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my eyes, 'wow that's bright' I thought to myself

, it's my twenty first birthday. Every year on my birthday I would wake to my mum

umped out of bed and called for them, but there was no response

and is a massive twenty-one balloon that is standing tall alongside my presents

kitchen. Upon nearing the kitchen, I can see the kitchen door is closed to and I can

s is right" 'what is my mum going on about, why is she crying?' I questioned myself?' I decided to listen

to happen to our daughter? Do you really think I am happy about this Connie? Remember it wasn't just my fucking doing, you w

as if I was trying to break it down. Startled, my mum began to sing happy birthday to me, but I cut her off, "What are you both t

dare say a thing' but my dad ignored her gesture and told me to come and sit down next

down as a family and talk about it together later. "You know we can't do that Connie; you know we are meeting Mr Oakes

I am sitting in limbo here" I said frustratedly. My mum started t

cleared his throat and said, "Remember when you was a little and I told you a story about a fa

this?” I asked confusingly. “Let me finish and yo

y, and the money they borrowed from the knight worked out not being enough so, the adults of the family had a meeting with the knight and

u just get to the point” I ordered sti

adults signed was a way of paying back the money owed to the knight.” Frowning with confusion still, I said "yes, I remember, I remember feeling r

ad just admitted to, I grew up thinking everything was fine, there were no problems at all in our family home.

makes sense as to why we had to miss out on a lot of things. I'm still a bit confus

Oakes, you know, the knight in shining Armor, my old school friend got wind of my situation and offered to help. Your mum and I took him up on his offer and accepted the money that

dred and eighty-five thousand pounds. I knew I'd never be able to pay that mo

re. Around nine months later I had to admit defeat, I had to forget about my pride and claim bankruptcy. Mr Oakes

ld introduce you to his son and then not long after it will be arranged for you

oney please say something, please don't just sit there, please

o a stranger. I do not even know how to comprehend the way I am feeling, I have too many mixed emotions going on inside my body, angry, sad, shocked, confused,

ar the debt you were, are fucking in. Did you think I’d be jumping for joy and dancing ro

est too. My throat feels like it is starting to close up and I cannot breathe, I need to g

her is holding onto the windowsill for support. I have never felt this way be

quite quickly after that. As soon as this petrifying ordeal was over, I took myself to my bed. I lay there scrunched up in a ball and then tears started fall, 'How can the

are in the world. My birthdays ruined, I now have no family and I just don't know what I am going to do.' A