Circling Carousels by North Ashlee

Author:North, Ashlee [North, Ashlee]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Christine F. Anderson Publishing & Media
Published: 2014-10-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Marcus had obviously thrown out the number she needed to contact Bonnie. The one thing she needed right now was missing, and Sienna was annoyed. As she more carefully looked, through her new eyes of understanding, she ascertained huge amounts of betrayal and coercion that previously she had thought was his adoration of her. She was for the most part a prisoner in his home, and she hadn’t seen it before. She was allowed to go to school, but that was about all except for the occasional trip to the shops with Elsie. Marcus believed he had Elsie so well paid and frightened of the promised consequences that she would never step over his carefully erected boundaries. He thought that Sienna was so enamoured with him that she would blindly obey as well, but things had dramatically changed. Without the telephone number, she was going to have to be even sneakier. It was a fair way to the big house from either her school or from home, and Sienna considered actually taking the school bus to that side of town and making her way there from wherever the bus stopped. She would then be faced with the problem of getting home and explaining her whereabouts.

Elsie gave the answer to the problem without Sienna having to ask, because Sienna felt it was a huge imposition to ask any more of the housekeeper. She had already taken a massive risk. Elsie wanted to get some supplies from a shop on that side of town anyway. If questioned where they were they were going, Sienna was to say shopping for some books and stationary for school. They had done this before, so there would be no reason for Marcus to be concerned, and Elsie was going to actually purchase some things while Sienna was at Bonnie’s.

Elsie picked her up at school and they drove, both of them watching out the back window for fear Marcus may have them followed. It was a bit silly really, but their nerves were on edge. It took twenty-five minutes to get there, and Elsie and Sienna utilised the time to talk more about the real Marcus and other bits and pieces Elsie could add from her many years in his employ.

No one answered the door straight away at the big house, and Sienna became worried that no one was there or that they were all upstairs and that their risky trip may have been in vain. She rang the bell again, and a small girl answered, looking frightened to be answering the door. This took Sienna right back to the days, now eight years ago, when she lived there with her sister and mother. For a few seconds, memories flipped through her head like a slideshow. She bent down a little and smiled at the girl. “Hi, my name’s Sienna, and I was hoping to talk to Bonnie if I could, please.” The small child skipped quickly away, without saying a word, and returned a minute later to take Sienna’s hand and lead her through the well-known halls to Bonnie’s office door.

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