Better Days Ahead (Book 1 of the BDA series)

, I jolted up from the bed drenched "I should have poured hot water on you instead of cold water, you disgusting th

owed by a punch that's how he continued beating me till he was satisfied "you want to skip school right? I will mak

epfather does to me, he usually abuses me, like that is no

tall with light skin and stubble on his face, he does not bother to shave sometimes, he has brown eyes with lon

forcing me so that our neighbors will not raise questions about it. I should be happy about going to school because I will have hours of freedom, there is no way he can come to school to beat me. But bo

, I am sixteen years old, I w

r, I have glossy black eyes, with thin lips, I have a full-bo

s to live with him a couple of

eral days after finding out that I did not lie to h

s me whenever she goes out to wor

all speed limits to try to reach home to get to the roo

ng death, a car crash after I called

overspeeding. If I had not called her she would not be dead, she would have been here with me. Her

er death and it's always hanging over my shoulder,

why she died, 'Me' What hurts me most w

ature, she was chocolate in complexion, she also had black glossy eyes, and short black

he moved to Abeokuta to live with m

could imagine, it would be better i

ing an eyelash." After hearing that I quickly shot up from the floor and jumped into the shower to take my bath I also did

shoots through me. I carefully wore baggy jeans tro

he disgusting bruises my stepfather caused

my old school to happen again, th

shb

week

two omelets waiting for him on the coffee table every morning, but I stupidly put five slices of bread instead of four. I was running late th

to my cheek had me tur

ompletely rest my brain followed by a punch straight to my gut. That's how he continued beating me t

around looked at me weirdly but that was the least of my concerns, every part of my body aches and I am running late for school. I tried to make it in time but as always

e I was excused from the principal's office while they talked but I know he did not tell them what happened so he must have lied to them. He took me back home, where he beat me up more and told me am never leaving the house, I tol

f flas

eaded downstairs to make breakfast, making s

tsteps. I do not want him to beat me again, I'm hurting

some other days my stepfather will not even leave any scraps

ike every other day. I moved too quic

and put me out of my misery i

beat me black and blue. I shivered at that thought, school is the last thing o

oards and asking around fo

t for the day to be over because as a new student I will be bullied and I cannot have that