Ch. 12: Fatally Falling Apart

Natalie had never come face to face with her. She was afraid of talking to any of the other women in the house because she didn't know which one truly stood for her. Archer's mother is not even a choice because someone might see her and tell Oscar, then she would go back to square one.

She's a woman that everyone dislikes. Simply because she found favor in the eyes of her master who bedded her and she got pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy. The other women never take it lightly with her, especially since Oscar's father died from a heart attack some years ago.

She has always been a servant, so she accepted every treatment and adapted as the years went by. What she wanted for her son was obvious.

She doesn't want him to be treated like trash the way that she was, but that would be a decision and choice that Archer would have to make because he has to walk his own path.

Natalie contemplated sharing her sadness with the woman while she had a lot of that to deal with and going back to