(sneak peek)
"Shhh, he won't know about this, I've seen the way you look at me, you enjoy it" he whispered in my ear as his hands slid towards my breasts. I jump and fall off the bed.
"Don't do that" I demanded again. He got up and walked towards m...
I looked up from the clothing I had been folding in the back of the servants quarters. I felt obligated to help, even if Riley had told me to take the week off.
"What are you doing" she groaned in frustration,"Master Riley said no chores, so no chores! I'll fold!"
"But-"
Marilyn cut me off with a glare and shoved me back out the door,"do something with that brain of yours. Read."
I nodded before the door was slammed shut behind me. I wasn't going to read! I was going to go investigate.
Once I had walked outside, I found the path that led to the cabin. The walk was pretty short, and it wasn't that hard for me to find.
"Christopher?" I asked, knocking on the door.
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He opened the door and rolled his eyes,"you again?"
"Yup! I figured out who the girl was!" I grinned.
"Well I assume you want to come inside?" Christopher asked.
"Yup!"
He sighed in agitation and walked deeper into the house.
"You shouldn't have come, you know"he insisted, his attitude staying in the depressed mood.
"I didn't know. Why?" I asked
Christopher sighed,"you could have alerted my brother or cousin I was here!"
"Oh"
I just turned to the piano again, scanning over those same pictures,"I wanted to know why you were here. Why on your brother's property when you could live anywhere else?"
"I don't live like Riley" Christopher admitted,"I have no job, no money, no life. It's my own fault, I suppose. I used to work for a rival gang. I was a lost cause."
When he paused and sat down, I persisted he finish,"but why are you here? You could have suffered in a different place."
"Riley had a lot of property, a lot of land, and a place for me to hide. I knew that he had power. Lots of it, and especially in trade. That helps me too. If I'm on his property, and not qualified as a relative or somebody who isn't a slave, I will be marked as a slave, and then I will be provided with the basics and a life. It's not ideal, but I have something."
"How are you keeping this place well kept if you have no money?" I asked.
"My situations are not your business,"he hissed,"I do not steal, but I do get money. The mystery, I will not release to you now."
