IN SEARCH OF KATHERINE ( Book 3 )completed

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Chapter two

Aunt Nene's POV

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I couldn't go another day in that house without knowing the whereabout of that sweet child.

I feel like a failure all over again and in a worst way ever!

Her disappearance has opened up old wounds and it's hurting so bad. After six years; I was finally able to breathe again. She was the only light in every darkness that surrounded me.

Her smiles were just like my daughter's. Those eyes of hers that screams of curiosity were just like that of my Hope.

The very first day the doctor told me about her; I knew that I wanted to see her and tends to all her needs and when I finally met her, she called me 'Aunt and right there and then, I felt whole again because my daughter has been returned back to me in another way but I lost her again when I went to her room that day and saw that it was empty.

She has ran away from home!

I failed her just like I had failed my child Hope when she needed me.

She left before I could retrieve my phone. Kate left without a single word just like my Hope did.

Oh God!

My heart fell over as I sat at the back of the taxi with tears threatening to fall but I couldn't let it. I have to stay strong for this.

I have to find her.

I arrived back at my old house that was located at the outskirt of Lagos metropolis. Everything was still very much the same as I had left it. The memories that was buried deep within the four corners of this walls was staring right at me in the face.

The familiar scent of Camfo was evident as always. Even the cracks in the walls was legendary with cobwebs networking everywhere not to mention the little ray of sunset peeping through the wooden window.

I sank down on the mattress thrown against the concrete floor as the tears I couldn't hold back anymore began to make their way down my cheeks like a waterfall.

I'm just a misfortunate being and will always be!

I could still hear my father's voice loud and clear as he yelled at me over and over again.

"You are a waste of my manhood! I should have known sending you to school was a big waste of my money and time... I should have given you away in marriage when I wanted to but your mother wouldn't let me. Now look at you! A worthless and disgraceful girl"