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Back To Square one

Author: Ogala Miriam
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ELIANA

"I'm so sorry, Dad," I apologized, knowing the words would fall flat and do nothing to ease the hurt and resentment that had taken hold of his heart.

Nothing I ever did seemed to make a difference, and I felt a pang of hopelessness wash over me.

"Your apology is meaningless, you fool," Victoria spat, her voice venomous. "Do you have any idea the pressure you've put my husband under?”

"You're such an ungrateful wretch," Victoria's voice dripped with disdain. "After everything we've done for you - taking you in, providing for you... is this how you repay our kindness?”

I was stunned. Did she really just say kindness? After everything I'd been through? The countless leftovers I'd scavenged, the brutal beatings I'd endured, the relentless suffering I'd faced... and she dared to speak of kindness? The word felt like a slap in the face, a cruel mockery of my reality.

I wished that the universe had a way of punishing deceit, that a spirit of truth would strike down those who spoke li
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