Chapter one

Looking back to the sequence of events which brought me to the house where I learnt the reality about life, at first, I thought that life is all about fun not knowing that life is quite much than that.

       It all started the day, after I lost my parents.Then, I was in secondary school, preparing for my final year Examination.I received a message from my Aunt that I should have sent home immediately, I was so surprised because my aunt had never called me in such a way before.Even though I have seen her for past four month during last holiday.

         Different thoughts started raining on my mind thinking of what could have happened because my aunty is not living with us, she is living with her family so I am really worried. My phone was ringing constantly which is getting uncontrollably for me so I informed the principal and left.

         I was so surprised to see some relatives at our house shouting and weeping. when they noticed my present and someone led me to where my aunty was.I saw my laundry with a lot of tears, so I started weeping too.

       Immediately, I ask for what has happened but no one is confident to tell me so I'm unable to control my emotions.After a lot of frustration, the head of our family asks me, to explain what has happened to me, I couldn't believe my ears until I saw the dead body of my parents lied down on the floor in a pool of blood.

   I said : "Are these really my parents? oh! " This wound is too much" I pitied the situation they were. 

       I moved closer to them with tears and started calling their names but no one could response.I regret being on earth that day. Second day after the incident, they were buried but I still can't believe that I have lost them just like that!I'm still hoping to see them soon.

    Two weeks after their death, all the family members and friends except my aunty left our house and went back to their various houses. The following day, after everyone had left, my aunty received a call from her husband, that she have come home immediately because her children were not feeling fine.So we left our house and went to their house.Their house was so interesting and full of fun which makes me forget the death of my parent. Except sometimes when I am alone, she treated me like her real daughter, though she was the younger sister of my father.

           She promises to always make me happy in return for the good deeds my dad has done for her. She fulfilled her promise by sending me back to school and provided all my needs for me.

        I wrote my secondary school final year examination and stayed home awaiting the result and to process my admission to a higher institution. hmm, All my thoughts were that everything will keep on going smoothly not knowing that every cloud has a silver lining. 

        It was Monday evening, my aunty has left for work in the morning it remained me and my aunt's children peter and James at home.Peter was a Very handsome boy, full of respect kind and generous while James was a lazy, beautiful and over pampered girl though she can't be blame for her behaviour. 

That day, my aunty returned home much earlier than usual, it was around 5:30pm.I was so surprised to see her by that time of the day, so we slept earlier. I

 i woke up exactly at 12:0am when I had a bad dream so I was so scared and couldn't sleep again, then I lied down on bed.

An hour later, I noticed the footsteps of someone, relating to what I saw in my dream, so I thought that I was still dreaming. But later, I realized that it wasn't a dream when the footsteps are getting closer and louder so I quickly call my aunt's attention but she doesn't show any concerns, maybe because she was so weak.

          Suddenly, our door was forcefully opened and three gangsters entered into our room with guns pointed on our heads. We were instructed to move to the sitting room and we did as we were instructed. When we got to the sitting room, the gang requested for money and my aunty offered them nothing so they were very annoyed.They ask often but she offers them nothing and instead of reacting to my aunty, they've been angry with me.I was raped by their master.

I couldn't control my emotions after they left but I had no power to do anything. My aunty reported the case at the police station but they didn't take any action.