Betrayal

"Can you tell me what this good news is now that we're outside?" I ask wondering if I even want to hear the answer. My mother leans down until she is eye level with me and then opens up her hand. My eyes widen when I see 15 silvers in her hand. Even though Alex works day and night her yearly salary is less than half of that.

"A very kind gentleman offered us this if we agreed to give up our least favorite son!" My mother said excitedly.

"… what?" I say, not quite processing what my mother had just said. Her expression changes to the disgusted and unpleasant look she usually gives me.

"Whatever, I'm tired of acting nice. Throw him in the carriage for me darling". She said to my father who hadn't even made eye contact with me since we went outside.

"Yes dear" he said. While there was no hesitation in him saying this, I felt that there was a sad tone to it. Almost as if he'd miss me. But I was immediately snapped back to the reality of the situation when he grabbed my arm and dragged me to to to the carriage. As he threw me inside he mouthed the word sorry to me before slamming the door shut and locking it from the outside.

"Sorry? Sorry!? Sorry! That's all you have to say after SELLING your child to some random old man who offered you some money?" I yelled while banging on the carriage door. Tears began streaming down my face as I gave up on yelling . I always knew that my parents never loved me but they were still family and I never expected they would betray me. I took a deep breath. Now is not the time to allow emotions to blind me. After I calm down I begin to asses my surroundings. The carriage was white with gold trims surrounding the edges. The carriage looked to be able to hold about 4 people: two on one side and two on the other. The seats were extremely soft and looked to be made of Siberian spider silk which was a delicacy that even some royals couldn't get their hand on. A large bump reminded me that I was still sitting on the floor. I cautiously got up and sat and on the seats that were in fact, extremely comfortable. 1000 questions floated through my mind such as, why me? Who would buy someone? How can I escape? how much longer will I have be in this carriage? And will I ever see my family again? After all of this I was exhausted. "A little shut eye can hurt" I told myself as I lied do on the seats and slowly drifted to sleep.