Becoming Fearless

Chapter 2

~ Chapter 2 ~

The flight had gone utterly terrible. I had felt sick to my stomach the whole way. It didn't help that the lady sitting next to me had the loudest baby on the face of the earth. And when the pilot announced there was 10 minutes left of the flight, the baby finally decides to stop screaming.

I get off the plane and find my Aunt Marcia waiting for me there. "Annabelle, please come along," she says in here strict, firm voice. I had always been afraid of my Aunt Marcia, because she hated my brother. She thought I was just like him so naturally she hated me too. I'd only met her once on one of my other trips because Father insisted, but after that I was happy to avoid her.

Her house was how you'd expect it to be. Clean, white furniture with no spots. She had no pets, or children of her own. She was not married, which made sense to me. I mean, why get married if your heart is as cold as stone?

Without a word, she helped me unpack my bags and led me to my room. "Annabelle, this is where you will be staying. I will be providing two meals for you a day. Nothing more, nothing less. You will eat at 7 A.M. in the morning, and 7 P.M. at night on the dot. I expect you to be on your best behavior while you are staying on my property. No inviting friends over or any of that rubbish. You are to stay in your room and do homework. If i find that you are disobeying me by any means, I will send you away. Goodnight."

I was astounded. I had never had anyone speak to me this way. After all, my father is one of the President's generals! In England I was a somebody! In England I was respected. In America, my world was exactly the opposite.

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A/N : Okay, so I noticed that my Chapters are REALLY short. So I promise the next one will be longerr :) Like at least 6 pages. Sorry if Author's Notes are annoying :/ I'll try not to put one in every chapter. Thanks for reading!! ~ VOTE ~ FAN ~ READ! ~ COMMENT ~