His Cinderella

The engagement party

The engagement party

A week later, the prince threw a special banquet for their engagement. It was a fairy tale affair that was dignified by the presence of all the royal family and friends. And the community was there to honor the prince and future princess as they would embark on a new journey as a matrimonial couple. Other royal couples from the surrounding towns brought them expensive gifts and showered them with their blessings. It was a merry affair and all the girls of the village were envious of Mary, but they congratulated her at the same time.

Everyone was in a jovial mood and the festivities went on as if it was the day the prince was put on the throne. The prince and his future wife were the center of attention. They wore new outfits that were specifically designed for them by the royal fashion designer. Mary wore a sophisticated gown with an embroidery of expensive stones. Her hair and makeup were done by a professional beautician who was hired specially for her by the prince. She was starting to live the life of royalty now. After her new look was done, she looked like Cinderella after her fairy grandmother had touched her. Her wicked stepmother and sisters were there to witness Mary’s perfect day. They wished they had treated her differently now that she was going to be the royal princess.

After the party, everyone went home and Mary had to go back to her wicked family. Her stepmom went to her with a fake smile to congratulate her. She hugged and kissed her. And they went home. When they arrived home, the situation was tense and there was a bit of awkwardness. Everyone just went to their room without saying much, but Mary could see that everyone was not pleased at all. She went to her room and changed her party outfit.

The following morning, her stepmom” woke up early in the morning to prepare a nice breakfast for her. She did that with the claim that she was spoiling her, after the tiring celebration of the engagement party. She prepared Mary’s favorite toasted bread with cheese, tomato and avocado. She put everything nicely on the tray and poured hot milk with honey. She woke her up and asked her to eat before the food got cold.

Mary remembered the dream she had the previous night. It was almost the same dream as she had seeing her parents giving her to her man, but this time they told her not to eat the food that her stepmother would give her. Then she woke up to her stepmom bringing her food in a tray. She remembered seeing the tray in her dream. She excused herself to go to the bathroom. When she came back from the bathroom, her stepmom was in the garden watering her seedlings. Mary took the tray quickly to the kitchen. She hid it inside the kitchen cupboard. She went back to her room to make her bed. She took a bath and then cleaned the house.

One of her step-sisters came back from the nightclub. She went straight to the kitchen cupboard and opened it to get something to eat. There she saw the food on the tray. She opened it and took a few good helpings before her mom came in from the garden. Her mother looked at her with an anxious look. She asked her about the food she was eating. She told her mother that the food was in the cupboard. Her mother took a stride to Mary’s room and asked if she had finished eating her breakfast. Mary nodded nervously and her stepmom sighed deeply and left the room. When she got to the kitchen, her daughter had already finished eating. The daughter went straight to her room to take a nap.

As the day went on, Mary’s stepmother noticed that her daughter had not been woken since that morning. It was already in the evening. She opened her daughter’s room and woke her up. Her daughter did not respond. Instead, her whole body was stiff and could not move when she tried to shake her. At first, she thought it was because she was heavily intoxicated when she arrived in the morning. She called her name, but there was no response. Something was not right and she could sense it. Her daughter’s eyes were wide open while she was asleep. She felt her pulse and tried to get her up, but still there was no response.

Mary was disturbed by a loud scream from her stepmother’s room while she was preparing for supper. She rushed to the room to find her stepmom holding her daughter who was not moving even a bit. Her stepmom held her daughter’s lifeless body with tears streaming down her face. The wicked woman had already figured out what had happened. She knew that her daughter ate the food she specifically prepared for Mary.

Mary was confused and did not know what to do. She helped her stepmom to lift the body of her daughter, but she pushed her away. Mary was crying and did not know what to do. They called an ambulance, and it was confirmed that it was already late. The young girl died of suffocation and her heart stopped beating while she was asleep. Her mother cried bitterly, realizing that she had killed her daughter with her wicked schemes. The sun set at noon and the wicked woman was getting the taste of her own medicine. She was sobbing helplessly while holding her deceased daughter in a tight embrace. At that particular point, life was not making any sense. How could she possibly forgive herself for what he had done, she thought to herself. Her wicked schemes were catching up with her. The neighbors came to console her, but she was inconsolable. The hatred she had for Mary was worse than before. She wished she could grab and strangle her to death.