COLD DESERT EPISODE TWELVE

From the writer of
Nude bed and
Death after life
Abhynha Yankey brings to you another heart breaking but touching story “Cold Desert”


"Cold desert"

Episode 12 - BROKEN SHADES

My heart was crushed with heaviness.
He had satisfied his desire.

The pain was indescribable. I couldn't hold my tears back, neither could I stand on my legs. I sat on my mat and cried as I watched my fresh blood flow down my thighs.

Sex is really painful. Is this what people deem as a profession? Are they mad or what? Even this one saw my eyes gushing out of their holes.
He left back to wherever he came from. I cried and cursed my late parents for leaving me this way.

 I'm sure those men would have spared their lives if they had willingly given out the money.
Now look at me, I've lost everything. Every little thing on me has been lost.
As I pondered over all these, both parents returned.

As usual, my mum kept yelling till I came out. For once I couldn't watch my dad in the eye. The beast in him was now riding on his forehead.

"Get the things from the car and get some food for your father. He is sick and needs rest", she said.
He is what? Sick? Hmmmm...then he better dies.
From their conversation, I deduced that he came home on the basis that he was not feeling well, so was coming for his medication.

Eeiii Awurade, do I now look like a pill or capsule?
I went to the kitchen but couldn't cook. I was really in pain. My mum slapped me from behind without asking me any question when she got there. It was after the slap that she asked why I was sitting idle when my father was hungry.
Father? Father indeed! To hell with him.

I ran out to sit behind the house. The burden was getting heavier than I ever thought of.

To Be Continued .

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