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the amount of emotions

:

out a doubt, the best ever," he exclaimed. "I've

as

le, staring at the ceili

to tell you this stays between the two of us,

about

d, not even caring about what he

r. A monster ha

gin

worse cou

t it

tics in India to study medicine," he continued talking. "I'm the one who's bee

r, we've paid for the preliminary exams stil

ol, as well as for the procedure itself. And

ct of what he was

ottom line is, if you tell anyone about this, I'm going to p

wollen face t

n't see the extent of my injuries, but with my eyes so swollen I could

Be creative," he answ

finds out I'm no longer a vir

of course," he

ad already sampled you. He'll be ang

y, feeling d

takes were. If I talked, Farhan's educatio

getting me excite

see him staring at m

widened in terror, not believing

assault o

off!" he

lled off the chemise,

art," he said, his voice th

hanging over me like a noose, like a gun being pointed at my he

ed me again, the experience n

n, before which he had raped me at least six mo

s, unable

the bed, immobile. The Wounds on my face stun

ll I lay there, receiving it

ged goods, deserving punishme

ach nor the stickiness between m

several times, w

death would come

rse than the perditi

ells of shallow sleep, but anytime my conscious

eded that what happened

appened. Ibrahi

et when there was a ge

ça va ? Are you okay?

't been do

her I wasn't hungry, but the sound of my voice coul

enough to lock the door nor

response, she

tried to wrestle as she grabbed me, but instead

ed a

said n

returned with a small towel and a bowl of warm wate

was in the tears that

me like she

didn't

me to my feet and led me to the bath

uced me to new injuries I had

been strong enough to struggle, so I'd let her wash away all the bl

a fresh pair of cotton pajama

de the

she led me to it and c

she said

e not to say a word to anyone, I des

ted m

me, but my lips were heavy. If only she'd at least a

oman that held pity in her eyes for maybe I

, so I

s well settled. "bread? Rice? Plantain? Tell m

ff this offer, but the part of me that had been s

fine," I mana

the room, but not before I sa

re was nothing neither her n

r Ibrahim that defi

l their eyes the ve

le and could do a

almost everything her hands could put together;

ggies, and a bowl of pineap

o console and he

ke away most of what was on the tray, but I

considering I had no intention

king deep into my ey

to know she knew what had happened, and it broke

She hugged me tight, before pulling

, had a spoon of soup, a bite of the scone, and ni

side of the room and placed it on the small coffee tabl

e of my face in th

es, puffy-faced girl looking back at me reminded

would have been a tough sell to convince any logical thinkin

my face when I heard

it, I ran to the door...only to

I leaned on the door in some desperate

too littl

ned, and I pressed

o do?" came the voice

are you actually try

d, pressing even

door was kicked open, sendi

him chuckled, strolling int

omical! You probably weigh just as much as my li

, sobbing. My nightmare

d, stopping at the tray and

ans of leaving this