A Sad Story

Chapter 2

Emma woke the next morning at 7 am to the sounds of an alarm going off, but she soon realised that it was just an alarm clock. She got up and found the new clothes Emily had bought her on her dressing table. A ruby red sequined dress with singlet straps.

It was actually the first dress Emma had ever worn. It felt alien and new but Emma seemed to like it.

She walked out into the kitchen to find Emily making her a bowl of yoghurt and sprinkling exotic berries all over it. She always seemed to like decorating the food she made. When her breakfast was made it looked really beautiful, Emma couldn't wait to sink her spoon into the yoghurt and eat it. Her mouth started watering as she looked at her breakfast.

"I hope you are hungry", Emily said sounding hopeful. 

"I'm starving, I don't usually get big meals", Emma replied with excitement.

"Well, if you want more let me know", Emily replied.

Emma ate her breakfast like it was the last meal she would ever eat, she ate it as fast as her little mouth would allow. It was one of the best things she had ever tasted, except for the pork belly dinner she had last night. Emily watched her eat and smiled, she realised then that Emma hadn't eaten a decent meal in a long time, which for an eight yeast old was really disappointing. What had all the other families fed her?

When Emma was finished and ready to go after brushing her teeth and washing her face, both Emma and Emily set out to the biggest mall in town. It had specialty clothes shops, cafes, food courts, toy shops, gaming shops, arcades and many more. This new experience was overwhelming and nerve racking for little Emma, she had never been to somewhere so overpopulated, she had never really been to a mall before now. She held Emily's hand as they walked in, this seemed to comfort her and make her feel more confident.

They walked over to a shop with a sign above it that said "Jay Jays". Emma powered inside to look at the products inside the shop, trendy singlets, cute shirts, denim shorts, colourful clothing was everywhere. Emily logged at Emma with an excited smile.

"Go and see if there is anything you like little one", she said pushing Emma into the shop.

Emma nosed and looked around, she saw so many different pieces of clothing, she finally chose a purple shirt and lite blue denim short shorts.

Emily saw her with the clothes and paid for them. Then she took Emma around to other shops and made her try on some clothes from different shops, some she bought while others she discarded at the front counter. Emma found trying on clothes a fun new experience that she really like to do, she could see why it got Emily so excited.

When they had finished they walked out with so many bags of clothes that Emily kept dropping them on the way to her car. In total the had 21 bags of clothes for Emma and 5 for Emily.

Emily's car was a purple convertible with custom wheels and violet tinted windows. They loaded all of the bags in the boot of the car and the back seat. There were so many bags that 2 had to go at Emma's feet, but she didn't mind, her feet didn't touch the ground anyway.

On the way home Emily took the roof of the car and drove home with the warm summer breeze brushing against their faces and blowing through hair around. Emma liked it, it felt like freedom and she felt happy. It was one of the best experience she had had in life. She didn't want it to end.

When they got home the maid was waiting for them, she helped take the bags to Emily's and Emma's rooms before returning to her cleaning. She didn't go home until 4 pm everyday except Sunday, which she didn't work.

"Thanks Elizabeth", Emily said with a smooth tone.

Emma had never heard Emily say the maid's name, she barely knew the maid though so it didn't concern her too much, but it made her more interested in getting to know the maid. She wanted to know more about the maid, she thought it would be silly if she didn't because the maid was always going to be in the house during the day anyway.