Steve ( continued)
But so called my girlfriend , wake up one day crying saying me that she cheated on me while I was in the army and how guilty she feels
And tells me that
'It's not you Steve it's me
I want to be your wife but , whole my life it's been just you
I want see my life outside you
I'm sorry I cheated on you "
With those teary eyes
But , I was like
'Okay let's sort out
You cheated on me ? When i was in army?that was like five or six years ago
That's the past
I understand Cassie , you must felt lonely so it's okay
Let's sort out "
I even decided to forgive her one time mistake
But it wasn't just one time
She agreed to be cheating on me since years
I was so blinded and in love with that women that i didn't see
All those mom calls , were her booty calls
So we broke up
And my brother sent a notice to Cassie to return her three million dollar engagement ring bought by me
And she did , it's still laying under my office table like a hard memory
I would have never asked the ring back but Stephen? Money is money
When I broke my cancelled engagement news to Stephen
He wasn't shocked
But his expression was more like 'I knew it will happen bastard '
But then the news he told me , shocked the life out of my body
"Don't worry
I bought a women "
I literally felt that my eye balls bulged out of my eyes
Bought a women ?
Which century are we living in ?
But money rules the world
Now my twin brother tells me that I can use the girl to move on from Cassie
And how he plans to breed her
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Penelope Barlos
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Everything was like a blur
My mother promised me she will be back by midnight as she was going out of town to meet one of her old friend
And promised me , she will tell everything about her friend
But she failed
She didn't make it by midnight nor told me any truth about that mysterious friend
She did return home
But her body , wrapped up
She got into a car crash and died on the spot
She failed ,somewhere made me fail too
I still remember how her face had been bruised with all those blood and cuts
Her beautiful smile, Missing from her face
Bidding her a farewell was harder than I ever imagined
And the sense of having nobody to call my family
To be alone
It started to scare me
I am seventeen so my legal guardianship was handed over to my step dad
I never knew who my father was, few people told me , I was born to a tourist who visited our island when my mother was young
But then I couldn't get myself to ask my mother the real truth
And it didn't matter , my mamma raised me well , and a father didn't matter his absence never bothered me
Later she got married and got me a step dad
He looked nice, Atleast she was happy with him which made me happy
My mother was eighteen when she gave birth to me and she had worked so hard to put a roof on us
Somewhere seeing her happy , made me feel contend
My mother's husband worked as a sailor for a ship
Most of the times , he was never home
When he was , I stayed in our small shop
But now She has left me alone with my step dad who I hadn't even talken for a minute straight
After my mother's death , my step dad promised me that he will look after our small fish store at Santorini, Greece
I believed his promise, everything was well till the first month
Later when he told, let's move out of the place
'I'll put you into school
You can finish your studies , I'll look after you
We can still be good , like when your mamma was there "
I trusted him again
He got us out of town , with a new hope inside me
Maybe it wasn't all that bad
Atleast I thought so
But then the reality came hitting
He handed me over to a stranger , in exchange for some money
I stood there shocked , not knowing what to do
I saw my step dad walking away without even taking a glance at me by turning back
Everything turned into a big question
I was sure he didn't care for me but I never realised he will put me in such a place
Within hours , I was transported to a new place
My hands and mouth tied up
But it didn't matter because I couldn't get myself to utter a word or to fight , to protest
I wanted to cry when they had me locked inside a room and then tortured me by putting all those makeup and removing all of my body hair ,making me fit into those heels
Giving my long hair a new make over ,by cutting them short
Even then I didn't protest
I couldn't get myself to cry either ,like a helpless person should do
I felt so numb
All my dreams of living happy or atleast living okay
Were shattered
Before I know what was happening , I was pushed on to the stage
Naked
My eyes got blur with all those lights on
The loud music surrounded around me , all those flash lights
Those voices wanting me to turn around
All the mirrors around me , showing my nudity and my helplessness
Made me feel disgusted
Making me want to cringe , to shout at everybody
But at the same time , my vulnerability
A mountain of emotions inside me
The new emotions which seemed new to myself , erupting inside me
Like a volcano leaving my mind and body numb
My nakedness , new to myself
The loud announcement, decided my new reality
"SOLD"