Spilling Our Blood

Chapter six: Kindness

I awoke the next morning at perhaps the same time as i did the day before, got dressed, and went downstairs. Me and Simon followed Lyn through a corridor, that led to the dinning room, and there i saw her again...that Mistress, sitting on a dining chair looking like she felt she was all high and mighty, and there was a man there too, he wore an expensive leather jacket with green silk designs on it, black leather gloves, and high-class leather boots. I stared in confusion, he happened to be smiling at that woman, and entertaining her whilst talking...and she was smiling. I looked up at Simon, who had the same sort of confusion. We looked on for perhaps a minute, then the man happened to notice us, and he grinned, making me tighten my grip on Simon's hand.
"So these are your new...Helpers, as i see it", he said looking at me, and it was making me feel really uncomfortable with the way he was doing it. " Yes, they are, am i right My Dear..." She said, referring to me, and i couldn't believe that she would call me those words "My Dear", it was disgusting. " Come here, little one" she said, extending a hand to me, and this shocked me, i wanted to protest, but then Simon headed me to just approach her by tapping my shoulder slightly...with much effort, i just went to her, and took the hand she offered. "You see how obedient she is, shes such a sweet little thing, isn't she?" she said pulling me closer t'ill she got to the point of stoking my hair, and it made as still as ever.
" Simon, you are excused." The woman said, and with those words i couldn't believe that i was going to be alone with these people. Simon hesitated, but left at the nearest door...i saw the remorse on his face as he did. The man continued to smile, "where did you get her?" He asked, his Crimson eyes moving to look at me, " At that Slave market, although how she wound up there i don't know, poor thing she is, and they both came at a reasonable price" she said, still stoking my hair. "I see" , the man said, then gave a confused look, his smile started to fade.
" Then where are her Mother and Father, she doesn't look like the common type of child" he said, making me swallow hard. " Her parents must have given her away, i should assume, for she looks quite upset about it" she said looking at me...those words made me want to tear away from her and slap her hard right across the face for what she had said, and at the same time, made me want to cry extremely hard. I tried not to make it too obvious i wanted to cry, although tears were already making a little stream down my face. "Poor child" the man said, leaning forward on the seat he was in, and cupped my chin with his gloved hand, although that didn't make me feel like stopping my tears. " thats alright, you have a home here now" he said to me in an assuring voice, making me feel a'little better, and suprised, because i thought that he was just as twisted as she was. I looked back at him, and he smiled, and i made a thin smile back at him, somehow signifying that i felt better.
" Well then, i suppose these two should be helping the other servants here now" the woman interrupted, making me want to snort in disgust. " but isn't she too young to do all these back-breaking chores?" The man said to her, sounding uncertain. "Im sure she capable enough to know that she isn't here to be pampered like a pet" the woman said as she stood from her seat. The man gave a confused frown as he stood from his seat, then he put his hand on my head, making me blink twice in disbelief,
" Shes only a child, Elizabeth."...so that was her name, Elizabeth...i though to myself. That mans words made me want to hug him, since he cared for someone so small like me. " She can handle herself" she said sarcastically. I frowned behind her back, which relieved me, to my point of view. To my joy, she began to walk away from us, leaving me and the man alone. I looked up at him, as he looked down at me, " Don't pay attention to her, she is just difficulty to understand" he said to me in a soft tone of voice, stroking my head gently. " Whats your name little one?" He asked softly, as he kneeled to meet my height, " Myra..." I said, " Im Richard Victoriano" he introduced, i smiled, him smiling back, "you should be going, i will see you again little one" he said as he stood,
I nodded. "Take care of yourself" he said as i walked away, i turned my head, still smiling...i approached to door we came through, closed it slowly, and left to find Simon.
The rest of the day was extremely boring, for i couldn't do most of the work due to my hight, but i still had to water the flowers, which was quite tiring to say the least, carrying all those pails of water to the flowers themselves, and the buckets were as big as me...
I finished around noon, and sat in one of the far flower beds, thinking of how kind the man i just met was to me, Richard was his name, and it was a wealthy one too...
Could he have known my father?
I thought to myself, although i couldn't find my father and mother now, but perhaps he would help me find my father, who was well known almost every time he went in public, so Richard was my only option to find my family again, if he knew them i wasn't sure, but what i wanted to know, i needed to find by any means possible.
It came the time when Richard had to leave, and we bid our goodbyes, and we went back into the house, and did a few more chores, like dusting and polishing. The evening came, and we went back to the room we shared with Lyn, and we got ready to go to sleep, i crawled next to Simon, like i usually did every night. As i drifted off to sleep, i thought about finding out where i was supposed to turn, what questions would i ask...or when Richard would return, i needed to know where my Father and Mother was, i wanted to know....
I needed to know.