CHAPTER 1 : THE ESCAPE

Stella was a happy and bubbly child until a terrible accident happened to her parents. They were involved in a car accident, and unfortunately, they both passed away. Stella was devastated and heartbroken. To make matters worse, she also lost her eyesight from the crash.

Stella's aunt, who lived in another town, heard about the tragedy and offered to take care of Stella. Overwhelmed and alone, she accepted the offer and went to live with her aunt and her husband.

Stella thought that she would be treated kindly by her aunt and uncle, but things took a turn for the worst. Her aunt and her husband were very cruel, and they made her do all the household chores. They would shout and hit her whenever she did something wrong, and they would even deprive her of food and water.

Stella became increasingly unhappy, and she felt trapped in her own home. She longed to escape and start a new life, but she knew that it would be difficult, especially since she was blind.

One day, Stella had a stroke of luck. A kind, young girl came to her uncle's house to deliver groceries and she quickly became friends with her. The girl soon learned about the situation and vowed to help her. Together, they came up with a plan to escape.

One night, while her aunt and uncle were sleeping, she and the young girl quietly snuck out of the house. They ran away till they were out of breath

" I don't think I can continue anymore, I think I springing my ankle," I said trying to slow down "You can't give up now they are almost here I can smell them"

She keeps saying weird things I don't understand and I keep ignoring them like now " I'm taking you to my house but on no account will you live the house "That's easy " ok I don't go out anyway" We walked like two hours before getting to a forest, a deep full forest and I stopped

" I'm not going in there, I didn't run away to get eaten by wild animals," I said "How did you know we are standing in front of a forest," she asked with curiosity in her voice " I can feel it," I said " cmon we, don't have all-day they will soon get here," she said before we walked into the forest