" You shouldn't touch my things. If you break it, your family can't afford to pay for it." A little boy spoke.
" Sorry, I didn't know it belongs to you, I was only admiring it." Mashgad replied.
" You should know your place here slave, you aren't permitted to touch my things. What are you doing in my room in the first place?" He questioned.
" I'm sorry Gad, I..."
" It's Master Gad. You're my father's slave, soon you will become my slave. You should address me as Master Gad. I asked you a question, didn't I?" Gad replied with a huge glare on his face.
Gad was only two years older than Mashgad, but he carried himself like a little god. Gad was Master Gera's son. Mashgad never liked him because of his arrogance.
" I'm sorry master Gad. My mother asked me to get your dirty clothes from your room, that was the reason I came here." Mashgad replied. He clenched his fist to suppress the anger boiling inside of him. He really wants to punch him in the face, but his mother told him to be nice and tolerant with Gad.
" I suppose you know where my dirty clothes are kept, in the bathroom. It is obvious that this is not the bathroom. You were asked to get my dirty clothes, why were you messing around with my stuff." He questioned.
" I was only looking at it, you don't have to make it an issue." Mashgad muttered under his breath.
" What did you say?"
" Nothing Gad... Master Gad." He shuttered on purpose.
" Get the clothes and leave my room!" Gad ordered.
" Yes Master Gad" He replied sarcastically.
Seeing the grin on his face, Gad was pissed. without hesitation he took out his whip and started whipping him. Mashgad groaned in pain.
" Stop! You're hurting him, Gad!" A little girl shouted. Walking to were Gad was, she draged the whip from his hand.
" Why are you hitting him? You have no right to do that!" She reprimanded.
" Why not? He is my salve, and I can do whatever I like to him." He replied with a smirk on his face.
" What has he done to deserve this? You should leave from here now or I will report you to father when he gets back." She spoke with hesitation in her eyes. Seeing his elder sister's expression, he walked at of the room reluctantly.
" Are you okay?" She asked, squatting beside Mashgad who had fall in a heap. " Where does it hurt?" She asked in a sorrowful tone.
" Everywhere" Mashgad groaned.
" I'm so sorry about my brother's attitude. Stay here I will be right back." She said before leaving the room.
Five minutes later, she came back with a bottle of ointment in her hands. She squat beside him.
" I will have to take off your shirt so I would be able to apply the ointment on your wounds." She spoke gently. She helped him remove his shirt, exposing his dark skin. Carefully, she applied the ointment on the parts he was injured.
" My name is Diana. What's your name?" She asked with a smile on her face.
" My name is Mashgad." He replied with tears in his eyes.
" Don't worry Mashgad, from now on we're friends and friends watch each other's back." The smile on her face grew from ear to ear revealing her white set of teeth.
seeing her genuine smile, Mashgad felt warmth in his heart. She was the first White to look at him without disgust.
" Friends!" He replied, forcing a smile out.