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3. Revelation

Patiently waiting at my room, a pregnancy test laying in my bed, I just hope, wishing that it would test negative, and yet I knew that my wishes are never granted, my prayers left unheard. Its, positive, I am indeed pregnant, a week after the party I started feeling nausea, drowsiness and an unusual appetite. I knew that something is wrong; I was hoping that my hunch is wrong but it ain’t.

Suddenly my mother barged in without knocking, I tried to hide the pregnancy test, but it’s already too late, my mother snatched it and looked at it with a shocked and anger on her face.

I tried to get the pregnancy test back, but she won’t let me. It’s over, someone found it, and I know that this will end in an ugly manner.

"You!, you ungrateful child, how dare of you to get pregnant! You little piece of s**t, "my mother shouted at my face while pointing angrily at me using the pregnancy test.

I choose to say nothing, because I know that it would just fuel the flame.

"Who is the father? Huh! Answer me"

I stayed quiet, which earned a slap form my mother.

"You won’t? Fine, stay here and you are never permitted to go out we will deal with it when your father gets back; let’s see if you won’t say anything till then. "

My mother walked away fuming madly and locked the door outside. I am left in my room crying not knowing what to do. After an hour, I heard my mother and father talking, arguing to be exact.

My father barged in the room gripped my hair and demanded. "Who is the father?" anger in his voice, his face flushed and you can smell the alcohol radiating from his uniform.

I didn’t say anything just silence and tears from my eyes.

"I said *slap who *slap the *slap f**k *slap is the father?"

I am already sobbing, but still I said nothing, my body is all too familiar to this pain, and I can endure it, if it means that I can save Tania from this embarrassment.

"Okay fine shut your mouth, but you will stay in this room without food and water unless you tell us who the f**k is the father!' he said with a slap on my face. My father walked away staggering, with my mother trailing from behind, looked at me up to down with judgment in her eyes, and then locked the door outside.

I did nothing and just stayed quite. I knew that this will happen and stashed some food in my closet. This always happen, inside our house hold, the abuse, everyone in town knew about this situation and yet they choose to stay quiet and do nothing.

It soon spread to town that I am pregnant and is locked up in the Browns resident. No one dared to say anything at the Browns antics, because of the fear that my father might do something to them.

My father is the head of police of the town, while my mother is an ordinary house wife who is known for her short temper and excessive make up. There was an instance when a woman commented on how my mother discipline me and was later on found dead in the forest, no one knew what happened but they suspected the my parents involvement.

They tried to stop the abuse after the Jules family moved in town, but because of the news of me being pregnant, their cruelty soon reached the Jules residence.

One Ordinary night I noticed the Jules family knocking in our residence.

When mother opened the door she was surprised, surprised to be greeted by the Jules family Standing in thier door way. My mother with confusion in her face invited them inside and tried to look presentable, but was outshined by Mrs. Jules natural allure.

Later on I heard Mrs. Jules asked where I am, I heard my mother telling them that I am in my room confusion in her voice.

“Can we talk to her” Mr. Jules asked,

“Sure.” Panic in my father’s voice.

“ Just give me a moment please” my mother responded, later on I can hear someone walking up in the stairs, then the jingling of keys, I instantly felt nervous, the door opened revealing my flushed mother with an unreadable expression on her face.

My mother demanded for me to change in decent clothing that will hide my scars and bruises, I am also told to wear make up to hide the bruises on my face.

After a while we went downstairs, I am surprised by the sight of the Jules family along with Tania. I tried to steal a glance at Tania and the look of suffocation is evident on her face and movement.

All of us sat at the living room, with an awkward silence surrounding us, it was soon broken by Mrs. Jules

“I’m sorry for barging in your house without warning, Mr. And Mrs. Brown, let me just get to the point as to why we are here right now, since it is partly our fault, the father of the baby that your daughter is carrying is my daughter." she announced without braking a breath.

"What? Is this some kind of a sick joke" my father asked confusion and disbelief in his voice.

" We are not joking here Mr. and Mrs. Brown, you see, my Daughter here is born with a special circumstances, she’s an intersex, meaning she is a she with a male genital." Mr. Jules explained calmly at my gawking parents.

After a moment of silenced with awkwardness in the air, I could see my mother contemplating, then I knew that she has planned something, one does not need to be a psychic to guess that, she saw this as an opportunity, to escape this forsaken town and demanded for us to be married.

"I want your daughter to take responsibility for what they did. I don’t want my grandchild to grow up without a perfect family, you understand right? Mrs. Jules" my mother said with a hidden motive for herself.

"I will make sure of that Mrs. Brown, which is the reason why we are here, to talk about the marriage." Mrs. Jules said laced with dignity in her voice.

I and Tania can’t seem to find our voice to speak our mind, I know I don’t, but I am hoping that she has the voice to speak. And yet I am disappointed, she just sat there, looking at anything but me.