dollface | melanie martinez

𝐨𝐧𝐞

clara had a nice life.

born into a wealthy family; she, her mama, her papa and her older sister lived together in a manor,
perfect as a dollhouse.

she grew up with a governess teaching her in the drawing room, playing games in the garden with her sister and enjoying jam tarts at tea time.

but there was one problem:
she didn't have any friends.

"your sister is your friend," her mama reasoned when one evening clara brought this problem up to her.

"but she's my sister, not my friend," clara frowned. "i love her,
but how can one person be both?"

then, on clara's sixth birthday, she received a friend:
mr. midnight, a kitty cat as black as the night, and much furrier.

clara was delighted. she finally had a real friend to share tea parties with. the patient mr. midnight went everywhere with her-

her best friend;
her only friend...

until one day, mr. midnight disappeared.

clara was heartbroken. she and her family searched for mr. midnight for months, but it was in vain.

when mr. midnight disappeared,
everything else in clara's life went wrong too.

mama and papa started shouting at each other, late at night when they thought clara was asleep.

but clara couldn't sleep when she could hear doors slamming downstairs.

when angel announced that she was leaving home,
it was the last straw for clara.