The Agony of Beauty

nt gave me some snacks. I ate with little appetite. It was such a long

rom the bus. We entered her flat and my Aunt took me straight to the guest room. 'Feel at home dear, you will be fine', she said. I thanked h

us. I didn't own a cell phone, so I couldn't reach my Mum but I overheard my Aunt telling her we had arrived home. She sh

bed thinking of what the future holds for me. I clo

nd so, in a few days, we both walked down

I forgot about my past sorrows as I

e you too". I whispered back. I kept smil

ot. It was my Aunt. Aunty Tope is an early riser. I opened my eyelids gently. "Who are you smiling at by t

morning?" I am fin

we must leave for the market, latest by 8:00 am, and by the way, y

t's husband marked the beg

ed two years ago. It was only Mum and Dad that attended the

entered the living room and I nearly fainted at the sight of the man I saw. I came fac

retended as if he didn't. I put up a straight

ing', Ange

nt corrected her husband from the kitchen and

. My name is Badmus,

ncle', I man

et to the kitchen to prepare breakfast, we mus

I thought to myself. Thirty minutes later, breakf

ave because his office was far f

materials shop in a

r. To the market, I kept pondering on what just happened bac

et and I forgot about m

ge, my Aunt could also speak a bit of it. I ate a sumptuous lunch in the afternoon. I enjo

efore us because we lef

ted his wife and planted

had a ni

, and you?' Answ

ared dinner already, can you please se

d her bag and headed for the kitchen. As I turned to leave for my room, Un

Aunt's house

ued in whispers, 'all I want is for you to get

rm from his grip and hur

e door heavily as if the poor doo

am a home destroyer?' I sat on th

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virginity when I was 10 years o

then. He was my very good friend and I liked him so much. He would buy me

market that day to get some stuff but she didn't want to take me along because of the s

um that he would take good care of me. Mummy

eepy, maybe because of the a

omfortably. He stayed alone in his self-contained apartment but we met a friend of hi

ed in the sitting room. I almost fell asleep completely when I heard the creaking sound of the bedr

ly. 'I want to play with you', he replied. But somehow, my mind was not at rest. I stood up and told him I wanted to go home but he

d some minutes later, he was

traces of blood but I was too young then to

ou will be dead', he threatened after me as I scrambled my way through the door. I went straight home but Mum wasn't

was so sad and moody all through the day but Mum wasn't sensitive enough to know what happened, she tho

d they must be 'birds of the same feather'. So, when I discovered that Badmus was my aunt's husband, I felt the vestige of my

red as I stepped out of my room to the kitchen