Blackmailed For Love

"I don’t like it here.I don’t!"

I stomped my foot as Mama opened the small bag and started to take our clothes out.

"Mama!"

"Hush, now, my pretty angel."

She always called me that but sometimes I wished that she wouldn't, not because I hated it but because I never felt like an angel.

And another reason was because my Mama named me after a Princess who became a queen, and because of that all the students at my previous school] made fun of me.

Spoiler alert, we lived in a trailer park and in no way I was a princess.

She grabbed a few clothes and went to arrange them in the big wooden cupboard near the window.

When she turned around, she came straight to me and crouched down.

My mother had hair like mine, silver with the hint of pink and our eyes were the same too, big and blue.

She took my small] hands in hers, her hands were rough from all the work she does.

"You know we couldn’t live there anymore, don't you?"

head, because I

big bad men wanted my father and

alcohol that smelled very bad.I said so to my Mama, "But, Mama, they only

fingers, her smile affectionate as she said, "But what if they did.I love you so much, my sweet angel, I'd never let anyone

lips and cupped her

him to hurt

She ruffled my hair.

that.He’s your father and he promised that he'd do

but my Mama seemed to believe him so I didn’t say

is a very good school, sweet angel, you will get to study here and then one

I nodded.

"Yes, Marna."

opened behind us and we both turned around to see

scary forests, and one such forest was outside our little cottage that was assigned to us, surrounding the estate

an attempt to give me a better education and to bring a resemblance of control to our lives, most importantly to run away from my father’s debts, my Mama had taken a job as a housekeeper for the Aaron’s,

I wondered not for the hundredth time why Mama had to

same as the boys who had bullied me

said, "Mrs Huxley, Mom is asking for you.She said you can come whenever you are done settling

the

check it now.What if she has something

with that she was gone, leaving me alone with