Snippet #1995385

Asami wasn't expecting to get accepted so quickly to such a high paying job. Though she was a maid, the salary was more than she could ever hold. It was such luck that she found this job. But it was a great opportunity for her and she wasn't going to pass it up for anything.

Her mother just recently died. It could've been preventable, but they didn't have the money to pay for the hospital bills. Asami was an only child and her father abandoned them when she was only three. Now, she was on her own. Living by each day, scraping through life. Something she never imagined as a kid. Money was always an issue with her family. Her father had gambling and drinking problems, so one day, he took all of their money and just ran. Never to be seen again. Her mother was always too ill to work, so whenever she did find a job, she was soon fired for all the days she missed. Asami wasn't very lucky with finding a job because she never even finished school. She knows very little, just the basics. Reading and writing, but she's not very good at them due to their lack of money. Just because she's poorly educated doesn't make her stupid. She's can be very smart and clever at times.

Packing up the things she had, which wasn't many, Asami left their home. She could no longer afford keeping it and the landlord was kicking her out for their debt. A taxi or a bus wasn't a choice either for she couldn't afford the fair, so Asami had to go by foot. She carried a backpack and a small luggage. Fortunately, they had wheels to roll on, so she just needed to pull it along behind her. It was going to be a long, long walk to the Scarlet Manor.

After a few hours of walking, Asami reached the brick wall that surrounded the Scarlet Manor. An old, rusty gate stood high before her. The manor itself wasn't visible from there. Trying to catch her breath from the long walk, she took deep breaths and tried to calm herself. She then hits the doorbell as it made an ominous, eery ring as she awaits for someone to open it.