Joyce hates her father so much and there is nothing anyone can say to convince her otherwise.
When she was in class 7, he started making advances. He would follow her to the bedroom as she changed her uniform after school.
This would scare her so much and every evening, she would flee the home and come back after her mum arrived from work.
In form two he did the worst to her countless times and made her pregnant.
Today, her daughter is 8 years old and differently abled. She lived in fear and never told her mother who the father to the child was because the man had swore to take her life if she said anything, but when he started demanding for a second child so as to take her back to school, Joyce knew it was time.
She reported him to the chief and he was arrested.
Her father is in prison now after DNA results came in 99% positive but Joyce maintains 15 years in prison is not enough for the damage that man caused her.
Joyce faces so much stigma from the neighbours who claim that she is the one who tempted her. Relatives on the other hand always warn her against attending any family occasion.
She clings on the hope that one day, she will get money to study catering and stand on her feet.
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