Alvize's Pet: What is Mine , Is Mine

oding down at her. When she didn't answer

Mr. Atlas," Alvize's face turned sour, his jaw ticking in ang

the butler. It wa

ody, he first looked at his butler who had his head bowed. With great courage, the butler came to meet his Master's eyes, "Do you have any other better time? Or should i

t the master of the house had other plans. Spotting the knife that w

nd to place it on the table. In one swift movement as if he were chopping onions, h

time you even think about touching her," sighed Alvize as if he were

wn over the la

or those standing outside to see what lay ahead of them. Water flowed down the cramped street,

ght, squinting tightly in an effort to

rain is getting heavier." She placed more str

n months ago, and since then, her

impossible for the umbrella to stop all the rain from reaching their legs and shoes. Her aunt gave a look to he

ich had to be sold to a customer today. They owned a little shop at

rdless of what he did, the income was less than predicted. After all, its location was distant wh

even after an hour had passed, no one had come. Zina wondered whether the man would even come with such awful rain flooding the streets. P

?" Zina heard her Aunt Fe

en't there," he replied, readying himself with t

to look over her shoulder to meet her niece's eyes that stuck out radiantly in the gloomy weather, "Your Uncle and I shall go

quicker," the young girl promised, o

ing lost. Do as you are told," Uncle Dave's w

ich often made her wonder whether he

gave a reassuring smile to have her aunt return a small nod to h

above her. The rain was common to the people who lived

ky darkened further as a carriage passed by her without stopping, not carin

-out, little roof that helped reduc

et. As she stood there waiting for her uncle and aunt to return, all the while keeping an eye out so that she did n

in design and colour. Such luxuries generally belonged to men and women of the upper-class. The most contact she had with this tra

his particular carriage had stopped a

you drop something?" asked the coa

y roof that was filled with more holes than cover. Unperturbed by the rain that hammered down whilst she stood, her hands clutched tightly onto

the sky, the master of the carr

aid that rested on her shoulder. When the wind hit her face, her slende

d cloudy day, he could st

uld, he would have gone over to speak with her, but he had other

coachman asked him, knowing that he might not rec

"Yes," taking one final look at

kful that he could resume their journey to some shelter

She grew worried, fearful something had happened to them. She wondered whether she should go look for them to make

g towards her with an umbrella. It was a man wearing a large coat

, and others could treat them however they wan

we agreed on. Don't you know the vegetables will soak in the water due to your carelessness? You will have

eyes inspecting her from top to

across his mouth that

in the rain, but they should be back any second now. You

ng the vicinity to ens

elter under their homes to avoid b

an take it." She patted the sack of potatoes

her, a smile for

has already

aybe the man trusted her uncle, and they shared a business history wit

ck next to her, the man seized her

sudden change. "Let go of my hand," she said firmly as sh

n the slab to throw away later. Taking hold of it, she jabbed it right into his face, d

efore sprinting away. With the countless puddles that littered the ground, every step she took was accompanied

cker was persistent in following her. She ran with all her might, turning into alleys and cr

ad been ages since she ha

o anger the bovine. The animal disliked her for no apparent reason and seemed to pursu

e covered her mouth and pulled her wet dress between her

r heart pounding

alley led to a three-way fork, and from the man's perspective, she could have picked any one of them.

e man picked t

g the storefront, they still had not returned, leaving her clueless about what she should do. Taking into account that she was unable

h the umbrella and began walking home directly, lettin

as following her, but when she saw nobody behind her, she let out a sigh of relief. When she faced forward again, all sh

ons, and the rain finally came to a stop. In only a fe