Chapter 5 Blood Roses
At the age of 6, on my birthday night, Kelly playfully held my small hand and shook it.
“Dear Olivia, I want to eat the egg tarts from the newly opened shop. I must eat them tonight, I want to eat them.”
Thinking of our father working night shifts and how hard it would be for him, I told Kelly that the shop was too far and promised to buy it for her during the day.
But she insisted persistently, saying that today was my birthday, and as long as I told Dad that I wanted to eat them, he would definitely bring them back.
Being the loving sister, I had to give in to her and called our father.
Our tired father, on his way to buy the egg tarts, got into a car accident.
After our father’s passing, the already tight financial situation became even more dire. My mother blamed and scolded me, saying I caused our father’s death.
I grew up in silence, which also forced me to mature early and gradually grow into a beautiful young girl.
I went to work to earn a meager salary to support my mother and sister, hoping to atone for the guilt of causing my father’s death.
I went to work to earn meager wages to support my mother and sister, attempting to atone for the guilt of causing my father’s death.This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.
However, how could this meager income fill their desires? During one occasion at a bar, while promoting alcohol, I was accosted by a gang leader.
He violated me to the raucous laughter of the punks around him.
The physical pain and hardships in life caused me to develop a hatred towards men.
As a person isolated and without support, the only one I could cling to was those two women I could call family.
At least, dragging my exhausted body, I could return each night to a home that was safer than the outside world.