Such a bleeding heart

The note.. how dangerous that note was for me! I tucked it on the tray of juice and tea that I bring Eliza each morning. Sometimes I sneak a little fruit along for Zeus, while she feeds him far more then me, it is still never enough I think and while Zeus disgusts me.. A little bit of me hopes one day he will be the man he should be and end this nightmare for us all. Until then.. I bring him slices of fruit and scraps of bread.

I crawled by to the door and knelt, waiting for the ear splitting shriek that ... never came. Eliza read the note, very slowly, and then silently folded it back up. I began to cry and shake. My Mistress is never silent, ever. I feared what she might be thinking.

"Frigid, it never ceases to amaze me how you can be found so pleasing by others and be such a wretched thing here, in your own home, where you are sheltered and cared for. Do I not allow you the freedom to have your own time? Do I not allow you to sleep not in a cage but in a room? Am I really so cruel that you cannot stand to be obedient?"

The kindness in her voice made my heart pound frantically. Zeus has sat up and was watching, as tense as I. Eliza is never kind.

"I.. Forgive me Mistress, I was frightened of the Man, I said no, I swear I said no.. I tried.. but there was so many of them and I.."

"Them?!..." Her voice rose now and she stood. "Them? How many men did you whore for, slave?!"

The silence in the room was as thick as work slaves body odor. "Seven, Mistress." I whispered. I dropped my head to the floor at once, my forehead pressed so hard to it that it pained me. I was just in time. With no whip on hand she kicked me.. hard.. so hard! From the room I crawled.. then rose and ran, stumbling down the steps. I heard her shouting from behind me.. I hard Zeus trying to stop her..

But where would I go? Nowhere. I am not a run away slave. Eliza was in a fury now. Her face was red, it matched the silk she wore. My mistress does wear red silk in her chambers. I always wondered if other Mistresses did too.

"Lying little sneak thief!" She screamed at me. "How dare you tell anyone about the cellar! What do you need a tongue for anyway you little.."

And there was a thud, a crack.. and silence. I looked up, horrified and met Zeus gaze. The world stood still.