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AMELIA❤️

Walking out of the house with two buckets in my hands, I walked towards the well next to our little garden.

I dropped the buckets and reached for the fetcher that is hung on the well steel.

I hummed my favourite song, feeling pretty glad about the new, bright and beautiful day.

I have a feeling about today being a very good day. I feel like I am going to catch a lot fishes and sell all today.

It will be different from yesterday. No, the entire new week feels like it is going to be different from last week.

I am positive about it.

I lower the fetcher into the well steadily as I continue humming and smiling.

I couldn't get a lot of fish from the river last week. I couldn't even get any yesterday. I only go to the river twice a week but last week, I went four times.

Goodness.

Last week was terrible. Very terrible. Uncle was upset. He actually took it on me.

Last night, I literally prayed for this week to be fruitful. And I woke up to a positive feel-

"Amelia!"

I cringed, letting go of fetcher and it got swallowed by the well.

My heart skipped as I looked down the well. I couldn't find the fetcher.

Oh no.

It is gone.

Aunt is going to have my head.

"Amelia!! Where the hell are you?!" Blanca, my eldest cousin yelled again from inside the house.

"Coming!" i said, looking back down at the well. The fetcher is really gone.

Oh no.

"Come here right now!" Blanca ordered.

I quickly ran into the house and I got to our living room. The next thing I got was a grab on my ear.

"Ah,"

"You little, dirty thing!" Blanca snapped, squeezing my ear mercilessly. I shut my eyes as I react to the unbearable pain

"Ow! Please-"

"Shut up! Didn't you hear me calling you?"

"I am sorry, I was-"

"You were busy doing whatever that pleases you, dumb girl!" She spat, pushing me away aggressively that I  almost fell. But I held myself as I stood away from her, sobbing.

My ear hurts very badly. It is literally on fire.

"You are really dumb!" She spat.

I looked down, wiping my tears.

"Where is the water I asked you to get for me, huh?" She asked.

"I was about to get it." I said.

"What was keeping you?!" She yelled.

I flinched. "I-I was-"

"Can't you fucking speak well?!"

"I was about to get it when you called me,"

She scoffed. "You are not just dumb but fucking slow. I told you i have an important place to be. Didn't I tell you that?"

I nodded. "You did but I was..."

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