Mr. Hamilton slowly walks over to me. His steps light but big. I couldn't help but blush at his charms. Looking at him now he is quite attractive and looks very young. I shouldn't be looking at my master like this so I slowly put my head down, not meeting eyes contact.

Tears were still falling from my eyes since this pain rush is going all over my body. Mr. Hamilton walks behind me where Peggy left all the supplies to clean my back. My dress was still hanging from my arms. Only my bare back was open.

I can here Mr. Hamilton putting his long sleeves up and dipping the cloth into the bucket of water. I brace myself for the pain that is about to haunt me. He slowly put the hot cloth onto my skin and I sob like there is no tomorrow. It hurts way more than when Peggy was doing it, but Mr. Hamilton said she was doing it wrong. Then I suddenly realized Mr. Hamilton was seeping into my back, which caused more pain and screams.

I wanted to jump out of his reach and run as fast as I can away from this place, but even if I tried, I would get caught and punished even more. I started to hold in my sobs.

" So Laurens, right?" He ask and I nod quickly.

" Tell me something about yourself."

" W-What do you want to know Mr. Hamilton??" I stutter.

Don't let him get to you Laurens. Don't let him see you weak.

" Anything."

" Ummmmm....I have 4 siblings ( I think it's 4...right ) and I'm the oldest."

Mr. Hamilton stayed silent for a few seconds before he answer. " That's nice. I'm the only child. Well, I'm now the only child"

" What do you me-"

" Unimportant."

I stayed silent. I guess he's doesn't want to talk about it. It was quiet again until he was finished.

TIMMMMMMMMME SKKKKKIP

I continued the rest of my chores. But it took my longer than usual. The pain from my back made me slower.

A few people in the house checked on me to see if I was ok. Peggy even offered to do the rest of my chores until I felt better. But I declined since I didn't want her to get in trouble. That night, Theodosia gave me a few more pillows for me to sleep.

I couldn't sleep.

The pain was unbearable.

The next morning, it was so hard to get out of bed. Angelica saw me struggling to get up, so she helped me get washed and dressed. I saw how her eyes widen when she saw my back. " I'm so sorry...he's not usually like this." I didn't answer because I didn't know how. All I did was cry. The pain was all I was thinking about. Maria came in to apologizing..
He must really isn't like this...am I the first on he did it to???

But what was that newspaper about? It said something about an island, and it seem to be old. It was probably his personal business, I shouldn't have been in that box. In fact, I shouldn't have been in that gorgeous library in the first place. This all wouldn't of happened if I had listen to Theodosia and continue doing my chores. But I let my stupid curiosity get a hold of me.

I was slowly walking out of my room until I was stopped by Mr. Hamilton.

Great...

"Mr. Hamilton." I greeted and bowed. As I try to walk past him to do the rest of my chores, he calls me. " John. Meet me in my office in 5 minutes." He says. I froze. He wants to see me. Whhhhhhhhhhhyyyyyy?

" -Um..yes Mr. Hamilton."
He smiles and walks away while I close my eyes thinking of the endless possibilities of what could happen. Maybe I had done something wrong again and I was getting punished even more. I put the cleaning supplies in a neat pile and gather my courage to walk to his office.
I knock on the door softly,  internally begging he would tell me to leave. Instead, I heard a small " come in" and walked through the wooden door.

Me. Hamilton's office was enormous. There were high ceilings with many books touching the smooth walls. The smell of ink and paper filled my nose with an effect of feeling homely. It gave me a sudden memory of life before my trade, where books were filled with every corner at home. Where their wasn't a single thought of the family suffering. There was a wooden desk in the middle of all the books where Mr. Hamilton sat. He was writing viscously on something that seems important and hasn't taking his brown eyes off of it ever since I walk in.

When he finally looked up at his writing, he gave a small smile and took of his glasses. " Laurens, I'm very happy you are joining me this afternoon." He says with a smirk.

" T-Thank you for having me." I stutter completely embarrassed. Mr. Hamilton stands up from his chair and slowly walks towards me. My face goes red since his eyes are facing direction into my eyes. He walks closer to me but I don't move, in fear that I will get him angry. My heart began to beat like a bass drum every time he took a step closer to me. Why was a feeling this way towards him..?  Soon he is inches away from my face. One move would make our noses touch. I was able to see his clear pale skin, with small little freckles around his nose. He had a small mark on the lest side of his right eye. He smelt like coffee and paper, yet the smell was rather addicting. We stayed like this for a good while until he parted our encounter with each other. " I want to apologize for my monstrous behavior the other day." He says walking back to his desk. " The information you were looking at is greatly emotional to me and I wouldn't want you or I encountering it. My feelings towards it effected my actions and it was wrong of me to throw those feeling upon you. I hope you accept my apology."

I wanted to throw a book at him. How dare he beat me like a doll and expect me to forgive his sinful actions! How dare he act so calmly about it while I suffer over something that probably wasn't much of a big deal. " You are forgiving Mr. Hamilton." I say like I'm a machine. "May I me dismissed? I have much cleaning to do." I quietly ask, hoping he will let me go.  " You are free to go Laurens."

I nod a thank you and walked out of the office only to find Angelica and Peggy putting their ears up against the wall next to the door.
" What happened with you and Mr. Hamilton!" Angelica squeaks. " I couldn't hear because Peggy was breathing so loud.." she sasses to her sister. Peggy simply just rolled her eyes and looked back at me for answer. I simply told them everything that happened...besides the weird encounter we had. The sisters didn't think much of the situation yet I my thoughts were filled with what the two of us were doing.

Damn I forgot about this book...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING.