Crossing The Space Between Us

d helped her aunt cook. After the prayer, she took care of her sist

id to her sister lovingly wi

e spawn of Satan himself. She was the one who inherited her uncl

unt Clarice reprim

ak in her own home," was her uncle's defense of

y? No matter how painful his words may be, they are all true. Coreen dreams of having their own house so

meal, and when they were finished, Iya went straight to her r

a bitch," Anna apologized o

and well, she's right." She smiled at

said as she wiped the plates. "Besides, the truth is that I admire yo

n's heart at what Anna ha

's no

them. "Coreen, give me fifty bucks, and I'll just drink," h

would drink, and half of their income goes to his addiction. He also

r. I haven't r

our parents should have brought you both with them! You're all useless!" he shouted loudly

f from weeping for the sake of herself and her sister. How many years

reen?" she heard Anna

efore answering her c

re

ca for showing her paintings, but she was

, they were holding hands with their parents. S

said in tears, and she could do nothin

ead. "I'll never leave you," Coreen repeated as she closed her eyes to prevent her o

u. She says I'm holding you back, an

ed her face. "That's not true, Rica. She's just lying. You're the reason I'm happy,

her sister went to bed, she went to her cousin's room. She found her holding

ce her. "Why? All my words are true! She is a bur

r she was feeling. "Tell that to me, but don't ever talk to my sister like that again." Iya glared at her

She knew Iya would surely tell her uncle, but she also knew he couldn't get rid of them b

I will never allow

d at the elderly woman, but the latter just stared back at her, making her lose her smile and frown. She had that look in her eyes again w

d ass forgot to bring an umbrella! She was too confident that it would not rain today, but alas, she w

once I'm done," she said to herself before opening the door, running up to her room, and hurried to the bathroom to get a towel. She put

arments. She dried her hair and her body. Suddenly all of her hair rose, and h

herself, and her heart star

s just as surprised to see no steel and instead a

that a man with a scorching gaze is scanning her almost n

n scr