Bittersweet

prologue

My name is Scarlett Wilson and this is my story. From a young age I have always been kept inside my house with my mother, Kayla Wilson, and my father, Harold Wilson. Our house was bigger than usual but always kept clean and furnished because of mama and the helpers in our house. I would sometimes play with their children if I ever got lonely because mama was busy but papa would scold me if I did. He would always tell me that I was too good for them and I should only be with people of my status. At that age I did not know what he meant but when I started my lessons at the age of 6 everything was explained to me.

I soon found out I was not like all the normal children. I was richer, meaning I had more money than them and I was of higher status. I still did not know what that meant but papa told me it meant that I was more important but I think everyone is important. That is what mama taught me.

Everyday was the same I would do the same things over and over. I would get up, eat with mama and papa then attend to my lessons. To put it simply, Life was absolutely boring. The best part of the day for me was when I got to watch the stars with mama. She would teach me all about the constellations. There were twelve of them: Leo, Aries, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Virgo and Libra. My favourite one was Leo. He was the leader of the twelve zodiac and also the strongest. Soon after mama got sick and the lessons stopped but even though she was sick she still help our servants around the house. Fortunately it was just the flu and she soon got better after and my lessons continued.

I started to follow mama everywhere. I was like her shadow. If you did not know where I was look for mama I was there. The servants started to call me a mama's girl. I only laughed and smiled

For my birthday mama had given me a beautiful doll that I named Hetty. She was like my very own little sister and my favourite. She had brunette just like mine but unlike my honey blue eyes she had grey blue. I would make clothes for her with any piece of cloth I could find. I would play with here in the garden everyday and mama would look at us with those sparkles in her eyes and smile. Her smile felt like kisses from heaven. Seeing her smile made me smile. That day I made I my priority to make her smile.

One day I was playing in the garden alone with Hetty. Mama was not with us that day because she was busy. We were play beside a Rosemary bush when i heard voices. I soon realized the sounds were children playing and it was coming just beyond the bushes. Curiosity sparked my interest and I decided to investigate. I parted the bush to take a look and to my surprise I found a hole and to my luck it was just big enough for me to fit through. So I did. I crawled through it and what I saw amazed me. It was children, children actually my age playing. There were about twelve of them and they all stared at me with wonder in their eyes. The next thing I knew one of the girls came up to me. She was truly the description of cute. Her short blue hair reminded me of the sky and her brown eyes of the sweetest honey. They sparkled with excitement.

"Hey my name's Zoey, what's yours?" she said with a giggle.

I stared at her surprised and smiled back with the same excitement and said, "My name's Scarlett," and that's how I met my first friend

After that day I would sneak out and meet Zoey at the same place. We would to various things together like playing with Zoey, have tea parties and read. Oh did we love to read. Any children's book there is you name it we properly read it. Life was bliss. Unfortunately this all came crashing down when papa started to notice my absence when I missed one of my classes and went to investigate. When I saw papa I froze. When he saw me his face went into a state of shock. His eyes burned with fury.

"Scarlett Wilson what in God's name are you doing here? Have I taught you nothing? You are not to play with peasants!" his words burned, as if acid was being thrown upon me.