14 The pain in my smile

“Grandpa how are you doing?” I said as I let out my brightest smile. I dared not tell him what I was going through or he would worry himself so much. I knew my grandpa. He didn’t want me to be in troubles and now was not the exception.

“ I’m alright pumpkin” he said to me still smiling but I saw the smile slowly disappear.

“Pumpkin how are you? how have they been treating you? It’s a pity that I can’t really help you out of this situation. Your parents will be turning in their grave if I die leaving you here in a loveless marriage” my grandpa smiled sadly as he stared into my face. My grandpa gave me his ‘tell me the truth, I’ll not freak out look’. Tears threatened to fall from my eyes as I stared back. At that point I wanted to tell my grandfather all I was going through. My confusion, my life and how everything had panned out for me. How my life had been going all haywire the moment I knew the gilberts, how Adrian touches me and leaves me hungry or him but when I remembered he had