FAINTED
1381 Words
It’s been two months and Abigail was still getting bullied by the head maid and her minions, Sharon would also give her a hard time in the red castle, she doesn’t get off work by 2pm anymore, anytime she’s through with Lady Cecelia’s chambers, she will get sent for to come start another round of work in the Brown castle, she run others’ errands, sweeps, mop and do every chores meant for the minions of the Brown castle head maid, she had turn to the community slave.
She was getting weak day by day due to the immense work she was made to pass through day by day which was too much for her small body, she wakes up with all her body aching day by day and still work to death with that sore body. She was always punished with brick anytime she complained of not being able to come attend to them and she dare not report to anyone because there was no physical evidence that she was bullied, also the head maid won’t get punished, one of the minions will get punished and her punishment will increase in multiple folds, she had decided to just endure it till she’s being promoted to another castle, she has spent three months in the castle and she could get promoted anytime.
She woke up with her all body feeling extremely numb and sore on a faithful morning, she could not lift up a finger not to talk of her body, she was dead while alive, she knew she had been broken, she slept on the bed staring at the ceiling with pain ruminating through her entire being.
"Why are you not getting up?" Leah questioned as she came out of the bathroom prepared for the day’s work
"I can’t, no matter how I try, I can’t lift my body, I’m so sick" she muttered with all her strength, she was so weak and her lips had turned purple.
Leah quickly place her hand on her forehead to check her temperature and she was dead hot,
"What the..?" Leah blurt out and quickly dashed to the bathroom , she appeared with a bowl of water and towel and starts to mop her body with the cold water to bring down her temperature. After many attempts and process, Abigail’s temperature came down and she drifted to sleep before Leah left to report to Lady Cecelia’s chamber.
"Where is Abigail?" Lady Cecelia asked as soon as Leah showed up without her
"She’s sick" Leah answered with a bow
"Sick? She must have been so tired, she looks so pale these days, and how is she now? Hope she has visited the infirmary?" She questioned with so much concern
"She has taken some pills and is resting; she will be fine" My Lady Leah assured and moved to do her chores.
Lady Cecelia kept sighing and wanting to know about Abigail’s condition, she even sent her maid to check her up and she brought a report that she was sleeping and that she now looks okay before she could calm down and attend to other matters, she had food delivered to her alongside medicine, she hates when her maids get sick and that’s why she doesn’t overwork them, she even especially liked Abigail but little did she know that she was being bullied by Sharon and her sub-witches.
Abigail was given the order to rest for the week by Lady Cecelia making others jealous but there was nothing they could do about. Marie decided to go check up on her since she haven’t seen her in the past week, she knew that Abigail couldn’t pass two days without coming to her castle to see her, on getting to her castle she found out she has been seriously sick, she has lost so much weight and was looking pale.
"What happened to you?" Marie gasped at the sight of Abigail
"Nothing, I was just sick" She replied with a thin smile.
"You should have informed me sooner" Marie nagged while helping her adjust her hair
"I just didn’t want to bother you"
"Bother what? I thought you said I’m your friend?"
"I’m sorry then" Abigail said and they both laughed
"What do you want to eat?" Marie asked sensing that she was hungry
Marie got her bread and soup from the kitchen with her connection and fed her like a mother hen while helping her clean the sweat on her forehead, she proceeded to bathe her and help her change her clothes before laying her on the bed.
"You do much for me" Abigail smiled as Marie placed her on the bed
"Well , you are my sister after all"
"I’m glad to have a good older sister then"
"You were telling me about your sister the other day" Marie said trying to spark a conversation
"I’ll tell you about her when I’m fine" She replied with a sigh
"Ok rest up" Marie bids her bye while Abigail drifts to sleep to cool her throbbing head.
She haven’t slept for thirty minutes when she felt a hand shook her heavily, she opened her eyes to see whoever it was and lo and behold, it was one of the head maid’s minion
"Get up sleepy head" She said scornfully
I mean even if she was deaf, she can’t be also blind to see that I’m sick, just how heartless can this people be? What did I even do to offend them? Abigail thought as she managed to open her eyes
"What?" She asked
"What? The head maid is calling for you" she said folding her arms
"Sorry, but I can’t move, I’m sick" she groaned
"So? What should I do about?" The witch herself spat out emerging from behind
"I’m sorry but I can’t do anything in this state" Abigail said once again and closed her eyes
“whimp” she felt a sting on her leg, the head maid her strike her with her hand, her eyes immediately flew open and laced with sudden tears from the sting
"Will you get up right now?" The head maid yelled
"Now get a bucket and mop and go clean the corridors, it’s too dirty for my likings" she instructed mercilessly.
Abigail dragged herself to the corridor with the mop and buckets and saw that the corridor was already mopped
"What should I clean in this? It’s clean" she said with her pain in her voice
"Well the corridor is not clean to me" the sub-witch assigned to her replied and motioned for her to start her work
Abigail gathered every strength she has in her and starts to mop the clean corridor, she thought about what she could do but nothing came to mind, it’s useless to cry at this point and she dares not report, she wasn’t even feeling fine, do they like harassing her so much?, she didn’t even know her offense, She thought as she cleans the corridor.
She was getting drained already, she could not go on, the beads of sweat on her forehead showed that she had exhausted her little strength, she could see the corridor divide into two, four and then eight, she was losing stamina rapidly, the person assigned to her didn’t even pay attention to her, she muttered and motioned for her to help her but she wasn’t ready to hear her, just as she was crashing down with her eyes closed, she saw Marie and Leah yelling her name but she was quickly losing her consciousness, she let go of the mop as she hits the corridor with a loud noise, she felt dizzy and breathe less, her eyes were closing while everything became blur, she suddenly couldn’t see anything anymore, everywhere was dark.
She had fainted!.
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