Forbidden love

Miss. Ray

593 words

It's been about a month since we started working for Miss. Ray. Since then we haven't stolen and have been living really good. She let us move into the library with her because our old hut was falling apart. She's very kind to us, she's a mother figure to us both. It's been a while since we had the cops called on us too. Life's been great.

"Kids! Suppers ready!" Miss. Ray calls out to us from the house. We're outside, me reading, and caspian playing with the new dolls Miss. Ray made for him.

We head inside and sit down at the front counter and start eating.

Miss. Ray starts coughing. I rush to her side. "Miss. Ray? Are you sure you're okay? I feel like this cough has been getting worse." I hand her a hanker chief and fetch her a glass of water.

Her sickness is the only bad part about our life since that day.

"I'm aware, I just don't have the money." She coughs more.

I furrow my eyebrows "It was probably that stuck up old man, he dare cough on you." I recall when a sick man came and and threw a fit.

Soon Miss. Ray got so sick she had to temporarily close the shop. Me and Caspian have been caring for her ever since.

Knock, knock

I answer the door.

"Hello, uhm, Zara? Is that you? I thought you and Caspian left for another village." Mrs. Charleston asks, shocked.

"Yes, it's me, Miss. Ray took us both in. Now, what did you come here for?"

"Oh, yes, I heard how sick she's become, the whole town loves her and wishes her well, and I'd like to say, my family is very well off and spending some money to help her get better would be no problem for us."

My mouth drops.

"You mean that?"

"Yes," Mrs. Charleston smiles.

I hug her. "You don't know how much this means to us all."

The only downside of Miss. Ray being treated is that she'll be gone for a couple months, depending on how severe her illness is. That means there'll be nobody to take over the shop, that means no money.

The first few days after Miss. Ray left were lonely, soon we ran out of food and had gone back to stealing. We've been hiding out in the shop. Nobody bothers to visit since it's closed.

I was making dolls the same way Miss. Ray taught me, palm tree leaves and string, I do it to pass time. I had a line of dolls on my windowsill. Caspian had been quiet lately, I don't blame him. He's been reading and playing with the dolls I made.

We've been quiet the whole time, until we heard a knock at the door. We both look at each other and slowly move to the window closest to the door.

Cops.

The cops are outside the door.

I Look over to Caspian and mouth "Cops", his eyes widen. I put I finger over my mouth and whisper "Hurry, get a bag and gather your stuff, quick, then run out the door."

He nods as he gathers his stuff. I grab as much Food as i can, clothes, and my dolls. We quietly run out the back door, we think we're safe until we turn a corner.

Great, more cops.

They definitely saw us.

We start running but before we can get far somebody catches Caspian, then me. Soon we're both in handcuffs and walking towards the police station.