It started when I was 10. He told me it was what big kids do because I always said I wanted to be an adult and wear a bra like my mum. I was so innocent. Sometimes when I said no, he would still have sex with me. My mum worked late all through my childhood, and that gave him so much time to have his way with me. As I grew older, I knew it was wrong, and I resented him. But that was when he started threatening me. He gave me pills upon pills, and I never got pregnant.
When it was time for me to go to the university, he suggested I go to UNICAL, which is close to the house. But thank God my mum was determined that I go to UniAbuja to study law. I was relieved because the distance gave me an excuse not to go home on holidays. I’m sharing this story because I’m suicidal right now. I recently found out that I was adopted by both parents. No wonder there’s a 6-year gap between me and my first sibling. It was 6 years after I was adopted that my mum conceived.
Would he have done that to his own biological daughter??? My life is ruined. My final exams are coming up soon, and I can’t even concentrate. He pays all my fees and keeps me in school, but he doesn’t call me—only my mum does. I feel dirty and rejected, and I will not be going back home anytime soon. I will roam the streets of Abuja and sleep under the bridge if I must, until I can pay for rent. I pray God heals me.
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