ROYAL BLOOD
" Mira said and then pushed Joya away.
Joya swiftly rises to her feet; she grabs the small bag at the corner of the tent. Then looked back to gaze at her mother in the tent. Her swollen left leg, her wrinkled face…her suffering.
"What is a surname? Joya asked, lingering at the door of the tent.
"Leave, Joya!
"Tell me my surname, Mother! Tears clouded Joya's eyes.
"Jehosphat…Joya Jehosphat! Mira screamed without thinking, and Joya nodded curtly, wiping her tears with the back of her hands; she finally left the tent. Making her way in the opposite direction, she began to run, her feet bare without any shoes, an anklet tied around her ankle.