Darkest Pattern: The Door by Riva Zmajoki

Author:Riva Zmajoki
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2019-05-06T22:00:00+00:00

8.1 The Play

Charcoaled House

The night the baby came was the worst night of Sue’s life.

After that event, everything else seemed less scary. The world, instead of being a threatening hostile place, became understandable.

Sue now knew what her role in life was. She was to care for her daughter Ina and protect her from any harm.

Her mistress seemed to share that vision. Whenever Sue would find her mistress around Ina it would always be to remove some threat. She would move a book from the ledge above Ina’s crib that Sue moved around as she worked.

Sue disliked being separated from Ina. Within sight, was the best place for her baby she could think of.

Others in the household helped her to get through her first days but as soon as her legs stood firm on the ground again she made an effort to integrate Ina in her daily routine.

It seemed that the mistress isn’t objecting in Ina’s presence so Sue carried her in the rooms as she made them clean except when she would go in the dark rooms to clean. Then she would be careful to leave Ina inside of White Phoenix.

Luckily, Tricia and Cynthia were more than keen in caring for Ina but their sense of caring faded as soon as it stopped being entertaining for them.

Unlike them, the mistress didn’t show any signs of distress if Ina would start to cry when Sue wasn’t in the room. On the contrary, she would pick her up to console her and sometimes Sue would watch her do so just to learn the right amount of touch, to learn what is enough to console the baby because the mistress would never take their contact further, into something uncomfortable for a baby.

Sue would find them like that and the mistress would hand her Ina in a rush like she’s apologizing for stepping in.

The things that didn’t concern Ina didn’t bother Sue.

That’s how the runaway slaves became a backdrop for her life. Tricia and Cynthia would gossip about the newcomers and had opinions about everyone that passed through their kitchen.

Sue was just careful to tend to their needs and keep out of their business.

The Major-Domo wasn’t as charitable towards runaways and that he made all too clear to everyone who stayed after that first night.

The first night was when Sue gave birth so she had no way of choosing then. They asked her what she thinks as soon as she came to her senses.

To her, it seemed like faith that aided to the survival of her labour and she accepted it as such, as a miracle that is needed for the grace to save them all from their life of sin.

Of that, she thought as the Major-Domo gave his resignation following it with foul words.

There was no need for that. They all knew who their mistress was the whole time and there was no point in pretending that she’s something new.

Especially now, when she finally did something worthy of praise with her life.

That’s why,

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