un
un
villagers echoed through
chaos unfolding before my eyes. What was happening? I won
me, only to be greeted by a deafening gunshot that reverberated through
ngs into a horrifying scene of violence. Panic consumed the villagers as they frantically fled, their desperate cries permeating
brother close. The fear in his voice was palpable as he shouted, "We need to run!" But my innocent five-year-old
k of gunshots shattered the air once more. Two lives abruptly extinguished, their
ror before me. My brother and I locked eyes, both of us overcome with sorrow. Tears streamed dow
!" I cried out, my voice barely audi
ropelled me towards him. Though his features remained indiscernible, I could sense his toweri
d, clutching his hand with all the d
is lips as he softly uttere
the air. Panic surged within me, for I believed it was my turn to meet the same fate. If I was to die, I wished for a moment to say my final prayers, to seek justice for m
ing through flesh reached my ears, but it wasn't my body that it found. Miraculously, I remained aliv
to, the one who had stood between me and the bullet. I wipe
y voice filled with a mi
m please
ill you do
t save my bro
oke"Sleep" and I succumbed to the darkness that en
re my mind's eye. The tragic events that had unfolded moments ago replayed in my thoughts, bringing forth a su
My eyelids fluttered open, revealing a world that felt both familiar and foreign. Blinki
ily to my feet. My surroundings revealed a dilapidated shelter, its walls adorned with patches of peeling paint and memorie
arrowing tragedy that had ripped apart our lives... The pain of loss mingled with the fervent hope that my bro
heal properly, or else you won't be of any use
tter, my voice laced w
hat slow-witted brother of yours," my aunt
ng my brother. My aunt's cruelty knew no bounds. She provided me with meager rations of food, barely enough to sustain my weak
y body gradually healed, my brother managed to sneak into the room where I was confine
ust to see you," he cried, his tears mingl
loomed, casting a shadow of cruelty over our moment of so
niel?" she sneered, her eyes
iel stuttered, his voi
a resounding slap. The force of the blow sent him tumbling to
ut you will have to endure starvation," she declared wi
poken understanding passing between us. We were alone, trapped in a web of c