|| SAMPLE CHAPTER 1 || |PREQUEL| I was a happy teenager, had a perfect life, my father, my hero, spoiled me like every loving father. My mother loved me as much as she could. It wasn't until I turned eighteen that I realized how privileged I was. I lived in a house. I had all the best decisions made for me. My sister, she was the sweetest. Quite, reserved and kind. I was fed well, given presents and loved. I wish I understood how precious those times were. When you only thought about the upcoming day's homework while your mother served you a freshly cooked meal. However great my teenage years were, my childhood was much different. It was difficult. I could still remember the smell of that dirty laundry room. Dark, and gloomy, as I cried being locked in by my grandparents as a punis

