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LARA

01

Lara walked slowly into her already pitch-black house. Afraid to disturb his father who is asleep or maybe his father who will ask him for money.

Today Lara came home with no money because in the middle of the road her money was seized by street thugs who intercepted her.

Lucky only the money taken by the thugs, the thugs who intercepted him even wanted to rape him but Lara managed to escape.

Every day Lara works as a laundry worker at a roadside food stall near her alley, that's all Lara can do to make a living because she had to drop out of school three years ago.

Lara's footsteps had to stop when she just arrived at the door of her room and suddenly the lights of her house were on.

His father had been standing next to the light switch with a woman named May, his father's lover who often stayed at his house.

"Money."

Roy the father clenched his hand asking for money at Lara who looked down in fear.

"Money!" once again Roy asked in a loud tone.

"I'm sorry Lara's Dad..."

May smiled cynically, "She definitely didn't bring any money. huh I wasted time being here."

May steps away, but Roy holds May's hand, "Honey, wait a minute."

May forcibly releases Roy's hand and stares at Roy with a sullen look.

"Where's my money!" roy's snatch made Lara look down in fear.

"Lara... Lara didn't bring Dad money."

Roy was surprised, he approached his daughter and slapped her daughter.

"Bas stupid, useless, how can you not bring money and dare to go home huh!"

Lara who fell on the floor cried in fear,

"I beg you, don't sell me."

"If you don't want to sell, give me a lot of money every day!" snapped Roy who was directly nodded to Lara.

"Lara promised Dad, from tomorrow Lara will give all her money to Dad.''

"Huh, exhausting and wasting your time" said May.

Roy looks at Lara annoyed before she finally follows May's steps,

"Darling, didn't you say you were staying over?" Roy held May's hand.

"Take me off! why would I stay if I didn't get the money." May's reply prompted Roy to stay away from her.

"Patience darling.after all, don't I always give you Lara's work money every day, just today why should it be this angry?"

May looked at Roy annoyed, "I need money every day Roy, if you can't give it to me, I'll find it myself. Don't block me!"

May again pushed Roy's body but this time Roy fought until May could not move anymore.

"You want to go back to that brothel? you said you wanted to be with me no matter what, but what is this!" Roy looked angry.

"Then give me money every day and I can be with you."

"Well okay, wait here.I'll get you some money" said Roy, finally making May smile with satisfaction.

Meanwhile, in the room, Lara was crying.His heart felt very sick with the treatment she received every day. Always like this, always like this, her father changed since her mother died ten years ago.Lara was only ten years old, seeing a car hit her mother to death on the spot and since then, her father has always blamed Lara and been cruel to Lara because Lara was the cause of her death.

"Mom, how long do I have to feel all this?"

Lara hugs a picture of her mother, a lullaby every night.

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