Dear Shannon,
Hope you are good now that you are married to wealth and swimming it. You can buy expensive clothes and go to luxurious restaurants as you prayed for, plait your hair in different styles and walk in queen's steps as you wished.
       

I can't imagine you've been hiding your being married from me yet you call yourself my own. Thanks to you angel of a husband I now know the kind of gold-digger I've been raising for a daughter. The kind of fool who sleeps around with men of different calibre in the name of opulency. Shame on you mummy! I even curse the day I gave you life, the time you cried you first and the minute I breastfed you. I could have not wasted my milk on a misplaced creature like you.

Thanks to your husband your sister is going back to school, something you'll never have done for her or convinced your husband to. I've disowned you and forget that you ever had a family. I'm now accepting Clane as my son and my baby. He plays the role of a child much better than you do. You now don't have to kill his brother to hide your shame for he is the only person who knows about your hidden agenda.

As I talk now, we've already packed our belongings ready to leave to a place your husband chose for us. Don't bother looking for us since we are far much better than you thought.

I could have written much for the disgusting thing I gave birth to but I think this is enough for a day.

Have a good life!

Yours Mrs. Kami.

My knees became weak, my eyes loaded with tears as my heart hit my chest with vigour and I broke down to pour the the tears out. The tears that I've been holding for hours now. I could see Rehy from the corner of my eye, his head still dropped but I didn't care. I wanted to ease the pain and that was what I was doing.

I held the letter to my face as I cried in pain. I cried for a long time until the letter became wet due to the tears. I then tore it into pieces not ready to keep a piece of it. I wanted to destroy every word written in it but how? I  placed my hands on the ground afterwards and began hitting my head hard. I didn't bother about the injury I got earlier since it wasn't as painful as the words in the letter.

   I even curse the day I gave you life, the time you cried your first and the minute I breastfed you. I could not have wasted my milk on a misplaced creature like you. I imagined my mother saying the words straight to my face and hit my head even harder.

    "Stop it Shannon! You are hurting yourself!" I heard Rehy talk but that was nothing.

     " What's the use of living without a family? Without a thing to call your own?!" I yelled back still hitting my head.

I cursed Tylor from inside for helping her write the hurting words, cursed my mother for not consulting me, cursed my father for dying early, reigned curses on Rehy for driving me there and finally on Clane for making me a prisoner of my own life.

    "Enough! Get up girl, that wouldn't change your situation", Rehy said carrying me to the car as I tried to free myself.

He opened the door of the car and placed me on the passenger's seat before shutting it. I quickly opened and ran  out before he could open the other door to start the car.

I headed back to the gate, went straight and knocked on the old woman's door who opened it as I had expected. I held her by the neck and looked straight into her face.

   " Why couldn't you stop them old thing!" I rotated tightening my hand which I regretted afterwards.

She didn't reply. She instead began trembling like a leaf on a rainy day. This made me more angry.  I let go off her neck and began awarding her with slaps. I slapped her face countless times until she passed out. Rehy ran and held my hand before I could do more. No one was watching us so he pulled me to the car and shut it.

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   "Now tell me, what did you do to your husband to deserve such life", Rehy asked immediately I snapped my eyes open.

I tried to lift my head but realized it had a bandage round it. It was throbbing badly and I  had no strength to reply to his question. I stared into his eyes without a word. The only thing I could think of was the letter, the dream and the scene.

Did mother really mean her words? I wish she could have known the hidden Clane. I have to find them no matter what but where will I start from?

    "Someone is at the door I'll go get it", Rehy said standing ready to go.

I sat on the bed still thinking on what to do. I wanted to know whether I shot Lincolin or not, where my family was and what the dream was.

I think I have to talk to Rehy about the dream and the scene. I think he'll help.

Rehy came back after some few minutes wearing a frown. Who had been at the door, what did he or she want and why?

   "They are here for you Slimmy", he said in a solemn voice.

    "Who are they?" I ask with my eyes wide open.

       "The police dear sweets. It seems she reported you", he replied his eyes fixed on poor me.