A burning heart. 1

Good evening my lovers. My previous story I started is still undergoing some major editing surgery. So, permit to start another one which I promise I would complete. This new story will actually be in series and I promise i would be posting new updates every day( cross my heart.Lol)

Please I want you all to know that none of the events or names in this story are real. Just my creativity in action. So, read and enjoy.

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Episode 1.

"If you don't do what I ask you to do, I would kill your parents and there wouldn't be anyone to protect you again." Ehi's cousin, victor threatened. He started raining all sorts of threats on her. Despite her sturbborness as an 18year old, ehi was really scared of threats especially when it was coming from a 25 year old guy. By the way, she have heard countless rumors of his notoriety in town, her cousin victor was really a vicious thug.

She was so scared of victor that there were times she had nightmares as a result of so much fear in her head and by the time she wakes up in the morning and sees that her family are alright, she breathes a sigh of relief.

On the other hand, ehi's mother was trying to mend the relationship between herself and her daughter bit by bit. She was now getting closer and and trying to discuss about women matters with her daughter. But sadly, a relationship that was very fragile for many years cannot just blossom overnight. Sometimes her mother sees her as a difficult child, a child that doesn't want anything to do with her mother. But honestly, that wasn't the case. Ehi's mom was never there for her in her formative years when a mother should build a very strong bond with her daughter. She was always almost unavailable. Always busy with business.... ..

Then, ehi's life began to turn upside down.

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Ehi's father had a very close friend, who is also a friend to the family. His name was Doctor Ben, but they all refer to him simply as doctor. Ehi later found out that he was not actually a medical doctor, but he had a PhD, and thats the reason why he was called doctor. He was always a regular visitor to their house ,especially when ehi's dad was at home.

One day,he came to the house when ehi's mother was not at home. She went to the hospital along with the driver for her regular medical checkup. Ehi's father had also traveled for a business trip. Dr Ben met only ehi at home and at that time they didn't have a housemaid.

Ehi welcomed him to her home with a smile as usual. They both sat on a sofa in the living room and he started telling her stories about things she never knew. After a short while, his hands moved upwards and he started caressing her shoulders. Ehi's was shocked and dumbfounded when he tried to touch her bossom. She made a desperate effort to jump up, but before she could, he held her firmly and pushed her. She fell with her back on the sofa.

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Ehi couldn't believe what had just happen to her. She had heard stories about girls who passed through such horrifying experience, but never in her wildest dream had she ever imagined that this would be her fate one day. Her brain had frozen, and she was unaware of her environment for some time.

Dr. Ben stood over her with a wolfish smile across his face. He then threw a bundle of cash on her as she laid down on the bare floor crying uncontrollably with her eyes closed. He told her to use the money to buy whatever she needed. He further warned her to keep her mouth shut about what had just happened. He threatened that if he ever finds out that she had told anybody about it, he would kill her.

This was the second time she had been molested by a person her parents trusted. First her cousin victor, and now Dr. Ben.

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Ehi was feeling like hell for the next couple of days. Suicidal thoughts completely took over her thinking faculty. Her mother definitely knew that something was wrong with her daughter. Every now and then, she would ask her what was the matter with her. Ehi would always scream at her and her mother would scream back . Her mother would say she had been possessed by a demon and called her awful names . Her mother even threatened to throw her into a river or give her away to some spiritualist to cure her of her "madness".

Ehi became very insolent, violent and disrespectful towards her mother.she would always think that all what had happened to her was largely her mother's fault.

One day, ehi's mother called a pastor to the house in order to pray for her daughter and save her from the unclean spirits that have been making her exhibit such barbaric behaviors recently and deliver her from whatever "demon" had a hold on her.

Ehi would always say to her that there's nothing wrong with her but she never believed her. Ehi would always cry in her heart . "Couldn't she see that my problem is nothing near spiritual?Couldn't she see that I am broken inside? Can't she see that all I needed from the beginning was her love, care and support?" Sometimes, ehi would wonder about the kind of mother he had, how skewed her reasoning is. How could a mother be so insentive towards the feelings of her own daughter? She even wondered wether she was actually the woman who gave birth to her.

Ehi's mother had a friend popularly called mummy Helen . This was because her only daughter was named Helen. Mummy helen would tell ehi's mother not to be too bothered about the attitude of her daughter. She would always claim that was how teenagers behave. According to her, sometimes, they take themselves for adults and might exhibit some strange behaviors at some point.

If only they knew what ehi had passed through, how she had been damaged emotionally......They kept talking about her in her presence, deliberately ignoring her as if she wasn't thee listening, as if she didn't matter.

Their conversation was really amusing and ridiculous. The woman was busy vomiting various theories about what could be the matter with ehi. Ehi's mother was just swallowing everything hook, line and sinker. Talk about mothers who always listen to outsiders but never had time for their kids. Ehi was quite convinced that her mom would go ahead and carryout all what she had been adviced to do. But ehi was also ready for them and vowed that she wouldn't be forced to do anything or go anywhere she didnt want to.. She knew she was not possessed by any demon and would never allow her mother drag her to any spiritualist for "help".

To be continued ***********

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