Desperate.

Chapter 2 ≈ Bad luck.

Picture of Laurel at the side  (media box)...

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"Let me go" I yell at a drunken man that is disturbing me, he's dragging me saying something about giving me a good time, hell no.

"Help!!! Help me!!" I scream at the top of my voice as he tries taking me into a corner. Why do I keep getting into trouble, it seems the universe is against me.

"Shut up bitch or else..." He says raising his hand to hit me but because of that, the number of hands restraining me has reduced so I take the opportunity and shove him hard to the ground. Since he's wasted he falls down easily and I take off running in the opposite direction with tears spilling down my face uncontrollably. I almost got rapped!!! Lord why me???

When I finally sight a payphone, I quickly head towards it to make some calls.

I hate them, I hate them all. So far I have called almost all my so called aunts and uncles and they said they can't help me, at least some had the decency to come up with an excuse while the others just hung up. I even went to one of my uncles houses and he didn't have the guts to face me, instead he asked his guard to throw me out. I would have never imagined something like this happening, my own father's family have turned their backs on me, why? What have I done?

Maybe I should try someone from my mother's side of the family but the problem is most of them are either died or in a distant country and dad didn't like me associating with them because he never liked them but he made an effort sometimes because of my mom.

I dial my mom's sister's number but she doesn't pick up. She's my last hope, I might as well try again. This time she picks up

"Hello aunt"

"Hello, who is this?" She asks, her voice sounds croaky, it seems I woke her up. I have been roaming the streets for up to 10 hours now, it should be around 9 in the evening

"Its laurel aunt, Mitchell's daughter" i

"Ah! How have you been dear?" She asks

"Not good aunt, My step mom kicked me out of the house and my relatives won't help me" my voice has already started breaking as I try to hold back tears.

"What? She what? Who the hell does she think she is?" She growls angrily, I don't reply so she continues

"Sorry dear, got carried away, where are you now? I'll come pick you up immediately" I let out a relieved breath and quickly look around for a sign or shop to know where I am. Once I know I quickly give her the details and fortunately she doesn't live too far from here.

In less than an hour, a red car parks on the opposite side of the road then a woman with long black hair walks out, wearing a shirt with jeans. As she gets closer, I can see her better now, she has light brown eyes with high cheeks bones and an hourglass shape. she's very pretty.

"Laurel is that you?" She asks stopping just a few feets in front of me. I quickly nod and run towards her as she pulls me into a hug. After a few seconds we both pull away and she takes me to her car and we drive away.

"Laurel dear, are you okay? Did those people do anything to you" she asks worriedly after a while, I shake my head not wanting to tell her.

"Why did they throw you out dear?" She presses on

"I'm not sure but after they took away my inheritance, I found Natalia my step sister sleeping with my boyfriend. We later got into a fight and I ended up breaking her nose then her mom came with some other people and threw me out, her exacts words being, " I've waited so long to do this ". I answer glaring out the window

" They took away your inheritance, how? " she exclaims loudly

"They tricked me into signing some papers that legally makes it theirs" I say with a shrug as I wipe away some stray tears

"I'm so sorry honey, don't worry my husband and I will find a way to get it back for you" she replies but I shake my head furiously

"No aunt, thank you but don't bother about it, you don't need to help me, I will fight my own battles myself"

"But how do you plan to do that?" I turn to look at her then turn back to the window

"I'm not sure yet aunt but be rest assured, no matter what I have to do, in fact I will go through hell if I have to but i will make sure that none of them and I mean not a single one of them will get away without paying dearly for this injustice. I intend to make sure they reap the harvest of their corruption, one way or another" it might not be tomorrow or next year but for every tear that I have shed because of them, I will make sure they cry ten times more even if I have to sell my soul to the devil, they will all rue this day.

I have taken all the crap that my step family has been throwing at me but no more. What hurts the most is what my relatives did, at least with my step family, I know where I stand but for my own family to do this, I did not expect it.

Anyway, I have learned my lesson, trust no one. This was not how I expected my life to turn out but since they have decided to push me into a corner, this time I intend to fight back and with all conviction.

They better watch out because when I come back, I'm not coming back as the laurel they know, I'm going to show them just how far a desperate person is willing to go.

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They say any challenge that comes your way, it is usually something you can handle, Continue reading to find out how she intends to handle this particular challenge :)

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