CHAPTER 6: CHILDHOOD

My name is Aubrey James, I grew up in a place where I never wanted to be. A place that I can never call a home, where I only exist as everyone's chess piece and a bargaining chip. A place where I was never seen as a human but a tool, a tool they can use for their profit and I'm nothing but a living doll.

My parents aren't rich nor are they poor, they just had enough money they need, to live normally and well but they never get along, they'd fight every day and I'd always get dragged in their fight receiving all the blows. After eleven years of marriage, they finally had enough and so they decided to go on their separate ways, but no one wanted to take care of me.

Since I was six years old as far as I can remember, my mother told me she never wanted me. She said I was a mistake, a thorn in her eyes, that I was a stain in her life, a hindrance to her dreams, and the one who ruined her life, she said all those things to me while grabbing my hair and hitting me. I don't