UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

This is pure fiction. Any name or event is purely coincidental. 

Part one. 

My mother died when I was just 3 weeks old and then immediately, my father dumped me in the orphanage. I heard from stories that he dumped me there because he wanted to keep his reputation and he didn’t want to waste his money taking care of a child.

INTO HIS GLORY

I NT O   H I S   G L O R Y

I was still very little when my parents were taken away as captives from our land during the war. It remained my elder sister, my twin brother, and me. Not long after they had been taken away, my brother died out of an illness we were ignorant to. We suffered but survived as we only had each other. Another war came and my sister and I were taken away together to an unknown land far away from ours. It was beyond scary but we felt we were safe since we had each other.
In this new land, we were made slaves. We worked for the royals there. They showed no mercy to anyone they termed as slaves. Even to a little girl like me.

Unfinished BusinessEpisode 1

My mother died when I was just 3 weeks old and then immediately, my father dumped me in the orphanage. I heard from stories that he dumped me there because he wanted to keep his reputation and he didn’t want to waste his money taking care of a child. All the children in the orphanage made fun of me because I was the only one who’s father was alive and lived in the orphanage. They all told me I wasn’t pretty and smart and that’s the reason my father dumped me there. The matron in the orphanage wasn’t even kind enough to hide her hate for me. She thought I was an extra burden, and she always made me sit down to watch my father on TV, always telling me that he did a very good thing by dumping me, always making me feel extraordinarily hurt and angry. I was…Sadmad.

As I grew older, I indulged myself in a lot of activities in order to separate myself from the world. I learnt the piano, saxophone, and violin. I learnt how to sing, draw and dance. I learnt karate and yoga. I know what you’d be thinking… all in one person? Well I used it to get away from all my problems and it worked, at least for the moment. On my 17th birthday, I got a very big surprise. One that changed my life for as long as I can remember. I got a very very big cake that had 4 different flavors. It was beautiful and I almost started crying. But that’s not what surprised me really, what actually did was when the matron said someone should give a toast before I blow the candles and that particular someone cleared his throat. He said

“For a very long time I’ve been dreaming of this day, where I can see you face to face and bark in this glorious creature standing before me. I know I’ve made a lot of mistakes and I beg for your pardon. So what do you say… forgive your old man my daughter?

Conversations grew stale and laughter stifled as everyone stared at me. The air became stuffy and I choked on my emotions. I didn’t know what to feel at all. I knew this day would come but to be really honest, I wasn’t prepared for it and I saw it as a fairy-tale that would never come true. I moved back and I watched as the world turned round until I saw no more.

This is part one of the series.

Be sure to comment your thoughts on this part and do tell what you expect to happen in the next part.

NOTE PLEASE: This is purely and entirely fiction. Any name, place or event that is reflected here is purely out of the writer’s imagination

The Struggle

Carla is a teacher and a married woman. Her husband is having an affair with one of her students and the matter is getting out of hands. She is tired of praying and needs a solution before the situation gets out to all. What do you advice her to do?

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