1 Ling Ling

A little girl of ten sat down appreciating the beauty of her family's garden.

'Ling Ling' my dad called

'yes papa' I answered smiling, I dusted my dress and stood up 'is it time to go?'

'yes Ling Ling the are here'

he held my hand and led me out I knew today would be the last day I see my papa and I knew once I stepped out of this building I will be stepping out of America but I couldn't cry at least not anymore, not after everything I witnessed and certainly not after I knew why papa was sending me away but I was still hurt they took my sense of living from me and destroyed the heart of an eight year old. Papa was right I need to leave and live like the rest

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'Ling Ling' papa called jolting me from my thoughts 'remember that your papa will always love you ok?'

'yes papa' I replied

'whatever you see today never put them in your heart and never let anyone find out about it ok?' he said. I knew my papa was gonna die today, I knew they were gonna kill him so I just shh ok my head

'John it's been a long time' a woman said smiling at my papa

'indeed it has Ah Ni, this is my daughter Yue Ling please take care of her' dad said handing me over to her I didn't make a sound nor did I lift my head while she was leading me into her car

'papa will always love you Ling Ling' that was the last thing I heard before the resounding gunshots, it was all over dad was gone, mom and yun er' was gone everything I had was gone and I couldn't hold it anymore so I cried and vowed in my heart that I would revenge my family no matter how long it takes.

So here I was a girl whose mother was raped and killed in front of her, a girl whose little brother was drowned and forced to watch, a girl whose father was killed right before her eyes. And this happened because of a chip that is currently sitting at the nape of her neck,

she must be strong was she recited as she boarded the plane to Soth Korea