“Mama, come see my friend” a little girl was seen dragging a giggling young Sarah across the hall
“Sophie, would you stop that do you know who this is” Rose scolded her daughter for her attitude making the little girl shrink in and hold Sarah’s leg tight “Sorry young miss, forgive her attitude,” she said as she bowed but Sarah began to laugh “hahaha, there is no need to be polite Rose, I don’t like too many formalities,” Rose said as she placed a hand on the should of the bent over maid making her raise her head and get up, “you know what Rose why don’t I keep her company today while you face the work,” she said as Rose was dumbfounded “Hello, didn’t you hear a word of what I said,” Sarah said but Rose shook her head “No miss, it’s not that. I totally heard all that you said but it was just sudden. You can have her today I honestly don’t care anymore,” she said with a light scoff as she watched her daughter leave with another right before her eyes as she heard their fading conversation.
“Come on Sophie, how do you like the sound of shopping?” Sarah asked as they moved
“Yayyyy, Shopping,” the little girl said with massive glee as their voices faded from the background.
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“Young miss, young miss” Rose came running into the garden where Sarah was playing with her dog startling her as she fell making the dog catch up to her and begin to lick her making her giggle out loud:
“Hahaha, Snow stop it” she giggled as she eventually made the dog calm down not too long after giving her attention to Rose “Ah Rose it’s you”
“Yes miss,” she said with a slight bow;
“Where is Sophie, we are supposed to have a tea party later on”
“But, but miss,” she said as she held back her hands suspiciously and closed her eyes nervously as she struggled to speak, making the young girl try stretching her neck to see what she might be hiding “Uhm Rose, is everything alright”
“I am sorry miss but I can’t accept this” she blurted out as she brought out a cute teddy bear in a bag amongst other things and pointed it towards the young girl stunning her. Apparently, the previous day when they came back from shopping, Sophie showed her mother the whole things they bought, and all of them still had their price tags attached to them:
*Steiff Sailor Teddy Bear: $3166.85
*Enamel Porcelain Tea Set with Inner Sterling Silver: $2500.50
*Armani Wool Jacket: $1455.55
*Louise Vuitton Pair of Shoes: $3750.90
*iPhone 14 Pro Max: $1100.00
…
The list went on with various incomprehensibly expensive brands and their price tags as most seemed way out of their price, this made her face grow gloomy, as her monthly salary could be paid by any of the items present on the list. She couldn’t hold back herself as she wanted to leave to return them that instant but it was already late, so she decided to do so first thing in the morning.
“I am sorry miss, but this is too much for me to accept,” she asked puzzling the little girl,
“And why is that”
“Uhm, I would say the price but I don’t want to seem as though I am nagging any more than I am”
“Why’s that, they weren’t all that expensive though”
“…” Rose was stunned, too stunned to speak ‘did she just say they weren’t all that expensive’ was the thought that ran through her mind.
“I would have bought more but time ran out,” she said as she put her hands on her chin “Maybe if I had rented out rented out the whole shops on that block, I would have more time hmmm,” she thought aloud not even minding her guests who at this point had her jaws dropped to the point that it threatened to reach the floor.
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“Oh, never mind, I asked Daddy to increase your monthly salary and set up a bank account for you because when we dropped Sophie off I saw the run-down place you guys live in, yuck,” she said as she made a face of disgust, “here take this, I was intending to give you later today” she removed a gold card from her miniature purse resting peacefully on the bench. This shocked her as Rose never expected something like this;
“No friend of mine should be subjected to something like that,” she said with a shake of the head “The accountant told me that the amount of my monthly allowance should be okay, but I wanted more because it isn’t enough, he didn’t agree though, I wonder why,” she said as she trailed off in her thoughts again, “If I may ask how much is that,” Rose asked as she began more dumbfounded
“It isn’t all that much, just a little above 5 million…” This made Rose almost collapse, never in her life would she think of having such a sum but the rambling girl had done so much for her than any other person. Being a struggling single mom, she knew just how tough it was raising a daughter, so working with the Merez seemed like the best option as the pay was better than other jobs her portfolio could get her. This action made her kneel down as she hugged the girl with tears in her eyes as she whispered some words in her ears “Thank you very much, young miss, this servant would never forget.
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“RRRROOOOSSSSSEEEEE” Sarah screamed at the top of her voice as she watched Rose get dried up as she was being electrocuted, in anxiety, she went in to hold her as her emotions were all over the place making her lose a screw or two as she shouted, the current became stronger as Rose burnt away, any sign of life or flesh quickly dissipating as soon her skeleton was all that remained. All the commotion had begun attracting people as the sounds of approaching voices brought her out of shock as she stood there making her suddenly leap over 30 meters in the air to her window.
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“I killed her”
“I killed them”
“I’m a murderer”
She murmured continuously as her thoughts were in complete disarray.
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Deep in space on a space vessel as big as the moon that floated serenely in space, it wasn’t like the usual space vessel or anything you might know but it had a cube structure that was obsidian black all around it with different dark red lines running around it to form runes of various nature, as they glowed brightly intermittently. Inside the container was a life form of an odd representation as they had the body structure of earth's birds, with a big body with a pair of scaled tri-pronged feet, as their bodies were covered in ash cotton-like shin that seemed fluffy as they wore different pieces of clothing and with their neck long and with sharply pointed beaks. They were massive creatures as they moved around occasionally using their feathers the way humans would use their hands. Deep in the ship in the conference room, a long rectangular table was placed with twelve chairs, six on each side and a massive one at the head of the table. Currently, all seats were occupied as each occupant had an outfit indicating that of a high position, there was a very solemn expression amongst everyone present until the most decorated and imposing looking spoke out in a female voice to the others as she was done reading a holographic letter, waving her wing for the letter to disappear:
“Kahulur absres, aoejbf eji” she said as the faces of the others went sour as you could understand you would hear something along the lines of “The council calls”