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Lia
My father couldn't kill me so he asked my uncle. I had shamed my family's honour.
Lia
I am Lia Nate. My mother used to call me Ai a. I was the only daughter of my parents. I was killed by my uncle.
My father was supposed to kill me, but he didn’t have the courage, so he asked my uncle for the favor.
I was killed in the honor of my family’s good name which I destroyed. I was killed on Eid day. My grave is in my village and I was buried in my Eid dress. My father visits my grave in the dark so that no one sees him. My mother never visits my grave, she can’t make it.
Lia
My life in the living world was not so good. The parenting I received made me a girl with low self-esteem. I wasn’t a strong and confident person. My father’s lack of contributions and engagement in my life made me find alternate ways to relate to men. There was a void in my life and to fill that void I made some wrong choices.
The only charming days were the 30 days that I had someone in my life. He used to stand in front of my school.
One day, he sent me a cell phone through my friend. This was the first ever gift I received in my life. We had conversations every day, whenever I found suitable time to talk to him.
He promised to provide every joy of life that I was missing at my parent’s home. We never met but those snatched conversations brought a new charm in my life. I considered myself one of the luckiest people around.
Unfortunately, that boy was a cheat.
For him, I was nothing but a chance to win a measly bet.
He had a bet with his friends that he will win my trust in a month. It took him only two weeks. He celebrated that day in a restaurant where his friends overheard and enjoyed our phone call conversation which was much longer than usual. That evening, my father heard our conversation and I knew he would kill me.
So I left home for someone I thought will protect me, but he never showed up. My family intended to kill me for this immoral act. They were supposed to kill us but he was nothing but a wrong number.
For me, he was my soul mate and we were made for each other. I had blind trust in him and felt secure with him.
For him, I was a just an opportunity to have fun, a chance to win a bet.
Lia
This bet turned out to be very expensive; it was worth the life of a human being.
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