Guns Over Girls

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when the teenage girl in front of me starts cry

me like I was going crazy. A few boys that were in the same room with me whispe

tual mu

l get

hing you can

do this

dead meat the moment my father comes into the room. There was no escaping the ritual. This was my only chance get my mother out of

room and the air became ominous immediately. The room was so silent that the sound of a pin falling to the ground could be heard from a Mile away. Only his he

unspoken ones around that don't even have to be in the rule book. Ones you don't even

of the rules but once,when one of the men dared to look at his face out of curiosity, h

idea how my father looks. All they see are his shoes as he passes ominously b

ther boys I trained with called me privileged and lucky to have s

oks like the

face are a proof of the kind of life he has lived and how he survived them. When I was just 5, the time my mother got married to him ,and I saw him for

tch mine and the girl standing in front of me with her head hun

tion" he said. His deep voice

away from my seat and

en a slave . please father. Please. I'd do anyth

e that said not to cry. But how could I not cry when t

is feet. I knew that he did intentionally. He did it to make

rutally rape my mother, she would heat water to make my fever go away and then sing me to sleep. She would sneak into my room to play games with me and she was the only on

best friend. M

Mafia. As I grew older, I started to develop special feelings for Mia. I didn't tell her about it because I had to protect her from my father. I knew all hell w

would find out. I should have been more careful. I dreamed of an happily ever after with

d me by the hair to look at my face. The pa

6th rule Ja

mercy" I s

, so why do you beg me?" He questions an

g you want. Please not Mia. Please" I conti

e asks. I quickly rub them off my eyes

of my hair and st

n't have to do it.

ather heeding my plea. But the Joy w

lly before looking around the room. His eyes fell on a older man who wasn'

off to protect Mia but the men were faster. They carried right off her feet and onto one of the

her please

othes pierced my ear as she struggled between two strong

it!I'll do it !" I scream the moment the

lk with faltering steps towards her. She looked petrified on the bed, her eyes red and cheeks puffy from the tears. Slowly I got on the b

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