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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"