1 Chapter - One

Bang!!! Bang!!! Bang!!!

Mabel Hughes got up with the loud banging noise outside her door. Her eyes furrowed together and her heart skipped a beat in fear.

Damn! I'm done for...

She got up from her small ragged bed and ran to the door to open it. A foul smell of alcohol and sweat reached Mabel Hughes as she opened the door, she covered her nose with her hand. She looked up to see a man standing just outside in old dirty clothes. He seemed like he hadn't taken bath in days, his eyes were red with anger.

"You shameless bitch, how dare you to sleep till now? Look the sun is up already" Alexander Hughes, her so-called dad angrily kicked her. She tried to balance herself but the kick was so hard that she fell on the ground with a 'thud' sound.

"Where is the money? Give it to me"

Alexander Hughes was here for money as always. He began to look here and there for the money. He checked the drawers, under her bed and even her few dresses hanging on the worn-out wardrobe. But he didn't find a single penny. With the passing seconds, his anger was piling up more and more only. He began to throw things here and there as he gritted his teeth.

Mabel Hughes however, didn't dare to make a sound. She knew she was going to get beaten if she went forward to explain things now. She waited until her father inquires her.

It wasn't like the thought of fleeing away crossed her mind, but she had once borne the consequences. She was kept hungry for straight five days by her ruthless dad with only a few bottles of water to survive.

She obviously didn't want the situation to repeat itself.

Alexander Hughes turned around and Mabel could see hot air fuming through his ears. She gulped down some saliva in fear as she stood straight.

"Where is the money?" He asked again with his hand extending forward "Give it to me, I need to go and grab some drinks"

Mabel Hughes shook her head "No... I don't have money, I'll get the payment only after two days"

Hearing her words Alexander went all ballistic as he began to bombard Mabel like a lunatic "You ungrateful witch, I raise you this big and you can't even earn some money for me now?" He slapped Mabel right on her cheeks "I know you have money but you aren't giving me, tell me where is the money or else?"

Alexander began to pull off her hair as hot tears began to roll down her cheeks. "I don't have any money" She kept denying as she rubbed her cheeks that now were burning like hell with red fingerprints printed on her cheeks.

Alexander looks around to see a small hairpin lying around the floor. He dragged her until his one hand reached out to the clip. He took it in his hand and pulled her hair backward with another. Her head was pulled back and her neck was exposed.

Alexander press the pin on her bare neck "I said give it to me or you'll regret this, you bitch"

"Dad, I don't have any... Ah," As she was speaking, her dad pierce her neck with the sharp pin and blood began to ooze out of her neck soaking down her t-shirt.

Mabel could feel the coldness along as the blood flowed down her neck. The cut was deep and it was burning with pain. Mabel closed her eyes with tears strolling down along with blood.

Alexander saw her daughter crying and felt pathetic as he saw her so weak. He couldn't help but scream in hatred "You are such a loser, you are such a shame to me" he said as he let go of her.

He stand up and once glared at her before leaving the room.

Mabel got up and wiped off the tears from her face. And then she went to the washroom to get ready for her job. As she was standing in front of the mirror, she saw her own reflection - the person in the mirror was indeed weak and pitiful.

'You are a loser, you are such a shame to me' her dad's words keep ringing inside her head. Tears begin to roll down from her eyes.

"I thought you were out of stock.." A voice ringed inside her head.

She sarcastically laughed at her own reflection in the mirror. "I thought that too"

"Why are you even crying?" the same voice spoke again...

Mabel kept her head down and asked the millionth time "Why don't you come out... You know I need you" she said while staring at her other half.

"Wait for the right time." A voice ringed again letting Mabel wait for infinite times...

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As Mabel came out of the washroom, she had a bandage around her neck. It was the only first aid available in her home. She was used to this kind of pain anyway, it wasn't great of a problem for her.

She quickly got dressed and walked out of her room. Thankfully her dad was already out of home...

After a while, she reached a gate and there is a huge board the name was written 'Blue-moon child care'. She took a long sigh and entered the building in front of her.

Yes, she worked in a child care home. All the busy parents keep their pups here in the daytime and came to pick them at the evening.

As she walked in, she saw Mrs. Harrison was waiting for her at the door. She was the founder of child care but she was a kind lady.

"Good morning Mrs. Harrison" Mabel quickly greeted her with a warm smile on her face.

Mrs. Harrison smiled back at her but her smile didn't reach her eyes. Mabel got a bad feeling seeing her.

"Come with me, Mabel," Mrs. Harrison said as she went upstairs to her office.

Mabel nodded as she began to follow her. As she followed behind her she can saw a lot of parents were in the main hall with their children. Usually, parents will only come to the gate to leave their child but what are they doing here today?

Mabel couldn't help but feel sour in her heart.