| Chapter 5 |
| (Vavranta’s View) I woke up to the sound of someone. I looked up to see Kristen. My father had explained that she was my stepmother. I don’t know what a stepmother is, but I learned never to argue with another person, especially if they are older than you. She looked at me & saw I was awake. “Hi, I didn’t know you were awake.” “I just woke up. Where is my father?” “He had to go run an errand. Howie, Darviant’s father went with him. He will be back later on tonight. Don’t worry they asked me to look after you.” “OK, I’m not worried. If my father trusts you I will too.” I saw Darviant stir. I love him, but when we were forced to get married; I didn’t want to. The whole inhabitants of Benovia was there. I ran away & Darviant went after me. We hid for a week hopping that when we got back they would have missed us. They were very angry at us. I lived in jail for four months. In that time we had made love to each other & made a commitment to escape. We tried, but we were always caught. Soon I started getting sick & it was discovered that I was pregnant. I was allowed to come home. Earlier today Darviant was brought to my house & our mothers told us we were going on a trip. They told us our fate. I would have cried then, but my mother would only see me as weak. We were brought to our fathers. Our mothers had told us our fathers had abandoned us. We never believed it & when I heard Darviant’s father tell us that they weren’t going to abandon us like our mothers all my doubt went away. I just hope we get out of this alive & our fathers would accept our mothers’ demands. |
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