Under My Skin
“Usually, I left them in the bathroom and found them cleaned in the morning. But with no uniform to wear, I just threw on my lime green top and pants. Perhaps, they’d changed their minds about me and I could go home.
The breakfast they provided was delicious: fluffy pancakes and fried potatoes. They’d even left me a dish of fat sausages—which I refused to touch.
Even though I’d eaten my fill, my stomach quaked and churned with each passing minute. The prospects of being sold didn’t sit r...ight with me. Even if my family got a stipend out of it. Who in their right mind wanted to be bought by someone else?
I’d be separated from Zoe, too.
A red-haired servant girl came in to tend the fire and pour a cup of tea. She had the most pretty amber-colored eyes, but she didn’t speak or look my way. I attempted to strike up a conversation with her yesterday and got about three syllables. The servants didn’t look at the Water Bearers, especially people like me who’d be auctioned off today.MoreLess
The breakfast they provided was delicious: fluffy pancakes and fried potatoes. They’d even left me a dish of fat sausages—which I refused to touch.
Even though I’d eaten my fill, my stomach quaked and churned with each passing minute. The prospects of being sold didn’t sit r...ight with me. Even if my family got a stipend out of it. Who in their right mind wanted to be bought by someone else?
I’d be separated from Zoe, too.
A red-haired servant girl came in to tend the fire and pour a cup of tea. She had the most pretty amber-colored eyes, but she didn’t speak or look my way. I attempted to strike up a conversation with her yesterday and got about three syllables. The servants didn’t look at the Water Bearers, especially people like me who’d be auctioned off today.MoreLess
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