HeavenOasis

Kate. NEW LIFE. On January 3 rd , mum resumed selling the Indian hemp but this time, she would go for as long as three days at a stretch before returning back home. Whenever I beg her to take me along because I was not doing anything at home, she would tell me to stay at home that it would be better without having to worry about me when she is being chased by the police. Dad continued to do nothing except smoking, drinking alcohol and beating mum and i. One day, four men came into our house. I’ve never seen them before because I knew all the people that dad and mum used to hand out with. All of them were taller than dad and my dad too is not short at all, yet these men were taller and huge. I was afraid of them because they were like the giants mentioned in the bible who were sent out of heaven but later came down to the earth to mix with and corrupt human beings. Even mum who was older was afraid of them. They spent two days in our house, drinking, smoking and talking i...

(Continued from the previous part) Kim after her mother's death. At 1PM the girl was discharged from the clinic. Mr. Smith asked her if she knew her mother’s number but she said no. She gave him the name of her school and he was able to locate the school through google maps after fifty minutes of driving and turning from one slum to the other. The said school was a wooden structure with about three rooms, separated with planks. There were more than thirty students in each tiny room such that there was barely enough place to sit them. Above all, there was a strong overpowering smell that wafted up from the gutters nearby. This was in sharp contrast with the schools his children attended. He spoke briefly with her class teacher who told him that the girl, whom he later knew as Kim was on scholarship because of her exceptional academic excellence. He gave the teacher some amount of money to buy all the necessary things for the girl, most especially food and cloths. He gav...