12 Joe and Brielle
Brielle was my mother, while Joe, my uncle was her older brother.
Their lives were pretty rough and they had no one but themselves. Uncle had always doted on brielle afterall she was his only sibling. Grandfather has passed years before i was born, so uncle and mother had to start working to survive from a very young age.
Brielle was known by almost everyone in town because she worked in alot of places and for many different people, shuffling through different jobs depending on whatever was available. She was seen as warm and cheerful by all who knew her, some would even say she had a smile more innocent than most girls her age. She was pretty popular and loved by a lot of people because of how strong minded and hard-working she was.
Even her sudden and mysterious pregnancy wasn't enough to change people's opinions of her because everyone saw her as a pure girl, even if it was for money they would never believe that she would ever go sleeping around. So to preserve the image of purity and innocence they had of her everyone who knew her silently decided to themselves that they wouldn't pry into things relating to her pregnancy... things like how she got pregnant.
And just like that everyone who knew her just accepted the fact that she was pregnant, no gossips were said, no rumors were made, at most they believed she went through an unfortunate event that led her to pregnancy... they treated her like they always did since they knew things were already hard enough for her.
Things were harder for uncle though as his work load only tripled beacause brielle couldn't do as much work as she used to do before neither could she do any strenuous work and uncle still had to do his best to preserve her smile,no doubt she was a strong girl who was stubborn and did what she did to help but there were times when no one was around that she would break down, afterall how much can a 16 year old girl take, Gods! she couldn't even remember who the father of her baby was. Uncle didn't know about the times she broke down but was still worried so he did everything he could to make sure that she had nothing troubling her.
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Eight years have passed since those troublesome times, now uncle has only me, His sister's life was claimed while giving birth to me. they say he dotes on me just like he used to dote on his sister.
When the barren couple who are presently my foster parents finally had their own child and their love for me started to depreciate uncle was really worried but after seeing the friends I had made he was relieved to knowing I was not alone.
But now even the only two friends I made are gone, all I and uncle have is each other now. He always told me that when he becomes capable enough he'll pay the compensation money to to my foster parents and then he'll be able to take me away to live with him. I hope that day comes soon though.
Well all those things are for future worries all I care right now is what happens in this moment. Moments like these when I feel the whole world collapsing on me, uncle would hold me in a hug telling me that "it's going to be ok", I could bet that he once said those words to mother.
"it's gonna be okay, don't worry" he repeatedly says
But will it really?
