On my fourteenth birthday, the only desire I had was the desperate longing that the boy I had a crush on might notice me or touch my hands as he walked past. I guess I was an unrepentant romantic and a dreamer but I could never have imagined that my dreams a year later would soon be shattered, my mind pierced and my body violated by the same boy I dreamed of day and night. I was petit and short but quite pretty or so I thought with long straight silky hair set against a very dark skin which was why boys never noticed me. But whatever it was that I lost in looks, I made up academically for I was arguably the best student in my class. You see, Mokela High School was practically run by a group of boys and girls who go by the name 'The Elites' and who believe they are more privileged than others and the most prominent among them was a boy named Martin Oru. Martin, to be frank, was insanely good looking and girls go crazy by merely seeing him and as far as most girls in my school ar
Not only was Oruene sleeping with Mr. Benson who ensured she and her family lacked nothing. In return, her mother made sure his needs were met for them to continue enjoying the financial help he was rendering to the family. It became an eye-opener when she suddenly saw the gold mine in her daughter and was determined to take full advantage of it. Suddenly she began arranging men who could pay well for her and because she had the full backing of her mother, Oruene became emboldened. Not only was she sleeping with men her mother arranged for her, but she also began visiting the red light district to get customers of her own and was now making a huge amount of money which she gave to her mother to run the house and buy things for herself. Unfortunately, the more Oruene grew in the trade, the more she disengaged from her family, taking advantage of the fact that no one could talk to her anymore, being the breadwinner. It was only a short time before she moved out of the house into a rent