Shattered Happiness

Chapter 12 : Sisters

It was dawn , and it was time for Ruth to wake up , she heard birds chirping , and loved that sound . It was the big day , Stella had to go to town , and Aliza had to accompany her for shopping , they were running out of dresses.
Ruth prepared breakfast , and heard Stella coming to the kitchen , 'thank god'she whispered .
But , Aliza always came with her mother , but today she was no where to be seen , she'd always rushed to the kitchen as she was a good eater .

' Ruth come here quick ! ' , screamed Stella . ' Yes Madam ' , rushed Ruth . ' Ruth I'm going downtown I'll be back in the afternoon , Aliza won't be able to come up with that plan , she's not well , and you better prepare good food for her , she's my princess .
'Yes Madam I will ' said Ruth in a soft voice .

Stella is not imagining which mistake she is leaving behind , actually Ruth couldn't see that Aliza was living from Stella's orders and she was at times being punished brutally and no one knew not even Ruth , poor Aliza staying in such a terrifying situation , she was ruled by Stella , her own mother , her own blood would torture her so much , she nearly killed her , but no one knew , it was damn hard to find .

She was too scared to reveal this hidden fact , this secret was destroying her little by little , her own mother could be so bad to her .

Ruth went upstairs and knocked at Aliza's room and waited for her to reply , ' Yes you may enter dear Ruth ' . Ruth entered with surprise and said to herself ' dear , she called me dear ' .
Ruth brought her breakfast and as she was leaving Aliza asked her to stay and she soon started to cry and narrated Ruth her whole story , how vulgar and insolent Stella was , how Stella badly treated her , due to Stella she had never been able to called Ruth ' sister ' . She was too afraid of Stella's boorish manner , the way she treated her , sometimes she would even slap her for committing little mistakes , her own life was completely over , she had no mother love and even if she had it was an impure one .

Ruth was completely traumatized , at first she thought Aliza was lying but gradually she found that Aliza was really broken , and Ruth polite and lovely as she was , she promised Aliza to help her , but Stella should not find out .

A new adventure begins in the house . A sister love is created .