“If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a million times. I never want to see a dirty dish in the sink, Everly!” the evil woman with dark hair said with a shrill tone. Her name was Evie Step and she was Everly’s only guardian since her father passed. Bad news for Everly and also bad news for Evie who hated children. Hated most people, really.
“I did the dishes two hours ago,” Everly replied.
“I just ate soup! The bowl is in the sink now. If you ever paid attention and stopped spending so much time doodling ridiculous drawings in your room you might have known that. You know I hate it when the soup crusts up in the bowls,” Evie snapped. Soup crust was her number three annoyance after the sound of happily tweeting birds by her window and neighbors nodding politely to her in the street.
“I’ll pay more attention, mother,” said Everly.
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