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Chapter 2
I did what my brother had asked. In my closet I drew 365 lines on the wall. I even counted them twice to be sure that I didn't forget a day. Why it had to be a red crayon I never knew. I picked up the list from my bed and read it. It was more a list of 'to do's". From now on I knew what every day would be like:
6.30 a.m.: get up and get yourself ready. Do not use the shower but the tile in the kitchen. Use cold water, the warm water is for the guests.
6.45 a.m.: prepare breakfast for the guests. And there was a menu scribbled on the paper. Look in the guestbook for the number of guests and special requests.
7.25 a.m.: clean the kitchen. The floor must be scrubbed every 3 days.
8.10 a.m.: go to school.
16.00 p.m.: prepare dinner for the guests, and again a menu, but there were 3 now so I could choose.
17.30 p.m.: clean the rooms of the departing guests. On the back of the list stood: if there are any other tasks that need to be done, make sure that the schedule stays as it is. Never change an hour, be thorough and punctual.
From that day on I was an official employee of Sidle B&B. I did everything they asked and even more. There were the occasional beatings, and strange to say, but eventually I got used of them. In school they asked me from time to time why I had so many bruises. Every time I told them a lie and they bought it. I still was an excellent student. My teachers praised me to heaven. I loved school even more because it was my moment of freedom. At night I read and read. One time my teacher accused me of being too good. We had to write a paper about the one thing that changed mankind entirely. I wrote a paper about Darwin and his theory. The other kids wrote about inventions and machines. I actually read one of his books: Origin of Species. Miss Delaware thought my parents had helped me and had written it for me. The only thing I could do was laugh. I told her that they couldn't even read a newspaper and that if I would say to them: "Mom, dad, I'm writing a piece about Darwin, can you help me?" that they would say something like: "Leave our guests alone, Sara, they don't like to be bothered!"
One day I left before dad would beat the shit out of me, I ran to my brother's room, locked the door and stayed in there. I still did as my brother had told every day I crossed out a line on my closet wall. There were 207 days left. I already survived more than 150 days. Anyway back to my brother's room. He was right, you know, my dad never came into that room again. Mostly I went to the basement. I already made a little room of it. But today I was closer to his room so….
I looked around, his room was the same as mine, only a little bigger. There was a thing people called bed, a little window, a closet and a desk. Wow, my brother had a desk! I never came in his room you know, it was against the rules. I went towards the little window and looked outside. Not that there would be anything new to see, but I had to do it. I turned around and went towards the bed and sat on it. When you sat on the bed you could see the entire room. From left to right: the door, next to it the desk, a poster of an island, the little window, a bookshelf and the closet. There was something strange about the window but I couldn't put my finger on it. I stood up and walked towards it. And then I saw it! Above the window was something written! 'HOPE NEVER DIES' in red crayon! My mind turned in overdrive. Could it be? Maybe he..? I needed to be sure. I looked everywhere, hoping to find the thing I was looking for.
The first place I looked was his closet. If he also had written something above the window, then why not looking in the closet. I opened the door and started to search. I searched every inch of that closet, but found nothing. Even the door from the inside, but nothing. I checked the walls, nothing. On the desk, behind the desk, in the drawers, but nothing. Then my eye fell on the large poster of that unknown island. I removed the drawing–pins. It fell to the floor. I stood there and yes, there it was. 365 lines on the wall, all crossed out! Under the last one was something written: 'Light never came 23:34'. What was that supposed to mean? It didn't make any sense. Light never came where or when? I realized that I spend quite some time in Matt's room. I looked at my watch: 18.27 p.m. I had been in this room for at least one hour. I still needed to clean 2 rooms. I hoped that dad had cooled down. I opened the door and listened. No sound, nothing. I decided that I should take the risk and go out.
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