(Chapter 4) - Back From The Royals

“Oh, you’re back mother!” Cinder greeted her stepmother with a broad smile.
“Don’t call me mother! I hate it when you call me that!” Replied her stepmother.
“I’m sorry Lady Mitzell, I didn’t mean to . . .”
“Stop. Not a word. You’re going to make it worse!” Lady Mitzell looked at the entire area in the house, examined it one by one, she even ran her fore finger on top of the cupboard in the kitchen to make sure there was no dust. Inside the cupboard were Jack and Luna hiding, sitting quietly to keep themselves hidden. They both peeked through a small hole from the cupboard to see what’s happening in front of them. Lady Mitzell was talking to Cinder and both of her stepsisters were already went inside their bedroom.
“Impressive, very clean . . . but I think there is something isn’t right here.” Cinder rolled her eyes to the left, then to the right. She then bit her lip.
“What are you hiding Cinder? Do you have friends with you?” asked Lady Mitzell.
“No! I did it all on my own! Trust me Lady Mitzell, I work hard to get it all done and I even baked some muffins and cupcakes for you and my sisters.” Cinder pleaded to prove that she hasn’t done anything wrong, just to gain her trust.
“You lie!”
“Lady Mitzell, I don’t have any friends. Who would want to be my friend? I’m dirty and smell of charcoal. Everyone avoided me for I’m the only one that brings bad luck to people, my life is cursed, cursed that caused my parents to be . . .”
“Killed! Yes! You murdered your mother and killed your father! My beloved husband! I hated you, I cursed you till my last breath! I can’t stand looking at your face. Go back to the kitchen! Light up some woods and cook supper. Now!”
“Lady Mitzell, please! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” Cinder walked to the kitchen with a broken heart. Jack and Luna were so affected by what had just happened.
“I AM SO SO SO ANGRY!” Luna can’t help but to speak it out almost wanting to shout.
“Shhh! Luna silence! Know where we are! You’re gonna ruined everything!” said Jack.
“How the hell am I going to ruin everything? We need to do something!”
“We’re doing something right now! By hiding inside this cupboard! Luna, you need to think about Cinder, if you burst out like crazy, you’re gonna make Cinder in trouble! A lot more problems!” replied Jack while calming her sister’s raging emotion. Luna stayed calm and thought about what her brother had just said. What Jack has said was right, she needed to be patient and waited for the right moment to take action. It was almost five hours they hid inside the cupboard, when Cinder opened the cupboard’s door to tell them it was saved to go out.
“It was hot inside the cupboard, I’m sweating like heavy rain!” said Jack.
“And I’m hungry and my back is hurting for there is limited space to move about inside that small box!” added Luna.
“I’m sorry children, now let’s come with me inside the kitchen have your supper and let me assist you where to sleep tonight.”
“Where are we going to stay overnight?” asked Jack.
“Inside the barn behind the cottage.”