Flowing River

September 1990.....

"No matter how long, it takes never despise the art of losing"

Arnie! yelled her mom, hope you've pack your luggage and every other things sent in that list, I would not be visiting you for a long time, and you have to be responsible for taking care of your self and needs, yes ma, she replied,

Ten years old Arnie Grey was happy leaving home to school in a different city, the only person she would miss are her brothers "Tony, Max, Arthur and Mr. Thomas Grey, been everyone's favorite apart from Mrs. Antonia Grey is still a mystery to her, because which mother despise her only daughter, if not that she was sure, that Antonia was her birth mother,.

Leaving home was such a relief from the constant nagging and suffering, knowing the only time she would be visiting is holidays and its either weeks at most a month at home.

Arnie was ecstatic to leave Antonia and start a new future ahead, Mrs. Antonia Grey was neither a bad or wicked mother herself, She's a epitome of beauty, kind , loving and kind Mother, but whatsoever happens that soils her relationship with her only daughter lies in the whims of destiny like they say "Life is not fair to everyone"

I would be visiting you in the next two weeks with your siblings echoed Thomas Grey, I'm missing my little princess already, if not you insisted with your tears that you want to change school and insisted on a boarding I'm not willing to part with you yet, but if it makes you happy why not agree,

Choice made when survival is been crush are minimal and to Arnie to leave home is to survive and succeed , whether her instinct are against it or not, this a chance that must not slip out of her grasp.

Antonia already made plans with Emily who was Four years older to take care of her only daughter after making sure all her groceries and allowance would go beyond a month as required by the school,

Emily Stone was all smiles after been tipped heavily by Arnie's Parents, and knowing having Arnie as a school daughter means days of surviving on nothing has end, as she was helping her unpack her luggage she was busy whispering sweet nothings to Arnie to allay her fears of been out of home for the first time as the reality of her decision finally dawned on her,

Emily knowing a term earlier has made previous arrangement to have Arnie in her dormitory under the guise of taking care and monitoring her studies, this made her felt at ease not knowing its the beginning of her woes