Two Pink Lines|| A Short Story✔

Betrayed by her boyfriend of two years, Ella faces a lot of trauma and self isolation until the worst happened.

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I stare at the two pink lines that stare back at me from the test strip that I just brought out from the bowl containing my urine. The signature damp smell of my mother's room hit my nose and I fall to the old cemented floor trembling. My mum looks at me with disappointment when she notices how unrested I am.

"Na two lines dey there, abi?" I remain mute. She picks up her slippers and aims at my face. She doesn't miss, I groan at the painful contact and stand up as fast as I can. "Ese, who give you belle?" She asks.

I want to cry but it seems my lacrimal glands are fatigued. My mum charges towards me and I run to the opposite side of the room.

"You this foolish girl, I suffer send you go school and instead make you bend down read, you go dey pursue man,"
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How was Ella able to handle everything?

WARNING/TRIGGERS: RAPE SCENE🔞🔞🔞

Completed: April 2022❤️