myself. If they hear you crying, they're going to take even more advantage of you, I told myself. So I quickly washed my face.
"Mai, Mom said that you have to leave now. We're getting ready to sell the house," my cousin said.
I sighed, got up, and left. I didn't even know where I was going to stay for the night. As a wandered the streets, saw the boy that I had encountered that afternoon. He came up to me and snickered.
"What is SO funny? What is SO funny that you have to laugh?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings."
"Look, kid. You didn't hurt me at all."
"Do you want somewhere to stay for the night?"
"You have a place?"
"Not really, but I can find somewhere for the both of us."
I shrugged, but followed him. He was really sweet to take me somewhere, when he barely had enough for himself. Later, he decided to take me to the middle of the desert. He sat with his back against the rock and patted the ground next to him. I looked at him, but he pulled me down.
"Don't be scared," he said.
"I'm not scared. It's just really weird having to live like this."
"You'll get used to it. The only problem is that you might get hungry."
I looked at him. There was something about him that I hadn't noticed before.
I laughed. "I've been talking to you for a while, and I still haven't asked you your name!"
He laughed too. "It's Joey. What about you?"
"It's Mai."
"Erm..Mai, can I tell you something?"
"What?"
"What happened to you? I thought that you didn't have time for a beggar like me."
I looked him in the eye and sighed. "My aunt and uncle, the king and queen, said that all of the riches were stolen, and they kicked me out, to make a long story short."
His face softened. "I'm sorry. I never knew that they kicked you out."
By that time I was holding back tears.
"Don't worry Mai, it's okay to cry once in a while." He reassured me.
Tears started streaming from my eyes. I didn't want to be a poor beggar! And I know that my aunt and my uncle were just scheming something to make me go away. Oh..I wish that I could tell Joey everything! Wait, maybe I can!
"Joey..Can I tell you something? And will you promise to never tell anyone?" I desperately asked him.