TenBolt

My submission for week 8 of ExtraBaggageClaim's Weekly Weigh-In challenge/series/whatever. The goal is to write at least 500 words based on a prompt every week. This week's prompt was "Wish" Dejected, Ash trudged down the stairs into her dingy basement bedroom. “Bedroom” was hardly an appropriate term; her bed was little more than a sleeping bag on the concrete floor. Her face was weary, her body was exhausted, and her clothes were ragged and stained. However, this was more or less the best part of Ash’s day. She had a loaf of bread in one hand and a few slices of cheese in the other. It was dinner time for Ash. “How much longer can I put up with this?” Ash wondered aloud. “I slave away in the kitchen making opulent meals for them, and what do I get? A loaf of bread and a pitiful serving of cheese!” Ash took a bite. “It’s good, but… I want what mother is eating. I want what my sisters are eating.” Ash’s mother, or rather her stepmother, was a woman named Agatha, and she exercised