Left with nothing: how I survived alone in despair
My name is Ada, am a 23 year old girl from Benin city.
My Life was not always like this, I once had parents a family that loved and valued me. My mother was a trader, not just any trader but the number one best trader in a local market, while my father was a Driver.
We didn’t have much but we were ok,there was love, smiling faces every morning.
Then everything changed
I still remember, cause it was a raining storming night, I remember them saying they would come back before Night.my parents had gone to visit my aunt in the neighboring village so I cooked rice and waited. the rain was beating so hard on our roof as if trying to speak a language that only it understood.
Then my uncle came. He’s face was wet,I didn’t know if it was because of the rain or tears.He said with a shaky voice “ your parents where involved in an accident” then stopped, he continued “they lost too much blood, the doctors tried thier best but couldn’t save them”.
I didn’t shout I didn’t cry I just.. turned around to look at the almost cold rice now realizing the weight of the situation. Then everything went black, I didn’t know how long but when I woke up I woke on an hospital bed