She Found Solace

om, " Good morning Mrs Christiana!", The whole class said in unison,

o know how her students were doing. She laughed when she heard the never ending contrast in their replies, " it was

questions?", Mrs Christina asked, another activity which had become a norm since they had external exams in three months. "Yes ma!", the whole class responded in unison, Mrs Christiana nodded her head

could have guessed, Tope was the loner, the back bencher, the silent one, the introvert, sometimes, the other students forgot she was wit

ed relationship with her mother. She never spoke unless she was spoken to and she never wanted to be a part of anything. The

ma'am!", The students chanted, packing their bags, waiting for Mrs Christiana's permission to leave the class. "Alright you may go home...!", she said taking her sea

cher had finally noticed her, instead she had the bored indifferent look on her face as she packed her books in her b

r past questions like me and the other teachers advised?", Mrs Christiana asked Tope, like the answer she pr

ristiana said, Tope wasted no time be

ctly but ever since she resumed in her new school,Tope's current school, and she had found that Tope didn't say much, she had been dis

d her ride when they got to the front gate. Then she would finally sigh in relief before walking back home. It wasn't that Tope wasn't

her ear piece before plugging the pods in her ear to listen to music. If she ever cared for anything in this world, To

t some biscuits and soda before she reached her makeshift favorite spot three blocks away from an amusement park on the way hom

with no intention of going back home soon, in her school uniform, her backpack sitting on her lap

ted growing accustomed to living with strangers and not family. One of the monumental yet miserable part of her life was the fact that she was con

a beat her, kicking and punching her like a sparring dummy, "if you ever tell your mother anything, I would beat you again and your mother inc

ion that she couldn't escape his abusive hands, since she knew that he was abusing her, she refused to regard him as her father, but instead as " the man or t

t their mother planned for them. He opened her door without warning, his eyes casting lewd stares on Tope's

e was hugging herself. "Get on your knees, I done have to be telling you the next thing to do when we'r

er hand to pull his zipper down. She watched in disgust as his member sprang up hitting her forehead as it got

didn't want to do It, yet she was forced to, she couldn't cry out for help because she knew the consequences of speaking out. Tope cri

ter, his sinister smile plastered on his face as he closed the door behind him, contented he had gotten a release. Tope was somet

mother and sisters never had her time, forgetting that she was even alive. She didn't have a mother to daughter relationshi

want for her sister and her need for her mother was constantly forgotten by the family. They always forgot her birthdays, not once did anybod

ene environment became her hobby and she preferred her solitude, music and novels. Not onl

ly used. She preferred staying with animals who she believed were more reliant than her family members and human beings altogether. After several years o

ry, on the other side of the world maybe. She was so close to achieving her dreams, leaving the family, she was close, all she needed was a bit more money so she could afford