Chapter 113 - I Was Eight When... (2) (2/2)

”You shouldn't have come in this world. You are a bad omen.”

”Dare you, speak a single word.”

”This is your punishment. You will stay locked up in the storeroom until you learn your lesson.”

”You will eat this or stay hungry for all I care.”

”You ungrateful brat, you won't get any food.”

”You ugly girl, go and stay in your room.”

I cried recalling horrors of that year, horrors of their words. I had never felt so scared until then, the whole night the thunder had kept striking, cold wind had nipped my skin, and I had lost myself in the darkness crying for my mother.

I had blamed my mother for leaving me alone.

I had blamed her for not looking after me.

I had blamed her for believing his words.

I had blamed her for marrying him.

I had blamed Grandpa for falling ill.

I had blamed him for not coming to meet me.

I had blamed myself for being his daughter.

I had blamed myself for being so pathetic.

I clutched the neckline of his blue T-shirt and hid in the confines of his arms. I blocked my ears with my hand as it became unbearable for me. That was one of the worst nights of my life. What kind of inhumane heart that woman must have possessed to lock the child outside, without food or shelter?

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