Resisting The City's Bad Boy

ven want to imagine how it looks because I feel like the skin is peeling off. However, despite the pain, I have been able to suck the tears

ll fo

ned me t

nd? Well, they might as well go get a gun and shoot me right in the head because nothing, and I mean n

d? Co

she can even touch the hem of my daughter’s dres

and hiccups as I secure her to my back. I don’t remember the last time I saw my baby cry. But they made her cry today. And I hate t

e spared from all this.” This woman speaks, avoiding

, and I will forget that you gave birth to

t to even cast a

ng on me is too much to bear. There were times that I used to think that this anger I was feeling towards them would somehow, someday, subside. I will be able to forgive them somehow, and they will forgive me. After all, I paid the price for my mistakes. But with how bad and hard they a

that they have been so lenient with me, while on the contrary, they have done more than necessary. They are not done punishing me. Like, my punishment will not just en

repair. This rift will mo

rgetting that I am Donald De’Mario! I am the only voice in this home, and when I speak, no one dares speak agains

hat, but I was obliged to obey you only when I was still a De’Mario

not Ayana Salma De’Mario?” He ques

hat we always felt for him, and the respect that we gave him as our father to obey his every single word. But things have changed now. I have dropped all the fear and respect that I had for him a long time ago. I held h

flash. I will trash it like it means absolutely nothing because that

face from one corner to the other, searching my eyes to perhaps gauge the intensity of thi

urself. That point where you put everything behind—the bonds, the relations, the emotions, and all—and just fight for what you want. What you believe in. What you feel and think is right. That moment when

int in my l

n. I thought they would change somehow, somewhere along the way. But I was damn wrong. It seems like I don’t m

oner. But, oh well, they say that it is better late than never. I am hanging on to the hope that there is still ho

. No matter the price, because no p