PAST VS PRESENT
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Once upon a time there lived a kind and beautiful girl named Cinderella, everyone loved her except her step mother as she was jealous of Cinderella's beauty and charm." Mommy said . It's my story time and Mommy was telling me about Cinderella my favorite Disney princess we are in my room she has tucked me inside my favorite pink comforter which my granny gifted me when before she passed away. Mommy is sitting on it with my head in her lap her, one hand stroking my long brown locks and the other holding my story book. The air is cold as Christmas is just aroud the corner but the atmosphere is peaceful and cozy inside my room with my mini fireplace spreading heat in each and every corner of my big purple room. This is my heaven in my house, my room the place where I feel like queen in her kingdom peaceful and at calm" Cinderella has a bad mommy , I don't like her" I told mommy " It's just a story princess" she said to me with a chuckle at my words. I love my Mommy she look so pretty when she smiles, I want to dress like her and smile like her and be like her when I grow up. A soft knock at my room's door stops my future train of thoughts. Jenna enters my room " They are here ma'am " with her hands held at the front of her black check work skirt. Jenna is our housekeeper, Mommy told me that Jenna has been with us since before I was born, she is a kind face old lady with wrinkles covering her temples with a warm skin tone, she is always sweet to me and to others too. I like her.
Mommmy nods her head "Inform James and Tell them to take a seat, I'll be there in 5 Jenna" Jenna nods her head "As you say ma'am" turn around and leaves my room. Mommy stands up after Jenna leave and place my head on my purple frill pillow which is as soft as a cloud and tuck me inside my pink comforter and place a kiss on my forehead "It's time for you to sleep baby okay....we'll continue with this story tomorrow." " but I want to hear the story mommy " I told her with my big puppy eyes and a pouty face " Next time,okay princess" she turns to switch of my room light and now only my bedside starry lights lamps were on and Mommy left my room shutting the door quietly behind her . I am not sleepy right now I think to myself I want to hear the story. I lay in my bed for a time and when I got bored I decided to go look for mommy and daddy. I left my room closing the door silently behind me and tiptoeing through the marble staircase of my big home I reached the last few stairs when I realized that I am not wearing my fluffy bunny slippers and if Mommy sees me barefoot she'll get angry, I turn for my room and that was when I hear noises from Daddy's study room and followed by the sound of a glass shattering to the ground I started to follow the noises and the light leaking from the creeks of Daddy's study room door. I was just a few feet away from the door when I reached there and saw Daddy lying on the floor in a pool of red liquid and he is taking gasps of air as it's visible that he is having breathing problems. A man and woman are standing above him, with the man's hand around the woman's waist and his head on her shoulder and they both are smiling and looking down on Daddy. The woman is holding a gun and while looking at it she is speaking to Daddy ".........if you had listen to us you wouldn't be in this position James, but it's the choice you made and now your daughter and wife have to face it's consequences." are they talking about me but I've been a good girl why are they punishing Daddy and where is mommy?
My father's eyes flicks in my direction and my eyes starts to water seeing him in pain ,
he has his brown hair disheveled and the red liquid is seeping into them making them stick to the floor , lying in all that mess and his tears shining like diamonds under the room lights following my father's line of vision the man and the woman looks in my direction and all
eyes are on me now and suddenly Mommy grabs my hand and starts to walk fast in the direction of my room. I stumbled a few times but she did not stop even then, like she is on a mission to get me out of there and then the bad man is in front of us again. It's then that I notice that the bad man is none other than Uncle Sam who is now looking at Mommy with a death glare on his face and then finally looks at me and lower his body towards me so that we are eye to eye "How are you my lovely neice" and grabs my face tightly in his hands and I don't like him touching me, I tried to break free from his hand but he starts to increase the pressure and hold my jaw tightly and it starts to get really painful and my eyes starts to water because of the pain. I look up to search for mommy but she isn't ther, she is lying on the floor with a women holding a gun directed at her forehead but she isn't scare for her she is screaming at me to run but it's like she is so far away because the strong hold of my Uncle's hold is so painful its like he will remove my jaw with his hand only. The raw anger in his eyes is visible to every person in the room I beg him with my eyes but he just stares at me. My voice is so small and teary and I can taste an rusted taste in my mouth and my saliva is leaking from my open mouth"leave me , Daddy! Help me ! Mommy!..........."
