Billionaire's grip

A girl was huddled up in a cold, dark room with the windows tightly closed and no room for sunlight as tears poured down her little face but all that changed when the door was open

" Mom!"

The woman looked at the little girl in disdain before smacking her away and holding a man tight to her.

She quietly made a sign with her eyes to the girl.

The girl looked back at her mom before walking away.

The man had comfortably sat on the sofa before saying, " be fast."

His eyes were filled with viciousness and lust.

The beautiful woman smiled bashfully before sitting on him.

The little girl stayed right outside the door, her hands on her nose with her face squeezed from disgust.

Her hands had left nose as she covered her ears and screech but it wasn't enough to distract the people inside

"Ahn, ah yes..faster, harder"

She laid on the cold ground in tears while drawing some zeros and counting time in her head.

She sat back up and looked at the sky...the sun was setting. It was beautiful but cruel to her at that moment.

She held herself in a tight embrace, thoughts wandering, heart beating loudly and lips chattering.

She thought, " Why is my life like this? If I had a dad then all this wouldn't be happening...mom wouldn't be doing this"

Her thoughts were disrupted by the laughter of kids older than her.

They were in groups as the older looking one said, " Look at her! Her mom is a prostitute...she sleeps around with men. She doesn't deserve to stay here"

Another girl walked to her face and said, " Oh dear Cynthia, You are a bastard, an illegi-"

Pak!

Cynthia's mum stood right in front of her daughter with her eyes red like a monster and her hands still raised.

She pushed away the girl roughly before pointing at her

" Don't you ever refer to my daughter as a bastard! She's worth more than any of you. She's a jewel"

The girl looked at Cynthia's mum with tears in her ears as she held the side of her face. She was slapped.

She had already started shedding tears but was helped up by a fatso.

Cynthia's mum glared hatefully at the bunch of kids before carrying her little girl up and hugging her to her body

"Cecilia!"

The mother and daughter woke up from their sweet moment before Cecilia held Cynthia's hands and walked towards the man.

Cynthia turned her face away, refusing to look at him, making him smile.

He quickly handed Cecilia some stash of money before leaving.

She smiled looking at the money then said to little Cynthia

" Oh my baby girl! Don't mind what they say. Stay in the house, let me go buy some instant noodles, veggies and eggs"

Her little face lit up from happiness with her eyes shining as bright as the sun.

She nodded timidly.

Then she walked into the little apartment.

She looked around before picking the dirty laundry and starting washing the dirty plates.

She tidied up the kitchen and kept the ingredients to cook by the sink.

She happily mopped and swept then waited for her mom.

Everywhere was so sparkly that your reflection could be seen from the floor.

She smiled sweetly as she excitedly looked towards the door and her happiness was doubled when she heard the elegant voice

" Cynthia!!"

But it came again but this time louder

" Cynthiaaa!!!"

She looked towards the door with a changed face, her mom stood there with a man that looked like he could give birth to her. He had white hair on his face and head too.

He tried to smile but quickly covered it when he saw the look of disgust on Cynthia's face.

His hands were firmly placed on Cecilia's butt, he squeezed it aggressively

She gasped softly with her hands on his chest before saying to Cynthia

" You would sleep here"

Cynthia nodded quietly before resigning to her fate.

She laid on the rug in the center of the room while curled like a shrimp, her hands tightly held her stomach

The wind harshly blew the window open leading to her shivering more.

She shook.

Her eyes were wide open, she held her stomach while she stopped trying to yawn when her stomach made an awfully embarrassing sound.

She got up and walked to the room door and was about to knock when she heard it

" Oh yes! Moreee"

She shook her head before dropping her hands and walking to the kitchen.

She grabbed a glass cup as she watched the water fill it up slowly then put milk in it.

Her spoon stirred it in a circular motion creating tornados in it.

She gulped a mouthful of milk

" Eww"

" This doesn't taste like the ones mom made", she thought while retching.

She stood in the kitchen waiting for her mother quietly but there was no sound of the door being opened.

Her foot tapped impatiently against the tiles creating a light sound.

Tap!

Tap!

Tap!

Her stomach made a louder sound this time making her go red before furiously marching to her mom's door

Bang!

Bang!

Her mom's angry yelling with loud breathing was heard next

" You! What do you want??", She yelled angrily

"I'm hungry, mom", she said in a polite manner

" Don't you call me that! Go find something to do...I'm in the middle of something" she said slowly this time.

Cynthia blinked her eyes in a fast manner as the tears came rushing out.

Her head banged and she couldn't tell if it was from hunger and pain

Slowly, she went down down on her knees with her back on the cold door

Her ears tightly pressed against the door while her ears were assaulted by the sounds from inside

Everything was in a motion as she tried her best to keep her eyes open with her hands tightly latched against the door before helplessly making a sound

Bang!

