Behind The Walls

Constance blinked her eyes again. They were tired and worn, her eye bags were easily seen, and she literally had no interest in getting out of bed rather than thinking, but as a “maid”, that wasn’t a choice she had the pleasure of having.


The blue-eyed girl couldn’t sleep. Every time she tried to, she could only imagine the person behind the wall, telling her his adventures. Sometimes, she wondered, where was the loving hand she used to know or the feeling of joy she used to feel? Why was she alone in this? But after a very long time, a miracle finally happened in her life and that miracle was the so-called man, named Zack. And she was grateful for that miracle.


Zack… The four-letter name was all she knew of him and that was honestly frustrating. She could imagine him, but everything she imagined seemed wrong. It felt like as if the physical appearance she had in mind weren’t perfect enough.


“CONSTANCE!” She heard her boss screamed out. She knew she had to get out of her room once she heard that. “Ugh, you’re so lazy! Come out now!” He groaned and she did what he ordered her to do.


She kept her head down low. Her golden brown hair had gotten too long, thick, and was covering most of her face. Alex could never see her face well enough and he didn’t really want to. He couldn’t bring himself to care.


“I’m gonna go to work. When I get home from work, the house should be spotless. Don’t let me down.” She nodded. “Okay, your breakfast is in the kitchen.” He said as walked to the door. “Have fun.” He added with a really mean grin. She closed the door and sighed.


Everyday was the same routine of breakfast, which was the only meal of the day, shower, making sure the house looked spotless, another shower, and back to bed. Sometimes, if she was lucky, she’d read in Alex’s private library. She was sick of staying indoors and was dying to have some sense of freedom and a taste of the outside world again. But instead of living the life of a nineteen year old, she was stuck inside the gloomy manor.


The mysterious girl tied her long hair up and started to eat breakfast. At least the food was good inside this hell, she thought. Alex had made her some toast and baked red beans. She gulped them down quickly, since she was always starving. After that, she went to take a shower inside her “special bathroom”. It was small and wasn’t provided with hot water, but that was enough for her. She’s been in worst bathrooms and for that, she was thankful for.


All the other employers usually just ignored her and felt like gods with what they had even though they were usually just normal people who can’t even cook eggs. Yeah, they were pigs.


Knowing all that, you might think that Alex wasn’t that bad right? She had a clean bathroom, her own room, a nice meal, but with Alex, she was hurt more than ever. The caramel haired man was definitely not her poorest employer. In fact, he was the richest of them all, but the others weren’t as mean. The 24-year-old man had the power of hurting her whether they were with his words or his sinister looks that he gave her; everything he did was just torturous. This morning was the nicest he’s ever been after a year of working in the damned place.


She started with washing the morning’s dishes and then went upstairs to Alex’s majestic room. With all its glory, it looked more of a honeymoon suite rather than a normal bedroom. She swept and mopped the floors, dusted the furniture inside the room, did the bed, and cleaned the whole bathroom. The girl didn’t mind doing all that work. She just got tired. His room was too big for one man if she was being completely honest.


Then she cleaned the living room, the guest room, the kitchen, and basically the whole house for that one day. Plus, she did the laundry. Thank God it wasn’t “change the sheets day” because she had to do extra laundry. All those sheets and duvets in Alex’s room plus the two guest rooms during that awful day were not in her best interest. They were too much for her to handle.


When she finished cleaning the whole house, she was hot and tired. It was also getting dark. Usually, she’d see Alex’s Porsche outside by now, but no one was outside. She decided to take another shower to end the long day.


The cold water hit her skin and she sighed. She was too worn out. Her eyes closed and then an image of a faceless man came inside her head. It was Zack. He offered her a helping hand and then she smiled thinking of the said man. Another thought came to her, how could someone so random even have the decency to actually talk to her? It was seriously what people would say a thing that occurs once in a blue moon. She was glad, that it was her who got that treatment.


After being sold and bought so many times for the last 9 years, Constance didn’t even think about a possible future. She gave up a long time ago when she realized that her family has given up on looking for her. She learned to deal with that, but sometimes, she’d imagine what it’d feel like to have a family again.


A loud engine noise was heard from the living room and the young girl knew her employer was home. She went to see the handsome, yet devilish Alex Gaskarth through the window. Instead of being alone, Constance saw another figure. A guest, she thought. It was time for her to go back her room since she wasn’t allowed to see guests. Alex usually told her to set up some stuff for the upcoming person or people so that he didn’t have to do much without guests seeing her, but this time he didn’t give the maid a head’s up. The guest must not be that important, she thought and so, the girl went inside the metal door, waiting, hoping for a better tomorrow. After all, she was done for the day and the girl just couldn’t wait to start anew.

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