We drove for hours, I looked blankly out of the window, feeling a bit of pain in my left arm, it ached if anything, My aunt and I talked in the back of the car, as her driver drove us back to her Home.
I didn't really know where to put myself, what to do with myself, I felt uncomfortable, something didn't feel right, it was uneasy.
" Camari, you've been through such a tragedy, but don't worry, your life is about to get better, you're going to work for me." I quickly tore my eyes from the window I was gazzing out of. "Work for you Aunt Linda?"
"Camari, You will now refer to me as mother"... She said, with a slight nastiness in her tone.
I didn't know what to do with myself, why on earth did she want me to call her mother? " But Aunt" *SLAP* "HOW DARE YOU, THE AUDACITY, THE SHEER DISRESPECT" I grabbed a hold of my cheek, she just slapped me, she actually just hit me. I could feel the heat coming from my cheek, my cheek stung like hell.
"What is my name?" Her sly, snakey voice said with a sort of hiss.
"Mother?" I asked.
"Are you asking me or telling me? You little peasant child" she replied, her voice was clear now, it was evil, the angelic tone was lost, her tone was sharp and aggressive.
" I am telling you, your name is mother" I said trying to sound confident.
"Listen to me now, pup! You are to wake up, make my breakfast, go to school, come back, make my Dinner and supper, you will clean up after each meal and you will not go wandering like YOU own this place! You will sleep in the attic, you DO NOT talk to my staff unless they talk to you first. You are not to come home one minute after three!! Do you UNDERSTAND?".
" Yes, yes I understand mother".
"Good, child, because we are here.
I have no idea what just happened. Is this, is this my punishment for not dying with my parents? Why would the moon Goddess do this to me? I knew my Aunt was bad news, my mother had fairly few nice words to say about her. My mind was wandering, what would become of me? Terrible things were rushing through my mind. Would my life be misery from now on? Why did my Aunt trick me? She was so kind at the hospital, loving even. So what's suddenly changed?
Did I do something wrong?
Is there a reason for her to be like this?
Was I disrespectful? I can't imagine anyone raging like that for no reason?
I'll try to be nicer, I thought to myself, do my best at everything she asks of me, that should get me in her goodbooks.