El Comienzo Trágico (The Tragic Start) | [Still on Going]

Chapter 7

After a long time of rain, it finally stopped, and every road and street in that town is wet and muddy. Sanya, on the other hand, decided to visit Ben in jail, so she       
prepared sandwiches and water and put them inside the basket for Ben. Later that day she reached the guard's place where Ben was in prison, the place was so dark, only the weak and soft light of lamps are lighting up the place. The guard points to where Ben is and he was placed at the end of the jail cells.
           While walking towards Ben, she can sense that the prisoners from left to right are watching her, and the other prisoner whistles at her in a rude and disrespectful tone. The guard beat the round metal bars of his cell which makes him quiet.
           "You only have fifteen minutes," the guard says seriously.
           "Sanya?" Ben said and quickly got up.  "Why are you here?"
           "To visit you, of course, I bring a sandwich and water, I bet you're hungry," Sanya says while sitting down on the floor on the other side of the metal bars of the cell. Ben stared at Sanya for a second, "Sorry if I didn't visit you for the past few days, I've been busy, lots of cleaning to do," she says, and reached the sandwich to Ben.
           "You got a job?" Ben asked then take a big bite at the sandwich. "Where?"
           "I've got a job," Sanya didn't know how to say to Ben after he got arrested for avenging her from Mr. Harrison.
           "I'm sorry but— I'm working at Mr. Harrison again,"
           Ben stopped chewing and looked at Sanya. "Seriously?" he says, he got up and starts to walk in circles, feeling disappointed and worried, tears trying to fall from his eyes. "Sanya... They, they are hurting you there, they treat you like, like an animal there! Why? Why'd you come back there?!" Ben said, with a strong and disappointed voice.
           "ah I have no choice, Ben, I need money for us both," she said, with a soft voice, almost crying.
            "You have a choice Sanya! There is a lot of work out there!" Ben sighs hard and he's kind of mad at her.
            "But they're not letting me in because of you Ben," Sanya says with a soft but strong voice. "I was—" Their conversation got cut when one of the guards shouted that their time is up.
            "You can go now, maybe they're looking for you, they might be angry if you're late," Ben said calmly. Sanya left the water and the sandwiches and stood up carrying the basket in her right hand. "Be safe Ben, don't do anything crazy here," she said.
            "You too... and Thank you."
            Sanya left the jail and came back to Harrison's house right on time. She heard the angry Mrs. Harrison coming, so she immediately put the basket and grabbed the broom from the corner. When she arrived at Sanya, she stopped yelling seeing that she is working well.
            After Lunch, Sanya and the other maids are gossiping in the Kitchen while working. One of them brings up the topic of their dreams and ambition in life. "Of course, every woman's dream is to marry a rich white man, right?" the maid said, with a happy, and girly tone, followed by the laughing of others.
            "Indeed Grace," Sanya said. "That's my dream too, marrying a rich man can change our lives, We don't have to work at all," Sanya says while looking up and imagining what it looks like.
            The other giggled "Yes that's right and what I love— is to have a ball in a pretty expensive dress," the other said.
            Grace sighed, "Sanya is lucky... She has Mr. Harrison waiting for her," she said, teasing Sanya to Mr. Harrison who is smoking his pipe on the balcony across the kitchen.
            "What? Stop that Grace it's not funny, don't say that again... Unless you want your hair to be cut by Mrs. Harrison," Sanya says followed by Laughing.
            While they are laughing, Mrs. Harrison steps in and cleared her throat loudly as a sign of something serious. They immediately stopped laughing and get back to work. Sanya is washing the plate, however, she can't stop herself to look over at Mr. Harrison. Mr. Harrison turns and responded with a smile.
            Without noticing, the other maids glanced at Mr. Harrison and back to Sanya. "Ok!! We have a winner!!" the other maid said and goes back to work. Sanya just laughed at them.