1 Michelle Chade:the begging
It was on a weekend long back in 2012 l was away from home when l heard a phone call at midnight.The news l heard from the other end was so shocking that it made me faint for a moment….l know you might want to know what made a young woman like me at that moment l was 16 only and l was starting to enjoy the benefits of a teenager.Well let me rewind you a little but so that you will know what really happened.
Michelle born in a family of 1 me being the only child of my parents grew up with all l ever wanted wich was love.My parents did not have much but their love to me was enough to me not comparing other peoples lives l was okay.I was born and raised in the city of Gweru and later moved to Sanyati and started a new life there with my parents.
At first l didn't like it there because it had no friends like l use to have not a lot l can talk of …lt tool me a few months to settle and accept that this was our new home.l started making new friends and started liking the place went to my secondary school there but l could not even finish my form 2.
The reason the school suspended me was because of my father.Yes l know there are many surprises and things that l ended up being confused about things like YOU GREW UP HAPPY WITH YOUR PARENTS
YOU HAD EVERYTHING THAT YOU EVER WANTED like LOVE
no to me as l grew up it was all a fairy tale.l came to know that the man l called my father wasnt mine to begin with he was mu step dad😒how l loved him as mine . Its oky to love step dads because he will be your parent.
My father began to beat me up without wrong doings a lot of times he did this some other time stripped me naked so he would beat me.l felt humiliated so l told the police that l was being physically abused.lt was enough reason for him to go to prison but,my heart aches to see my father crying and asking for forgiveness.
One day he called me in hos room a sked for forgiveness and told me he was dying of yellow fever,l never thought he would die l thought it will pass as it was just a disease.
After a month it got worse and l lost him😭it made me feel sad l had lost my father. I was left only with my mom and we lived happily just the two of us then my cousin sister came to stay with us.l saw my mother loving her and l could not see her loving me the way she was doing to her so jealousy caught me and l ran away from home thinkiythe world will love me."ooh well l was wrong."I started enjoying the outside world without thinking what anyone was thinking when lam away l was only concerned about my happiness at the moment without knowing l was hurting my own mother.lt hurts to say that my mother became ill of stress and passed away while l wasnt even near her.When l recieved the call l then saw that my future was doomed to start with
Written by Michelle Chade 🇿🇼
