Chapter 100: Crushed Spirit Chapter 100: Crushed Spirit “Yes, yes!” she suddenly pumped her fist into the air, a little squeal of delight escaping her.

She couldn’t believe her eyes, this was exactly like what she had seen in her dream and what her teachers had talked about just weeks ago.

The pieces were falling into place.

But now, the real challenge, how to convince him to give her a job.

“Okay,” Little Sweetie replied, her mind racing.

Convincing a grown man to hire a four year old was nearly impossible, but she wasn’t about to back down.

She changed tactics instantly, time to play the orphan card.

“Sir, I have no parents,” she said, her eyes widening dramatically as she let her voice quiver just a little.

“I don’t want to stay here anymore.

I want to go with you.

Could you please adopt me?

Or just take me with you?

I can cook, I can clean, I can wash, I don’t need any money!

You don’t have to pay me at all!” She practically sold herself like a seasoned merchant, desperate to seal the deal.

The man “..?” The man blinked in surprise, taken aback.

What kind of four year old was in such a hurry to leave an orphanage, offering to cook and clean?

He furrowed his brows in confusion.

“No, dear.

These people will take care of you,” he said, his voice soft but firm, trying to reassure her.

He assumed she was simply speaking without understanding the seriousness of her request.

His schedule was tight, and he really didn’t have the time to entertain such a conversation, but she wasn’t getting the message.

“Please, Uncle!

Please, please take me with you!

good!” Little Sweetie tugged on his sleeve, her big, tear filled eyes pleading with all the innocence only a four

froze, his

This…

had never happened before.

begging to

It didn’t make sense.

stared at her for a long moment, weighing the

an idea

in the palace might not be such a bad thing

at eighteen always took months, sometimes years, to adjust to

was grown, she would already

rise to become head servant

housekeeper if he ever ascended to a

chuckle

hadn’t considered this before, but it suddenly seemed

girl in

once dismissed as ridiculous, but

it felt right.

small smile crept onto his face as

“Alright, little one.

to come back for her, and though it was hard, she believed his words and finally

day he returned, picking up the other children who

nod, brought her into the royal palace as a

first, he had thought she would need

of

even woke up, she was already up, bathed, dressed, and already

caught him

her to

a

stop her, he finally gave

was now in the palace,

for help, not just from the kind man who had taken her

she felt like she was finally

Nnenna when Nnenna was just

Ebere, also six, was struggling to adjust to the harsh reality that her family had adopted

someone much more beautiful

Nnenna, how graceful she was, how she carried

if she had

couldn’t contain her

did they have to bring her

was supposed to be the only

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