Argh... Argh... Argh... Those sounds had come to be normal in "her house".
"Her house" she scoffed, that was what he told her the first time she came here at 13.
How could this be her house? No brothers, no sisters, no parents...
Just him, and her "new family". They looked at her with pity but they didn't care for her.
Argh... Argh... Argh...
Ouch... Ouch... Ouch... An all too familiar sound. 'Shhh' came the usual response. Don't make them think I'm hurting you.
She tried to close her eyes shut to suppress the pain...
The first time he came to take her away, they told her he was there to take care of her, provide for her, pay her fees till after university....
They didn't tell her this part. They didn't say she'd be molested and make to cook and clean and wash his underwear.
She opened her eyes as he took another jab at her...
Ouch... Ouch... Ouch...
*sniff* * sniff* *sniff*... Don't worry my dear, you'll soon get used to it and you'll start enjoying it.
She didn't want to enjoy it or get used to it. The pain, the cuts, the bruises...
She always wanted to become a doctor. She had big dreams...
But that's all they seemed to be now. *DREAMS*
The tears rolled down her face. She was sore from day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
She heard the door open and she knew it was time again for another piece of her to be taken away at 13.
#childnotbride.
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