She looked at him; and he motioned for her to continue. Hayfah gulped down the chord of bitterness she felt in her throat; as her childhood memories came back to her in a rush. "I was born on the 5th of January 1996_from the day I was born_I could tell the womb that gave birth to me was never meant for me to be happy. I grew up in a wretched family, my father being a vegetables seller didn't help with my mother's unending needs that she knew were clearly beyond his earnings. Since when I was 4; I would be beaten mercilessly for being hungry or sleepy when it's not time for either of the two. My two siblings being the people I was to look up to_where more like monsters to me. I was a lonely and broken child. My voice gained me the hatred that was never meant for me, the hatred that one co

