MY LITTLE SACRIFICE

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Sophia had been married to John for 17 years and although besides his hot temper and his constant drinking habit, John was a loving husband and father to their daughter. Few months after Janet’s 15th year birthday party, John lost his job and Sophia always paid the bills with the little she earned but this did not stop John from his drinking habit and each time he would come back very late and looking wasted. Sophia loved John so much that she took the assault and molestation from her husband and kept it to herself, even away from her fifteen year old daughter. Often times she would wear make ups just to cover up her bruised eyes from her daughter in other to prevent her from brewing an hatred for her father and for men. This had gone on for a while and one faithful morning Sophia had gone to clean up Janet’s room after she had left for school and while she was cleaning janet’s study she found pieces of art work lying all over. Janet had an interest for art and spends most times drawing and painting. Just then Sophia came across one of Janet’s art which was a replica of Sophia, trying to hide the bruises and swollen eyes with her hand and beneath the art she wrote “I saw your shattered heart covered with bruises but the bruises are covered under the beauty of pretence ”..."This pretence should I call love?... Love for the one who hurts you or love for the one who might end up trusting those that hurts her in future”.Sophia couldn't hold back the tears as they slide slowly down her cheeks.

This is an entry to the foxtales one paragraph story by @vermillionfox
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