Chapter 2

Everything was going well until my dad traveled to another town in search of greener pastures,

We were left with our step mom and our step siblings.

Days went by weeks dad was not coming home,everything my mom had and worked hard for was being sold out by my step mom,in a year time we were left with nothing we could call our mommy's.

She started maltreating me and my younger brother.we could go to school on empty stomachs and on getting back home we had to do the house chores otherwise we would face a severe beating.

My brother suddenly fell ill,there was no one at home to take care of him.

And unfortunately I lost my only brother.

Days went by weeks,my grades at school were dropping little by little until one of my favorite teachers noticed something was wrong with me,

I was no longer the jovial girl they used to know,I would sit by myself and tears would fall down my cheeks like a unclosed taps.

One fine morning,it was on a weekend.

I and one of my step brothers were left at home alone.,

I was busy doing the house chores as usual and I noticed something was not right.

My step brother was staring at me in a strange way that got me nervous.

He was the eldest of all of us so he was left at home to look after the house.

After lunch hour I sat on the couch my eyes all glued on my favorite cartoon show,I was enjoying it until my came from his room wrapped in a towel.

He was getting closer to me and I acted like it was nothing,"hey bro!whats up"? I asked him.

"Hey sis,it is nothing.i just need your help on something,and please don't tell anyone about it"he replied.

I was getting worried,the naive me.

"bro what is it? I asked him.

"Please help me unwrap my towel,my hands are aching and I can't do it alone".he said.

I was the naive girl,got nervous about it and I felt uncomfortable.

You know these things are taught at young age in school.so I already knew this was not right,

I told my step brother that I would report him to his mom when she gets back,the boy didn't even get tense.

He jumped on me like a hungry wolf and started touching me inappropriately.

I yelled,shouted but no one would hear me since there was no one else at home.

My step brother angrily slapped me on my face,scratched my neck with his dirty nails.

I fell on my knees and cried rivers of blood asking him to let me go,he never listened to me.

He was ready to accomplish his dirty work.

Fortunately we had a knock on the door,it seems my savior had arrived just on time.

Listen," I want you to act like nothing has happened,otherwise you will face the consequences of disobeying me",now go get the damn door!!he yelled at me.

Being the naive girl I acted like nothing had happened and stood up to see who was at the door.

I was traumatized by what my step brother was about to do.on reaching the door,I saw my dad,he has been away from home for so long.

A lot had changed since he left home and now he just arrived at the right time. I was happy for a moment but still what had happened was stuck in my head.

"Hey dad,how is it going?welcome back home,I missed you,I said to him tears in my eyes.

My dad was surprised to see me in the situation I was,and he definitely realized everything was not right in the house.