His Handmaid: Longing for You

The morning Bells rings

"Wake up!!!!" Lady Gogo shouts "I said wake up!!!!" The morning bell is usually Lady Gogo.

"Get your fucking lazy ass up! The chores are not going to fix themselves! Now!!!" There we go, running up and down in the morning. Everyone has something to chasing or something chasing them. My job was appointed as a kitchen maid assisting the cooks in the kitchen.

I don't want to been cut in the middle of any punishment today, this is the way to survive as black. We have no choice but to either be maids to riches lords or ladies or be concubine, roadside prostitutes that's are the choices left for a black woman.

"Isabella! What the heck are you doing here go and do some useful things!" Lady Gogo roars, her most serious job is yelling or screaming. I immediately leave the chopping of the vegetables to attend to the immediate need Lady Gogo demand, well, nothing much, That's how the morning job has to be done. Everyone running and attending to their masters. Especially when the lords demand early morning breakfast.

I quickly pick up a broom, dustpan, mobbing stick, and bucket, to join the other maids in the hallway. Cleaning and mobbing. The busiest hours of the day are always in the morning! All job has to be done before 8:00 am. That's the law made by no other than the Lord! Yes! The lord I said!! Duke of Hastings!

I'm so lucky! glad to be just a kitchen maid, being a kitchen maid doesn't have to attend to anyone else except your kitchen duties, and I love it! Why? I'm not a personal handmaid to anyone! Being a handmaid means your worst nightmare! Made any slight mistake you're done and gone, either be whip ten times or served the worst punishment of your life!

After that's, I hurried up to rush back to the kitchen but something happens along the road. "Oh my God, what the hell!" Not Lady Emily, "are you blind?"

"I'm sorry milady, please forgive me" I begged, pick up the bucket and mob which I accidentally pour on Lady Emily's dress. "You must be stupid! How do your useless apologize going to fix this!" She thunders her voice at me. "I think too much freedom makes you people think you're special"

"Please... milady." I was already on my knees because I knew the outcome of my mistakes. I shudder down in fear. Speaking of a female beast, she's one in kind.

"Guards!!!" She calls out in rages. Two huge muscle men appears from no where "take this thing and teach her the lesson she would never forget in her life!" She ordered me to be punished. With the looks on the faces of the men? I knew am dead, they smirk devilishly at me, This is it, being gone!

They grab me up, ignoring my pleading taking me away to where exactly? I don't know but all I knew is not good!

"Please, I begged you"

"Shut up you maid!" One yells at me, "if you love your stupid life, shut the hell up!"

Of course, I love my miserable life! I kept my mouth shut till they drag me to the destination of my punishment. I closed my eyes, never wants to see what they would do to me. Praying for the worst to happen. Then, just then, I heard a thunder deep voice!

"What's the hell do you think you're doing!Fuckers!"

That's the gate of hell speaking!

The devil himself!

In 1852, the present day.

"Isabella!!!" A gentle hand taps on me, I sightly open my eyes, hands rub on them to clean off the dizziness. " Are we in Wales already?" I asked hands still on my eyes, " Yes!" The other ladies all answered once in a planned way. "You have been sleeping all the way, haven't you gotta tried of sleeping?" A girl asked, having the approval of the others. I chuckled lightly and looks out through the carriage window. Where we're! The magnificent mansion of the richest lords in Wales, I sighed, let out a warm breathe of welcome to myself. It's has been sixteen years after the terrible incident that happened in Lord Mayors. "Come down!" A young-looking lady order, white and gently beautiful. Her hair was in a bun, her dress color was just like the beautiful color of the ocean. She seem noble and delicate, just a prefect looking woman in all. "Is that all?" She asked the carriage riders who bought us as they nods in response.

Her eyes glared at us, as we step out one after the other. We're thirty's in number occupied the sixteen carriages, that's lots of maids I can tell but to the look of the mansion she needs more than that. She glared at us again" Welcome to Wales" she warmly said welcoming us in warm hands.

Impressive!

"This way!" She pointed at the big entrance of the door, opened by two loyal men at the entrance. We walk in following the lead of the young lady. The mansion was one of the best, largest and beautiful I have ever seen.

"Keeps your eyes forward!" She ordered authoritatively to drags our attention away from the view of the mansion, " we're here!" she pointed at a hall room filled with a lot of standing beds for each of us. We were amazed not because of the size of the hall, but the way the bed feels comfortable itself for a good night's sleep, I say!

