There was no mistake and yet Pet found herself pinching her arm as though it might wake her suddenly from the nightmare she found herself in. Obviously it was to no avail. She started silently shaking her head as her face contorted into an expression that forewarned of tears. This wasn't happening, she wasn't going to be "friends" with this women- this girl! This wasn't right; her father wouldn't do something like this, he would never betray her mother in this way and he certainly wouldn't do it without any sort of warning. Would he?
Pet's abnormally shimmery eyes sought out her father's, her lip quivering ominously. "No, Papa." Her voice cracked a little as she held back the tears a little longer. In a pitiful sort of near-whine, she continued, "My Papa wouldn't- He wouldn't betray Mama, he wouldn't do this to us..." She took in a sudden shuddering breath as the tears began. Bursting into tears wasn't something she did with great frequency anymore but she couldn't help herself in this instance. Her ideal of her father was now severely compromised by this unwelcome revelation which was at odds with her affection and loyalty towards him which endured all the same.
Her eyes darted back to the woman being presented to her as step-mother. This woman didn't look like a mother at all, she looked like she'd been clutching at her own mother's skirts but a week ago. "She's nothing like my Mama." While her reaction wasn't exactly great she at least wasn't shouting or wailing, in fact she was almost subdued in her distress.
Pet's abnormally shimmery eyes sought out her father's, her lip quivering ominously. "No, Papa." Her voice cracked a little as she held back the tears a little longer. In a pitiful sort of near-whine, she continued, "My Papa wouldn't- He wouldn't betray Mama, he wouldn't do this to us..." She took in a sudden shuddering breath as the tears began. Bursting into tears wasn't something she did with great frequency anymore but she couldn't help herself in this instance. Her ideal of her father was now severely compromised by this unwelcome revelation which was at odds with her affection and loyalty towards him which endured all the same.
Her eyes darted back to the woman being presented to her as step-mother. This woman didn't look like a mother at all, she looked like she'd been clutching at her own mother's skirts but a week ago. "She's nothing like my Mama." While her reaction wasn't exactly great she at least wasn't shouting or wailing, in fact she was almost subdued in her distress.
Thank you Bee for my stunning Secret Swap gift <3