A dejected Soul

It was a new day when Yvonne turned 12. She was awoken by the chirpings of birds by her window. She slept late the other night because she was so anxious to celebrate her birthday so she couldn't sleep early.

Immediately, she took her bath and ran to her parent's room. She was happy, she couldn't wait to visit the cinema as her dad had promised her.

They got to the cinema two hours later. They watched comics movies and later went to the park where Yvonne had fun with her peers. It was evening when they decided to go back home. 

It was a sorrowful evening when they got into an accident that claimed the lives of Yvonne's parents. She became an orphan and started living with her aunt,(her mother's sister) Aunty Rose as she used to call her. Rose is a married woman with no kid yet. She took Yvonne in and treated her like her kid. Sooner, Yvonne got comfortable and moved on from her parent's death.

Then, it all started when Rose got pregnant, she started treating Yvonne like a slave. As young as Yvonne was, she would do all chores and run every errand for Rose. Yvonne started getting sick but Rose would care less. She would still make Yvonne do all the house chores and her failure to comply would lead to starvation. Yvonne always cried all night.

Life became unbearable for Yvonne. It got to a point where she dropped out of school because Rose told her that she cannot afford to feed her and also pay her tuition fee, which is a lie. Yvonne couldn't believe this was the same person who was her mother's only sibling. She was shattered but she still believed everything was going to be fine. She prayed as her mother had always taught her and she accepted her fate.

Life kept getting worse for Yvonne. Rose's husband also started making advances toward Yvonne which didn't surprise her because she has been seeing the handwriting on the wall. she wanted to tell Rose but she was afraid of what her reaction would be. When she couldn't bear it anymore, she summoned courage and told her. Exactly as she thought, Rose didn't believe her instead she beat her mercilessly, adding more scars to her body.

At this point, Yvonne was already tired of life. She was sleeping one night after a stressful day, she was fast asleep when she felt a hand movement on her body. She got scared and quickly switched on her side bed lamp. The light came on and she saw Rose's husband trying to take advantage of her; she managed to escape from his grip and ran out of the house. She ran as far as her legs could take her into a dark lonely night with no hope of where to stay. 

She was wandering on the road; she was lost in thought and couldn't hear the horns of the oncoming car. Before a blink of an eye, she's already been knocked down by the car. The driver immediately came down from the car and took her to the hospital. She was admitted and taken care of. She was discharged the third day and the driver, whose name is Jones, took her to his house. She was welcomed by Jones' wife with a cheerful smile, which lightened her gloomy mood. 

After she explained all she had faced to Jones and his wife, they felt sorry for her and decided to adopt her since they couldn't give birth anymore. Yvonne couldn't be more grateful; she was very happy.

Then and there, Yvonne got a new family who took care of her as she deserved.

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