Expelled After One Night Stand

Third Person's POV Anna Massimo is sitting on a swing on the playground at the school on the mine. She's hoping that everybody will ignore her today. She has an old dress from one of the children at school. She is hungry, but unlike the other children at the little school, she does not have lunch. Her mother has sent her to live with her grandparents, who do not care about her. Life is tough for the little girl. The other children have parents working on the mine and can afford to buy them clothes and food, but she only has a grandpa and grandma who only care about buying them stuff, and they like to drink. They keep talking about the old days and how they lived in Italy. Lerato is spoiled as she is her parent's only daughter and gets everything she wants. Although Lindiwe, her mother, and the doctor at the mine's hospital try to teach her not to be selfish or a brat, her father, brother, and friends treat her like a princess, and in their eyes, she can do nothing wrong. Anna is only eight. She and Lerato are almost the same age but are more petite, as she does not eat regularly. Lerato hates Anna. She likes to bully her when she gets a chance. She hates Anna because her grandmother, after whom she has been named, likes to spend more time with Anna when she comes to visit than her, and her grandmother will give Anna all kinds of gifts while Lerato will only get one gift, and her grandmother says she is spoiled. Lerato sees Anna sitting on the swing. She starts walking to her, and the group of children follows her. Thato, her brother, tries to stop his sister, but he is much younger, and Lerato never listens to him. They walk over to the swing, and Lerato pushes Anna off it. Anna is weak from hunger and falls hard on the ground in a mud puddle. She knows if she gets home dirty like this again, her grandmother will make her hose herself off in the garden, and she will have to stay outside until she is dry. "Leave her alone, Lerato. I am going to tell Mom and Dad what you did!" Thato says. Thato feels slightly sorry for the little girl trying to escape the muddy puddle. He loves his sister, but sometimes she can be mean. "If you tell Mom and Dad, I will beat you up! They will not believe you anyway." Lerato says. "Why do you always pick on her?" Thato asks. "Look at my brother! Do you like Anna Banana? Don't sit on my swing. Her mother tried to break up Rose's mom and dad. She is just like a mother. She's a troublemaker, and nobody likes her. She doesn't even have one friend. I don't know why Grandma likes her so much. Grandma gives her more stuff than she gives us. She is stealing our grandmother. So keep your mouth shut, Thato." Lerato says. She kicks Anna back into the muddy puddle before walking away laughing. Anna sits there, and she wants to cry. Why does nobody like her or want to be her friend? "She is wearing one of my old dresses. She does not even have money for clothes or food." Rose laughs. As the bell rings, Anna does not know whether to attend class or leave school early. She is very clever and always first in class, which is another reason why Lerato does not like her. Although she is brilliant, the teachers do not want her much, and she is always in trouble for being dirty or late. Her homework is always done, although she does it late at night when her grandparents are in bed and have no more chores. She gets up and sighs. She always dreamed about the day her father would come and rescue her, but she knows he does not love her or he would have looked for her long ago. "Don't come into this class! Go home and get cleaned! You are a little pig always playing in the mud or sand!" The teacher shouts as Anna enters the classroom, and the other children laugh. The teacher grabs her old backpack and throws it at her. Anna feels like crying. How long does she have to be humiliated like this? On her way home, she sees Grandma Lerato walking toward her. "Oh, child! I saw what happened. I am so sorry Lerato is so awful with you. Come with me. We will get you cleaned, and I will give you some food." Grandma Lerato says. "Hello, Grandma Lerato. I do not think you must give me anything anymore. Lerato says I am trying to steal you like my mother tried to steal Rose's father." Anna says. She sounds too old for her age, and Grandma Lerato's heart is bleeding for the little girl. "Who cares what she says? She is a little princess, and she is spoiled. I warned Lindiwe and Thato they are spoiling her too much, but no one listens to an old lady like me." Grandma Lerato says. She is very disappointed in her grandchildren, especially Lerato. As Thabo had told her before, she could not say anything as it was not her place. She took little Anna's hand, led her to the house's backdoor, and quickly into the bathroom. She tells the servants to clean up before anyone gets home. She helps the little girl clean up and put her clothes in the washing machine and the dryer. She visited last night and was walking around the mine to clear her head when she saw what had happened at the school. Lerato knows her time is getting close, and what will happen to this little girl then? She has a separate will that only her lawyer knows about, leaving all her money to Anna. But she will only receive it the day she leaves her grandparent's house, or they will use it and leave nothing for little Anna. Lindi and Thato do not know she has money. She never told them about the money she had saved over the years, and when her husband died, his life insurance paid out a considerable amount. Lerato and Thato will have enough money from their parents and will not need her money. One day, every dime she owns will go to this little girl. Lerato gives Anna some food. Her heart hurts when she sees the little girl wolfing it down. She must have been starving. The poor girl is so underfed, and it is a shame that not one adult on this mine is doing anything about this poor child being so hungry and neglected. They think they do their duties by handing her their children's old clothing. What has this world become of? No one even cares if a child goes hungry or maybe they do not see her. Lerato will make sure to talk to the teachers at school! They should be ashamed for not bringing this poor child's condition and circumstances under the attention of Salvatore, Thabo, Theo, or their wives. Lerato knows she should have talked to Lindi long ago about Anna but does not want to. Lindi will be furious if she finds out about the money and what she plans to do because it will go to a stranger, not her children. She does not want trouble in her family, and her lawyer is an old friend who will never tell her secrets to Lindi and Thabo. Anna's clothes are dry, and she is ready to leave to go home as the school is about to come out. She does not want to be there when Lerato gets home, so she quickly sneaks out and runs home. She always takes the path through the bushes where the other children can not see her. Anna is tired of getting bullied, and she is tired of getting little sleep and almost no food. She wishes she could go and live with Grandma Lerato forever, but she knows it is impossible. She tries to sneak into the house as quietly as possible and hopes her grandmother sleeps. Her grandfather does not come home until late. He works hard in the mine, and when he gets home, he and her grandmother start drinking. Anna tries to do her chores as quietly as possible. She does not want her grandmother to know she is home. She cleans the kitchen and sitting room, making sure everything is spotless. She starts preparing the food for tonight. Sometimes, if she is lucky, some food is left for her, but if her grandparents are hungry, they leave her nothing to eat. Sometimes, she will steal a slice of bread and get beat up. Her grandparents hate her because of what her mother has done to them. She ran away from home with a lot of money. Her grandfather says that, but she does not believe it because her mother has no money. While living with her mother, they hardly had anything to eat, and her mother worked all night. Anna does not understand how it works. She does not understand that her mother has spent the money she got from Danie's parents to leave him and his wife alone for one month. Anna is still a child and does not understand everything about grown-ups. She had finished preparing the food before her grandmother walked in. Her grandmother hardly looks her way as she walks to the fridge and takes out a cold beer. Her grandparents barely talk to her, as if she is only there to serve them. She might as well be their servant. Anna wished she had a mother and father like the other children. She likes Charlie, but he ignores her, and she does not dare to talk to him as he is the mine owner's child. Everyone knows he and Lerato will get married one day. They moved to the mine from Italy, and they go on vacation to Italy every year. Lerato, Hannes, Rose, and their family sometimes go with them or elsewhere. Anna has never been on holiday and does not even know what the ocean looks like. Maybe one day she will see the sea. Although Lerato talks to the teachers, Anna's life does not change. Nobody cares enough about her. Anna's life does not get easier as the years go by.