"Running away from your husband with your five year old daughter sounds funny right?"think again,when said husband is abusive, you fight for not only your survival
Scarlett Anderson,a naive woman who got married at a young age all in the name of lo...
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Scarlett's POV
I wake up from a deep sleep to the feeling of someone tugging on my bedspread.Half conscious,I try to stand up hitting my head on the bedpost in the process,groaning I glance up to find Grace grinning at me.
"Mama it's time for me to go to school,you have to help me prepare."Grace shouts, holding my head with one hand,I lift her onto the bed with my second hand and I place her on my lap"Grace you shouldn't wake mama like that again,and it's not time for school now."I glance at the clock on my wall."Go back to bed when it's time I will wake you up."
"But mama"she shouts in protest."stop shouting Grace and don't argue with me,go back to bed now,if it is time I will wake you up."she pinches the bridge of her nose in annoyance and lays down beside me on the bed."I will sleep here,if I go to my room,I won't sleep."
"Okay baby."I say and kiss her cheek.
"Goodnight mama."
Grace was in her uniform,a blue flair skirt and white shirt, when she spots her friends at the gate,she tries to run to them but I grab her hand and lower myself to the ground."Grace,mama might be late today,I am going for a job interview,you should wait with your teacher till I get back,don't go anywhere,be a good girl and you will get chocolate when I get back."she grins and nods her head clearly waiting for me to release her."Bye mama,I love you she says and runs off."
It was thirty minutes later before the cab drops me off at the address on the card.
"Wow"I say as I lay my eyes on the house in front of me, Samantha was right,Travis Palmer was definitely rich,if Samantha was here she would definitely freak out at the size of the house.
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I reach the front door and ring the doorbell,I shuffle on my feet waiting for someone to open the door.
The door is whipped open and I find a woman smiling at me.
"You must be Scarlett."she says smiling.
"Yes"I say shocked."I am here for the interview."
"I know,come in,come in"she grins and pulls me into the house."Marielle told me about you,she told me you were coming."
"Oh,you must be Mr Palmer's mother"she shakes her head."No you got it all wrong,I am the cook, Marielle, Travis's mother and I are friends,so Marielle told me she gave you the card and she also said you were coming for the interview."she explains.
"Marielle told me you have a daughter,where is she?"she asks.
"Oh,she is in school."
"Marielle told me you were single so your daughter will be staying home alone."I raise my eyebrows confused."what do you mean alone,I don't understand."
"You will be staying here everyday till Saturday,you will be going home every Saturday." she says knitting her eyebrows.
This woman clearly didn't know what she was talking about.
"I can't stay here my daughter is just five years old,she can't possibly stay at home alone.Marielle did not tell me anything about living here."I mutter confused.
"The last house keeper was going home and she was always late to work so Travis sacked her,he said the new house keeper will be living here till week days,you must have someone that could take care of your daughter for you."
"I don't have anyone it's just me and her."I say sadly making her reach for my hands.
"I will ask Travis if your daughter can stay here with you."heaving a sigh,I thank her.
"You have not started the interview yet."
"Can you clean?"she asks.
"Yes."
"Can you arrange things properly."
"Yes."
"Can you take care of the house after a party."
Mason was always throwing parties in the house, leaving me to clean up all the mess so I was pretty good in that aspect.
"Yes."she claps her hands and grins."Then you are good to go for the job.you will also be helping out in the kitchen."I nod my head."follow me,I will show you around the house."she takes me to the kitchen first."Hope you can make Cupcakes, Travis has a sweet tooth so we will be making cupcakes a lot."she says."so what's your daughter's name."
"Grace."she smiles."That's her lovely name,she must be beautiful with a face like yours."I blush."Thanks."
"We still have some exploring to do and after that I will teach you how to make the cupcakes."I nod my head."okay."
Fifteen minutes later she was done showing me around and my feet were killing me,I guess she was pretty used to working around the house because she takes me back to the kitchen.
"I will teach you the basics today,then you will learn the rest later."
We were done making the cookies twenty minutes later and she offered me some to take home.she puts her hand in her pocket and gives me her phone."put your number in that phone,I will call you and tell you if Travis agrees for Grace to stay here with you."I put my number in her phone and I give her phone back to her."Goodbye Scar."
"Goodbye..."I trail of."oh silly me it's Mrs Crawford.but you can call me Simone."
"Goodbye Simone."
I just hoped Mr Palmer was nice enough to allow Grace stay with me.
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