Cold Blooded

17. 🤕

This my last flashback for now ..... Alrite ? Alrite .

Flashback still on

Nobody pov

Mateo lived from the bite, which was very rare because slaves don't get as much help. But if it weren't for Cleo, or Mrs. Bowles, he would've died.

Mateo saw purple flowers fall from the trees as he dug holes to plant flowers in the dirt. He picked one up, and looked at it intrigued of its beauty.

He looked up away from the flower, and saw a girl. He stared at her realizing it was the same girl as before, now wearing a purple laced skirt to her knees, and a matching purple laced shirt. Her blonde thick hair stopping at her lower back.

He looked away from her, and continued working. He then dropped the shovel taking a short break, and the shovel fell on his foot. He bit his lip scrunched his face, closing his eyes, and absorbing the pain as best as he could.

He looked back at the girl, and she had a smirk on her face. Mateo picked up his shovel, and continued digging the dirt.

She walked up to him. "What's your name?"

"You're white so I could get into trouble if I'm talking to you." He said not looking at her at all.

She smiled. "I'm Lavender."

Mateo looked at her, looking at her beautiful purple eyes. To him, she was beautiful, though, he didn't like her.

"Is your eyes real?" He asked in shock.

She shook her head. "No. It's fake. I put honey in my eye, turned purple. Did what the book says, it works."

Mateo could tell she was lying, and had a weird feeling about her, and didn't know what.

He continued digging the dirt, and she suddenly touched the shovel causing him to freeze.

He looks at her. "I'm going to ge-"

"What is your name?" She cut him off.

"I'm supposed to be called Matthew." He said lowly.

She pulled him by his collar towards her, with her lips inches from his.

"I know your real name. I was testing you." She smiled.

She let him go, and walked away. Mateo looked back at her, not knowing what just happened. He picked up to shovel, and looked back again, with her being gone.

The day ended, and Ayleo was telling Ashanti about how nice Mrs. Bowles is, and that she calls him by his real name.

Mateo stare off into space.

Ashanti smiled. "I want you to go get school. Don't know how, but you will."

Ayleo sighed. "Impossible. I don't think nobody a slave done has,"

Amari knocked on the cabin door. Ayleo opened it.

Amari walked in. "We have to cook."