Episode 1: A Warning from Eleanor

The trees shuttered and the wind was cold. The harsh voice of a woman was coming from house number 19, and the wailing of a child filled the air. The owner of the house, Mr. Peter Henderson, married a wife not long ago to take care of his little daughters Eleanor and Anastasia. His second wife pleased him, but the moment he went out to work, the two little innocent children missed him very much, as the house would become a hell for them. Another child lived in the house too, Mariana, the only difference is that the former lived in rags with a heart of gold while the latter lived in costly furs with a heart of stone. Mariana was often angry when she thought that her parents needed to take care of the two sisters even when their mom left them. She felt disgusted and jealous of the two sisters, particularly Eleanor.

It was going to be Christmas. There was a festive mood in the air. Mariana made a plan to show her pitiful face to the sisters to make them listen to her words and also drive them away from the house.

That night, she quietly entered the dirty storeroom. She found the two girls sleeping soundly.

-“Anne? Eleanor? Are you two sleeping?”

-“No, I’m not. But Anne has slept. What happened?” Answered Eleanor.

The blonde-haired girl thought for a while and said softly, “If you want to live happily, then follow my words. Runaway from this house, and you’ll find paradise.”

Eleanor was quite amazed. She thought that no one cared for her and her sister, but now Mariana wanted to help them! But she suddenly felt a chill on her back and thought, “If I leave this house, then it’s possible that I and my sisters will totally lose connection with father and maybe we can never return home again and die on the streets.” She asked-

“If I’m going to leave this place, then where am I going to live with Anne? Who will take care of us? What are we going to eat?”

This question set Mariana thinking and thinking but in her mind she was hoping that the two sisters should starve to death. Eleanor replied- “Don’t worry, Mariana. We will leave here soon, but we have to make good preparations. Thanks for caring for us.”

Mariana was angry and hopeless yet relieved to hear that Eleanor would soon go away with Anne from that house. She happily went back to her room.

Days passed by. Three months passed. A whole year went by. Eleanor and Anne still did not leave the house which worried Mariana. She tried to contact Anne and give her some advice so that they can leave the house in a small-time. But Eleanor did not care about anything that Mariana said and served her stepmother like a God. Then one day she had a small conversation with her father, Mr. Henderson.

-Father, what shall happen if I leave the house with Anne?

-You will go nowhere! Until your mother comes home and begs to me for the mistake she had made and marries me, you and your sister will live here.

-Did you say that after my mother comes, you’ll marry her?

-Yes. Your mother has kept her virginity for long, if I wouldn’t have drugged her and

forced her, then she wouldn’t have given birth to you two.

-Father, can you tolerate stepmom after marrying mom? (Ellen curses her father continuously, he's such a pervert!)

-Of course not! I’ll send her in my bungalow at New Jersey where she’ll live with Mariana. I’ll visit both of you, at different times. But she’s not gonna stay her, or she’ll create chaos.

-Okay, father, I’ll live here with Anne as long as nobody forces me out!

Mariana overheard the conversation. She stood in front of the door shivering. Does her father not love her anymore? Will he abandon them after that devil’s mum will come? She felt like crying. It was a warning from Eleanor!

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