A little bit like Cinderella

chapter 2

(Lea's POV

6:30 am
I woke up with an unbearable pain everywhere. Last night I tried to run away but my moms boyfriend caught me and took me back.she always has a boyfriend. She makes me sick. All she does is use them for whatever reason she wants. I pity anybody that is with my mom.
I forced myself up, ignoring the pain and went go change and apply the medicine and new clothes that Claudia left for me. That's another reason why I love her. Even though our escape was not successful, she still helped me by brining me medicine for the pain and cuts. I'm in pain for numerous reasons. Last night her and my evil sister Meranda punched me,kicked me,whipped me,threw me around and much more. But after awhile I guess my body got somewhat used to it. The next day is the worst. That's when you really feel the pain. Well at least that's when I feel the pain.
7:00am
About half an hour later, the pain started to fade a bit so i decided it was time go make breakfast, then continue with the chores that my so called mom gave me. I quickly applied more ointment and went to the glamorous kitchen.

Our house is a mansion. It is the biggest on the block. Even though it is really big and takes along time to clean, I keep it clean at all times and I have a system that works perfectly . Once I get to the kitchen, I start making her royal highness and her side chick their breakfast. 45 min later, I had finished make waffles, scrambled eggs with bacon, french toast and some so called food that was supposed to make them look younger. I was't allowed to have any of it or make myself anything good like what I made for them because my mom had me on a strict menu. Plus there are secret cameras literally everywhere. I didn't want to risk getting beat up again. so i just made myself some boring oatmeal. Sometimes Claudia would bring me breakfast when she had time to go out and get it. After I ate, I quickly but carefully went upstairs and set the food trays down in their rooms on their table. While still in pain, I wasted no time getting started on my chores. I really want to finish fast so I can paint (and try to rest and heal my cuts and bruises)even though I don't do anything else besides being a slave, Claudia is able to bring me some paint and canvases for me. It's my passion. It helps me relax and I forget about all of my problems.
8:00 am
The first thing that I had to do was do all of the laundry. Trust me when I say even a family with 6 people don't do as much as me. This took about 3 hours since I was in pain a lot. But it helped because while they were washing and drying, I could just relax. After that I cleaned and washed the whole kitchen which took about 1 hour and a half. Then I had a very cold 2 min shower since I wasn't allowed to use warm water and I would get best if it was more then 2 min. I dried my hair in a very old towel and tied my hair in a messy bun while putting on a chefs apron that Claudia got me. For lunch I made them chicken Alfredo with crepes for desert with a side of that anti-ageing thing. Like always they mostly stayed upstairs since it was almost like downstairs except for the kitchen. I knocked on Verida's room. "Miss, I have prepared your lunch" "enter" I heard from the other side of the door. She was trying to knit, key word trying, as I entered. Without making eye contact I went to her table and set the food down. As I was about to leave she screams "STOP! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!" I look at her food and realize that I had put too much broccoli. Somebody's on their period I thought. She takes the chicken Alfredo and throws it at the walls which partly splatters on me. She leaves the room. Thank the lord j didn't get beaten up. At least get side chick liked her food.
After cleaning it all up, making her lunch again and cleaning myself up I get back to work. So much for me painting or resting. I was super behind in chores. So I started where I left off and worked like a bee.

It was almost 10:30pm and I was in the living room sweeping and dusting, just about done, when I heard the door open and close. I hope that was Claudia . Like on cue, she walks toward me with a sorry look on her face "hey Clau" I stopped when she grabbed me by the arm and took me downstairs to my cold, small room. Even though the basement was huge, there was a small cold room at the very back that was forgotten about. Thats what I call my room. She sat me down on my bed (which was only a worn out mattress with a ripped cover and a thin blanket. " Lea, I want you to know that no matter what happens, I will always be you sister and will always love you and be there for you." I was starting to get nervous. what was she hiddding? And what did she mean by i'll always be your sister. I already knew that. We have the same mom. Duhhh -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

. ( Claudia's POV)

for the past couple days i've had one question that kept on replaying in my head, why didnt i tell her ealier? but the difference with this question is that i had an answer. Because I was scared. I was scared the she might run away. I was scared she was gonna hate me beacuse I kept it a secret for so long. I've known for 17 FRECKING years. She does not deserve this. Any of this. Lea is such a beautiful, loving, caring, happy girl, even after she is worked and treated like a prisinor. I don't know what she did to the world to be treated in such a way. I just can't bear it anymore. I'm gonna go tell her. She has the right to know. I leave the park and run to the car. As soon as i get in, I started it up and speed all the way home.

i didn't want my mom to see my car and know im home cause then i wouldnt be able to talk to Lea. So I parked it a little more down the street. I simply walk in without worrying she'll know it was me because she'll probably think it's Meranda leaving to go out and get hammered. I was focused on finding Lea which wasn't hard since u knew her little system. "hey Clau" I don't let her finish cause I grab her my the arm and start my way to her room. When we get there, I close the door and sit her down on her "bed". Lea, I want you to know that no matter what happens, I will always be you sister and will always love you and be there for you." I can see her confused yet worried look appear so I take a deep breath and prepare my self to tell her something that might make her hate me for keeping it from her.