Chapter 1 Run!

“Dad p…please don’t let them take me too.

I promise I would make myself however useful you want me to be. Don’t just release me to them I beg you please.” 

Snorts mixed with tears fell freely from my eyes  without control. The words I had never dreamt I would ever say spilled out of my mouth before I even realized I was begging for my own life.

I had always dreamt that this day would come but I never expected it to come this fast.

The man i once called my father sat across from me looking like I was nothing but a merchandise waiting to be rid off.

And the debt collector sitting next to him simply smirked as he counted the cash placed on the table ignoring my pleas.

“Dad please don’t let them take me away..dad pl-“ I grabbed his hands crying my eyes out with fear clearly eating me inside.

But he flung me so hard my head hit the edge of the nearby table as he frowned.

“Don’t you dare call me that!” He spat out.

Scared I held my now bleeding head and I crawled back curling into myself. Yes he was right. He was never my dad in the first place amd whatever chance he had to prove he was one  died the day my mum also died.

He had longed abandoned his responsibilities as a father and had left us all to suffer. Now the house had become a shell of what it used to be. 

Everywhere reeked of alcohol and the walls had cracks all over with the threat to fall through at any time soon.

The other men who had come along with the debtor looked around before one of Them asked “where are the other ones? I heard you had a quite the collection .” 

The rest burst into laughter as dad continued drinking off his bottle of cheap alcohol.

“ I have wandered how you always managed to settle your debt?” Another says.

Dad’s response only made my skin crawl more as I feared for what my life would become.

“Well I give out whatever pays.” 

And they all doubled down more into laughter.

In a last attempt to save myself i lunged at my dad again “Dad remember you promised mom-“

SLAP!

The sound rang in my ear continuously and the force from dad’s hand threw me so hard I crashed into the already broken dining chair. He violently grabs my hair as he pulled hard “you think you are worth keeping hmm?”

He spat out a lump of spit on my face before dragging me towards the men. “Take her amd leave here!”

Knowing nothing would stop them if I didn’t try one last time I grabbed his wrists and bit it so hard I was almost sure I ripped his flesh out. He screamed as he began pissing himself amd I hurriedly grabbed the alcohol bottles from the table.

I smashed it over the debtor’s head with glasses spilling everywhere alongside the content of the bottle.

Blood gushed out heavily as it splashed across the furniture also.

The other two rushed to come save their boss amd in that moment i dashed past them heading straight for the door.

“You fûcking cûnt! How dare you?”

I didn’t stop to look back as I picked up speed.

“Go after her! Make sure not to come back without her you morons!” I heard the now faint voice of the debt collector as he groaned out painfully.

“You slut! Don’t you dare run away from us now!” The other two laughed as they began their chase after me.

”Once we catch you then there’s no mercy. I would make you wish you were still under your father.” They shouted as they began laughing even more amd the sound haunted me.

Those words tore through the darkness as my heart pounded violently through my chest. 

I darted across the nearby market place with food vendor littered around with hopes they would save me from the debt collectors but I was so wrong.

I tried shouting for help as I ran towards the market area reaching a woman’s shop but she hurriedly ran inside closing her doors. 

“Please I beg you just let me hide here…please..” but no one would even look at me as they all hurried to close their shops too and hide behind closed doors.

“Don’t do this to me please… I beg you all! Just save me from the monsters!” I screamed out my lungs out loud dropping to my knees amidst the dirt.

Warm blood poured out of my head flowing down my face yet no one reached out a helping hand as they all stared at me like a plague. They clearly already knew my dad’s history with the debt collector hence no one wanted me in.

A little girl nearby reaches out. “Mummy… why are they chasing her?”

The mother immediately covers the child’s eyes.

“Don’t look. Quickly come hide behind me!”

Seeing no one was ready to help me I gathered all my strength amd began running again with no direction in mind.

Tears mixed with snot flowed freely from my face but I knew I couldn’t afford to stop. At least not now and definitely not here.

My vision was fast becoming clouded and all I wanted was just a second to catch a breath or even wiped my eyes with the tears obstructing my view.

I couldn’t look back. I just couldn’t. If I do then that would be it. I would be done for.

My bare feet slapped amd matched against the wet ground crushing all the debris my sole came in contact with. Each step I took sent a Sharp sting through the cuts i already acquired on my soles.

Everywhere hurt amd my lungs burned hard. My visions became even more blurred but still I kept running. If they caught me then there was no saying I wouldnt end up like my sisters. All gone.

They have all been sold with no traces and never to be seen again. I wondered how long I would last before I was also taken into captivity like them also.

A man’s furious roar boomed from behind me as I stumbled before catching myself again. “She definitely ran this way!”

Another gruff voice laughed again with the winds carrying his voice like that of a monster making my heart jump again. 

“Make sure you break her legs if you have to! I don’t care! The old man already gave her to us!”

I didn’t know when a sob broke free from my throat as I tried constantly to wipe at my fast falling tears. Just like that I have been sold like as if I was a commodity and not a person. Even commodities were bargained on before they were released to the buyer.

The rain poured harder the more I dashed forward. I wasn’t seeing properly again but I forced myself to keep going. I wouldn’t come this far just to fail.

Blood flowed from almost every holes amd pores of my body. I could feel the warm damp fast turning into clots clinging at my chest.

And without looking to check i darted across the deserted highway. Unfortunately for me it seemed like the universe had already decided my fate. And it would end today.

Full blown headlights exploded in front of me almost blinding me and a deafening sound from the cars horn echoed throughout the night. My fatigued body suddenly came to an halt as I stood frozen staring straight into the blinding lights.

I had lost all control of my body to run for safety and instead just embraced what was to come. Wasn’t it better to just go peacefully like this?

Looking back at the darkness where I had been coming from I smiled happily with the tears falling freely from my face as I whispered to myself. “So this is how my story ends…”

The fast approaching car seemed to have been my grim reaper as he also had no intention of stopping. And within seconds………..BANG!

At last I am now free….

Or so i thought.