2 01. Intro

Shirley's pov: I was just sitting on the seashore...the water, the sand, the air, the sunlight it's just every thing I wanted in my life here in London.... I sighed and took a deep breath and cheered myself up....'come on lee you can do it bravo girl'

I stood up and looked at the watch that it was almost 6:30pm so I walked back from the shore they were many people kissing, chatting, hugging their loved ones and here there's me alone, bored of life and useless.

As I was walking back towards the road I noticed a Black Range Rover parked at the side of the road and standing near the door were 4 bodyguards wearing black suits with black sunglasses..they looked like they were guarding the car...later a man came out of the car.

I tried to look at that man but one of the bodyguards caught me staring so I immediately looked down and was about to cross the road since the traffic light was red and that's when someone caught my hand "Daughter....Can you please help me cross the road?".

An old lady with a walking cane asked me. I smiled at her and helped her get on the other side of the road. When we finally crossed the road I bowed down and she blessed and thanked me. I wished her a good day and continued walking . I walked back to the bus stand and I saw that someone was following me. I gulped and turned to see but no one in sight.

I climbed in the bus as I did not have much cash in hand to book a cab.. I was born in a middle class family, my mum did everything after the death of my father and my elder sister Nyza though she died at the age of 6 due to a car accident when I was 4 years old.

My mom later got married to Anthony after almost a year of their death to support me and so that I could have a father figure in my life and grow in love.

But my stepfather who I hated the most because he abused and hit me and my mom everyday after he came home drunk. I sometimes thought of running away but my mom whom I cared about but she did not want to leave him as he was the only person who earned but my mom used to secretly save the money.

I lost track of time and before I knew it was my stop...I got down from the bus and started walking towards my house. It was a small house. It has 2 rooms, a washroom, a kitchen , a hall, and my small balcony. There were not much things in my house as my stepfather used to sell the things to pay his debts.

I knocked on the front door and my mum opened the door, she hugged me and i hugged her back, she was the only person I had who loved me very much. Looked like the drunk mess was not home.

I went towards the washroom to freshen up and wore my usual pajama and got down for dinner.

As usual today mom prepared vegetables I looked at her and smiled and said my prayers and started to eat... hmm it was delicious after I was done. I went towards my mum's room, took out my mattress and went towards the balcony even though we had two rooms, my stepdad always locked one up cause he feared that I would bring guys at home but in reality he used to hide money there for this daily booze.

I never even looked at guys..I sat down on my mattress, said my prayers, the view from the balcony was beautiful but the air was chilly so I rolled up into a ball and put the thin sheet of blankets over me and closed my eyes and unknowingly I drifted off to sleep....