Maude Green Novels & Stories

“Hello, hello, he said to me while Thelma was prompting me to answer him. I gave in after a few seconds of fear and doubt. Hi…uhm hello, I was stuttering. Whose is on the line please, he asked sharply. Oh sorry, it's Isabella. Your maid, Isabella. Thelma hit me for referring to myself as the maid. I don't know what she was expecting me to say. Would I have introduced myself to him as his girlfriend? Who wouldn't have his own girlfriend's number? Why doesn't he have my number all this while?

“I almost didn’t want to visit. I had a lot of plans to hammer out for my birthday, but Dad said it was important to come along. I think he’s got something up his sleeves. I don’t know what it is yet, but From the corner of my eyes, I saw Dad and Lala’s dad staring at us while we talk. They had a suspicious expression on their faces. I excused myself from Lala to get a drink. I was still pouring champagne into my glass when the doorbell rang. The butler opened the door for the Greens. I saw Maddy’s father first. Behind him was Maddy. She was beautiful even though she was a little sour-faced. She wore a green gown with an emerald necklace around her neck.

Rhea whined. Mermaid sighed. “Child, I forget how far apart our worlds are. I am not punishing you.” “Then pass me the meat, greedy witch!” But Mermaid only smiled. Seashell light gleamed faintly in her crown. “These peels are your meat. Appearances deceive in Upland. Did the guides not warn you?” “You’re talking nonsense,” Rhea snapped. She seized Mermaid’s plate and shoved a slice of potato meat into her mouth. The taste curdled instantly—like dirt, like bitter husk. She gagged and spat it out, spattering the table.

She couldn’t understand what he wanted from her and what was the motive behind his decision to make her maid in that crowd of gorgeous girls? “You will distract him, and then my men, we will do the rest. Understood?” She forced herself to breathe steadily and looked up at the green forest kept wide open for her, filled with uncertainty yet determined eyes. She was so lost in his eyes that she didn’t notice when she nodded at him, as if she will burn down her own life.