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that I am in a desperate situation," I snivelled, wiping

otected sex but are you not mature enou

ut the promises you made

inuously in my head as

h and the man after my heart, so I was thrilled to learn I wa

ered the wine glass he was holding

th in front of me, and I was unab

pression made me quickly retract my ha

o man whose reasoning was clouded b

ou gave to me but it did no

out and threatened to feed my body to t

is house, remembering th

o me, but it was cut short by his seed in my sto

m and his words; if I had told my stepmother about i

it against me at school, and this is what I had gotten m

s not just any message, but a message stating that

the phone when

it on my ear, and the wo

ng in you, slut

ed as I fell to my knee. I cried and hoped that I would n

tely erased the message from the device

stepmother and her kids were staring at me with such int

as she did, I heard a slap across my ch

the news to my stepmother, who had always been my pillar

ed my head and held my cheek. I parted my l

iveness and to give me one more chance to ma

e when I saw how broken she was. Suddenly, I felt som

ling me all kinds of derogatory names a

es was cause them suffering. Her mother also ex

r not to call me names again and that she should

ng more than a misfortune if her moth

her mother mom, well, I glared at San

g on the left side of the room, her final

nt; perhaps he could have he

uly sent me away? I believe she woul

ter all, I brought this on myself by

self. Sandra would not have dared to do thi

for Mother to come out and shout at me

but her son stopped me and told me that I had won

why my step-siblings held s

relationship, our distance increased, a

covered my mouth and threw me in the direction of