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?"

I didn’t know.I didn't

my father and for all I cared they

smelled very bad.I said so

squeezed my fingers, her smile affectionate as she said, "But what if they did.I love you so much, my sweet angel, I'd

my lips

hurt you anymore.We should’ve

She ruffled my hair.

and he promised

promised that all the time, but my Mama seemed

school.This is a very good school, sweet angel, you will get to study

I nodded.

"Yes, Marna."

then the door opened behind us and we both turned around to see a

with its own scenic beauty and scary forests, and one such forest was outside our little cottage that was assigned to us, surrounding the

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

me, I wondered not for the hundredth time why Mama had

the same as the boys

say something cruel and was surprised when he stepped inside and said, "Mrs Huxley, Mom is asking

Mama beamed at the boy and walked to

I should just check it now.What if she has something

that she was gone, leaving