Heart Bound

It was a regular workday for Marianna. She was working as a housemaid of a wealthy family. Her children abandoned her which made her go to work again at the age of 58. She was lucky to find a good family like this where they treated her so well. She left to work at 7 am and returned home after dinner after 10 pm. That day was not any different from her regular working schedule except it was raining cats and dogs and there was no transport. She decided to walk home as her home was only a 30-minute walk from here. She generally takes a shared ride due to her age but sometimes she also likes to walk. While walking past a dark alley, she suddenly heard the crying of a child. She paused for a moment but could not find anything. She thought that she might have made a mistake. But as soon as she intended to leave, she heard that cry again. She switched on her flashlight to see inside the alley but found no one except an abandoned dustbin. She went closer to the bin and found a black bag from which the cry was coming. She got restless and immediately opened the bag where she found a pearl white baby girl. Immediately her motherly instinct worked and she picked up the child from the bag and found a locket which was a dragon pendant and in the middle of it an orangy-red stone was embedded. She also took it with her but did not notice the glow of the stone whenever it touched the little girl. 17-Years Later.... .... Marianna Grey came home early today as the Black's were going out for dinner today. So, the old woman went to the grocery shop and bought some dishes for her Emily. She decided to cook all her favorite dishes as the girl is always after her studies but when she returned home she found the house door unlocked and everything was too dark to see anyone or anything. Her heart sank. She quickly walked towards her house and entered. She called, "Emily, my dear, where are you?", panic started to rise in her heart, she does not have anyone besides this little girl. She was on the verge of crying when all of a sudden the room lit up with like thousands of lights and she heard a scream of lots of people saying "Happy birthday, mother Maryy". Marianna was dumbfounded and she found Emily in the middle of everyone with a beautiful cake and the Black family was also here celebrate. Mr. and Mrs. Black said, "Happy Birthday, Aunt Mary." Marianna was surprised and said, "Thank you, sir and madam"  Mrs. Black smiled and said, "Please aunt Mary don't thank us, it was the least we could do. In fact, it was Emily who planned all these things.You have such a sweet grand-daughter." Marianna became emotional and looked at Emily with tears in eyes. It was her 75th birthday and that wicked girl just gave her a heart attack.  She hugged Emily and Emily wished her," Happy Platinum jubilee beautiful." Marianna hugged her and said with a smile, "You naughty girl, when did you plan all this?", Emily was smiling and said, "You can ask all the questions later but it's time to cut that beautiful cake because I'm dying to taste it. So, come on sexy let's celebrate." They were so happy that night but what they did not know that this happiness was way too much for the future....