The Night He found Me

Ivy's POV…My legs burned as I ran, but I pushed harder. I wouldn't stop running. I turned back to look at the house that broke me, but I was long past it. It wasn't in sight. The rain had just begun to pour down angrily. It poured so heavily I began to wonder if it was angry at me for running away from a place I once called home when I should have defended it from the intruders. But no, I said in my mind. Not today.I kept on running, you could mistake me for a thief or criminal. The number of cars on the road began to reduce as some of their owners might have decided to wait for the heavy downpour to reduce.At some point, I was beginning to get tired. I was wearing out. The last meal I had, which was yesterday morning, couldn't sustain me to keep running.My wicked step mother made sure I ate nothing. My father had married her after my mom died and she's been hell bent on ruining me.I stopped running at that point and started walking, shivering from the rain that had poured on me

Ivy's POV…“You'll be in charge of taking care of the house. You'll dust, sweep, mop…”"I know what taking care of the house means” I cut her off.I accepted Julian's offer to be his housekeeper. Caroline, the mean old lady, was taking me round the house. She was the cook.She glared at me when I cut her off."As I was saying, before I was rudely interrupted by some street rat, you take care of everywhere. Let there be not a single stain in sight”I swallowed the insult. I didn't want to cause any trouble. Today was still my first day.“You'll meet the rest of the domestic staff by next week. Mr Julian laid off some workers and he's hired new ones" She stopped walking and looked dangerously at me. “Guess who advised him to lay them off…I did. I'm the oldest staff in this house and I've served Mr Trahan since he was a young teenager”I won't be intimidated at all. I knew what she was implying and I wouldn't give her that satisfaction. "So why are you telling me all this?”She eyed me.