5 The Necklace

"Give it back to me!" I grabbed her hand that was holding my necklace, but she raised it and slapped me again. This time she was so strong that I was slapped to the ground. The muddy water splashed on my body, and I had no time to care about my only clothes, only feel a pain in the neck.

My necklace! The last thing my mother left me!

"I thought it was something great, just a pearl necklace with a silver chain through it," said Bernice disdainfully. She squatted in front of me and looked at me playfully as I fell to the ground and covered in mud. She fingered the pearls, and her eyes glowed maliciously.

"That's what my mother left me! You don't deserve to touch it!" I couldn't control my anger, but a deeper helplessness swept over me, and my body began to tremble with the pain of my soul. I hated myself so much for being too weak and unable to shift. It not only made me lose my father's love, but also made me unable to protect my mother's belongings.