Chapter 17

The environment was so quiet for the moment as Desse focused her face and eye on Christabel's Mum who was clearing her throat before she continued talking. 'I never felt that what I did with him on that day was a bad idea because I know it was just a way of appreciating him. He gave me reason to keep pushing without quitting. Weeks later I didn't see or hear from him and his family until I heard some side talks from some girls who said he had relocated and no longer lived in that area with his family. That day I thought my life was crumbling because I was already pregnant and that would be a very big liability to me. My aunt already vowed that if she ever set her eye on me she would not hesitate killing me because I made her daughter lose her first ever suitor. Hmmm鈥� so from then till today my daughter Christabel and I have always been struggling to survive. Christabel has been a good child, never greedy, instead always content with whatever I provide for her" Christabel's mother exp