l from the

d the people were. For a girl in a distan

other had already strangled, thrown

er wanted to drown me to deat

. It won't make a differen

ed me over to him and

ars old then. He was just an

own me. Then he made up his mind. "I'll take her with me. She'll be m

ome. My entire childhood memory only had my uncle, who lo

e, but he never l

ght me a small cake. It had thick plant-based cream, a simple and homemade red p

amed me

to give me a unique name, so I didn't end up with a name

ed, wiping away the lips

d the cake, and gave h

I never got to

r finally gave

the cowshed instantly and snatched the cake away. My head

found me, I was

o the town clinic and spent a

dages, he held me in his arms a

family eating chicken soup

tter chopped down the door with a hatchet with one hand. My fath

sed him against the door, and shouted, "Why

e you being harsh to my precious son for that useless girl? My son will go to college and make lots of money in the future. He is unlike the useless girl who will j

hat I cut ties with my parents an

amily after he paid them five hundred dolla

ties were u

and of no use, they wou

target for exploitation in their eyes,