Chapter 10 of chapter 3 Meeting Mr. Mount

The continuation of Laby Elsie story....

She seat on the white couch,  observing the surround of the living chamber. Nothing had changed after this past 10 years, everything seem the same. While the children played happily on the room running around. 

" Please be careful Matthew, remember Elsie is a girl not a boy" Mercy warned, but her heart had never settle down. The thought of meeting Mr. Mount bother her, she wished he should recognize her just like his wife. Then, everything hope would be settled until she makes a plan of leaving. 

The maid who walk in them earlier, came back with a tray contain some fruits and veggies for them to keep themselves busy before Mrs. Brett comes back. In the tray contain, watermelon, apple, pearls, avocado, carrots, strawberry, blue berry, tomatoes and much more.

She drop the tray on the huge dinning table. And Mercy alarmed the kids. "Children, fruits is here!" 

"Hey fruits!" Matthew and Elsie shouts in joy and ran to the dinning table. They were about to pick on it when the maid stops them.

"No,no ,no, that's dirty you have to wash your hands first. That's the rules kids" she said,

Elsie rolls her eyes as she hates anything that are related to rules. She hates rules! Can't someone live without rules apply in life? She wondered...

"Okay Miss, we'll do just that" Matthew obediently said, smiling at the young lady in front of them.

"At least, your friend is a nice and obedient boy. I like him" the maid compliment. That makes Elsie to rolls her eyes again.

"He is only like by me not you" she snapped and dragged on Matthew hand, "come on Matthew, I will show the way round" looking angrily at the maid before them sauntered out of the room. 

Mercy came up to the maid and smiled briefly. "Thank you so much for the fruits" 

"You shouldn't thank me, you should thank the woman that bought you back to hell" she said and left. 

That was unexpectedly not up to what she was thinking. She should thank the woman that bought her back to hell? She tried recalling the words of the maid. What did she means by that statement?.

Didn't she means coming back here wqs a big mistake? Of course, she was afraid of that but the maid comment terrified her heart. She didn't understand why the maid said such a word to her..

"It is because of...." Just then, she was trying to calculate what must had pushed the maid to say such a word to her. The children breaks her calculation.

"Hey fruits fruits fruits!" As they sing loud backing their way to the living chamber.

"Lady Mercy, we have washed our hands, see it clean" Elsie said happily, showing off her hands to Mercy along with Matthew.

"Wow, that a very clean hands" 

"Can we have some fruits now" cried Matthew. 

"Of course you can" she permitted and the children dip their hands into the tray. Picking up all the fruits they can eat.  Mercy watch them happily, they surely looks lovely together but too bad. They're slidlings! 

"I like strawberry and banana" Elsie said

"What about you Matthew, what type of fruit do you like?" 

Matthew who was holding on to a watermelon and apple replied " I like watermelon and apple" 

"Have you been eating them before?" 

"No, but I have now" he bite on the fruits playfully and Elsie giggled, finding the way he was eating funny. 

"Don't worry for now all you would be eating as much as you want!" 

"Hey!!!" 

But the happy mood was cut short by the voice of Mr. Mount..

"I have told you before to stop bringing baggers to my house!" He yells.

Mercy heart skipped, she could the race her heart was beating to. Mr. Mount is coming! 

Will he recognized her? If he didn't accept them to live in his house, she would be very happy. At least, she is would be far away from the devil...

"Elsie, are you sure your father would let us stay?" Matthew asked, As he feels scared of hearing the man voice. He had received some brutal treatment for some whites in the street and he knows how crazy them can be towards commoners black like him.

"Of course, he would let you and your mother to stay. If he doesn't, then, I will cry and cry and cry until he does" she said childish, and Matthew laughed along. Although, he was scared and terrified about how the man will treat them but that couldn't stop him for laughing at the girl silly words.

He knows even though her father never accept them, no matter how much Elsie would cry, the fact still remains the fact..

"That's really funny Elsie" 

"Come eat on your fruits and stop thinking if my father would accept you or not" Elsie said,. Quickly, Matthew grabs on his fruits, starts eating fast, even if the man didn't not later accept them, that doesn't mean, he had to let the fruit go to waste just like that.

"When you meet them you would love them" Mrs. Brett said politely. 

Mercy quickly dragged on her son as the sensation of fear was too unbearable for her. The more she heard their feet steps, the more the fear grows. 

Her hands were shaking, Matthew turned and looked up to her. "mother are you okay?" He said with mouthful of watermelon.

"No, I am not " she said shook head. 

"Mother," Matthew place his hand on top hers.. "you don't have to worry, if he didn't accept us, we're go back to our cozy fancy home" he  said excitedly. Mercy smiled, that what the little boy was looking for his mother smile, he doesn't want to her to worry. Even though they're not accept that does not mean life is over for them. He turns the smile with a bold wipe one.

"Where are the so called people, you say you have bought into my h....." His word seized immediately he spot his eyes on the black woman holding on her son on the shoulder with face down.

He smirks devilishly. So, she's back to his hands again. This is wonderful, just the woman he had been looking for 10 years now.

"Welcome to my humble home" Mr. Mount said, draws the attention of everyone in the room towards him.

Mercy lift up her head and saw a handsome man, wearing a well definite suits standing in front of them, smiling so widely, that deceitful smile, she can still read it. Her heart  almost jump out when her eyes locked against his.

Mrs Brett was surprised about her husband reaction. He was the one blabbing that he didn't want baggers in his house just a minute away but here he was welcoming them warm hearted. She was even worry that her husband would refused her request since the people she bought in was black. It would make things difficult and more complicated but she still wants to tried and help the homeless mother and son.

But now, what she was seeing so unusual, unlike the man she married. Of course, she knows he well but this nice act he was playing was even making her more worried because she didn't know her husband true intention.

Mercy heart was already out of her chest, as her hands shakes the more. She wanted the ground to open and swallow her right there and now. She  knows Mr. Mount was not a Mr. Nice guy and this act he was playing, makes her scared the most..

The man is full of evil and never shows kind to anyone especially blacks. He defined them as animals meant for working only. But despite all of that, she still doesn't know when he see in her that please him so much..

She tried to run away back then. But anytime she tried, the monster will surely found her and brings her back to the house. Her punishment that day would be mating her until he gets tired. To show how cruel the man can be.. but no one has dare to talked to him not even his wife. Everybody was terrified of him. She was happy that Mrs. Brett's helps her escape then and warned her never to come back...

She didn't know she was pregnant for that bastard. And when she find out, she tried to abort the baby but couldn't. Her instance couldn't allowed her to do that..

She was in pain, her innocence wass take away by that monster, he shouldn't deserve to call a father after all he had done to her. 

But she couldn't let her it. She will forever regret it. She would regret it. That she Kill her own child with her hands. She chose to keep the pregnancy and face life with it....

Even in pains and joy, she still have someone besides her and that her son. Matthew.

She named him Matthew after her father, who died brutally in the hands of the white he worked for. Life wasn't that easy for any of them the black. Before you have to step in the society, you had to work your way through the pains and sorrow..

Mercy choose to work for some whites as a outside sweeper, a shop keeper, a dust disposal even a dish washer. But no was easy for her. Sometimes, she would be beaten for no reason, and at the end, they'll chase her out and didn't pay her for her service. Even in her pregnant state. There's no as easy in her world. 

And the only she had felt a bit comfortable with, the master of the house would let her have peace in the house..

After all these she was standing in front of that beast again.. This man should died and go to hell! ... For all she cares..