Perfect SCARS

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There's always a first at everything.. Three months ago I was at my office in LA putting things in place to solve other people's case....
I wasn't expecting to be here... Alot has happened in the last THRITEEN YEARS that have somehow shaped my life for the better..
I started out as nothing a child who had no one and was nothing special

My life was slowly drifting away  the first few years of my life.... At a point I had given up, no one cared about my existence.. I was all alone in this world, with no family, no relatives, no friends... Nobody... I couldn't trust anyone

I trusted Philip and he only used me to appeal his sexual desires
I trusted madam Louisa who ended up sending me abroad for prostitution

That was a huge shock for me because I honestly thought she was helping me out of the goodness of her heart, I mean she's a mother and a woman..and she was always so nice and loving ..... To think that i would have called her mom because i had this awkward urge to attach that title to someone even though i was almost eighteen at that time.... But she turned out to be one of tongue twisters. She lied that she was sending me off to get proper education abroad but she was just shipping me off to be someone's whore

Even when Eliza had told me.. I didn't believe her, She was one of the girls madam louisa was training.... And she told me that she keeps seeing signs that our madam was up to something crooked....... I didn't know until I got there and I was dolled up for a fat bastard..... When I got there and saw a replay of the same thing I had dealt with for four years

And now they want me to a play toy for disgusting old men..... I had to get out of this, he had bodyguards hovering around and it seemed impossible to escape from here

Meanwhile Mira was in the adjoining room, she was among the set of girls sent here before us... She was also having a hard time dealing with her client even though it wasn't her first time with him....

I excused myself to use the restroom around the same time she did too, so we were staring awkwardly at eachother in the restroom and without saying a word we could both understand that we needed to get out of this hellhole.. There are guards outside by The door so that's not an option... We needed to find somewhere here

I looked up and saw the slant window
i quickly climbed on top of the toilet seat and check the grate to open it.... I pushed it open and nod at Mira to follow suite as I climb out through the tiny window...
My dress was so short and was riding up my thighs,  in the process of climbing out, my shoes fell off. Mira threw them out and we landed on the floor together... I looked around to see if there was anyone around.. No one
Thank God
Mira jumped down yelling and I quickly covered her mouth with my palm and we ran out of the building

That was how we found ourselves in a shelter home and when the people from the church came during a charity program and the bishop  asked for my name I didn't know what to say...
Agnes Kofi sounded like a fallen rock
No one give a damn about that person anymore.. If I want to start afresh I needed to start from that horrible name of mine
So I thought of something biblical, yet out of the ordinary
Rachael would be too plain. Marianne too girly.... Faith too simple
But I didn't have time to go through all the names so I just picked the chapter of the Bible considering that I am rewriting my story and I don't need to pretend to be anyone else.. I can be Me

"Genesis...... Genesis Brown "
I smiled at the bishop and somehow he knew I had come up with that  name just now and then he said

"Alright Genesis... How bout we baptize you with your new name"

And since then practically my life changed. The Genesis brown saga begun I applied for admission in a college, studied hard passed the exams and started schooling and supporting myself with different jobs to by each day.... I was in class with girls way younger than me but that wasn't a problem
It wasn't easy but I didn't give up with every struggle comes determination that strikes me back on my feet making me stronger than before

I finished college and got internship at a government firm.... My work speaks for itself.. All I had to do was stay diligent and committed to what I was assigned to do and someone somewhere was watching....
Before I knew it recommendations came and I went from my tiny quarters to my superbly furnished condo

Everytime I tell my story it is always so emotional for me, like am relieving the pain
And over the years I learned to let go of some of my pain
Especially when I suddenly turn violent on guys that were hitting on me and the judge assigned me to a specialist

With time I forgot all about Madam Louisa probably because I was fortunate to leave her place before anything horrible could have happened

But I couldn't forget about Philip, every night when I close my eyes he is there.. When I get too drunk... I start to hallucinate and see him in other people... Even as I keep growing the image is still stuck in my brain.

And here I am at my first court hearing trying to put Philip behind bars for what he had done to me
Am sure he wouldn't have expected me to turn out to be who I am now. He didn't even bother to send me to school so he wouldn't think of me as anything big

As I hop down from my car, julie's car pulled over and she hurried down to meet me

"Ohhh honey. Thank God you are here, I have been trying to reach You but You weren't answering... You must be wondering what am doing here. it seems our problems have only begun just two days ago someone sued us to court.... And now after everything we've been through, we have to deal with this "

"Who's we.... "
She turned and looked at me confused but I notice Lucy standing by the entrance of the court

"I have to go"

I walked to Lucy and we talked through what we had to do before we were called in
I notice Julie trying to wait up for me as we walked into the courtroom.
I didn't even turn to see her face when I walked to the other side of the room with Lucy and while she was ranting and calling my name

The judge walked in

"Court.... Rise!! "

I slowly look around but I couldn't see him anywhere
Philip is not here..... Wtf