"It hurts, Mom!" Shouted a 22-year-old girl who was currently being beaten by her stepmother.
Since the death of her biological mother, her father had married a woman not too far away from her. Only 8 years apart in age. For some reason, when her father went out of town to work, her mother turned into a very mean stepmother. It was different when his father was at home. She was like an angel who was always kind to her!
Like this time, Clara Beatrice was severely beaten just for breaking a plate while washing dishes.
Her body was helpless, as her stepmother beat her with a rattan. It was so painful!
"Tonight, you can't eat!" Even worse, she was locked up in a room that even her deceased mother forbade anyone to enter. For whatever reason.
And now, her stepmother locked her up in that room.
While crying and enduring the pain in her body, Clara could only curl up on the floor.
Today, it's snowing. Imagine how cold it is today!
Unable to bear the cold, her eyes glanced at the closet, the only thing in the room.
Clara smiled bitterly. At least, she still had hope to warm up her body. She hoped there were warm clothes in the closet.
Even though her legs were difficult to move, because they hurt too much, Clara still tried. She walked to the closet and opened it.
As it turned out, the closet was very wide. "Or should I just sleep in the closet?"
Maybe it was one of God's instructions. She did what her heart told her to do. She smiled again and again when she saw the warm clothes hanging in the closet. She put them on immediately. And walked little by little into the closet.
Until unknowingly, something made her fall.
"Aaa!"
Do you know what surprised her? Like a dream, Clara was suddenly in the wild, where it was snowing.
Lots of trees were covered in snow. That made her even more confused!
"Oh my gosh, where am I?" Out of curiosity, Clara stood up. She began to look around in various directions.
The scenery was so beautiful, even more beautiful than where she lived! Clara was willing to bet!
"God, if this is just a dream, please don't wake me up too soon from this dream," she said, hoping God would listen to what she had to say.
Feeling intrigued by the place, Clara's feet started walking eastward without her realizing it. Because in her mind, she was in a dream.
There was no way she would get lost. After all, soon she would wake up from her sleep!
"Who are you?"
The voice from behind made Clara startled. She immediately turned her body 180 degrees out of curiosity.
The person who spoke earlier turned out to be a girl who was probably not too far from her age. The girl had a tall posture, exceeding Clara's height. Her face was very cute!
"Hm ... I'm Clara. Are you the friend in my dream that God sent to interact with me?" Clara guessed. She still thought she was dreaming.
"Hold on ... A dream? What dream?" The girl asked back.
"Aren't we dreaming?" Clara asked again.
Both their faces showed confusion.
"I'm not dreaming. I mean, I'm real."
"Real?" Clara was quite surprised to hear that. She shook her head.