Ev(e?)(il?) Eve is Evil

After easing myself and sitting down on the bed aimlessly for a few justifiable minutes, I come out of the room.

On my way down the stairs, I hear voices from my parents room.

Honestly, a part of me wants to walk away and hope that the Ben guy destroys the bar. Then I can laze around after all my chores without being busy 24/7.

All the same, I walk up to the door and I'm not sure if I regret it after what I hear or not.

"What about Natalie?"

My ears almost pop off.

I've never been at unease like this ever in my life.

Selling me off? To pay a guy like that? And then, people who buy girls are usually so wicked and mysterious.

Someone I have never met, buying me? The thought brings shudders to my body and I visibly shake where I stand.

I need someone to stand up for me now.

Ah yeah.

My Dad is there. He will definitely not agree to sell me out, to an unknown person at that. I'm sure he won't even give it a second thought. He might be a jerk and a puppet to Eve at times but not up to the extent of selling his daughter for a bar.

"What? No." He voices out, though a few seconds later which means he thought of it before responding.

Or maybe he was just surprised and couldn't talk for some seconds?

"How can you even think of that? Selling Natalie? Who will do the house chores and make the only coffee I can drink?"

Duh. It's instant coffee he loves so much. I sneer and roll my eyes.

I sigh in relief and straighten up by back and make to leave when Eve's voice filters through again.

"We can sell her. I also know how to make that much for you. And after we pay Ben, we'll have some money left that we can probably eat out until the next batch of girls come around. Don't worry darling."

"How can I not? She is still my daughter."

This is the longest my Dad has ever stood up to Eve. I'm almost proud of him but then...

"She is my daughter too... Well, in a way." She mutters

"You see? You shouldn't sell your daughter no matter what."

It seems like my Dad wins this round.

I won't be sold but I already know there's no dinner for me tonight unless the impossible happens, and it never does.

I leave the door and walk downstairs so Gina won't be too worried about me.

*Eve*

Such a spineless man.

Can't even sell his daughter.

If not for the comfortable place he has and the building, I won't have married him.

That girl.

I'll make sure to give her hell on earth.

She and her Dad are thorns in my flesh.

She's nothing close to what my daughter will be like.

If I have one.

I stand up from the bed and head to the door.

"Fine then. Think about it all the same. She might be the one to save us from poverty. Who knows how much we might make on her alone."

"I'm not going to think about selling my own daughter. She's your daughter too like you said."

"If we sell her, after paying Ben, we'll buy her back." I say and leave through the door without waiting for an answer.

I guess Natalie is not for sale then.

I'll see to what I can do to pacify Ben when next I see him.

Probably when he comes to break the bar.