" Mom, my head"

Bam!

The girl laid on the cold tiles but it seems like she was having a cold war with it

Her body complexion was purple while her eyes were tightly closed.

The door uttered a harsh cry, two people came out with all smiles and their clothes tight to their body and smelt of each other's scent

But the smile vanished from the woman's face, she hurriedly picked up the girl and dropped her on the bed.

She then pulled the man outside and took the stash of money.

She walked on the lonely road with not even her shadow's company, the moon shined brightly tonight.

She walked and walked and walked before stopping at a bright stall that had the name pharmacy In Front of it.

She walked in hastily and left with a bag full of drugs but didn't turn back instead walked forward.

She reached a place that buzzed more than where the bees stayed with different lanterns before saying to a man

" Two noodles, vegetables and eggs"

He nodded before handing them over.

She ran off with her heels reaching her back and her breath quickened, sweat poured down her face.

Slam!

She slammed the door harshly and walked to the kitchen.

Her eyes opened widely in shock before looking around and realizing that everywhere was squeaky clean.

A large smile hung on her face.

The room was filled with her harmonious whistling sound until she felt short of air.

Her eyes were beautifully closed making her features more prominent from almond shaped eyes to her Nubian nose then her small, round red lips.

She was astonishingly beautiful.

Her hands moved quickly preparing the noodles making a beautiful sight for anyone to watch

Sweat dripped down to her perfect collar bones that would have men licking their lips.

And Voom!

She poured everything on the plate.

It was served beautifully with a runny egg.

She quietly opened the door making a creaking sound before dropping the tray on the bed.

She gently shook the girl awake.

Cynthia's eyes slowly opened as she laid quietly trying to understand where she was.

With her eyes still fully closed

" Mom", she said softly

"Mhmm", her mom nodded before handing her the tray and leaving.

Cecilia stood outside the door for quite some time before breathing in deeply and leaving the house with a big bang.

Cynthia gobbled up everything in hunger before leaving the room and taking her medicine.

She just knew her mom hated her.

She thought," Why is my family this different? I have no dad and siblings. My mom brings in different men everyday and makes different noises. I don't even go to school or have enough food to eat".

She tried her best not to cry but the tears slowly dropped, her heart clenched tightly from the pain

She was unloved...she felt played with. Somedays, her mom would act caring and sometimes she's just the stranger who she lives with.

She was just like a maid.

She resigned to her daily job of cleaning the house, picked up the brooms

Swept till not even a speck of dust could be seen

She went out cheerfully to look for kids to borrow their books to read.

She thought sadly, " Mom makes a lot of money but can't send me to school"

She hopped like a rabbit before knocking on a door by the alley.

That's where her only friend lived.

Isabella.

The door creaked open, a girl the same age as her peeked from inside before handing her three books.

Cynthia waved her goodbye before running off.

Their friendship was a secret since no one wanted to be associated with her and her mother.

She is the daughter of a prostitute.

She ran back to her house to see the door closed and she understood.

She looked through the books and smiled blissfully before picking one to read.

She had been taught how to read by bella.

She picked the one with a beast and a beautiful village girl.

And it read,

" Once upon a time,"

She was so lost in the book, she smiled whenever the character smiled and even sang along with the character.

She smiled when she saw how caring the father is to the girl.

Silent tears fell like huge teardrops from her small eyes but she quickly cleaned them.

She stared at the moon

It looked so bright and beautiful and it seemed to be smiling at her while consoling her so she smiled back brightly.

She leaned to the door, the wind brushed her hair softly while packing the dust up.

She shivered.

Her teeths chartered while her hands hurriedly wrapped around her petite body.

She said to herself softly, " Dad, where are you?"

Right in the city, a man was in the city with his son when he held his heart then looked back in anxiety.

Her thoughts were countered when her ears were tortured by those inhumane sounds

" Ah yes, deeper please"

She closed her ears before taking in some deep breaths

She picked another book

This one looked quite pretty

It's a girl as white as snow with 7 short people while she held a red apple that matched her lip color

Her hands traced the girl's lips as she said to herself, " she must be a princess. Her clothes look so luxurious and she also has a fanciful tiara"

She read out the name slowly, " Sn-snow white and the seven dwarfs"

"Wow!", She exclaimed.

She excitedly flipped the book open and had started admiring the colorful pictures but just as she was about to read

Her ears were invaded by a loud screech

"AHHHH!"

Then boom!

The door was pushed open by the man, he was breathing heavily and his body was covered with scratch marks

His shirt was torn.

He pushed Cynthia away roughly, attempting to run but she looked for a stick

Then bam!

The man fell.

Blood everywhere.

She looked around in fear while calming her skipping heart then bent down carefully and kept the stick away before dragging the blood inside creating trails of blood.

