kikiswellnova
She was born without a voice.
But that never stopped the world from hurting her.
Penelope has never understood why her mother looks at her with disappointment instead of love.
Born mute, Penelope has spent her entire life trapped behind words she can never speak. She learned to communicate through trembling hands, written notes, and desperate expressions-but to her mother, none of it is ever enough.
Every mistake comes with a price.
Every misunderstanding becomes her fault.
And whenever Penelope gets into trouble, her mother's anger turns cruel-words meant to wound, fists meant to punish.
So Penelope learns something no child should ever have to learn:
Sometimes, the person you're supposed to run to when you're hurting is the very person you're afraid of.
But when a new person enters her life-someone who doesn't see her silence as a weakness- Penelope begins to wonder...
What if being voiceless doesn't mean being powerless?
What if, for the first time, someone is willing to listen?
And what happens when the girl who has spent her whole life staying silent finally finds a reason to speak-even if she can't use her voice?
A story about abuse, loneliness, healing, and finding a voice in a world that refused to hear you.
my story written from experience