Chapter Twelve

Secrets

Nina Hayes

"It was my eighteenth birthday celebration months ago. Everyone's busy and happy celebrating when a video suddenly played on the screen. I-It's a video of me and a stranger having sex. The man's face was blurred while my face is visible for everyone to see. I remember thinking that it's fake because I have never done it." I started and continued in a small voice, "I was a virgin. I mean, I never had a boyfriend. But then I remember a night when I woke up and I knew something wasn't right. I was a virgin but not stupid and so right there and then as I stare at the screen, deep inside me I knew it was me. My Parents did not listen to me, they did not even ask me if it's real. They humiliated me in front of everyone and kicked me out like a dog. I had nowhere t