She started panicking before she calmed down and pressed her ear to his chest and his heart was beating.

She jogged to the kitchen and got a wet rag then cleaned the trail of blood.

Cynthia then realized that her mom was still inside, she hurriedly rushed inside to meet her mom in something so smelly and more was still coming out of her mouth.

She covered her nose in disgust.

Her mom kept on vomiting more disgusting things from her mouth and some of them were lumps of noodles, some were green

To make it worse, it smelt so bad that Cynthia was also about to vomit.

" What's wrong mom?"She asked in a small voice.

" Help me get to the toilet", she said with her face up staring at the ceiling

She gently helped her up and got her to the toilet where she turned on the water and poured it on her face.

She also prepared a hot bath for her.

" Mom soak in.", She said caringly.

She walked out of the bathroom without looking back, removed the bedsheets because it was stinky and then used it to pack the vomit on the floor.

She also got a mop and disinfectant then everywhere finally smelt nice.

"Woah!", She said amazed while wiping the sweat from face as she looked around the clean room.

She decided to go to the bathroom but was met with her snoring lightly mother, she giggled at that sight, it was too loud so she woke up.

Cecilia stared at her beautiful daughter before saying slowly, " Go find my purse and take some stash then go to the pharmacy to buy me some pregnant kit"

She nodded slowly.

She thought childishly," Mom thinks she pregnant...so if it's true then I'm about to have a sibling..."

She smiled cutely before screaming lightly.

She ran out of the house, smiled at literally everyone she saw

The boys playing football...the men gambling and smoking...the women talking about their husbands...the girls playing with their dolls.

Everyone had different nasty comments but it wipe off that smile from her face.

She hopped like a bunny until she reached the pharmacy

She looked at it then walked in slowly inside.

She looked at the man on the counter then the various medicines as she said to herself," I want to be a doctor."

She was drawn to the television as a man was talking about scholarships for a very popular school.

The man on the counter quickly noted down the number on the television before coughing lightly to get her attention.

She turned towards him then said in a small voice, " I want some pregnancy kit"

He looked at her with wide eyes and shaky hands before turning back to look for it but was interrupted when his wife came in.

She hissed at Cynthia then went further to shush her away.

Her husband said, " What are you doing? That's a customer."

And she replied, " How can our customer be a filthy prostitute's child. Get out of here, you bastard"

Pak!

The man slapped her in rage.

" You, y-you", He said, stammering and his fingers pointing at her.

She ran away in tears.

The man shook his head in disappointment before giving the kit to her but asked, " little girl, what do you need it for?"

Her legs drew lines on the ground while she scratched her wet palms deciding if she should talk or not

"Eerm.."

Her eyes darted from one place to another.

The man didn't look like the judging type so she said, " Well, my mom has been vomiting so she asked for a pregnancy kit"

"Ohhhhhhh", he said in realization.

She was about to go out when she was stopped by him again as he handed her a headache and medicine to stop vomiting.

She smiled then waved at him happily before running off

Right when she left, a man that had the same face as hers appeared on the TV.

He looked really important as he smiled..

Cynthia excitedly walked into the house but was met with her angry mom

She roared, " What kept you so long this useless child?"

Tears filled her eyes before she said slowly, " M-mo-mom"

Pak!

"What a waste of time!"She said in anger.

She snatched the packets from her

Bam!

She banged the door.

" Ahhhhh", Cynthia yelled in tears while pulling and dragging her hair then she rolled on the floor in a dramatic manner.

" Shut the fuck up!", Cynthia's mother yelled in annoyance.

She peed in a cup as she dipped the kit into it then she screamed, " I'm pregnant!!"

Cynthia jumped up from the ground when she heard that before barging into the room.

" You are pregnant?? Really??", Cynthia asked in excitement buh was ignored by Cecilia.

She glared at her stupid daughter in annoyance.

" Oh no! Who did I have sex with without some protection?? Another liability?"

The woman shook her head severally in denial

" No-no-no- it can't be!", She said severally.

Cynthia looked confused as she followed her about and asked, " What can't be mom?"

Cecilia resisted the urge to hit her as she continued searching around for something

" Where the fuck is it? Where? Where did I keep it?"

" Mom! Mom! Is it a boy or girl?", Cynthia asked again.

Pak!

Pak!

Cecilia slapped her on her cheeks so hard it shined bright red

She held her cheeks shocked, stubborn tears started pouring as she asked sadly, " Why do you hate me so much mom? Why??"

Cecilia had stubbornly turned deaf ears to her cry.

She threw her big box to another side as she revealed a huge chest with a lock.

Her hand moved to her neck where there was a necklace..she unlocked it and Cynthia held her mouth in amazement from the amount of money in it.

Cecilia just searched until she found a note book.

"-/–/–/", she read out the date

"It's him!"