Running Away ✔

Chapter - 2

I am dedicating this chapter to a writer whose book 'Baking with the boys' is finger licking good xD

I cried myself to sleep last night after replaying the incident in an infinite loop.

People say that mothers are angels; gifts from gods but why was my mother like that? At times I felt that she wasn't even my mother. We shared no bond between each other. I had the feeling like she treated me as some kind of property that she had invested in only to maximize her wealth.

Sleep didn't consume me much because I heard sounds of people moaning below my room so I just woke up and sat on my bed looking out of the window staring at the orange purple sky. It was a beautiful sight, it was a brand new day and I was lost in the beauty of nature. At least mother-nature was a kind woman who tried to make me smile.

Cuckoos were singing and I closed my eyes dwelling in their melody. It was the most melodious tone I had ever heard. When I opened my eyes I saw tiny black quartz eyes looking right back at me.

I blinked twice but the creature didn't move away from my sight.

"Hey there little fella" I took out of my finger and the hamster wrapped its tiny paws around my pinky finger and tried to gnaw on it. I chuckled looking at the hamster's perplexed face and took my pinky finger out of its grasp.

"If you try to eat me then you will explode to death. Your little belly wouldn't even be able to handle a piece of me." I poked the hamsters belly and it puffed out its cheeks and I let out a hearty chuckle.

I played with the hamster the whole morning and I didn't notice how much time has passed by till my maid Sarah came into my room asking me if I wanted to eat anything.

"Nathalia, Master Kria informed me that you haven't eaten anything since morning so I was asked to feed you some nutrients." Sarah didn't even bother to knock the door like always but I was used to it. No one ever asked my permission for anything so what was I expecting.

"I don't wish to have any nutrients Sarah. Can you make me some French fries?" Sarah's eyes bulged out of her sockets because I had never told her that I don't want to consume the so called healthy nutrients my mother made me eat.

I was having a fiery battle within myself and today I felt like rebelling against my mother in so many ways. The last time I had fries must be two years ago when my best friend Tahilia had thrown her birthday party in McDonalds because she was not rich enough to give us a treat in some posh uptown restaurant.

My mother was reluctant to send me there but she had an image to maintain. If my mother didn't send me to the party on the grounds that I was not going to a posh party the people will talk about it and my mother never wanted the people to talk anything negative against her.

"Why do you want fries? You know you can't..."

"I can and I will. I earn more than my mother and I am actually indirectly your owner so listen to me or retreat and go back. The choice is yours." I cut Sarah of and she had a look of disbelief plastered on her face.

I felt tiny pair of teeth gnawing on my pinky finger and noticed the hamster giving me a doe look. "Bring me some peanuts while you are at it. You may go now"

I turned my attention back to the little bundle of joy before me.

My phone started vibrating and I picked it up when I noticed that it was Zara who was calling me.

"I have got your visa. Tell me when do you want to go? Have you made your decision yet?"

I closed my eyes and thought about the pros and cons of leaving everything behind and my best friend Tahilia's face popped into my train of thoughts. Guilt washed over me for not thinking about her.