Cry, Even Better If You Beg (Chat Story)
Hope
She shook Layla's tiny hands off her sleeve.
Aunt
Go find another relative and ask them to let you live with them.
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
Aunt...
Layla's eyes filled with tears and smudged with wounds and her bright red lips standing out in her pale complexion at the winter's morning.
Aunt
Anywhere is better than here, right?
Tired of her own husband's abuse, she sighed.
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
.....
Once again, she was left alone on the road during the coldest days of the winter.
After that she visited another one of her relative's house.
One uncle said, "You're a girl, You're worthless.
You'll just cost me money."
One aunty said, "What did you do to get kicked out? I don't want a girl like you in my house."
Another Uncle
Look, how do you expect us to take care of you? Even if you're quiet, it won't be enough...
There was no one willing to take care of an orphaned child.
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
(A girl abandoned by her own mother...)
After being rejected by all the relatives, her hopes crumbled to dust.
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
(Maybe it's normal...)
When she was looming with her own conclusions, the uncle called out.
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
*Jolted*
Another Uncle
Do you know where 'BERG' is?
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
...Yes.
Another Uncle
*Wrote something on a paper*
As if the hope itself found it's path towards her, but afraid to believe in.
Another Uncle
Go there and find this person.
He handed over the paper to her.
Another Uncle
I wrote the contact information here.
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
He left, desperate, glancing over his shoulder, as if he would have definitely took her in if he hadn't had mouths to feed.
Layla stayed there itself for a few moments to believe in the characters on the paper in her hand.
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
(Can I...)
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
(Feed on this hope?)
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
*Blank stare*
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