The Ghost she Left behind

as nowhere to be seen, instead girls were dragged out of the cell and thrown back like livestock. Rheena finally returned with the Warden, who opened the cell and pushed her

t had been dragged out to be used and tainted. I had almost fo

enough distance not to be seen from here. We had little but my Father was a farmer and we

quite tall for his age of 14, towering over my petite body. I could easily remember my Father's grey hair

me under the bus for his own mistake months ago, but i

food and water to which my father helped. Due to his crops the soldiers made a deal with him to provide some maize and wheat for their camps while they paid him. It was a great deal

he debt of the soldiers as they had paid beforehand and my Father had squandered the money on Alcohol and

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as slurred which showed that he was drunk. A tight slap from a soldier shook him out of his stupor, a kick

to see a lady running towards him and moved. I bent down over my father and saw him covered with bruises, he could barely open his eyes and when

mind was too woozy from the impact to form a sentence. I was ju

soldiers with no success. A Man walked forward, he seemed in charge of that group of soldiers, his gr

my Father, he said slowly but mockingly "you have 2 options now, either we burn this whole building and give you the beating of a Li

wn and us trying to survive the ordeal weighed down on my chest as my breathing turned

4, 3

her, I promise to pay back as soon as

bout paying back was bullshit because I knew how poor my Father was, and with the fields burnt,

ughed the Man as he signaled a Soldier to hold me. I stood up to run away but it was a fut

es

to my usual day-mares, that was what she called me drifting off in thought in the afternoon - which I usually did. I didn't have nightmares li

as she said "As I was dragged back by the Warden, past the trash pit, I saw some soldiers carrying a body

ed at Jenny who looked back at me, our h