Chapter 8 Friend

• "Scarlett!. Why haven't I seen my meal yet?". The voice of Amelia was heard.
• "O my God!. Why did it have to be today?". I asked myself while frowning hard.
• I had just woken up from sleep, and luck wasn't on my side today because I woke up extremely late.
• "Scarlett!". Amelia called out my name once more, which caused me to jolt up from the bed.
• I use my fingers to comb my messy hair, before running out of my dungeon….. which my parents know as the basement.
• To me….. there's no difference between a dungeon and the basement where I do sleep in.
• Currently. I'm twenty-four years old, and very soon I'll be celebrating my birthday at twenty-five.
• The day I was born, is still the same day that my two younger ones were born.
• We all share the same birth month, which is amazing….. but I kinda hate my birthday month because I stopped celebrating my birthday for a long time now.
• When my Mama gave birth to my two younger ones….. she automatically forbids me from celebrating my birthday.
• At that time when she was still pregnant….. I was six years old.
• The day she gave birth automatically made me seven years old.
• I stopped going to school from that day because my Mama insisted that I stay at home to take care of my younger ones.
• I at first thought it was a nice thing…… my younger ones grew up and started going to school….. while I remain in the house doing house chores upon house chores.
• Even though my Mama now made me be the one responsible for the house I guess…… It still didn't stop me study in secret.
• I usually steal my younger one's books and read them all through the night, so that at day time….. I'll be able to return their book.
• Of course, I didn't allow my Mama to catch me….. but there was a certain time when she had caught me, and she dealt with me.
• My baby brother Addison is very kind to me, unlike Ashley who's more like a monster.
• He knew that I love reading, so sometimes he would sneak inside my basement and lend me some of his notes which he won't be using the other day so that I can read while he's away for school.
• The both of us are inseparable.
• Ashley has never visited the basement I live in, and the only time the both of us do flow together is when she sustains a heartbreak.
• At that very point in time….. I was the one to console her, but immediately she recovered…… She resumed her work of being a disrespectful little sister.
• I have always wished to give her a nice spanking because the little thing just doesn't have what others call manners.
• She order me around like her slave, and she usually lays insulted me if I didn't do something right.
• The only thing I could do was to wish for the day that I could lay my hands on her because the one time I got fed up and spank her like a kid….. My Mama and Papa threaten to kick me out of the house. My life just seems like it has already been planned out for me. Most times I do feel that I was born for just one reason…..which is to serve my parents until the very day I die.
• "Where is this useless child?". I heard the voice of my Mama, which brought me back to reality.
• I'm aware that if I try to make coffee for her in a hurry…… then I should expect her to spit the coffee on my dress.
• I quickly made my way towards the sitting room, and then I saw her sitting down in the dining room chair.
• Her brown hair was allowed to fall on her shoulder, and something seems to change in the way she used to stare at me.
• Normally….. my Mama does stare at me with a look of disgust….. but right now she's staring at me with admiration.
• 'Is it happening?'. I asked while smiling at myself because my parents are currently smiling.
• I have always imagined a day that my Mama is going to smile at me with those beautiful eyes…..but that day…… Well, I guess it is today.
• "Scarlett my dear!". My Mama called out, before making her way towards me.
• 'Did she just call me Dear?'. I asked myself, but couldn't bring myself to answer my question.
• I was still thinking about the possibility that she's now finally loving me, but then her statement brought me back to my senses.
• "We have a visitor waiting for you dear". She said, and that was when my hard reality suddenly stroke me like a bomb.
• "Mama!. I don't have any friends, so who could be looking for me?". I asked her while arching my brows.
• The last time I remember…… I'm still aware that I have no friends, so the possibility of someone looking for me is 'Zero'.
• "Hahaha!". My Mama laughed, and I knew that her laugh wasn't genuine….. and likewise her smile which is already revealing its fake nature. "Kids these days are always shy". My Mama added, which confuses me.
• My mind has begun to jump to the conclusion of where this speech is heading….. but I just decide to ignore my inner thoughts.
• "Scarlett!". I heard the voice of a man calling out my name, and I knew for sure that the voice was coming directly from the dining room.
• "Your friend is calling you dear!". My Mama said while trying to make her voice sound sweet.
• I made my way towards the dining room, and then I saw a mature man with white bears and gray hair in his head.
• The man smiled and stared at me, and that was when I took notice of his brown dirty teeth.
• He wore a black big shirt that had died from its original color, and he was also putting on an earring, which seems so disgusting.
• "Scarlett!. Meet your future husband!". My Mama said.