Cassy's Early Life

Cassy’s early life begins in happiness and ends in misery and bitterness. Her mother was a slave but her white father was wealthy and surrounded her with luxuries and sent her to a private convent school. When he died suddenly, Cassy was sold along with his property. A young lawyer came to settle the estate and one day he brought along a handsome friend who was attracted to Cassy and they fell in love. Henry’s relationship with Cassy was wonderful, he loved her and treated her like a queen. Cassy did not have to worry about one single thing, anything that money can buy she had. He would tell her that she was the most beautiful woman in Louisiana. They had two children, the first was a boy and they called him Henry, he looked just like his …show more content…
One day when Cassy was out walking she passed by a crowd and out of the crowd she heard a child’s voice it happened to be Henry breaking away from to men. He ran to his mother screaming and caught her dress. The two men then yanked Henry from Cassy’s arms and proceeded to take him. Cassy then went back to house, out of breath she ran to the parlor where she found Butler and asked him to interfere he simply laughed and said no. Cassy snapped, she was furious, she saw a knife sitting on a table all she can remember is grabbing it and launching herself at Butler. Everything went black and she woke up in a different room getting tended by an old black women. Butler had left her there to be sold. She was later bought by a gentleman named Stuart, he influenced Cassy’s life in a positive way. He promised her that he would do all that he can to get her children back. Cassy believes that there is no god, that their suffering means nothing. She tells Tom that when she was little she thought she was into religion she used to love god and would pray. Now Cassy believes that she is a “lost soul, pursued by devils that torment me day and