Cruel World

Present
Sarah
She groaned when she felt cold water on her face, she flinched suddenly and open her eye immediately which was a bad idea
as she saw her angry husband holding a cup and glaring at her ...she started breathing heavily and start praying he won't hit her
because she is already so sore and her body is covered with fresh bruises from yesterday treatment ...
'good morning wifey...so you have decided to open your eyes ...you know when I woke up I need fresh coffee on my table with
my clothes ready but none of it done yet ' he yelled at her
She gets up from the thin mattress from the floor, which has been her bed from a year and winced because of the sore back...'Im
sorry, I..I didn't know I slept late...I will do it now just give me five minutes ok'
He glared at her and coldly said 'you know how much I hate laziness and delay in my work...I have made some things clear to
you from time to time, fucking listen to me for once otherwise you will see the consequences '
I'm so ..so sorry I think I was so tired last night so might have overslept' she said in a soft voice
'and now you are making complaints about it' he sarcastically said
She shakes her head n said 'no th...sir you are just twisting my words'
Then she felt the slap on her face 'how fucking dare you to reply me back you bitch and lower your grace I can't see those ugly
eyes first in the morning...go make breakfast for everyone I will have my coffee in the dining table with my family'
She just shakes and tears were in her eyes and went to the kitchen to make breakfast for everyone..who like Theo also hate
her...in everyone include Theo's mother Roma who always looked down at her and say cruel things to her, then his brother
Thomas aka Tom and his wife Lisa, both see her through suspicious eyes , they lived in the different wings of this big house but
sometime used dining table for dinner and frequently for breakfasts..... She never knows the reason behind of their hate she
always tried to find out but it backfires it her...but all she knows it has to do something about her older brother Simon who died in
a car accident but still what it has to do with her she never know. The only person in the family who regard her is Theo's father
Mr. Theodore Grey senior, he is always out of the country but once in a month he do come to meet his family ... He looks like
Theo but his kind eyes always regard her like she is a human.

she doesn't know how long she was thinking when she heard Mrs. Brickson voice 'my child...what are you staring at come on
leave it I will do the rest you eat something before another order came for you' she said to her in her kind voice...she is the only
person in the house who truly care for Sarah, when Sarah cry she gives her shoulder to her and comfort her...when Sarah is
covered in bruises and blood she put bandage at her wounds ...when her own parents show their back on her she always silently
stand for Sarah.
Sarah gives her a shaky smile ' I can't right now, I overslept and I'm late to do morning chores so If I eat now everyone will
become angry '
She looked at her with so much love and Sarah saw tears in her eyes ' My child ... I wish I can do something for you...of course
you overslept they way these people make you do all the work of this huge house more than us it breaks me ( she touched
Sarah cheek which was turning into dark red because of Theo morning whiplash) I always wanted to tell Mr grey senior how you
are treated here, how Mr grey junior is violent towards you, he is a good man he will help you, Sarah,'
Sarah shakes her head and said 'no need even he doesn't know about the things here, still he will support his son not me..and it
will create more problem for me so I'm touched you are here for me that's more than enough'
Then she heard voices in the dining room and she prays that today noting get wrong for her as it is already ... She tells the butler
to take the cooked breakfast she is bringing other stuff... when she enter the dining room she saw every one was laughing about
something but when they saw her they stop laughing and looked her with hate
Roma (Theo mother) said' Where's my morning tea and medicine"
Theo looked at her once again with accusing eyes like she made a big crime 'What the fuck is wrong with you today..you know
mom needs her medicine and tea first in the morning, her routine is fixed you dumb headed '
but Mrs Brickson run and give me my mother in law medicine and said 'sorry MR grey it's my fault Mrs grey medicine was
finished so I brought them today in the morning'
He looked at Sarah once again like he did not believe that excuse but he nodes
Sarah wasn't allowed to sit with them , She had to wait until they need anything and after that she can eat which is quite rare ...
because most of the time Mrs grey friends came in the morning and she has to entertain them then Lisa comebacks home with
her friends which her society snobs and those days when Sarah luck is worse is when Theo decided to do his work in home
which means she has to be there all time to entertain him in whatever way he wants, which is not so pleasant for her. she has
lost so much weight that she never lost in her whole life, because of the poor eating routine of her.

'Oh my god it so much oil in this egg, I can't eat this,' Lisa said
Tom said 'sweety it's ok, have something else '
'no I'm going to have something in the office, Sarah if you can't cook then plz stop killing us with this kind of food making' she
looked at her with disgust and she knows she is in big trouble because they way Theo was clinging his fist
I'm sorry.. i.. will make it again'
Just leave it, I'm going' she leaves the table and with her Tom run to stop her
'just go the room now' Theo said in a low but very dark voice
Now Sarah can't stop her tears she knows what will happen when she entered their room, Sarah looked at her mother in law to
stop her son but she looked at her like she is bored she just stand and leave the dining room, Sarah bitterly thought why she will
be most of the time Roma is the one who makes Theo beat Sarah because of her mother in law lies and since Theo love and
trust his mother way too much he did not ask her twice and strike her whenever he wants
Sarah wait in the room what he will do to her, then he enters... and walked slowly and said 'you like it when I hurt you' he whisper
Sarah looked down and shake her head 'no sir'
'i differ to that...so you not only ruined everyone breakfast but also lie to me, Sarah you know by now how much I hate lairs' he
gives her a disappointed look
she starts shaking and holds her breath for the slap she knows will be coming, Theo picked her hair roughly that made her neck
to be twisted in a painful way...he dropped her in the floor and kicked her stomach and she just makes a painful sound that
echoes in the whole house.
'You are lucky that I'm getting late otherwise I will give you more than this , but don't forget your place you will stay in the room
for whole day and don't you dare to come out till I came home you know I will know if you defy me' he bend and said to Sarah's
ear
Sarah just flinched and hold her stomach like a wounded animal and silently sobbed.