A little bit like Cinderella

chapter 8

i decided to do Claudia's pov because i haven't done it in a while.

(claudia's POV)

Every second felt like 1 hour, and every minute felt like a whole day. We were both waiting for her possible parents to show up in her hospital room. I found myself looking at the clock every minute waiting for them to arrive. The anticipation was killing us both.

While we were waiting, I started thinking about what might happen after they meet her. Would they take her? Would they accept her with all her physical and mental scars? Will they look at her as a broken girl and have pity on her for the rest of her life or will they accept the past and try to move on?

Billions of questions were going through my head, when suddenly there was a slight knock on the door, followed by a few whispers.

" Are you sure about this Henry?" asked one of them.

" Well it's too late to turn back now. We're already here. Maybe she's actually in there." responded the other one.

I look at Lea and she looks a bit light headed. maybe I should go talk to them before they come in. I get up from the bed and head toward the door. As I open the door, I can hear them backing up a bit.

When I fully open it, I see them. The women is tall and has a nice frame with long and beautiful curly hair, has a perfect tan and has a impeccable taste in fashion. The man is tall and looks slightly built. He has thick blackish brownish hair that seems to have been styled by god. He as well tall and handsome just like his wife, and they look happy together. Besides the missing daughter part.

" Are you Margret?" asks the women. 

" We're here because we received a phone call from her stating that she has found our daughter. Are you her?" adds the man.

" Um about that. You see there is no one named Margret whatever her last name was. My sister, Lea, was stolen from your wife when she was young and was brought to serve us like a slave. Verida was the one who took her, I'm her daughter, her good one."

"For the past years, she has been worked hard and was beat up ever since she was young. I have tried to help her escape, but we never succeeded."

"The phone call you got was from her. She looks exactly like the Lea on the poster. She made that story up so you guys would come here and see her."

"She was scared that you wouldn't believe her if she would have told you the truth. When she was brought here, she had a near death experience. she still hasn't fully recovered but she is in a much better state then she was before. Also the doctor said that for some time, she will black frequently, she hasn't blacked out in about 45 min, so the doctor said she might black out from all of this excitement." 

"So when you go in to see her, be calm and don't be loud. Oh and by the way you only have 5 min. Doctors orders" and with that I finished my explanation.

Their faces were stunned like they couldn't process all of this. But then the women broke out of it and gave me the warmest and kindest smile i have ever been given. 

" My name is Ava and this is my husband Henry. We greatly appreciate all that you have done for Lea. I don't know how we'll ever repay you."

" I think I may know how, i'm guessing that your not going to be going back to Verida, and need a place to stay, come stay with us. It's far from here and you'll be safe from Verida. We have a big house so there's plenty of room. that way you and Lea wont be separated. What do you think?"

I was more then happy to hear that. I was jumping up and down on the inside. I felt like jumping up and down and squealing like a little girl, but I couldn't do that. Not here at least. So I calmed myself down first, and then answered.