by {Katniss-Everdeen} » Sun Nov 27, 2011 3:52 pm
That word is not in Julia Whitmore’s vocabulary. It’s as if she had never heard it. Well, maybe once or twice in the marathons of teenage mom, but never before on Hideaway Acres, where her, her family, her 1.9 million dollar mansion, and her horses were.
"Br-br-broke? No, no, no. Not true. It can’t be!" she thought as she replayed her mother’s word in her head. "No more clothes! No more spa days, not even a new Arabian Show Horse that was at the top of my want list. I mean, how am I going to buy the new Ralph Lauren Blue Label Leila Metallic Dress? Will my credit cards be cut-off? No. My parents wouldn’t do that to me. Not there only daughter."
“Honey? You okay” Julia quickly snapped out of her worries. “Seriously Julie, it won’t be that bad. Just a little less spending, that’s all.” said Julia’s over optimistic mother.
Julia looked around at the kitchen they were in. White marble floors, granite counter tops, state of the art appliances. Not to mention the Brazilian Rosewood dining table and chairs they were sitting at that moment, plus the crystal chandelier that was. Will all this be gone? Just a little less spending, right?
“But how much less?” said Julia
“Not that much, but-”
“Can I still go shopping?”
“Well, depends on what you would buy, but as I was saying-”
“Mom, How am I supposed to do anything if I can’t even shop! This isn’t fair!”
“Don’t worry, we’ll sell a few horses, a few acres of land, your dad and I will work extra hours, don’t worry, everything will be back to normal in no time. You’ll see.”
Our part of District 12, nicknamed the Seam, is usually crawling with coal miners heading out to the morning shift at this hour. Men and women with hunched shoulders, swollen knuckles, many who have long since stopped trying to scrub the coal dust out of there broken nails, the lines of their sunken faces. But today the black cinder streets are empty. Shutters on the squat gray houses are closed. The reaping isn't until two. May as well sleep in. If you can.
~The Hunger Games~