Maribelle: A Narrative Fiction

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Maribelle woke up to an empty bed. Her body ached for Harry, but she knew he was at work. She got out of bed, and started to dress. Usually by now, Niall or Louis would be up with her breakfast. She wondered if they had been running late. Her mind raced with thoughts of Harry, and last night. The sweet caresses, the steamy kisses, and the love that bonded them together forever. She couldn’t wait to be with him tonight. After dressing, she looked outside of her bedroom door. The house was silent, and that is when the panic started to seep through her veins. Her eyes widened as she hurried to her parent’s room. Both of them were gone, so it wasn’t her mother. She ran past the sobbing maids, and out into the fields. Her parents stood above …show more content…
Zayn was too busy thinking about the wedding, and Maribelle was too busy thinking about Harry. She still had so many questions for him. How was he still here? Why did he kill himself? What actually happened? Once Zayn dropped her off, Maribelle went straight to the dining room. Her parents sat there eating dinner, and Helga stood awkwardly in the corner. A bruise formed on her cheek from the hit. Maribelle looked at Helga who refused to make eye contact with her. Her parents had done something to Helga while she was gone. She was furious. Everyone around her did not have one kind bone in their …show more content…
I thought that everyone had to respect their elders. I didn’t know that other people could beat their maids for taking care of their children. I didn’t know that people let their servants be killed and buried in some low cemetery. I didn’t know that marrying your daughter off to some demon is okay.”
“You go up to your room. You will not eat tonight. I know what is going on. I know that you have made friends with these lower people, and you actually think you belong with them. You think you can learn skills, but you are not that person. You are a woman, and the best you can do is being a wife. Now, you will be married on Tuesday. On that day, Zayn owns you, and you will do as he says.” Her father was mad, but Maribelle was past mad. She couldn’t even breathe from the anger within. Maribelle threw her plate at the wall before storming off to her room.
She fell on her bed, tears falling down her cheeks. Thoughts of Harry kept flashing rapidly in her mind. She needed to see him again. She just hoped that he would come back. She needed a proper goodbye. She needed someone to help her out of this situation. She couldn’t marry Zayn. She couldn’t be stuck in this life. She still needed to

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