Chapter 2 Who she was today .

The prosecutor sat down gallantly in assurance that he was winning the case obviously.

"Do you have any more things to say ?" The judge asked and the defense counsel stood up "I'll urge the court to pity my clients determination to change and turn a new leaf and reduce the years " he said and he sat down .

The attorney stood up "I'll like the court to not have mercy on the suspect because of a determination that's not enough, if he gets out , he'll do more harm to the society " he said and sat down .

They were all there for her , yeah ,she was the root of the situation , he was sentenced to 150 years imprisonment but will she ever get the happiness she deserved , her lawyer won the case so there was no reason to fear .

She had thought she was scared of not getting justice and putting the society in danger , she was scared of teenagers like her that might experience such an ordeal but he was there and he is going to be there for life but she was not happy , no , she had never been really happy .

What was there to make her happy , she was raped at the age of 14 , her mother died when she was 15 and she was already with her baby ,her mother wasn't privileged enough to meet her grand daughter before she died , she lost her best friend and her first love and she's left with her daughter ,Diane Rachel Jane .

People thought her life had no meaning anymore, they had thought she had no future and her dreams had shattered right after she was defiled ,they had all thought she had no hope and her life was going to be miserable till she leaves the earth ,she wasn't only striving for the survival of 1 at such a tender age ,she was also saving her daughter ,so she'll probably quit education and maybe become a slut or any menial job she could get all I'm search for money but they were wrong .

She was going to do all she can to make it , if she's to lose all around her ,she doesn't care , people were never destined to stand by you forever, they were all destined to come and go with an impact in your life ,but she was not going to let someone destroy her future ,and if she had to be alone with her daughter to achieve that then she will .

She attended college and she did all the works she could do to make her way through college and she never allowed any man go in her , she might have lost her dignity but her pride existed , her determination was not missing and her goals and dreams were alive .

She made it through college and she was good and today , she owns one of the top 10recognized advertising company in the United States , the Mary Jane corporations and she's doing perfectly well with her daughter.

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"Thank you sweet Jesus " she said after saying her usual alone morning prayers , one thing she can never miss in the morning is thanking her beloved mighty father for the gift of life and her daily scaling if new heights , to him alone indeed be all the glory and adoration.

She stood up and walked towards her daughters room ,she's probably stoll laid flat on her bed waiting for her to wake her up again even though she had reminded hercountless times that she was not a child any more bit for some weird reason ,she still turns off the alarm whenever it sounds at 4.

She knocked on the Door and as usual ,she only heard the grunt which she had concluded had meant 'mom , let me rest some more' and she is not allowing that even if she was aware of how unfair it might seem to her because it's only 5 and she could have slept more , but she has to get to work before 7 and she can't leave her home alone , so she has no choice .

She opened the door and she was lying on her face on her bed as predicted "Diane honey ,get out of bed " she called making it sound more like a begging "Mom ,can't i sleep a little longer ?" She asked "you won't be able to , I'm sorry honey ,but I promise you that when you get back from school ,you can make up for that " she said and she looked at her before sitting up making Mary wonder what she considered before getting up .

"Fine ma " she said in defeat ,"okay ,let's pray " she said and she held her hand ,yeah ,they both have to pray before leaving the house in the morning and she doesn't want it to be too long so as to avoid Diane impatience so they just say the Lord's prayer every morning ,she really doesn't want to give Diane any reason to avoid praying with her every morning .

"Our father who hath who art In heaven, hallow be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from all evil, for thou is the kingdom, your power and your glory, forever and ever, Amen! " They both said in unison except that Diane voice reflected her urge to fall on her bed and start dreaming once again.

" Thank you for making life easier for me, Diane" she said with with a slight smile and the girl nodded and pecked her mother before rising to her feet ,heading to get dressed so as to avoid keeping her waiting because Mary will never leave without Diane .

She loves her mother and it was reciprocal , she was her mother's everything , her mother has no family members, no friends or someone that involves a personal and emotional relationship except with her ,the only relationship that existed in her mother's life was among colleagues and business associates which was normal for a business nerd ,I guess .

Mary stood up and walked back into her room to change and after a few minutes , she was standing in front of her mirror ,already dressed in a blue top and a black long skirt that was just few inches after her knee , she brushed her brown curvy hair to a side , revealing her not too pointed nose and the rose -coloured lip stick she applied which made her gorgeous.

That was her mode of dressing , she doesn't dress to please anyone but herself ,it had always given her more self confidence ever since she learned to spend on herself ,gone are those as when she had to work in the laundry in the midnight and work in the cafe till 6 , go home and prepare for an online examination which she had to pass to achieve her dream.

Gone are those days she barely ate and had to give all the food she was able to buy to satisfy her daughter and use the rest to get her some clothes ,gone are those days when she couldn't afford to clothe herself because she was too occupied with fending for her daughter and paying for her tuition .

Gone are all those days people pitied her ,stretching a finger to describe her as the unfortunate victim the other night ,she has worked and she has achieved her dream , she has burned all candles that are needed and she has sacrificed a lot of relationship in her life so it was time to enjoy herself .

No one will ever look at her as that girl anymore ,they now see her as Mary Jane, the founder and ceo of The Mary Jane corporations ,one of the biggest advertising company in the whole of America and not only ambitious but successful ,she has planted her seeds under the hot sun and rain ,it was time to enjoy her labour ,not only fate had been on her side but God had stood by her firmly and made her who she was today.