THE UNSEEN FLAME

Chapter two

By ten,Tania learnt that invisibility was her strongest shield.On the field,the other kids chose teams and she stood last until the teacher asked someone to take her."She's slow,"they'd mutter.No one wanted to associate with her.She ran away,legs burning,proving nothing to no one.She felt like she wasn't good enough for anything.

The day felt like one of the long ones.The only thing she looked forward to was getting home to hide away from her toxic classmates.When the school day finally ended,Tania ran home with a lot of joy.She was finally feeling free.Derrick,one of the elder cousins welcomed her with his best smile.He'd bought her snacks, something that never happened before.Little Tania did not think anything out of it.She grabbed the snacks and entered her room to change.The smile on her face was nothing else but bright.The long day was getting better for her.

Everything else seemed normal until it was time for bed.Derrick invited Tania to his bedroom in the name of showing his art work to her.He lay her on his bed and told her to hold on for a second.When the rest of the people in the house quietened, Derrick's plan commenced.He directed Tania's tiny hand onto his manhood.It was already hard and stiff.He asked little Tania to stroke him and he moaned softly as she did.Tania liked the whole experience until it came a time when Derrick had to slide his manhood into her flower.She cried as she felt her flesh cut open with a lot of pain.She was scared to death when she saw Derrick's sheets dyed red with blood from her flower.She shook uncontrollably unable to utter anything.Derrick whispered a warning straight in her left ear,"I'll kill you the moment I learn that you told anyone about what has just happened."

Tania,eyes red with tears,made her way to her bed.The next day,she woke up earlier than anyone else in the house.Her flower felt so sore and it stung with a lot of pain.On her way to school,she was limping but when she remembered the warning Derrick sent her,she gathered all the strength and brevity within her and walked straight.She was afraid that someone would notice.That day was the worst day in her school history.She never grasped anything from all lessons.A train of thoughts from the previous night clouded her mind.She just couldn't shake it off.

In the next three years, Derrick did the same with Tania. Whenever he didn't masturbate,he slept on Tania.Tania could not bring herself to talk to anyone about it.She was too scared and besides,none of the people she could talk to was approachable."What happens when I tell anyone about this?, They'll not believe a word I say.Let's say they believe whatever I say, won't they judge me?Ohhhhh,no no no no, Derrick will kill me,"she'd ask herself every night before she slept.She felt so sorry for herself,the nightmare was not ending for all she cared.