The Luminescence -The Unbroken Moon

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elings and a reflection of her love. There is no man who had won over her heart the way he had done. She had never believed she would have ever had come to trust any man in her life, least lov

n the past. However, for having been raped, she wouldn't have been in this present dilemma,

nted he would feel, possibly ending their beautiful relationship thereabout. If only she could find the courage to open up to him. If only she could come off the emotional a

er so early to the cruelty in nature of the society. The attendant events that had followed also revealed to her,

classmate was reportedly ill. She had to lend her the said textbook. The sick friend had been unable to be

aded her to wait for a little on her friend whom he assured her would be back in a jiffy

r. The young man had planned to carry out an assault on her. He merely

he found herself sitting alone with him in the rat

nappropriate behavior, she had quickly stood up to leave the house. She ran towards the door of the sitting room. He ran after her. He grabbed and groped her. Suddenly he stopp

romptly resorted to screaming for help at the very top of her voice. However, her voice soon was drowned by the throw pillows. He used it to muffle her voice by pressing it hard on her face. He didn't mind he was suf

to deal with her should she open her mouth too wide concerning his assault on her. She howeve

nts took her to their family doctor for an immediate medical check-up to determine

hard labor. Her family though disappointed, took it as a feat. Credit to her fathers' doggedness and unshaken belief that j

onvicting verdict on her assailants, somethi

m. Members of the society especially, from the family of the jailed boy. They insinuated and criticized her parents for taking the ma

ntentionally seduced their innocent adult son into such an indecent act. According to their thoughts, the incident that happened was m

tic to the family of the jailed boy soon accepted the latter's shameless line of

unfair and an act of wickedness for her parents to have demanded justice and reported the matter to

fiding to her parents persistently scorned her. Some were of the view that she would have kept rather mute about it as proof of her maturity,

lf scratching her head for the third time. What a shameful

ve her from further emotional and psychological derailments due to the

her previous school and readmitted int

threatening her relationship with her heart

her the courage to open

e of mind when the voice of two of

at's wrong with you? So pens

e hell eating chunks off you!"

that... I'm worried over some personal issue

too personal to let us in?" said Ngozi

to discover that I'm not a virgin as he had been boyishly been feeling. I don't have the courage to let him know and at the same time...girls I am too afraid to los

l had to fall in love with one of these virgin-crazy- men a

t her pride in circumstances where she finds herself too f

the feelings of shame and guilt, she would have been mad

by the horn now than later. Don't be feeble at heart to do it. Allowing it to eat

it?" Clara asked liter

re your mind should it turn out too difficult to handle. You should let him know without delay but I would prefer d

shocking news to him. He might even go mad at you calling you all sorts of names if he's so damned that sort. You've got to expect the worst to happen. Give him time to readjust himself to reality a

l length, she let out a loud yawn. It was still dark on the outside though it was already morning, she observed. She drew her rope light by the bed

ithstanding, she has lost even the nudge to embrace another sleep again. Slipping out of her bed´s quilt, she sa

speaking. It soon occurred to her, that her annual room-apartment rent needs renewal. However, that hadn't bothered her mind a flinch. It was quite an expensive adventure

ng, is time and energy-sapping that she needed a pla

partment, free from all unnecessary distractions as she would call it. Her mind flew into her earlier encounter w