The Rejected Luna

CHAPTER TWO

We sat down outside there for a long time and the weather was becoming unbearable cause the weather was very cold.

"Please go home to your parents, am sure they are looking for you now, this weather is very cold, As for me, this is not the first time I have slept outside, I will be knocking on the door maybe they will change their minds and open the door," I said

"I don't understand why you want to sit here in this cold, do you want to kill yourself? I am going to call my mom so she can talk to you," she said as she walked away.

I stayed out all alone, suddenly I heard footsteps coming towards me, I prayed that Anita and her mom, so would help me with clothes to cover myself, If not this cold could kill me, I thought to myself.

I was still thinking when suddenly, someone flashed a touch on my face. Io44

"Ava, what are you doing out here all alone?

My father said, I rushed to go hug him immediately I recognized his voice, and upon seeing my dad, I felt a sign of relief inside me.

I held him tight and cried in his arms,

"Ava, what happened? Why are you out here and crying? He asked in curiosity.

I couldn't say a word as I was shaking and I felt so emotional, My dad knocked on the door so hard, and then my step-mom answered from inside.

"Who is that?" She asked.

"Come and open this door, my dad said. The door opened and we entered the house,

"You are lucky, you would have spent the whole night out there, she said.

I went straight to my room, I was hoping my dad would ask me what happened that night but that didn't happen, I felt so lonely and abandoned, why must I go through all this? Why doesn't my father care about me?

How could he be so heartless, he saw me in that condition but he didn't even bother to ask what was going on, he went ahead with his business.

A lot of things were going through my mind, What if I kill myself? I said to myself, trying to figure out what to do with my life.

Before I knew it was morning, and my step-sister came to call me to go and clear the dishes, Although I was in so much pain, I had no option but to go wash them, I was still washing when Anita came in.

"Ava, what happened last night, did they finally let you in? She asked.

I told her what happened and we washed the plates together.

Life continues like that and for the moment my dad was around, my step-mom and her daughter didn't make so much trouble.

One morning, I was doing the dishes as usual when my dad called me, I ran out to go and meet him, he was carrying his traveling bag, "am going for a short period, please behave yourself, I had a lot of complains about your attitude, I don't want to hear the same thing when I come back, do you understand me? He said looking straight into my eyes. I nodded my head.

"But Dad tomorrow is my birthday, can't you just wait and celebrate with me, please Dad," I said as I held his hands.

"I have important things to sort out between today and tomorrow, there's no way I can stay back, but when I come back we will have a proper celebration," he said, We said goodbye and he left, Who would have known that day was the last day we going to see.

I went home that day and did all the work I was supposed to do, I had been planning what I would do on my birthday, including going to the park with my friend, Anita, so I did all the necessary work that day, and I went to my friend's house to tell her the plan, getting there I meet her and her mom sitting in front of there house, I quickly told her what I had in mind and went back home, where I meet my step-sister with a man in the house, I walked past them in the sitting room and went straight to my room,

I was in my room when heard my stepmother screaming for me from outside, I rushed out to her, and three of them were standing there, My stepmother, the stranger, and my step-sister.

"Who is this man and why is he here? My stepmother asked upon my arrival.

"I...I don't know the man or why he is here," I responded.

"It's like you are not well so after what Mama did to you the last time you lied to her, you still dare to lie again, it's like you want to die." My step-sister replied

My face was full of confusion, I wanted to talk when my stepmom told me to keep shot.

"Mr. Man, why are you here?" She asked looking at the young man.

I am here to see Ava, she is my girlfriend," he said.

I was about to shout.........

"Shut up, you have been lying all this while, you think I don't know, you will go out to see a man and come back and say that you went to see Anita, is it because I have been keeping quiet? See your cup is full today, you better start confessing," she said.

I started crying trying to explain myself

"Mama I swear to God I don't know who this man is, this is my first......, I was still talking when she cut me off.

"Shut that ugly hole on your face you call a mouth, so you have been sleeping around, Don't worry, if you cannot tell me the truth in peace you will tell me by Force, Let me not get to my room before you," she said as she walked to her room, I want to ask the man why he lied but I didn't want her to get to her room before me, so I rushed into the house.