Chapter One

"Mo Mother it wasn't me, I swear I didn't do it" Gwen cried

"Haven't I told you not to call me that again, I am not your mother. I didn't give birth to a worthless child."

"It wasn't me I swear"

'So am lying right"

"That's not what I said I mea..." Gwen was slapped in the face

"get out of my house you ungrateful child I don't want to ever see you again" Gwen's stepmother said.

"Mother please am sorry I don't have any ...."

"Shut up, if I hear anything from you again, I will have you arrested."

So she threw my belongings outside and shut the door in my face.

I kept Knocking, but she did not open the door so I waited for about two hours, and when I saw that she had intentions to open the door, I took my stuff and left.

After hours of roaming around, I decided to go the sauna, to sleep for the night.

(9am the next morning)

I got up packed my stuffs and decided to go back home to beg her. But when I got home, it turns out she already packed the rest of my belongings outside. I knelt down and begged her.

"Mother am sorry, I won't do it again"

"I promise, please mother"

She said "I am not your mother"

"Your mother is dead or do I look like her" she said

"Mo, Aunty am sorry please take me back, I have no where else to go". she stood up and went back inside

"Please Aunty"

She shut the door in my face

After hours of crying and begging I left with all my belongings and started looking for a place to stay.

(Two weeks later)

After sleeping at the sauna for weeks, I decided to look for a part time job.

While I was searching for a job, I came close to a convenience store and I saw a sign that said hiring, so I entered and asked if they were still hiring. The owner said he was. So he ask me some questions and after asking he gave me the job. So I asked him if I could sleep at the store room at night, and to my biggest surprise he had no problem with that. I was very happy.

"Thank you very much sir, am really grateful"

He said "it fine, just make sure you do your job very well"

Then He asked if I could start working immediately and I told I would love to.

(4 months later)

I was cleaning up the store, when a man came in wearing a face mask and face cap to buy drinks. He bought the drinks and after paying for the drinks he left forgetting his wallet. It took me awhile before seeing the wallet, after seeing the wallet I ran out to see if I could find him but he was long gone.