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.

Back when she was a dancer, her

at the market, people pointed and

some rich guy. Got pregnant out of wedlock and had a

club. Quit after hooking up with a big shot. Look at her, all dolled up, probably out

I was already old enough to think for myself. I saw how they

Annette asked a gruff

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

her. No one


didn't complain. She walked the whole market until she

waved her over. "Come on. I'll

hesitated, but he grabbed

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