Chapter 2 - A warning

The Next Day, My mother kept up with the gentle attitude, we woke up with a food on our table, so many and yet it made Niña wonder,

"Where did you get the money?"

Niña asked Penelope,

"Oh these are yours, so eat plenty and later we will be shopping for your clothes"

Said Penelope (Mom) avoiding Nina's question, while Niña just goes with the flow not wanting to annoy Penelope,

"Can I come too?"

I asked wanting to also buy fancy clothes and a doll,

Penelope looks at me and smiled happily saying,

"Oh yes we'll be buying yours soon too"

I pouted as I know they will not bring me along with their shopping, and I'll be left alone in the house.

We finished our breakfast, and Penelope called for Niña so that they could leave now,

"Remember pia to not open the door for strangers, unless it's me"

Niña told me to be careful and continued leaving the house with Penelope,

The day was normal and boring, it's pretty much about how I only waited for them to return home, and then the sun was starting to set.

"We're home, Pia!"

I heard my sister calling for me and I immediately ran towards the entrance,

"Sister! Welcome home"

I smiled at her welcoming her,

"You mustn't run like that, it's not good for a lady to be seen running like a beast in the wild!",

Penelope said,

"I-i'm sorry, I reacted too excitedly"

I apologized for not wanting to see our mother being angry again,

"A-ah we bought new clothes!"

Niña sets up the mood again and pulled me away from the entrance, we left heading towards our room,

"This here is your shoes, mother didn't want to buy one for you but I insisted on letting her buy one for you"

My sister smiles warmly giving me a shoe that is most likely to be a gift,

"Uh listen pia..."

Niña was hesitant,

"I will be leaving by tomorrow and I might not be able to get in contact, so I just want you to know that I won't be able to protect you now"

Niña was saying these things while tears from her eyes were slowly falling across her cheeks, her nose became so noticeably red, as to how her pale white skin always stood out with her darkish blue hair,

"But mother did promise that she will protect you for me, I do know that I still cannot trust mother as to how she treated us before, but I don't have anyone but you and her as my family",

Niña wanted to know if she is making the right decision,

"I need to trust her on this, and I will make sure to pray that you will be healthy"

My sister still believes in god, funny how in that situation many would think that God has abandoned them and will start to lose faith over time. yet my sister's thoughts were different was different, she loves honoring God, and would always share some words with the other children in our town.

"Yes I'm fine with it"

I smiled knowing that she will be leaving, I know that it was hard for her to make this decision and I also had to make a decision that will not hold her future back,

"Don't worry about me because I can take care of myself, you've taught me plenty of things"

I want my sister to see that I'm independent and that I can take care of everything, although I can't do it as well as her I shouldn't be selfish enough to make her stay in this house where we can't even eat any decent food.

"Thank you pia"

Niña hugged me right and cried, we slept next to each other as it will be the last day we will be having our bonding.

The next day, there were 6 knights and the carriage was the same as what the duke who came a day ago with,

However when the door opened the duke wasn't there but there was a different person,

"I greet the lady"

He bowed gently like a professional,

"I am Count Zachary Wilson, and I am an aide of Duke Montage. And I have come here to escort the lady as to what his highness ordered me"

He said brilliantly,

Now this man has a broad shoulder as if he can wield a sword and a book at the same time, he has a brown hazelnut eye with a black hair and a dark tan skin,

"Good morning Count Wilson, What an honor to meet you!"

Penelope continued complimenting the count as you can hear some greedy intent in every word hers,

"Madam back away, I 'm only here to escort the lady and I am sure you are aware of that"

The count said while glaring at her looking down on her soul,

Penelope was left frightened as she didn't want to make the count angry because she knows she will lose big time,

Meanwhile, Niña walked outside, and her hand was held to walk inside the carriage, I saw how nervous she was because of her gulping and he hobby of biting her lips, my sister is leaving and now I will be left alone in this house,

we had our farewells, smiling and crying at the same time,

I will make my sister proud and meet her again once we grow up, so she can see how I was able to get through the life I have to endure now.

As the carriage left, Pia and Penelope were left alone in their house, my mother hurriedly came in, and as I came in I saw her lying on the couch again while drinking,

"I guess it was just an act"

I said while whispering.

The next day,

I left home asking for a penny on the street, as I saw a man with a robe I approached him asking for a penny,

"Can I have a penny, please? I need to feed my siblings they are starving at home"

Whenever we are asking for money from strangers, we would build up a lie that is so tearjerking and will make people wanna pity us, and they will end up giving us a lot of coins,

People who wear robes are often travelers nobles, assassins, or a criminal. You'll get lucky if you were to get travelers and a noble, they give coins often but sometimes nobles will push you away if you are too dirty, if you get an assassin or a criminal it will sometimes not end up good or you will just be ignored,

The person wearing a robe stopped and looks at me, I couldn't see his face as in how the robe, the only thing I can see was a long dark black hair, he started to take my bangs off in front of my right eyes,

"What a treasure, you should be more careful kid, I know every noble that will fancy eyes like that",

I didn't get what he meant about my eyes, he gave me three silver coins and left,

I didn't know that those words were a warning that will come true.