A girl named Anna was pampered by her family since she was a child. Her parents and her siblings love her and adores her very much.
She being treated that way, everyone know it's because she is the only princess in the house.
She thought the favour will always be by her side and will lasting until the day she died but she was wrong.
As she grow older, she started to behave arrogantly towards the peoples she dislike and the servants under her.
She always scold them over the tiniest mistake they make. They never once be pitied by her.
For the ways she speak her words to others, not even once a pleasant words come out from her mouth. In another words, she never once watch for what she say.
And the day that change her fate come. Her parents brought back a girl at the same age of her to their house.
Her cloths look shabby and dirty that make her eyes can't stand to watch them longer.
They said the girl was picked from the slum but when they look at the adorable face of her, they ignore the fact.
After days past, she started to notice something. Something about her parents and the siblings that start avoiding her and how they always smile towards the girl they brought in.
After just a few days, she win them over and even become parts of the family.
" Ah I think I've lost to her". The thought cross in her mind as the days past and become a week and the weeks past to become a month and it eventually become years.
Now she realize that, they are no longer adores her and how she completely lost their favours before she even started to compete for it.
As she started to notice that, the servant that serves her started to decrease little by little. After few days past, she eventually on her own.
She needs to prepare herself on her own and doing the chores by herself. Not even a maid come to give her a hand, helping her and give her some courage.
A few days after all of belonging completely vanished from her very own eyes, she went outside to release of the boredom she feel.
She has been in her room all the time after realizing the fact about her family. She afraid to go outside as she scared of being cast aside by them.
She went to walk at the garden after wondering about where should she go. She don't want to face her family and most of it, she don't want to see the girl smile happily with her family.
But while walking at the garden all alone, she surprise to see her family sits under the tree. They seem to be having a picnic there.
And what more the girl is not there and that time she was really happy. With the cloud nine in her heart, she takes the first step to there.
Unfortunately before she started to make her second steps, she body freeze instantly.
She saw the girl running with a happy face towards them. And not only that, she also shocked with the fact that her family also welcome her with a smile of joy around her.
Her heart felt hurt at the very moment from the sight. But even if she felt like that, there is nothing much she can do on her own.
Her family is no longer concern themselves with the existence of her in the house.
Not have the strength to run, she then observe them from afar. They looked happy and full of smile.
She looked at the girl. She looked polite, kind hearted and what more she's much more obedient from her.
" Ha, is that why you ignores me and like her?" She question them even thought they can't hear her.
Her heart throb with the big change in her family. Not have much courage to see them longer, she turns her back.
She started to runs back to her room. As she runs faster and not looking at where she is going, she accidently hit on a person.
" I'm sorry". She apologized and without looking at the face, she runs on her way.
" What wrong with that girl? Why did she's crying?" Michael question her while looking at the her from behind.
He ignored them as he continue his walked and arrived at the picnic spot they tell him.
He greet the elders with politeness and say hello to his buddys.
The young masters of the house is his friends. They always have a sit somewhere and talking with each other.
" Hello Brother Michael". Milly greet him shy. She had fallen in love with him since the first time they meet and greet each other.
" Hello Milly. It's great to see you here". And of course it's one sided love from Milly.
Michael always ignores her whenever she start talking to him. He not really like to stay close with a woman especially when they tried to flirt with him.
" On the way here, I met with a young lady? Who is she?" Michael looked them at the face when he asked the question.
Peoples know for the meaning of the gaze and it absolutely not something that they can ignores.
' Don't lie to me'. That how they describe Michael when he looked at them by their face.
People who not know him may be think that he is a gentle person but when the other party know how he exactly is they will start to be wary of him.
Not even a person have the guts to confront him when he asked a question and they also not much people who dares to tell lie when around him.
To him, even if they're a close friend of him, that does not give them the permission to tell lies to him.
He'll never spare anyone who try to lie.
" She is just a nobody. She is staying here just for a while. After a few days she will be continue her travel".
The first young master of the house gather his courage to tell some lies. He understand the consequences by doing so but he not really care by that for now.
Then they started to their conversation back and because of the bright sun shines to his face makes him to look at the other way.
He diverted his view and look at the blue sky covered with the white cloud.
When he was about to look back at his friend, his eyes caught a sight of a girl sitting on the window. She sat there playing with her hair and looking at the same blue sky as he just did.
" She is beautiful". He compliment her beauty from a far. Looking at her a few moment make his heart at ease. But then the young lady close up the window as she going back inside.
" When is your departure Michael?" The second young master tried to divert Michael eyes from looking at the room of his forgotten sister.
" It's in two days from now". He answer it with no interest. He not really like to talk about himself with other people when his family not even meddle with his life.
He stand up for leaving. His legs has become numb after sitting for too long on the ground. He then excuse himself as the time he spent there were quite long than the time he spent with his family.
" Lets me send you out Brother Michael". Milly tried to snatch the opportunity to be with Michel. But the answer of course always be disappointed.
" It's okay. I can find my own way out". He rejected her. Thought it sound gentle, everyone knows he is disgust with that.
