The Child's Father

arently. The breeze blew fragile things in sight.... biscuit wrappers, pap

e to stop or at least, reduce, I tried getting the dust out of my

of his apartment afte

loving John. Men are scum! I still couldn't believe it. He said he had finally g

lways loved him because he noticed the way I looked

saged and it actually hurt him that he had to wai

lf immediately he was done taking my pride, my dignity. That's the extent of how insensitive and uncari

doms, the conservative pills...they all made sense now as I

ars over spilt milk. I had a rather m

hich I had taken to ease the pains I felt around my thighs and private parts and had board a taxi to Mr G

lay motionless on the bed with tears rolling down my eyes. After that, I said not

is this?

#100,000."

exact amount of money

e amount of money

rse, you just lay like a log of wood while I did all the work. You should be grateful I even gave

all he had given me even after promising

had not slept with that deceiving John, h

adn't even worked but I had to go to the hospital and plead with the

urse at the counter looked at me

I made my way to the doctor's

oney. I'll get the rest but at least, commence treatment o

d yet, I was telling the doctor I'd get the rest of the money for him. Would I continue selling my b

"Come with me," H

hy

t co

ice and was walking out. I ju

and every day comes with new challenges. We just have to be stron

e talking

t earlier on or a motivational sp

the money," I said, tr

e went into a ward instead an

traced his ga

ther, still; mot

mum. No

r bedside. I shook her body. Her

't leave me here like this. You complete m

octor and grabbed

e, doctor. Do somethin

ss Cassandra,"

calm down, don't

my hands from the

Miss Cassandra. Your moth

leave me here. I have nobody, nobody in this whole world exc

g, mum. You're alive, right? You're only pretending to be dead. Say somethi

and tried to calm me down and

ieve that my mother had just died like that a

and covered my mother's de

real," I said, a

ts. I couldn't believ

" I

, I couldn't...still couldn't believe my mum was gone. T

would check up on me now? Wh

. It wasn't true.