Chapter 7

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I could see the tall buildings, overshadowing our small town that was seemingly invisible to the citizens of Rupert City. We were just trash to them, nothing but a bunch of pathetic, drug addicted, thieves. In fact, I'm not even sure they acknowledged our existence, considering they'd always buy off the land where families who could barely even get by lived in for their million dollar infrastructure's. I let out a quiet thank you to the kind bus driver before walking out, ignoring the immediate stares I get. The bus to Rupert City from my town was always empty by the time it arrived there. So, whenever our towns old, worn down buses would pull over at the bus stop, no one expected anyone like us to walk out into their beloved city. But, I didn't care enough about their judging stares right now. All I cared about was the golden card held tightly in my hand that would lead me to freedom. I start my walk towards the Salvatore estate, which would take 35 minutes. I could already feel my legs start to get sore. I wasn't out of shape, but my body had been injured so many times that normal activities became painful. To ignore the burning pain in my body I try to focus on my surroundings, the bright flowers, the bustling streets filled with only the wealthiest. I feel my heart strain at a man, at least in his 60's, being scolded by his boss, who looked 30 years younger then him. The old man's face looked empty as he took the harsh words in, as if he's been used to it his entire life. I wanted to help him, I wanted to scream at his boss to leave him alone but I couldn't, I was worth nothing compared to him. I turn my head, fighting everything in me to not do anything. Even though my body was nearly collapsing, I still wanted to use my last bit of strength on him, but I don't. I'd lose. I always lose. My breaths are all over the place as I finally make it. I don't even get to look at the house as I try to focus on relaxing my body from the painful walk I'd just had to endure. When I gaze up, I feel my eyes that were squinting from the bright sun widen at the sight. Out of all the mansions I'd seen on the walk, I'd never seen one anywhere close to the size of the Salvatore Estate. To say it was big would be an understatement, the place was a castle, if anything, blocked by a large steel gate. I could only wonder why they needed that much room, how big was their family? Surely they wouldn't need that much space, it could fit an entire city. I slowly make my way over to the gate that towered over me. I probably looked like an ant standing next to it. I purse my lips together, before slowly pushing a gold button that I figured to be where the gate attendant would answer. No one answers, so I move to push my finger on the button again but get startled at the voice that suddenly sounds from the speaker.
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