A few hours after Michael left the mansion the night fall. After a while, Anna then being summon by the head of the house in other words, her father, Earl Hanley.
Thought she felt uneasy with the sudden summon, she still feel a little happy since its have been a while since her father willing to called for her like that.
Even the reason is unknown by her, she still can't helps but try her best to dress up herself beautifully. It's of course because she is expecting her father to love her once again like how they used to be before.
There is not even a single of maids there as she walked down the stairs. As she was about to arrive, she quickly walk to the living room.
How happy her heart when her father was waiting for her arrival. He together with the other family member were all there but someone who is not even have the blood of Earl family also there.
As she saw her, the smile carved before have faded and her face become gloomy. To add for the shock, her head drop to the floor.
The very instant the image of the girl comes to her eyes, she felt like everything she had be doing before has become useless to the very end.
With the girl presence so strong, make her felt like she have lose completely. And what make Anna heart throbbing to the fullest was when her mom by the stranger, patting her head and calming her down.
" Anna!" She flinched by the furious voice calling her name. She looked for the one who called her name and her father angry face meet her eyes.
He looked like he will break his madness at anytime if she were to make any other mistake.
Anna who just arrived and for some unknown reason at that, can't seems to opened her mouth to answer her father.
" I heard you come out of your room this evening. Why did you did that?" He asked his very own daughter for a reason to walk around her own house with the cold voice of his.
" I just feel bored so I decided to come out". She answer while her body shivering from the fears she feel in her body.
The mistake they mentioned just now not even written in the rules at the house but because of something never once exist she will might being punished.
" You did know that every mistake come with a consequence right?" As the head of house, he asked his very own daughter for an answer..
When he ask the question, Anna can clearly see there is no more love to her in her father eyes. She come to a thinking that she is no longer one of the family in their eyes.
" Y-Yes master". She felt the man standing in front of her are no longer the father she used to know thus she decided to not utter the word father anymore. She also do not have much confident left to call him so.
How her heart hurt when she take a glimpse to the other of her family member, they also have the same eyes with her father. There are no love exist for her in their eyes.
She looked at Milly, now that she see how she cry to heart content, she comes to a speculation.
Milly cried because of Michael. How he ignored her as he always do to all the young girl that try to come close to him. Then they put the blame on her just because she accidently met with him once while she at the garden.
" Go outside. You'll be staying there until the butler open the door for you".
The punishment come out from his mouth at last. He not even batting his eyes when he announce the punishment given to her.
And from there she also got to see the unconcern attitude her family have toward her.
" I accept the punishment given". She answer with a heavy heart. That was the first time she be given a punishment.
She went outside despite her heavy legs. Well, she really not expect them to welcome her in a warming way but even so she still can't turn her back to them. She still loved them.
In the cold and freezing night, she stand there alone. Because of not having enough strength, her legs giving out and she fall to the cold floor.
She snooze when they wind blown toward her and morning come. The door opened by the butler make her happy for a little.
Her punishment over, then she quickly run to her bedroom. Her warm bed and warm water is waiting for her.
But before she could even reach her bedroom, her legs became weakend as the times past. When she reached it, she collapsed at the very moment.
Thought the door was opened and make enough space for them to see what happened in there, not even one person came and worried about her.
When she woke up from her faint, she still lying on the floor. Her eyes no longer can hold the tears. They drip like a raining day.
She sobbing and continue till she felt tired of it but still there no one coming to company her and ease her sorrow.
She moved to her bed and sleep through the day until the night comes. She woke up from her deep sleep but as someone who had a fever but not receiving any treatment make her body weak enough even to lift a finger.
The treatment is one thing and for her who is sick enough not eating something made her conditions miserable than the people at the street. She's starving to the point of dying.
She stared blankly at the empty space. There is nothing much for her to see that can be to cheer up. And without much expectation for them to visit her, she tried to stand on her own.
She stood with the support of the lamp table beside the bed. She then reach the leftovers bread from yesterday to full her starving stomachs. She eat them with rush like someone going to steal the breads away from her.
But even after eating two breads, she still could not fill his empty stomach. Her stomach growl wanting to be full with food but there is none left for her to eat even her stomach carving for some more.
She sat there for a few moments thinking about the unknown future of her if she were to continue living with the people that does not wanting her anymore. Her life could be miserable than this and she might die because of starvation.
She walked to the window. She opened them as she always did whenever she feel stress or when she's thinking about something serious. The windows then she opened them. She sits in them, watching the night sky without the stars shining on it. It look dark as her world now.
" I'll walk out of this house like you wanted me too. But this is still not the right time". She said it to herself. She now determined to set her foot out the mansion. Well even thought they never once said that they wanted her leave the house, she knows that they truly want her to do at this moment.
She closed the window at they breeze make her shiver to the her bone. She went out of her room to look for something valuable but it's seem they rid everything for good. They leave nothing for her to bring out with her.
She walked back to the room and there is also nothing valuable but an empty room with the dust pile up. The room also can't provide her with something. She sighed with the situation her in now. Never once she though that a single girl from unknown backgrounds would come and snatched everything from her.
Even it's not the time to left yet, she pack up some dress for her to run away at anytime.
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