**Chapter Three**
**3**
**Years Later**
**Maraian's POV**
Life in the mansion was so hard. I did everything as if we didn't have maids and other staff in the mansion. My aunt had refused to enroll me in a school, saying it was just a waste of precious money. But I managed to learn by engaging myself in some online classes, though it was very tough. I barely ate, and with any little mistake I made, my aunt would insult me and beat me mercilessly. I had to cater for myself because no one cared about me.
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It was a sunny weekend that day. I was very busy with my chores, minding my business as I always did. I mostly finished my chores in the evening. It would be around 7 or 8 when I would finish my chores, then I would eat around 9 or 8. Dad's friend, who was a lawyer, would come check up on me once in a while. He would act as if he cared about me, but he was corrupt. My father trusted him very much; that was just his nature, I thought. He was also being monitored; that's why he acted like that sometimes. I had seen him collecting money from my aunt. Then I realized that it was a grave mistake to believe that he would help set me free.
It made me lose trust in him and help myself instead. After what felt like forever, he left, and then the drama began. If my aunt paid him, then what was the essence of letting him act all holy and stuff? "Mommy, why did you let this filthy trash act like a queen?" Valeria shouted. "Sorry, baby, say anything you want; I will give it to you," said my aunt. "I didn't know my aunt had this soft side," hmmmm. "I want to host a party, and she will do everything for me," said Valeria. "Okay, baby," my aunt said. "Hey you rag, you heard my daughter? Go to her room and do as she says." "Okay, ma'am." "Thank you, ma'am," I said. "Just leave, idiot." When I entered her room, which was supposed to be mine, she said, "Hey, asshole, get that dirty Halloween costume and wear it fast." "Yes, ma'am, thank you, ma'am." The dress was kind of like a blue teacup which had been bleached.
It had a terrible smell and was very heavy. I increased my grip on it, but it still fell down. "How dare you drop my old costume, you rag?" Valeria said. I tried to pick it up, but she stepped on it, and when I tried to pull it, it tore. "For real? Is that how you are, Mommy?" "Mommy!!!!" she yelled for her stupid mom. "Oh my God, how dare you drop it? You were supposed to be the laughing stock of the party. Now face the consequences, Butler Alexxx."
"Yes, ma'am, how may I serve you?" "I'm sorry, ma'am; it's just torn. I'm sorry, please don't do this to me, please." I knelt and cried for forgiveness, but it all fell on deaf ears. The butler then dragged me out of the room and brought me down where the party was being held. Then Valeria took a sheet of paper and wrote "liquid bin." She hung it around my neck and made me kneel in salt. When the party started, anyone who saw her would laugh at her, then take a picture of her, post it, and let her see her own picture. "Pathetic," she would say when it was getting to 1 PM. Then they would start to count from 60 to 0 and wait until it was 1 PM, then start to leave one by one. Aunt told me to prepare lemon water for Valeria to cool her hangover in the morning and said I should not leave the place until the whole house was clean and spotless. When I stood up, I felt pain in my knees, waist, and head.
I managed to stand up again but fell hard again. I took all the trash, swept, and scrubbed the top floor to the main door of the mansion. My aunt didn't like it when I used a mop or any machine, always saying, "The hands can do it all." I finished around 6:40, then took a very quick bath, although I felt pain throughout my whole body; I hurried. I did all the necessary bandaging, went to the kitchen, cooked, and cleaned the kitchen, while the maid's job was to serve the food.
It was 7 AM when I was done. I wanted to sleep, so I sat on the chair and fell asleep instantly. I was so lost in my sleep that I even forgot to serve Valeria her lemon water. I then felt water rush into my ear. I woke up suddenly, tripped, and fell. I saw an angry Valeria, looking very furious. I immediately remembered the lemon water. Valeria grabbed my hand and dragged me down and outside the room. The staff felt sorry for me but couldn't say anything about it as they didn't want to lose their jobs.
When we reached the center of the mansion, Valeria then plucked some cactus and told Maraian to open her hands.
I did as she said, then she placed the cactus in my hand, and blood started to rush down from my hand onto my bandaged wound. My aunt came and saw it, and there she was, happy. Now Valeria wasn't there to help her as he had moved, and she had tried to get access to someone to help her, but still no avail. And she still had not started school, so yeah. Valeria made her get up around one in the morning.
I then collapsed after getting up just a few hours ago. After my dad's friend came to visit me and saw the way I was being treated, he took me to his mansion and decided to take care of me. He had three sons who were in Canada, but he stayed in the USA with his wife; they weren't on good terms as he was a cheat.
**Author's Note**
Guys, I hope you are liking this novel. Kindly comment, like, and vote for me if you enjoy this novel. Thanks, my lovely readers. I'm so sorry, guys, but I noticed a very big error when I was at chapter fifteen. The main character's name is supposed to be Maraian, not Marian.
I'm so sorry. Kindly comment, like, and vote for me if you like this novel. Thanks, my lovely readers. I'm so sorry, guys, but I noticed a very big error when I was at chapter fifteen. The main character's name is supposed to be Maraian, not Marian.
I'm so sorry.