I’m the daughter of a peasant who was born with nothing and grew up with nothing. Not less than, it was troublesome to eat due to the dearth of circumstances.

A every day breadwinner.

Horrible poverty.

Struggling in it was my entire life.

The humorous factor is that I had 5 youngsters to deal with within the meantime.

Unable to endure the tearing poverty, my mom fled alone, and my remaining father drank every day and used violence.

The youngest youngster, who was breastfed, was overwhelmed to dying, the fourth starved to dying, the second was bought to a broth*l, and the third was raised as gold or jade as a result of her face was fairly. It was an indication that she can be raised nicely and marry a younger gentleman from a noble household to open up her fortune.

And the primary ugly me, I used to be stored by his facet nicely.

My day was all about meals, laundry, cleansing, working in Mark’s bakery downtown in the course of the day, and being overwhelmed by my violent father at evening.

It was a tough life and not using a correct breath.

My ugly face was swollen, and I grew to become uglier. And I broke my leg in the course of the rising section of my life, and my peak stopped. 

An unpleasant dwarf. 

That’s what the youngsters on the town referred to as me.

I assumed if there was hell, it was now and right here. I envied the third youngster, who grew to become lovely and exquisite day-to-day, and it was laborious to endure my father’s violence. There have been a number of instances after I h*ng myself as a result of I wished to die. Every time, I used to be caught by my father or somebody on the road as a result of I’m ‘unfortunate’, or the rope was lower off simply earlier than I handed out.

That is my jail, and I used to be the condemned prisoner. 

No, I’d quite be in an actual jail.

My father didn’t promote me to the broth*l as a result of he wanted somebody to do the housekeeping. Nevertheless it’s half a lie. I used to be bought to a broth*l for being ugly. Whereas I used to be washing my fingers with out realizing something, I knew from the chit-chat of native ladies.

The mom referred to as my father a demon cub, and I name him the identical. My future life will likely be ruled by that demon cub.

If this isn’t a tragedy, what’s it?

However God didn’t betray me till the top.

***

An previous gentleman visited the village when she miraculously grew taller. Her unfastened bangs coated her ugly face. She didn’t know why an previous gentleman, who flows in luxurious from head to toe, visited this small, nook village.

It was as a result of he was strolling across the village and beckoned on the day she handed by the road.

“I need to rent her.”

The previous gentleman politely supplied a package deal of gold cash. Preoccupied with the gold cash, her father swallowed as soon as. Her father’s wretched thoughts shortly turned to see the previous gentleman in entrance of him and the bundle of gold on the desk.

He wished to grab the pack instantly, however he grabbed his personal trembling hand and glued his expression.

“Sir, my humble daughter caught the eyes of a gentleman, however there’s a number of inexperience in her as a result of all she is aware of to say is thanks and all she has discovered is begging. When you don’t prefer it even later…”

“Don’t fear about that. Even when I don’t like her later, I received’t ship her again.”

The previous gentleman slid the bundle of gold cash towards her father and answered calmly. At that, her father forcibly lowered the nook of his mouth, which rose sharply, and checked out his daughter sitting subsequent to him. It was like taking a look at his beloved daughter, so Paula was horrified. 

“My pricey, your father respects your opinion. I want I had cash, but it surely’s no more vital than you. Please be at liberty to inform me what you assume.”

Then, along with his large hand, he grabbed her skinny wrist. The grip was sturdy sufficient to twist her bones. It was the face of a father who was frightened about his valuable daughter, however his eyes flashed fiercely, removed from the gold cash.

The previous gentleman additionally waited in silence for her opinion. If she signifies her refusal right here, the previous gentleman will go away to search out one other woman, and her father will beat her to dying as if punishing a naughty daughter.

“I’ll go.”

“My child.”

Abby hugged Paula with an ecstatic look on his face, a weeping voice spilling out of his hoarse voice. She needed to suppress her want to shake off the hand that lightly stroked her again.

On the best way, she ready herself and her baggage, and adopted the previous gentleman. All she had was one bag. She didn’t have any garments or something. It was completely different from common, nevertheless, that she wore a costume embroidered with fairly flowers, quite than the rags coated within the mud she wore each day.

“Goodbye. Watch out.”

Her father, who was seeing her off in entrance of the door, patted her shoulder. In his contact, there was an unstated stress to please the gentleman nicely.

The third youngster, Alicia, who was standing subsequent to her father, smiled at Paula.

“Goodbye, sister. Be there for a very long time.”

“…By no means come again.” 

Alicia muttered the phrases. However when Paula didn’t reply, Alicia smiled and pursed her lips.

Paula spat out only a few phrases at Alicia for the final time.

“Deal with that fairly face. As a result of you don’t have anything else.”

“What?!”

Paula turned away, leaving Alicia behind.

The place she adopted the previous gentleman was a big mansion that widened her eyes. It was a lot greater and grander than the mansion of the wealthiest lord within the village she lived in. 

‘Wow…’

She set free pure admiration and adopted the previous gentleman inside.

“You might be right here.”

A well-dressed, middle-aged lady greeted the previous gentleman. The previous gentleman nodded his head as soon as and took off his fedora.

A middle-aged lady observed a woman standing behind an previous gentleman and requested.

“Who is that this youngster?”

“She is a toddler who will serve the grasp any further.”

‘Grasp?’

As she regarded on the previous gentleman with suspicion, he beckoned Paula to return ahead. As she crawled ahead, a middle-aged lady scanned her up and down and checked out her as if appraising her. Paula was nervous about that, swallowed dry saliva and waited patiently.

“Okay.”

Guess it was ranking. The center-aged lady nodded her head and turned her physique. Quickly after, the previous gentleman additionally turned to the opposite facet. 

Paula took turns watching the 2 folks cut up to both facet, then adopted the lady.