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her's absence-I had inherited it from her before she pa

h movement. Now, in the fleeting moments of peace, I sought refuge in sleep, pra

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ars that I owe you. I can't do that. She is worth far more than t

from yesterday's beating, protested every movement. The bruises

ought, froze

to unleash his fury once his visitor leave

pain. There had been weeks where each day brought fresh

prayers for an escape-even a permanent one-might finally be answered. At seventeen, I should be dreaming of the future, not

those years, my life had become a living nightmare, o

od one for you. She is a virgin. Young, with good features. You know what I mean. A little

d dropped low, I could s

be talking t

I crept silently to the door. I pressed my ear against th

I saw two men sitting across from him, their mus

fore we can agree on the deal, we need to meet the gi

y father's face, a look of exci

y name with an enthusiasm that sent my heart

from there, hoping he wouldn't suspect I ha

ed myself, and casually walked out of the kitchen, try

, my voice steady despite the

lf for the inevitable explosion of anger, b

raise my head t

need to beat around the bush since y

my mind reelin

een talking about?" I t

e a knife. "I'm in debt to these people, and since you are usel

k of indifference,

ed to shift, and I swayed,

replaced by a stranger, someone who saw me as nothing more than a means to an end. The treatment I've been re

the same man who once held me close, who had laughed with me and comforted me? The memories of him as a lovi

nrecognisable figure standing before me, making me wonder if he

selling me like a com

years

e hospital ward flickered on

y, my mind struggling to gra

and this is what she gets for helping you?" Hi

k, to defend myself, but

aten? What the hell were you out for so late in the dark?" he

rd it took me a moment to

her, searching for him, worried sick because he hadn't com

bling as I reached out, hoping

His voice was a snarl, and before I could re

cold, dead stare and swore, "I swear, I wil

hat moment on, my life became a

to pre

said, his voice calm, almost casual, as if he were dis

his face a mask of

the man continued, his eyes shifting to the

hand clamping around my arm with a vice-like grip as

d racing as I realised there wa

en. Never! Hence, I screamed

maternal grandfather emerged from his room, and I tearfu

my life, but his physical frailty had never been eno

mother had inherited and built with

that left me and my grandfather with nothing but this

intervene, but my small frame and his weaknes

hoved to the floor, and before I could reac

realising I had been drugged. Through fading vision, I saw

inging to awareness, I made a vo

se than the hell I was being

was about to discover