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Girl -to-Woman
Cita laid down on the bed restlessly tossing back and forth while she stared out the window. From her laid down position she could see the stars twinkling, the moon shining bright and cheerfully down to earth and it's inhabitants. However Cita shared none of the moon's cheerfulness. On her tiny winny mind was just one thought "should I tell Mom and Dad or not?" "How would they react?" "what would mom say?" "would mom punish me for leaving the house?" . "phew!" Cita sighed, her voice childlike, her frame suddenly stopped tossing about stilly to stare out the window. her gaze focused on the moon's radiation. "Maybe I should Helly" Cita mused to herself. "But Helly hates me... she says I am the daughter of a wicked woman". "what if she beats me up for going" she pondered, tears forming at her eyes.
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Cita was eleven years old and lives in a compound house with her parents. She was the only daughter of two children, however a female relative of theirs lived with them, and helped out with the house chores and looking after the children.
Her parents were never around.
They were both career driven, and left monitoring the children largely to Helly a teenager, who did not spare any chance to spank Cita and her younger brother. She would always stay to Helly, "You mom is a wicked woman!" "For everytime she punishes me ...you two will pay, especially you Cita" Helly would usually thunder. And true to her words she did just that; punish Cita, till she was scared of both her mom and Helly. One would expect that Cita and her sibling would report such maltreatment to their parents. Truthfully they did, but Cita had come to learn that it really did not matter, because once mom was home , she simply had her bath, eat the already prepared food, bark out new orders to Helly and turn on her computer.. Anything anyone said during this time usually attracted a "go and sleep it's late". Or some verbal rebuke for disturbing mom's only time of rest throughout the day.
And this was why Cita was torn between telling her mom of today's incident.
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" I went to the toilet to pee and was coming. back, when uncle T who was seated by the walk-way asked me to go buy him biscuits and a soft drink". Cita said on a whisper to her self, trying to rehearse how she was going to present her story.
"when I came back with the biscuit he had gone inside his room...so I knocked to let him know I had bought the items he asked for". "Come in", he had said , when I did he was in his room playing a game on his phone. he asked me to drop the suff's I got for him by the corner of the room, opposite the door and I did. As I was about leaving the room he called my name "Cita have you ever played this game?" he asked turning his phone for me to see a candy-crush game...when I said "yes a few times, on Dad's phone" .
he shook his head and handed me the phone, "oya play let me see if you are telling the truth".
"Then I collected the phone" at this words Cita began tossing and turning on the bed...clearly in fear. a bead of sweat broke out on her forehead, and she immediately turned to the door in her room in fear, to ascertain if someone had heard her half-baked Confession.
She still wasn't sure if she should tell her mom or Helly, but she knew she needed to tell someone or she would not be able to sleep... however she was scared that if she approached mom, mom would shout on her with out even giving her the chance to tell the full story of what happened. And Helly, might beat her up and tell her, her mother was a wicked woman as usually.
"what do I do?" "Who do I tell?"
"Dad travelled, and even if he was around..." Cita says, the words suddenly drying up on her lips in obvious dread. her eyes tear stained, glistering at the twinkling stars peaking at her through her opened window. The moon shining bright, oblivious of Cita's fears...
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(So as much as I enjoy to write, I feel shy writing and can be lazy about it.
Honest feedback need ).
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Cita was eleven years old and lives in a compound house with her parents. She was the only daughter of two children, however a female relative of theirs lived with them, and helped out with the house chores and looking after the children.
Her parents were never around.
They were both career driven, and left monitoring the children largely to Helly a teenager, who did not spare any chance to spank Cita and her younger brother. She would always stay to Helly, "You mom is a wicked woman!" "For everytime she punishes me ...you two will pay, especially you Cita" Helly would usually thunder. And true to her words she did just that; punish Cita, till she was scared of both her mom and Helly. One would expect that Cita and her sibling would report such maltreatment to their parents. Truthfully they did, but Cita had come to learn that it really did not matter, because once mom was home , she simply had her bath, eat the already prepared food, bark out new orders to Helly and turn on her computer.. Anything anyone said during this time usually attracted a "go and sleep it's late". Or some verbal rebuke for disturbing mom's only time of rest throughout the day.
And this was why Cita was torn between telling her mom of today's incident.
*
" I went to the toilet to pee and was coming. back, when uncle T who was seated by the walk-way asked me to go buy him biscuits and a soft drink". Cita said on a whisper to her self, trying to rehearse how she was going to present her story.
"when I came back with the biscuit he had gone inside his room...so I knocked to let him know I had bought the items he asked for". "Come in", he had said , when I did he was in his room playing a game on his phone. he asked me to drop the suff's I got for him by the corner of the room, opposite the door and I did. As I was about leaving the room he called my name "Cita have you ever played this game?" he asked turning his phone for me to see a candy-crush game...when I said "yes a few times, on Dad's phone" .
he shook his head and handed me the phone, "oya play let me see if you are telling the truth".
"Then I collected the phone" at this words Cita began tossing and turning on the bed...clearly in fear. a bead of sweat broke out on her forehead, and she immediately turned to the door in her room in fear, to ascertain if someone had heard her half-baked Confession.
She still wasn't sure if she should tell her mom or Helly, but she knew she needed to tell someone or she would not be able to sleep... however she was scared that if she approached mom, mom would shout on her with out even giving her the chance to tell the full story of what happened. And Helly, might beat her up and tell her, her mother was a wicked woman as usually.
"what do I do?" "Who do I tell?"
"Dad travelled, and even if he was around..." Cita says, the words suddenly drying up on her lips in obvious dread. her eyes tear stained, glistering at the twinkling stars peaking at her through her opened window. The moon shining bright, oblivious of Cita's fears...
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(So as much as I enjoy to write, I feel shy writing and can be lazy about it.
Honest feedback need ).
