Chapter 1919

My birth was a mistake.

My mother, Annette Austin, often leaned by the window, waiting for my father's return.

Enoch worked long hours, leaving early and coming back late. For a while, they lived like any ordinary couple, calm and quiet.

During that time, we were like rats in a dark sewer, hiding in a house that never saw daylight.

That house trapped both Annette and me.

I clearly remembered the day Annette took me to the market.

her. Back when she was a dancer, her moves were like a butterfly's.

the market, people

Kept by some rich guy. Got pregnant out of wedlock

used to dance at a club. Quit after hooking up with a

to think for myself. I saw how they looked at us, like we

veggies?" Annette asked a

crossed her arms. "I won't sell it to you. Go somewhere

her. No one would sell us


walked the whole market until she stopped at a

waved her over. "Come on. I'll sell it to

he grabbed her

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