Bruised Identity

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by’s dad or her parents had finally taken their toll on Max. The moment she pulled a knife on her dad, she knew that was the end of their

d next to her grandfather in his building. Life had gradually returned to normal in the neighborhood, except Mama Cita's absence could still be felt in her com

ague. Her mom never returned after the burial and John had spent the first two weekend

hn had brought her cradle for her on his first visit, so Anna was safe from the mosquito bites. She concluded she needed to

ght as she began to search for them. Once she found them, she quickly checke

mplete day's journey and she knew she dared not take the chance of going with Anna on such an unknown journey. She had sent him a letter on her brother’s last visit but John had since gone back to school for her to know if he sent a reply. B

ed her baby by the roadside and the baby was picked up and handed over to a childless couple who were willing to t

wouldn’t be able to fend for herself and the baby again. Giving the child up was the best

ission was to survey the area where it was best to keep the baby. Satellite town came to mind. There are rich people there and the cha

After about two hours of walking around, she finally found a spot. A certain junction that is always lonely, but gets busy from the time s

person who would volunteer to keep the child. After which she’ll return to Bruges town much later in the evening when it was getting dark so the few people in the compound

AC” at the right top corner of the baby’s back by making tiny incisions. Before then, she had already picked some items used by their community for such purposes. This was done in the night just after she bathed the child so a

to the road but turned back home crying as she couldn’t do it. She sat in the room crying as she watched the baby sleeping. “How can she think it was that easy to just go and drop her

y pronounced the baby dead. She broke down in crying and shouting only to wake up to the voice of her baby crying. She quickly jumped from the bed and ran over to pick the child from

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rop the baby as she had planned. She had sworn to herself she wasn’t returning home with the baby and she wasn’t g

ng before the statue of the Blessed Mother as she prayed. Then it hit her, this woman is childless that’s why she had b

o a building. As she passed, she saw a man opening the door for the lady, kissed her, and let her in. That must be her

e could hear her heart pounding. As though things were working in her favor, their security light was still off and Anna was sle

forgiveness before placing the child on the floor wrapped. Knocking on the door, she heard the man answer “Yes, hold on a s

before calling out to his wife. Then she noticed someone walking