Mum never really did love me but this was a completely new level of low even for her. I came home from school to find my stuff packed into a small suitcase near the front door. I didn't own a lot but I was pretty sure she still didn't pack everything in it. I looked at it confused then looked around for her. She wasn't in the loungeroom so I made my way to the kitchen carrying my school bag with me. The kitchen was completely empty except a note sitting in the middle of the bench. I walked over and picked it up.

'I packed all your stuff in bag and left it at the front door. There will be a guy arriving soon to pick you up. Don't argue with him just go. Leave your key on the bench so the landlord can pick it up.'

"Wow. Just wow mum." No explanation nothing. I put the key down and walked away from the note. I climbed the stairs and walked to my mum's bedroom door. Opening I noticed that all her stuff was gone. We had rented the place fully furnished so mum didn't have to buy anything when we moved in other than our small personal things. I pulled the door behind me and headed to my room wondering how bad it would look.

I stepped in the room and stared amazed. The room had been stripped bare. Everything was gone. My posters, Teddy's, stereo and TV... Everything. I dropped my bag on the floor and just stared. I couldn't believe she had just packed everything up and left! And what about this guy that's supposed to be coming to get me? where the hell was he supposed to be taking me?

Just as I started to feel like hyperventilating I heard a knock on the front door. Crap. I composed myself, grabbed my bag and headed down. I opened the front door and nearly died. The guy was terrifying. He was huge! He towered over me and I wasn't even sure he would be able to fit through the front door.

"Miss Evelyn I presume?" I just stared and nodded. "I'll grab your things then." he reached down and grabbed my suitcase. He took a few steps away from the front door before looking back at me. "Follow me please, the masters don't like to be kept waiting." he stated and continued on to the car. I pulled the door closed and followed hugging my school bag to my chest like a life line.

He opened the back door and gestured for me to climb in. I slid into the back seat and put my seat belt on as he climbed in the front. He looked back at me gently for just a momemt. before turning back to the stirring wheel. He put the car in drive and pulled away from the house. I looked out the window at the place.

I had never really felt like home, but it was the closet thing to one that I had. After my father died when I was small my mother seemed to be happy to go where ever she wanted. I was just a piece of luggage that she had to drag around with her. Most of my time I spent alone reading or walking while mum would disappear for hours sometimes days at a time. I had learnt early on how to get food and enrol myself in school. Once mum realised I was efficient enough at doing that she spent even less time worried about me.

I didn't make friends at school. There was no point. Sometimes I would only be at one school for a week other times I might be able to get half a semester. I was the quiet strange girl that day at the back of the class and didn't talk unless I had to. I was an a grade student though. Advantage to being left alone was I could study as much as I wanted. Considering how boring life could be I chose to do it a lot.

I came out of my thoughts and looked out the window. We were passing my latest school...No shame there, I was to advanced for the year anyway so classes were boring. "Hey, where are we going?" he flicked his eyes up to the rear vision mirror at me. "About an hour out of town." Ok why would mum get a different place so close to the same town? Hang on...He mentioned something about masters? "Who's the masters?" this time he sighed slightly. "I'm guessing your mother told you nothing?" I nodded in reply. "Well sorry to be the bearer of bad news...But she sold you girl. I'm taking you to your new owners."

Wait...What!? My friggin mother sold me! How can she even do that! I mean she wasn't the best mum in the whole world but I was her daughter. Isn't that even illegal now? A year slid down my cheek. Great now I'm going to cry in a car with a complete stranger! "Why?" was all I could choke out. "She had some rather large outstanding debts that where over due. Seems she came to some arrangement." I turned my head away and looked out the window as more tears followed the first silently.

I heard him sigh tiredly. "Look the masters aren't that bad. A little short tempered maybe, but if you stay on their good side and listen you should be fine. I've been working for them for a while now and they have always been fair." I sniffed and looked at him. "Where you sold by your mother to them?" I said a little coldly. "No. No I wasn't..." he said sadly. "Sorry. I didn't mean to be rude. I just can't believe..." I trailed off....