"I am finally free. "

She was a stranger in a very strange land. No one knew who she was or what she had done.

Luna is eighteen years old, young, and innocent, or is she? She used to have a family that she thought would protect her from this cruel world. But that's not the case. She was abused by her father, and when she told her mom, she did not believe her. Her mother even told her that she was just making things to tarnish her father's reputation. Everyone respects her father because he is a good pastor in everyone's eyes, but not in hers.

Every night, when everyone seemed to be getting their sleep, her father would sneak into her room and do something to her that even her young mind could not understand. 

Why would he do that to me? He is my father, the person that I thought would protect me.

Every night, Luna had to endure everything. He was forcing her to do unimaginable things, and she felt helpless. And her mother doesn't even care. She was so blindly in love with her husband that she believed everything he told her.

Luna tried to ask for help from her friends, but she was caught by her father while she was on her phone trying to call Dino, her best friend. And her father told her that he would kill Dino if she told everyone. She got scared. She couldn't do that to Dino. 

But this has to stop. She can no longer take it. She felt so dirty and disgusted that she had to scrub her body so hard that it would get bruised every time she took a bath. She had to do something. 

She heard the doorknob twist that night. She knew that it was her father. So she gets herself ready for what could happen tonight. 

"Are you awake?" Her father asked, but she kept lying still and pretended to be asleep. Then she heard him unzipping his jeans. She was nervous, but she had to keep herself calm. Her father slowly sat by her side while caressing her skin.

"You're so beautiful. Tonight, you'll be mine again."

While he was slowly removing her clothes, Luna quickly grabbed the knife she had kept hidden under her pillow, and, as hard as she could, she stabbed him right through his heart. He was surprised and could not defend himself. Luna stabbed him over and over again. Blood was all over her face, and she was showing no remorse for what she had done.

She was smiling and crying at the same time while she was looking at her father, lifeless.

"I am now free!"

These were the words that she uttered when, suddenly, the door opened and it was her mom. She saw her running towards her father's lifeless body. But she did not expect what she did next.

"Runaway, Luna." Her mother grabbed the knife from her hand while holding her face, crying. "My poor child, I am so sorry for not being able to protect you. Now, run. Go to a place where no one can recognize you. Live a new life. Now go ahead, run along, child. "I love you mom," she said as she hugged her goodbye.

That was all in the past; now she had to start anew. To have a new chance at a better life.

Hello, lovelies! Another article from the TMDWA for today. I am just inspired to do another story using the prompt generator. And I hope you like how the story goes. Things like this happen in real life. Sad but true. The family we thought would protect us and provide us with a good future are the ones who will ruin it. The best thing to do to avoid this happening to our family is to keep an open line of communication with them and check your children now and then. I just don't understand why there are people who could do such evil things to their own flesh and blood, so disgusting.

Anyway, I'll end it here because my blood is boiling na. I don't know why I get emotional while writing this. Maybe it is because I am a mother.

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Date Published: April 4, 2022