"Hmmm," she cracks her throat. " Now listen good, there are rules to follow for your safety"

Of course! There're always rules and regulations to follow! There's no place in the world that rules doesn't apply." You must truly follow the order of this house if you want to keep working here" she continues "your waking up time is 3:00 am early in the morning and your closing off hours from duties should be midnight depends on the lord's demand if that possible you should be closing late than that! "

That's means we only have two hours to sleep and rest?. "The lord's here are demanding so if I must advice be very careful when they speak to you, listen very well, make sure not to make any mistakes" she warned

"By the way, my name is lady pearl but you can call me pearl I demand" that's the first time a lady address herself to be called by her regular name than adding the respective signals.

"Yes, pearl!" We all reply in chorus.

"Good! Now you ladies has to been divided soon, because, we're expecting more maids to join you!" She alarmed, more maids! Was a shocking word to us, I know working in a house does have to be lots of maids and maiden's to attend to every need of the lords and ladies. Either than brushing her hair or cutting her nails perfectly that's the act the ladies want!

None of us has known the duties we're going to face but I prayed! I just prayed! I'm not assigned to serve any lords because that's will be hell!

Now we're more than one hundred in number, one hundred maids! "But still not up to the number I was expecting" she quietly said to the gentleman standing behind her, "milady, more maids are coming he replies, " okay, very well then, how many are they?"

"Fifty maids! My lady"

"Fifty? hmmmm"

"Is not still okay?"

"Yes, it is. Very much ok! Where are they?" Lady Pearl quested " oh here! Milady!"

"This way!" we heard another lady voice directing the other maids to the large hall where we are

"Lady pearl, here are the maids you requested for", she said and bowed to her, "come, come this way" she directed them to stand the same spot as where we stands.

"Now! Blacks one side! And white one side!"

Of course, the maids are not only black but white also! Who's are looking for a way to make a living, is not that easy to survived

everyone is looking for a shelter over their heads just like us the blacks!

"Now! Some of you will be served as handmaids, some kitchen maids, toilet maids, duties maids and assistance maids!"

That's lots of madding works, if I quickly picks! the truth is all the duties she just mentioned are not that easy as she sounds, all have their advantage and disadvantage. That's a life priority for you!

"The Blacks!" She calls, " will do the duties of assistance, toilet duties and every other responsibility the mansion requires!" She sighed getting tired of her voice yelling the way up for all of us to get what she's saying.

"You!" She pointed simply at my direction like she saw something different in where I stand.

"Are you black or white?" She questioned,

We look confused not knowing who exactly she was talking to directly, she pointed directly at me. As her manicure finger since to point no one but me"I..? Milady?" I replied confusedly, "Yes you!" All eyes glared at me like I did something wrong or am I going to be punished as an example to all?

"Answer my question!" She demands,

"I-i'm a black, milady" I shakily reply, but knowing the reason she asks such a ridiculous question. My skin is dark chocolate for goodness sake! I'm clearly a black woman. Why is she asking if she can seen clearly? I thought.

"Are your both parents black?" She asks. That was wrong to answer because I clearly do not remember I have a father in the first place.

"I...I don't know milady but my mother is a black lady " I answered politely, even though I found the question intimidating.

"Father?" She raised up an eyebrow. I simply nodded while all eyes were still on me!

" I have never heard anything about him from my mother or seen him before" I explained

"Hmmm, interesting lineage" she exclaims.

It isn't that I'm white but black, my skin is a little light chocolate color and my eyes? Are practical blue that's one of the strange things about me, my hair also are long and curly, my lips? They don't lie, are pinky in color but my mother never has all these. She's just an African woman with African beauty, I guess that's the reason she was asking if I'm black or white. The looks of my appearance would tell that my father must be a white man.

"You don't know your father right?" She question again, hands on her cheeks, Like she was thinking something meaningful.

"Yes, milady" I replied, simply. " I must say, I'm amazed by your looks for that you'll be joining the kitchen maids"

I was shocked and flattered, I can't believe my looks get me to be among the kitchen maids! That's amazing! I'm so glad, I ain't choose to be a personal maid to anyone.

"Thank you milady, I promise never to disappoint you," I said excitedly showing my gratitude to her. Some of the others maids were happy for me, expressing their smiles to me, while others disapproved of my post.