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ide, but I could not. I tried to get up but even that I could not

eyes and my head hurt. The sunshine coming through the lit

hose same lips. I was weakening and even that I could feel it, I shut my eyes and went back to sleep.

outhed some prayers to myself; a tear ro

the little strength that I had. I used my hands to push myself off the floor and looked around the room, even though the light streamed through it

bed the cup from her hand and gulped the water down my throat. The sweet taste

d me. I put down my cup, I wanted to answe

y heart pumping against my ribcage, it m

nd not wear revealing clothing. WaKirah was wearing a mini top, a mini skirt both beautiful and vibrant color but revealing her body completely. On her arm, she wore many

sad and some were crying. Instead of sitting and doing nothing, I counted the thirty-six woman, young g

she returned, she further blessed me as she handed me a plate of plain rice. I ate i

hungry to worry about choking; satisfying my hunger was my only concern. I was finally don

slowly realizing that this was not whe

swered me. My pupils dilated, as I was shocked, a trip that was to take me no

to keep most of the questions to myself, but I could

d up being forced into marriage, become maid's, mistresses, beggars or like me... a prostitute” WaKirah answered me with absolute ease as

y eye's out. I felt WaKirah's protective hands around my shoulders, while she comforted me but not even th

hich is not a problem, because I'm one foot on earth and another in the

looked at me and smiled so much hope in her e

of myself properly like I'd like to” WaKirah explaine

understanding why any woman would put her

are a slave, it is about what makes your master happy. Your feelings, not taken into consid

s will do to me?” I asked her,

ss will be checking up on you soon and don't give him problems, he won't hesitate to take your life on the spot" WaKirah responded to me, leaving me with mixe

n, I admired how Wakirah had tended to them as thoug

ng better than this, to go to the city, get a better education and earn enough money to take care of my mother a

n. Here was, in a city that I did not know of and in a different continent. I looked up at the tiny wi

of dreams I would dream tonight but I hoped that it was not nightmares. I tho

y. What seemed like a good plan at first had landed me in bigger troubl

done, other than to run away but then it hit m