"How could you be so reckless?,You tied margaret in my uncle's farm and left her there, you think no one will find her? Heaven rage out.
The street is so quiet that her voice echoes so far from the shop. She don't want to be ungrateful but what lucy did worsened the situation, how are they suppose to live a normal life outside spring village if they end up as wanted criminals.
"The angels bear me witness that i avoided that cousin of yours, i had no other choice but to tie her down when she talked about reporting to the head inspector" lucy said.
She admits what she did was reckless but she can't carry margaret to the land of the dead or cast a spell on her not to tell on them. She didn't know what to do.
"We're going back right now to untie margaret" heaven said walking to the door.
"Heaven it's almost eight" lucy quickly stop heaven by holding her hand "today is for the night walkers, you know we'll be thrown in cell if we are'nt one of them" lucy said.
"But we need to untie margaret, leaving her there will only make matters worse"
"Then we beg her not to tell on us, lets just run away before it clocks eight" lucy said anxiously looking at the wall clock moving so fast.
Lucy is very right, margaret will never agree to not tell on them because that is what she's good at, telling on people and adding lies to it. It's about time she use the advantage she have on margaret to keep her shut.
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The bell can be heard all over the village, no sign of a living soul outside their houses or streets, just the dim lanterns flickering from their windows.
"Becareful lucy" heaven whispers as lucy climbs down the wooden fence.
Going to margaret through the bush would be risky because of its closeness to the open street leading to the market, their only choice is to climb through her uncle's fence since the gate is locked.
"Let's go"
"Go to where?, i told you they would come back mother" margaret walks out from the house corner holding a lantern, followed suite by her parents and sister.
She went to her father's farm land feeling so down about master Harrison's death when lucy walked passed her out of no where, she didn't want to pay attention to her because she had so much on her mind but lucy was acting suspicious, holding her basket closely to herself.
She knows how unmannered and frauding lucy is, only something fishy and of no good will make her run into her father's farm, she decided to see what was in the basket if lucy had stolen something from someone.
She was going to punish heaven first by sending her close friend to cell before looking for evidence to make her join lucy, to her own surprise and lucky stars it was the shoes she gave to heaven and it still have the muds on them.
A perfect evidence to make her cousin pay for destroying her life, she didn't expect lucy to tie her down like a goat on her way to report to the head inspector. The lord is on her side because zaddie came few minutes to release her.
She knew they would come back, lucy might be so strong hearted to leave her there to rot but heaven who have always have a chicken heart won't.
"I always knew you were trouble, how could you end a life just to get back at your cousin?" Aunty clementine yells out squeezing heaven's wrist so hard that she wince out in pain.
The average height chubby woman with her messy blonde hair squeeze heaven's wrist like a hungry beast. Her facial features alone will make one believe that witches exist because of how ugly she is, no one will believe she gave birth to margaret.
"Please let me go aunty, i didn't kill master Harrison. Please believe me" heaven cries out.
The whole situation looks so horrifying for her, at this rate she really will be taken to the village cell where her death sentence will be passed onto her. What did she expect, that her family will believe her or shield her from the evil judgement of the world, she was never welcomed into their home and never will.
"You wait and see, i will take you to the village head myself and make sure you die the same way you killed master harrison" Margaret said in gritted teeth.
The noise from the harris family woke up their neighbors who ofcourse didn't dare to come out of their homes and get thrown in cell because of one stupid fight they believe will be resolved later.
Uncle george did nothing but watch the whole drama, his hate for heaven made him apathetic to resolve the issue. He onced made his sexual interest known to heaven but she turned him down and threatened to tell his wife if he ever comes close to her again, he has being planning on how to get back at her but it seems luck is on his side.
He stood leaning himself on the wooden fence and arms fold on his chest. His round pot belly swollen up to his chest like someone who drank a full tank of water, his hair covered with a night hat that made his hair so pronounceable.
"Let's just take her to the head inspector and get this drama over with, we're not the only ones living in this neighborhood" uncle george said. His tummy dancing with joy that he's able to get back at his wife's niece.
Heaven feel her heart beating so fast, why sid she have to live with such family who doesn't value her. When they need someone to carter for their expenses she do it without complaining, she do the house chores and never let them go hungry, she turned herself into a bulletproof that they can use to take any humiliating bullets from people and get tossed off in the cold, unsheltered. They never once reciprocated the love but instead do all manners of hurtful things to her.
"Let's go you cursed child"
She got dragged like a camel out of the house, her heart almost jumped out of her chest seeing the two carriage and extra five horses ride by five men in armor. Everything is not only shocking to her but also to her family, never in their life have they seen an armored man before or a carriage made of sparkling gold and silver.
One of the armored men came down from his horse and walked to them giving a scary gaze, he looked sternly at heaven and brought out a golden scroll from his armor pocket which he opened.
"By the order of the king, heaven harris, you are here by declared welcomed to the palace"
And that is when her life began.