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~ WHISPERS 💐 OF DESTINY 🌫️~
New chapter ☺️
**Chapter One: "Tangled Bonds"**
~ANIKE'S POV~
"Wake up! Wake up!! Anike." The shrill sound echoed through my room, signaling the start of another week dictated by the woman I reluctantly call my mother. I despise the fact that she's the one rousing me today, foretelling a week destined for chaos. We're not friends, my mother and I; our mutual disdain is woven into the fabric of our relationship.
My mother's affection leans towards my brothers, burdening me with tasks and expectations. "See a girl who will one day become a mother, sleeping like a hopeless ghost. Will you wake up, or should I spank you with some water?" she hissed, about to exit my room. "Have you woken up your sons?" I mumbled, attempting to rise. "What did you say?" Irritation flickered across her face. "I don't know," I replied, swiftly exiting before her anger erupted. "You are mature enough to start talking back, you stupid, silly girl," she retorted, emphasizing the strain in our family of six—two boys and one unloved girl.
My mother, with a BSc in law, once an educated woman, and my father, a university lecturer, shape the contrasting forces within our household. The superhero daddy remains a distant figure; discussions are sparse, and my closeness to him intensifies my mother's disdain.
As I brushed my teeth, her call to help in the kitchen pierced the morning routine. "I don't know the reason for you going to school when you'll end up sacrificing like me," she muttered, words that cut deep into the complexities of our relationship. Education, a path she relinquished, now stands as a battleground between my aspirations and her thwarted dreams.
The challenges aren't solely personal; they echo the broader struggle against the hindrance of girl education in Africa. Hindered but persisting, it exists as a silent force shaping the destinies of many girls. This, among other battles, is etched into the fabric of my existence, a tapestry of challenges that define my lifetime.
