At least I'm Alive

Nightmare

I hate it.

"CLEO! WHERE ARE YOU?! YOU USELESS BRAT!"

It's tiring.

"I'm here." I reply.

Mother looks at me, her face flushed and her face full of anger she grabs my hair.

"Do you want us to starve?! You ungrateful brat! Where is dinner? Didn't I say to fix it before your father comes home?!" She yells.

"I'm sorry, I'll cook it now." I say it with a low voice.

For 19 years, I had to live in this hell. Ever since I was young, I always got bruises and wounds from my family's harsh behavior.

I start to fry fish

Studying is my stress reliever, I often get high grades at school. Though I doubt anyone from my family would believe me.

Or if they're even my family. My current "mother" isn't my biological mom. My real mother was the woman my father cheated with.

While my father was married, he'd constantly spend time with my real mother til she got pregnant.

My father was happy, even though he had a wife and child, he loved my real mother.

Then when she gave birth, she passed away. My father was miserable, he went insane. He had no choice but to take me in, and his wife was furious.

Even though I was a mistress' daughter, my father adored me since he loved my mother so much.

She couldn't divorce my father because he was rich, so she had to put up with it.

In the end, my current mother and sister grew angry at my presence. And treated me as a maid, an animal, a
no one.

I place the dishes and plates infront of them.

I sit on beside my sister who ignored me.

"Do you want anything for your birthday?" Father asks my sister

"Hm, I'd like a bunch of clothes!" She says excitedly.

"What about you Cleo?" Father smiles at me

"Why would she need anything?! It's not even her birthday!" Mother shouts

"Yeah! She's just a mistress' daughter!" My sister supports her mom

"ENOUGH! Lilah, you are not getting your gift. You are ungrateful." Father shouts and leaves.

"Ugh! You are so annoying!" Lilah pulls my hair and leaves. Mother follows her.

Later that night

I finished washing the dishes, and head upstairs to sleep.

I enter my dark room, and as soon as I open my lights, I felt something on my neck. I couldn't breathe. It tightened, it felt like a rope.

When I glanced back it was my sister.

As the rope gets pulled tighter, she says "You committed suicide. You asked for this, you should've never been born!"

I couldn't breathe. My eyes were getting heavy. I felt tears roll down my eyes.

Is this my end?

I closed my eyes. Everything was dark.

I felt nothing.

Then, I hear a sound of clattering plates.

"You're so clumsy! If the Earl finds out, you'll get punished!"

Earl? What?

I open my eyes, it was blurry at first. As soon as it became clearer I saw a mobile.

What? Am I in a crib? I slowly move around to see my hands. They are tiny?!

Where am I?

"The Young lady is awake, hurry!" A woman says excitedly.

"Mommy? Is this my sister?" A young girl asks

"Unfortunately, yes, she was an accident." Another woman replied.

Accident? Unfortunately??? Just what are they saying?

Then as I look up, I see a beautiful woman look over the crib. With her dark brown hair and blue eyes. Looking at me in disgust.

Why? Why is this such a familiar look?

"Get rid of these expensive toys, she is unworthy of our money." She glares and leaves.

"Why is Lady Dianne so unhappy?" A woman suddenly asks

"It's because the Young lady was an accident. The Earl's family values money very much. They planned everything, they settled with one child, Lady Querdia. Now that the Young miss was born, their plan was ruined." A woman responds.

What? Was I reincarnated? I remember my past life. Am I a baby from a new world?

What's gonna happen now?!