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2020-08-19 18:17:16Introduction
A little girl was sitting in the corner of a dark and small confined room, trying to hide her small and vulnerable body, while covering her ears with trembling hands. She could hear her fast heartbeat every time her Mom cries.
She could hear the breaking glasses as her mom screamed in pain. That oh so familiar scenario was here again... her father. A year has passed since his rage started and each time it grew more and more intense.
As she got older and began to understand things, she knew how cruel these acts of violence were, and one thing she knew for sure, her father was not rational. He was fired from his recent job for the same reason he was let go from all his past jobs - too much drinking. Since that time, he would burst out his anger on his wife because he felt useless on not being able to work and support his family. But she was still confused. It somehow did not feel right to her. Just because he lost his jobs for something of his own doing, why would he come home and hurt her mom?
At the age of thirteen, she learned how to work. She started selling flowers near the church. She could be seen in crowded places with her Mom, begging for alms just to fill their growling stomach. Those were just a few things they did to try and make ends meet in those days... those memorable moments with her mom. Everything was difficult for her, but she endured it all for her mom's sake. She wanted to make her mom happy and proud of her. A smile from her mom was her only wish and nothing more.
It was at the age of fifteen when she lost her after a hit-and-run incident. She was hopeless at that time. She did not know what to do but stare at her Mom's bloody state. And at that same age, she was introduced to her new mother and new little sister. She treated them like her own, loved them like a real family, and took responsibility for her cruel father. They were dependent on her as well because her father was also beating up her Mom whenever he's around.
Rowie wanted to scold her Dad, but who was she to do that? She's just her father's daughter. It's not like he was treating her in a good way either. Her father already was a lost cause.
When she turned seventeen, she became independent and supported her stepmom and stepsister. She became their shield whenever her father arrived home. She worked for the family and continued studying as a scholar in a university.
There she promised that no matter how cruel the world was to them, she would continue living and caring for the two of them, even though they were not blood-related.
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