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Lost episode 10
LOST Episode Ten Early the next morning, my dad came to check if I was still outside. I was just sleeping outside, covering myself with the rag I used to carry the bowl of water. I didn’t bathe the previous day because he wouldn’t let me. When he opened the gate and saw me, he […]
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LOST Episode Nine I watched him as he drove off, and then I carried the bowl of water on my head. As I took the step trying to reach the gate, my stepmother called my name. When I turned, she was busy laughing at me. She really made fun of me, saying the dress I […]
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LOST Episode Eight I helped them pack the water inside the house, and dad stood there looking at me. I know he felt guilty for what he was doing to me. He didn’t want to stop either. It looked like he was under the influence of something. I turned occasionally to see him looking at […]
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LOST Episode Seven When he left, I went straight to my room to cry, calling out my mom’s name and asking why she was just quiet. Watching how dad and his new wife humīliated me at every slightest opportunity. That wasn’t the kind of life I wanted. I was turning eighteen and I prayed for […]
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LOST Episode Six I could sense my mom’s presence in the room because I felt ghost bumps all over me. I felt like my mom was trying to talk to me, giving me directions because I was completely lost on the surface of the earth. My world was crumbling, and everyone I ever loved kept […]
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LOST Episode Five Before Jennifer’s uncle came to pick her and her younger brother, I had already asked her to come stay with my dad and stepmom. But knowing the kind of father I had, she politely declined, saying it was better to stay with her uncle. She mentioned that people from her father’s side […]
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LOST Episode Four Even with my prayers, everyone agreed that I should go and stay with my aunt. She lived a bit far from our house. They asked me to stay with her until I turned eighteen because they felt my dad wouldn’t be able to take care of me. They didn’t trust my stepmom […]
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LOST Episode Three After the nurses covered my mom’s face and took her away, I sat down in silence, thinking about what my mom had told me. She said, “Catherine, don’t marry a man who will hīt you. I don’t want you to end up like me.” Her words kept echoing in my mind, as […]
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LOST Episode Two When I woke up, I saw Mom and Dad arguing again. He kept asking why she left in the first place and why she came back. Mom said she came back because of me. I didn’t even go close to them because they both kept mēssing with my mental health. I was […]
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LOST Episode one Kpa kpa kpa, that was the sound of dad bēating mom again. It’s our morning breakfast in this house and everyone is tired of complaining. Days like this, I just stay in a corner watching how he bēats her to his satisfaction then leaves. Mom and dad have never lived in peace […]
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