Chapter 8 of chapter 1 found her

"Don't you think the day is getting dark and your mother haven't come back yet?" The boy with blue sparkling eyes asked, looked at the pale girl who was quiet after some while now. She had remains mute for sometime now that worries the boy. He didn't like the way she stayed quiet staring at the ground before her 

"What do you think?" She asked, eyes not leaving the ground. 

"Thinks about what?" 

"About us the white, what do you black think?" This time her eyes were staring at him , waiting to hear his answer. For him, what he had seen and heard about the white treating them as nothing but slave. He hate them, for what they've done to him and his mother over the years. And despite all these, his mother still believe the white have good heart, he never believe his mother words and consider maybe she was blind that something good would come out of the white until he had to meet some kind white whose offered them help to survived in this wicked world. 

He takes in a deep breath before answered to her questions. "I think we all have our different option about each other that makes us hates each other with so much passion" 

"Did that means you hate me? Because for me to say the truth I don't love black, my teacher told us you people are evil" 

"Then what do you think about me? Evil?" 

She turned away her gaze and said. "No, but different, you seem nice than I expected. Maybe you're not that bad after all but I can't say about your types too" 

She's truly well on that in fact Matthew was please by that word. She can't smiply trust all black because one was nice to her and same goes for him. He smiled and looked at the girl. 

"That's truth I support you on that, it true that some of us are anger at the white for what they've done to us black. Some of us were left homeless, motherless and fatherless due to the kind treatment we received from white but my mother says. No matter how evil a man heart is, he can change and that I believe she might being telling the truth. Like some minutes ago you were harsh to me with no reason that's the misunderstanding about us, if we get to know each other before we judge, black and white will come to understand each other. What do you think?" He asked with a twisted smile on his lips as he stared tenderly at the white girl bending down beside him with legs clapped to each other. 

"I think that will be  good and lovely" she answered with a smile.  Keeps silent for some time before she continues. 

"Can I tell you something?"  The boy turned his gaze from the ground to her. He stared confusedly at her, what she's going to asked by that makes her look so moody. 

"You know I don't have any friends back home. They're all rude and arrogant" 

Just like you. Matthew thought. "Why?" He found it interesting since she wasn't bothering about her mother coming back or nor. 

"They always seem themselves being prefect and I'm not. They're good in everything"

"Everything like?" 

"Good dresses, good hair, good manner and good parents" 

"Good parents? Aren't your parents good?" The little bit asked showing more consign about what the girl was saying. Why would she say good parents. Aren't her parents good to her enough? For them the black, they believe the white lives happier with their family despite the bad treatment they give to them.

"My parents always..." She paused, shut her eyes. It was hard to speak out but she needs someone to talk to. The black boy seem available to listen to her besides she had no friends to talked to about her feelings but she felt comfortable with the stranger besides her. 

"If you don't want to talk about it? You can leave it. It's not necessary to speak about things you're not ready to talked about" 

"Are you the one who came uno with that statement?" 

"No, my mother, she's come up with statement filled with wisdom" 

"Ohh" she nods. His mother might be a good mother to giving his son encourage words. She thought. She looks up and saw the night had clouded the sky..it already dark and her mother haven't come back for her. She never wants to worried about it either be bother about her current conditions. Maybe her mother had decided to run away and adanboned her in the street alone to suffer for all she had be through..

"It late, aren't you going back home?" She asked,  "No not yet" 

"Why?" 

"I can't leave you all by yourself here. I had to wait until your mother comes back" 

Little Elsie was stunned with the boy act. He never knows anything about her but yet he decided to stay with her.  "Don't you have a home or are you homeless?" 

The boy laughed. " No I'm not. I lived down the road in a little hut. That's the shelter the kind white people provide for us" 

"Oh I see, what about your father and mother? Would they be worried that their son isn't back?" 

"Hmm, on second thought I forget to tell you that I don't have a father and only a mother" 

She felt pity for the boy and said "do you lose your  father?" 

"No, mother said he was a white man who have his way with her"

"A white man?" 

"Yes, a white man" That's explained his blue sparkling eyes. He looks too cute with it.  She sighed and wants to speak but the boy cut her short. " Look" he said suddenly, seizing the words for the girl mouth. 

"The sky is beautiful, see the Stars are shining so bright today"  It draws the girl attention to the sky. It's was clearly the boy wasn't going to talked about his white father he claimed. 

Elsie looks up the sky. For the first time in her life she felt how beautiful the sky is. She smiled.

"It's indeed beautiful" 

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Mrs. Brett's was looking a everywhere she went to with the police man. Checking and asking every shop owner if they have see a little girl wearing a reddish gown with a fine hat tied around her head. 

But none give the responsible answer they're looking for. Mrs. Brett never give up even when the police man had told her to go home and rest they'll resume the next since the day is getting darker but Mrs. Brett never agreed, she can't leave with her daughter if not her parents should be expecting her corpse because that devil she had as a husband will surely killed her. 

"Please Sir, let us check the street if I didn't see her than you can go back" 

"Okay madam, anything you say" the man agreed and followed her while she lead the way. It have be hours looking for the girl and no response view of her yet. They were even exhausted of walking but the lady never shows any signs of tiredness as she keeps on walking. 

Down the street in the dark corner, along the busy street filled with people passing by. Seated the two little kids looking up the sky. 

"It's indeed beautiful " the boy exclaimed.

"Hmm, do you love the stars?" 

"Of course I do, I watched them every night" 

"Really?" She asked surprisingly, how would someone watch the sky every night. It's that insane? She thought while looking at the sky with him. 

"You can draws any angel you like just pictures it with the Stars" 

"Any shape?" 

"Sure girl. See, I just draw a triangle shaped" 

"Triangle shape? How?" Elsie was new with all the stars stuff. She wasn't used to any of them and she had never looked up the stars to admire the beauty of the night.  Since she's trying to learn how to be a decent lady to fixed in the society. 

That's one of the responsibility of a woman. Be decent and get married that all her father tell her. And he blames her mother for not giving birth to male who would take over his heritage. 

"Can I try too?" 

"Of course, all you have to do, picture the shape you want and pick the stars to bring your pictures to life" 

In the middle of the children playing and laughing to get the best picture of the stars. Mrs Brett eyes fell on her missing daughter. Sitting in the dark corner with unknown child. 

"My Elsie!" Her mother voice echoed in the distance where's she was sitting. 

"Mother" she called surprisedly butbwas happy that she came back for her. The girl and embraced her mother tightly like she's going to runs away. 

"Thank God, we found her" 

"Who are you sitting with in the dark" comes immediate question from the woman who staresa at the spot her daughter get up from. 

"A friend mother" 

"A friend?" 

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